Mahalakshmi emerges as sole leader

7 years ago

National Women Chess Championship-2018

WIM Mahalakshmi M of Railways emerged as the sole leader with 4.0/4 points in the National Women Chess Championship-2018 being held at the Diamond, Urbana Housing Society, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

Two rounds were played on Monday. Twenty-three players were in the lead with perfect score at the end of the 2nd round. Shetye Siddhali of Maharashtra drew with WGM Meenakshi S of Air India in 52 moves. In the 3rd round Jyothsna L (TN), drew WGM Gomes Mary Ann (PSPB) IM Mohota Nisha was held to a draw by Harini S(TN) and Priyanka kumari (JHA) drew with WGM Kulkarni Bhakti (AI). Seven players including the top-seeded IM Vijayalakshmi shared the lead with full 3 points.

At the end of 4th round, WIM Mahalakshmi M (RSPB) beat Andria L D’souza (KAR) and took sole lead with 4 points. Kiran Manisha Mohanty(LIC) drew with IM Vijayalakshmi (AI). On the second table, Deodhar Vrushali (MAH) drew with WGM Swati Ghate (LIC). Ten players are trailing behind the leader with 3.5 points each.

Pairings

Round 5 on 2018/11/21 at 09.00 am

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	11	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	2198	4		3½	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2256	4
2	1	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2365	3½		3½		Bala Kannamma P	2101	18
3	23		Priyanka Kumari	2005	3½		3½	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2286	2
4	3	IM	Mohota Nisha	2276	3½		3½	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2164	14
5	5	WGM	Swati Ghate	2256	3½		3½		Harini S.	1998	26
6	9	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	2210	3		3½		Deodhar Vrushali Umesh	1793	48
7	15	WCM	Isha Sharma	2151	3		3		Saranya Y	1898	31
8	33		Divya Lakshmi R	1893	3		3		Nimmy A.G.	2136	16
9	19	WFM	Arpita Mukherjee	2090	3		3	WCM	Jain Nityata	1891	34
10	35	WFM	Meghna C H	1879	3		3	WFM	Saranya J	2049	22
11	25		Sandhya G	2000	3		3		Andria L D`souza	1754	51
12	45		Adane Narayani	1806	3		3	WFM	Tanishka Kotia	1951	30
13	47		Rathore Sonakshi	1798	3		2½	WIM	Nandhidhaa P V	2240	6
14	41		Shetye Siddhali	1831	2½		2½	WIM	Srija Seshadri	2224	8
15	37	WCM	Bristy Mukherjee	1868	2½		2½		Priyanka K	2207	10