Karachi:Zenobia, Saira and Tooba grabbed all the three points up for grabs on the first day of National Women Chess Championship here Tuesday at Karachi Gymkhana.
Tooba a promising star from Lahore surprisingly toppled experienced player Mehak Gul. Mehak, a veteran player having played at least 4-chess Olympiads, failed to resist her opponents hurricane attacks and finally Tooba forced Mehak to resign, recording the first upset of the championship.
In other important matches Zenobia beat Abiha Waseem; Saira Rafiq beat Samreen Mirza; Maliha beat Alina Zahid; Kainat Asghar beat Amima Faisal; Kashaf Kamran beat Anna Shah; Arfa Tareen beat Shirjeela Kiran and Rafia Zai beat Arsalana Tanveer.