Divya secures maiden IM norm

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India’s Divya Deshmukh posted two wins on Saturday to top the standings with seven points after the ninth round in the Velammal-AICF Women International Grand Master round-robin chess tournament.

The Nagpur girl also achieved her maiden International Master norm and WGM norm. Chennai’s P Michelle Catherina (6.5) secured a nine-game WGM norm.

Michelle Catherina and Osmak Iuilja (Ukraine) share the second spot at 6.5 points.

Deshmukh posted wins over WGM Olga Babiy of Ukraine and Mongolia’s Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh, while Catherina achieved her WGM norm with a draw against compatriot Aakanksha Hagawane.

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Deshmukh, who needed a draw to achieve her norm, beat Olga Babiy in a hard fought game that lasted four hours and twenty minutes after 92 moves.

Round 7 on 2019/02/01 at 10.00 am
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	4	IND	2259	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	½ – ½	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2394	12
2	5	IND	1925	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	0 – 1	WGM	Babiy Olga	UKR	2275	3
3	6	IND	2175	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	1 – 0	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	MGL	2314	2
4	7	IND	2168	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	½ – ½	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2336	1
5	8	IND	2198	WIM	Sapale Saloni	½ – ½	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2107	11
6	9	MGL	2428	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	1 – 0	WIM	Varshini V	IND	2171	10
Round 8 on 2019/02/02 at 09.30 am
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	12	UKR	2394	IM	Osmak Iulija	1 – 0	WIM	Varshini V	IND	2171	10
2	11	COL	2107	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	0 – 1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2428	9
3	1	KAZ	2336	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	0 – 1	WIM	Sapale Saloni	IND	2198	8
4	2	MGL	2314	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	0 – 1	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	IND	2168	7
5	3	UKR	2275	WGM	Babiy Olga	0 – 1	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	IND	2175	6
6	4	IND	2259	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	½ – ½	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	IND	1925	5
Round 9 on 2019/02/02 at 04.00 pm
Bo.	No.	FED	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	FED	Rtg	No.
1	5	IND	1925	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	0 – 1	IM	Osmak Iulija	UKR	2394	12
2	6	IND	2175	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	½ – ½	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	IND	2259	4
3	7	IND	2168	WIM	Divya Deshmukh	1 – 0	WGM	Babiy Olga	UKR	2275	3
4	8	IND	2198	WIM	Sapale Saloni	½ – ½	WGM	Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh	MGL	2314	2
5	9	MGL	2428	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	½ – ½	IM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2336	1
6	10	IND	2171	WIM	Varshini V	½ – ½	WIM	Franco Valencia Angela	COL	2107	11

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