A Pakistani purple patch

Young Pakistani girl Javeria Arshad Mirza obviously got a taste for top-level play after competing in the WYSC for the first time, in Manila, December 2010. At the Pakistan National Championships, she enjoyed a purple patch in her first three matches. First she beat Waseem Khatri, the defending national champ; then Rashid Khan, a four-times national champ; then Shahzaib Khatri, the reigning Pakistan youth champ.

Feb 2011