Mary Ann Gomes is the leader after 6th round.

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