National Women Chess Championship-2018
Report by I.A Bhuvanaa Sai L R
It was double round day on Wednesday. WIM Mahalakshmi from Railways lost to WGM Kulkarni Bhakti (Air India) after 5th round at The Diamond, Urbana Housing Society, Jaipur on 21st November 2018.
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On the 2nd table IM Vijayalakshmi S (Air India) beat Balakannamma P (TN).
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The game between IM Nisha Mohota (PSPB) and WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty (LIC) ended in a draw. IM Vijayalakshmi (AI), WGM Bhakti Kulkarni (AI), WGM Gomes Mary Ann (PSPB) and WGM Swati Ghate (LIC) were the leaders with 4.5 points each.
At the end of 6th round on the top board the game between Viji and Bhakti ended in draw after repetition of moves to the same position. On the 2nd table, WGM Gomes Mary Ann (PSPB) beat WGM Swati Ghate (LIC).

The game between Saranya J (TN) and IM Nisha Mohota (PSPB) ended in peace. Mary Ann Gomes is the sole leader with 5.5 points. Vijayalakshmi, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Mahalakshmi and Bhakti are right behind Gomes on 5 points each.
Pairings
Round 7
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
| 1 | 1 | IM | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | 2365 | 5 | 5½ | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2286 | 2 | |
| 2 | 11 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 2198 | 5 | 5 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2164 | 14 | |
| 3 | 3 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2276 | 4½ | 5 | WGM | Kulkarni Bhakti | 2256 | 4 | |
| 4 | 5 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2256 | 4½ | 4½ | WFM | Saranya J | 2049 | 22 | |
| 5 | 27 | WGM | Ramaswamy Aarthie | 1994 | 4½ | 4½ | Priyanka K | 2207 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 13 | WIM | Michelle Catherina P | 2182 | 4½ | 4½ | Saranya Y | 1898 | 31 | ||
| 7 | 19 | WFM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2090 | 4½ | 4½ | Harini S. | 1998 | 26 | ||
| 8 | 34 | WCM | Jain Nityata | 1891 | 4 | 4 | WIM | Nandhidhaa P V | 2240 | 6 | |
| 9 | 35 | WFM | Meghna C H | 1879 | 4 | 4 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2237 | 7 | |
| 10 | 40 | Singh Neha | 1835 | 4 | 4 | WGM | Meenakshi Subbaraman | 2191 | 12 | ||
| 11 | 51 | Andria L D`souza | 1754 | 4 | 4 | Nimmy A.G. | 2136 | 16 | |||
| 12 | 39 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 1859 | 4 | 4 | Bala Kannamma P | 2101 | 18 | ||
| 13 | 21 | WCM | Jyothsna L | 2060 | 4 | 4 | WCM | Chinnam Vyshnavi | 1686 | 55 | |
| 14 | 23 | Priyanka Kumari | 2005 | 4 | 4 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1870 | 36 | |||
| 15 | 33 | Divya Lakshmi R | 1893 | 4 | 4 | Deodhar Vrushali Umesh | 1793 | 48 | |||
| 16 | 43 | Alka Das | 1828 | 3½ | 3½ | WIM | Srija Seshadri | 2224 | 8 | ||
| 17 | 9 | WIM | Vantika Agrawal | 2210 | 3½ | 3½ | Shetye Siddhali | 1831 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 15 | WCM | Isha Sharma | 2151 | 3½ | 3½ | Adane Narayani | 1806 | 45 | ||
| 19 | 49 | Sheena E. | 1773 | 3½ | 3½ | Sudha P. | 2001 | 24 | |||
| 20 | 29 | WIM | Chandreyee Hajra | 1963 | 3½ | 3½ | Pushpalata Mangal | 1714 | 53 |


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