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Kanpur: All top seeded players struggled hard and shared points with their rivals in the fourth round of the state senior women chess championship being held at the Doon International School. Earlier in the third round, they had won their ties and added one full point in their table.Top seeded Riya Mishra of Ballia faced a tough challenge from Sanchita Yadav of Prayagraj. The two displayed attacking play and later agreed to share points. Third seeded Tanya Verma of Kanpur got a stiff challenge from Sanvi of Lucknow and they split the point after 35 moves. Two Prayagraj players Arohi Yadav and Priya Yadav faced each other on the third board, Priya after the 49th move offered a draw which was accepted by Arohi . Earlier in the morning, Jai Bajaj, secretary KCA, met with the players in the morning and encouraged them. Amarjeet Singh, manager of the host school, welcomed and presented a memento to him. The final rounds will be held on Saturday and prize distribution will take place around 1 pm, said Dilip Srivastava.Point position after 4 rounds 3.5 points-Sanchita Yadav (Prayagraj), Riya Mishra (Ballia), Sanvi Agarwal (Lucknow), Tanya Verma (Kanpur), Arohi Yadav (Prayagraj). 3 points-Ananya Srivastava, Sakshi Verma, Sumukhi Shukla, Anushka Gupta (all Kanpur), Ayushi Jaiswal, Smridhi Tiwari (both Varanasi), Nisha Bhushan (Unnao).

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Players share points in chess tournament - Times of India