Indian teen Savitha Shri clinches bronze at World Rapid Chess Championship
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Indian teen Savitha Shri clinches bronze at World Rapid Chess Championship

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Savitha Shri finished with an impressive tally of eight points from 11 rounds to finish third in the World Rapid Chess Championship. Almaty: Fifteen-year-old Indian WIM B Savitha Shri on Wednesday won a bronze medal in the women’s event of the FIDE World Rapid Championship. 15-year-old WIM Savitha Shri wins Bronze at World Rapid 2022 Women Savitha scored an impressive 8/11, finished ahead of many former champions, GMs and plethora of World Class players. This was her debut at the World Rapid pic.twitter.com/YEIBCqLA3j — ChessBase India December 28, 2022 India’s top player and Asian Games gold medallist Koneru Humpy, who had come back into medal contention after a modest performance on day two, had to settle for sixth place though she logged eight points.

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