AICF WGM Hyderabad R.d.1-3: Guliskhan of Khazakstan emerged early leader

6 years ago

AICF International Women’s Grandmaster Chess Tournament organized by Telangana State Chess Association got off a great start at the held at NITHM campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad with a glittering opening ceremony.

The tournament is an initiative of the All India Chess Federation to provide norm opportunities to the promising Indian players by inviting 6 elite WGMs from across the world and have provided the entire prize fund of 7.5 Lakhs.

This 12-player round-robin which kicked off on August 8 will end on August 18, 2018. The event has the following line-up:
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia, WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung and WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram of Vietnam, Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan, WGM Babiy Olga along with WIM Prudnykova Olga from Ukraine are the other overseas contenders for the title.

The Indian challenge is spearheaded by WIM Pratyusha Bodda, who is closely followed by WIM Aakanksha Hagawane, WIM Nandhidhaa Pv, WIM Monnisha G K, WIM Mahalakshmi M and WIM Chitlange Sakshi.

At the end of third round of the AICF International Women Grandmaster chess tournament, Indian WIMs M. Mahalakshmi along with Akanksha Hagawane have amassed 2.0/3 points. Meanwhile, WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Khazakstan emerged sole leader after defeating former World Junior Girls Silver medalist WIM Nandhidhaa Pv in the third round.

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Earlier in the second round, WIM Aakanksha Hagawane stunned Women Grandmaster Thi Bao Tram of Vietnam.

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Pairings/Results

Round 1 on 2018/08/09 at 16:00 Hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	1	2144	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	0 – 1	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2352	12
2	2	2266	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	1 – 0	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2428	11
3	3	2219	WIM	Monnisha G K	0 – 1	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	2292	10
4	4	2364	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	0 – 1	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	2294	9
5	5	2177	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	0 – 1	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	2377	8
6	6	2272	WIM	Prudnykova Olga	½ – ½	WGM	Babiy Olga	2291	7
Round 2 on 2018/08/10 at 09.30 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	12	2352	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	1 – 0	WGM	Babiy Olga	2291	7
2	8	2377	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	0 – 1	WIM	Prudnykova Olga	2272	6
3	9	2294	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	0 – 1	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	2177	5
4	10	2292	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	1 – 0	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2364	4
5	11	2428	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	1 – 0	WIM	Monnisha G K	2219	3
6	1	2144	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	½ – ½	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	2266	2
Round 3 on 2018/08/10 at 16.00 hrs
Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	2266	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	0 – 1	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2352	12
2	3	2219	WIM	Monnisha G K	½ – ½	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2144	1
3	4	2364	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	½ – ½	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2428	11
4	5	2177	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	1 – 0	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	2292	10
5	6	2272	WIM	Prudnykova Olga	1 – 0	WIM	Pratyusha Bodda	2294	9
6	7	2291	WGM	Babiy Olga	½ – ½	WGM	Vo Thi Kim Phung	2377	8