Sangli, Nov 19: World under-18 champion Aarthie Ramaswamy of Tamil Nadu defeated Baisakhi Das to join Saheli Dhar-Barua (Eastern Railway) in the lead with six points at the end of seventh round of the 26th National B Women's Chess Championship on Friday.Saheli agreed to a quick draw with IWM Pallavi Shah (LIC).S Meenakshi (TN) overcame five time National champion Anupama Gokhale (BPCL) in the most absorbing game of the seventh round.Pallavi Shah and Meenakshi are half-a-point adrift of the leaders.Mrunalini Kunte (IDBI), Kiran Agarwal, Baisakhi Das, Nisha Mohota (WB), Neha Singh (Bih) and S Sujatha (TN), with five points, occupy the third spot.Results (7th round): Pallavi Shah (5.5) drew Saheli Dhar-Barua (6), Aarthie Ramaswami (6) bt Baisakhi Das (5), Mrunalini Kunte (5) drew Kiran Agarwal (5), Anupama Gokhale (4.5) lost to S Meenakshi (5.5), SR Radha (4) lost to Nisha Mohota (5), Ashwini Kulkarni (4.5) drew CV Rajalakshmi (4.5), MR Sangeetha (4) lost to Neha Singh (5), Ch Kavitha (4) lost to S Sujatha (5), Dolan Champa Bose (4.5) bt M Sai Meera (3.5), C Delphin (4) drew Bindu K Saritha (4), Manasi Dadarkar (3.5) lost to Y Pratibha (4.5), Anuprita Patil (4) drew E Sheenan (4), H Isai Amudhu (4) drew Purabi Sinha (4), Swati Mohota (4) bt B Latha (3.5), Pushpalatha Mangal (4) bt PV Nirmala (3), Anoori Shah (3.5) drew Shraddha Samani (3.5), JE Kavitha (4) bt H Nilavoli (3).
