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 in Almaty. Seeded 36th, she finished with an impressive tally of eight points from 11 rounds to finish third. The teenager, who was on 6.5 points at the conclusion of the eighth round, picked up 1.5 points to end the tournament on a high in a star-studded field.
A loss to Kazakhstan's Zhansaya Abdumalik in the ninth round hurt Savitha's chances of a top-two finish. Agencies
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