AICF WGM Hyderabad R.d.4-5: Guliskhan maintains lead

6 years ago

Nakhbayeva Guliskhan

At the end of the fifth round of the AICF International Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament being organised by Telangana State Chess Associaton held at NITHM, Gochibowli, Hyderabad, Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakstan defeated G.K. Monnisha of India and stretches the lead by one point with 4.5 points. She is followed by Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia with 3.5 points.

Five rounds have been completed in this 11-games round-robin closed WGM tournament. Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Khazakstan emerged as sole leader with 4.0/5 points and enjoys full point margin to nearest rivals. After signing peace treat in the 4th round against WGM Vo Thi Kim Phung, Guliskhan defeated WIM Monnisha in a 74-move battle.

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Indian players occupy the bottom place on the scoreboard as they continue to struggle against their foreign counterparts. In the 4th round, WIM Mahalakshmi M lost to IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag but defeated compatriot WIM Chitlange Sakshi to stay afloat with 3.0/5 points.

Maharastra’s WIM Akansksha Hagawane, who defeated WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2364 in the second round, went down against WGM Babiy Olga in 41 moves.

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Results

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

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.