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Padmini Rout Marches Ahead

AICF Admin 11 years ago

WGM Padmini Rout (W)  & IM Vijayalakshmi (B)Padmini Rout Marches Ahead
By Arvind Aaron

Two crucial wins in the seventh and eighth rounds gave Padmini Rout of Odisha a one point lead in the National Women’s Premier Chess Championship that is being played in Sangli, Maharashtra.

Padmini Rout is playing like a 2529 player. The win against Vijayalakshmi in round eight was crucial for Padmini. It came in 53 moves from a rook and knight ending. Padmini picked up black’s scattered pawns and won her fifth game in a row.

This edition has turned into a race for the title between three-time champion Mary Ann Gomes who is in second place on six points and leader Padmini on seven points. Vijayalakshmi shares the third spot on five points with Ivana Furtado, Nisha Mohota and Nimmy George. Three rounds remain to be played.

A rating performance of 2529 may normally indicate International Master norm for Padmini Rout. However, International Arbiter Vijayaraghavan says from Sangli there is a technicality involved as only two International Masters are competing and the minimum requirement is three.

The results (round seven): Padmini Rout bt Lakshmi Praneetha; S Vijayalakshmi bt Swati Ghate, Bhakti Kulkarni lost to Mary Ann Gomes; Hinduja Reddy bt V Varshini; Nimmy George drew with Nisha Mohota; Ivana Furtado bt B Pratyusha.

The results (round eight): K Lakshmi Praneetha (AP) 3 lost to B Pratyusha (Tel) 4 ; Nisha Mohota (WB) 5 drew with Ivana Furtado (Goa) 5; V Varshini (TN) 1 lost to Nimmy George (Ker) 5; Mary Ann Gomes (WB) 6 bt Hinduja Reddy (Tel) 1; Swati Ghate (Mah) 1 bt Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 4.5; Padmini Rout (Odi) 7 bt S Vijayalakshmi (TN) 5.

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