Divya Deshmukh in sole lead – All India Chess Federation

Woman International Master Divya Deshmukh snatched the sole lead with 4.5 points after the sixth round of the Velammal-AICF Woman Grandmaster round robin chess tournament held at Hotel Abu Sarovar Portico, Chennai on Thursday.

Two wins on a double-round day against V. Varshini and Franco Valencia Angela propelled the Nagpur girl to sole lead. Following Divya behind at four points were Osmak Iulija and Babiy Olga (both from Ukraine) and Michelle Catherina (India).

Former World U-12 champion Divya Deshmukh consolidated her WGM Norm prospects with a fine win over Woman International Master Franco Valencia Angela of Columbia. Giving up her queen for two rooks, Divya swung her pieces with elan, catching the back-rank with a vice-like grip. Facing mate and multiple piece loss, Angela resigned on the 37th move.

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In another interesting game, overnight leader P. Michelle Catherina went down to Kazakh girl Nakhbayeva Guliskhan.

Round 4 on 2019/01/30 at 10.00 am
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	12	UKR	2394	IM	Osmak Iulija	1 – 0	WIM	Sapale Saloni	IND	2198	8
2	9	MGL	2428	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	1 – 0	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2168	7
3	10	IND	2171	WIM	Varshini V	0 – 1	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	IND	2175	6
4	11	COL	2107	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	0 – 1	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	IND	1925	5
5	1	KAZ	2336	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	0 – 1	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2259	4
6	2	MGL	2314	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	1 – 0	WGM	Babiy Olga	UKR	2275	3
Round 5 on 2019/01/31 at 09.30 am
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	3	UKR	2275	WGM	Babiy Olga	½ – ½	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2394	12
2	4	IND	2259	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	½ – ½	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	MGL	2314	2
3	5	IND	1925	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	0 – 1	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2336	1
4	6	IND	2175	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	1 – 0	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2107	11
5	7	IND	2168	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	1 – 0	WIM	Varshini V	IND	2171	10
6	8	IND	2198	WIM	Sapale Saloni	½ – ½	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2428	9
Round 6 on 2019/01/31 at 04.00 pm
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	12	UKR	2394	IM	Osmak Iulija	1 – 0	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2428	9
2	10	IND	2171	WIM	Varshini V	½ – ½	WIM	Sapale Saloni	IND	2198	8
3	11	COL	2107	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	0 – 1	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2168	7
4	1	KAZ	2336	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	1 – 0	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	IND	2175	6
5	2	MGL	2314	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	1 – 0	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	IND	1925	5
6	3	UKR	2275	WGM	Babiy Olga	½ – ½	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2259	4