The winner of the Ohio Girls Online Championship is Dhruti Shah of Dublin, OH.  After competing tenaciously in an all day five round online tournament, Dhruti came out with a victory and will now represent Ohio in the Haring National Tournament of Girls State Champions.

Dhruti was first introduced to chess at the age of 6, and quickly developed an intrigue for the game. although it has been the last 3 years when chess became a passion for her.  This thriving chess fiend has a strategical but sneaky style, where she likes to play well and wait for a mistake to pounce on.  Her favorite opening is the Ruy Lopez Chigorin main line and her dream is to one day see a female take the World title in chess. 

Behind every great player is great coaching and Dhruti wishes to thank her coaches Bill and Kathy for inspiring her passion as well as Subramanium Sir and Vladimir for furthering her chess knowledge, and Dhruti we would like to thank you for attending the tournament, and congratulate you on your victory.  We know you will represent Ohio well at the national event!   Good luck!

Full tournament results can be found here.