I did no wrong, says Swati

mumbai: swati ghate is the first woman chess player from india to have qualified for the men's national `a'. she has also become the first player in the history of indian chess to have been docked a point after winning.woman international master (wim) ghate (elo 2369) won a 12th round game against international master (im) surya sekhar ganguly (2525) during the recent national `a' championship in nagpur.but two days later, the game was adjudged null and void by the chief arbiter t n bahadure who gave nil points to both.the arbiter concluded that ganguly, 18, didn't make a specific (obvious and winning) move against ghate, 21, deliberately and resigned instead.there are specuations whether the arbiter was within the fide rules to take away the point; whether it has set a bad precedent; whether a fair trial was conducted in which both players questioned.nobody is willing to go on record but many who know both these players told the times of india that ``they are very close to each other. and it is possible that ganguly was ruled by his heart and hence did not want to win''.if the chief arbiter hadn't punished both, ghate was set to earn a 13-game woman grandmaster (wgm) norm.controlling her emotions, ghate said from pune: ``i don't want to create any controvery. my conscience is clear. i did nothing wrong. the result was not pre-determined by us.''however, ghate is not keen on defending her innocence. she also failed to explain why she did not protest in nagpur.``enough is enough. i won't go to the court. that's certain,'' she said. ``i'm determined to come out of this. i have learnt a lot from this episode. psychologically, it has been a very demanding week. now, i will only answer through my performances. i'm eying for an im norm in bikaner (asian tourney), raipur (open) and goodricke internationale (kolkata) scheduled over the next two months.''