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Aarthie Ramaswamy becomes WGM
Former World Under-18 girls champion Aarthie Ramaswamy has become the country's third Woman Grandmaster after a draw with FIDE Master Zeev Dub of Israel in the
- Indo-Asian News Service
- Updated: February 25, 2007 08:28 am IST
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Budapest:
Former World Under-18 girls champion Aarthie Ramaswamy has become the country's third Woman Grandmaster after a quick draw with FIDE Master Zeev Dub of Israel in the ninth round of the First Saturday International Masters group 'B' tournament in Hungary.
Aarthie, aware that she needed just a draw for the long awaited WGM title, signed peace with Dub in just eight moves and now joins S Vijayalakshmi and Koneru Humpy in the elite group of Indian WGMs. (PTI)
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