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Wednesday, May 27, 2009
Eight Year Old Girl Wins Indian State Championship
Story from Indiaexpress.com
Aakansha wins state under-9 chess c’ship
Express News Service
Posted: Thursday , May 28, 2009 at 0241 hrs IST
Pune:
Aakansha Hagawane of Pune won the Maharashtra State under-9 girls chess championship cum selection tournament held at Sangli from May 22 -26. She scored five points in five rounds and bagged the first prize of rupees 2,500 and a trophy.
Aakansha will represent Maharashtra in the national under-9 girls chess championship to be held in Chennai from June 15.
A fourth standard student of ADES school, Tilak Road, has also won the Pune district under 7 girls chess championship in 2007 and the Pune district under-9 girls chess championship in 2008.
She is also the winner of Pune district chess scholarship in the under 9 girls group. This scholarship by guardian minister Ajit Pawar.
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