One round to spare in the MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship WGM Divya Deshmukh continues the winning spree with 7.5 points here at International Chess Hall, KIIT University, Bhubaneswar, Odisha on Tuesday 1st March 2022.
The top seed IM Vaishali lost to WGM Divya Deshmukh in 37 moves.WIM Priyanka Nuttaki defeated WGM Prathyusha Bodda and follows the leader with 6.5 points.IM Soumya Swaminathan, IM Padmini Rout,WIM Arpita Mukherjee, WIM Chitlange Sakshi,WGM Srija Seshadri and WIM Sharma Isha share the third place with 6 points each at the end of the 8th round.
Important results of round-8
| Bo. | Name | IRtg | Club | Pts | Res. | Pts | Name | IRtg | Club | ||
| 1 | IM | Vaishali R | 2403 | TN | 5½ | lost to | 7½ | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2301 | MAH |
| 2 | IM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2360 | PSPB | 6 | drew with | 6 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2350 | PSPB |
| 3 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2301 | AP | 6½ | beat | 5½ | WGM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2328 | AP |
| 4 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2260 | WB | 6 | drew with | 6 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2361 | PSPB |
| 5 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2205 | MAH | 6 | beat | 5 | IM | Kulkarni Bhakti | 2388 | GOA |
| 6 | WIM | Sharma Isha | 2253 | KAR | 6 | beat | 5 | WFM | Salonika Saina | 2206 | ORI |
| 7 | Deodhar Vrushali Umesh | 1974 | MAH | 5 | lost to | 6 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2219 | TN | |
| 8 | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2145 | AP | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2278 | TN |
| 9 | WFM | Harshini A | 2131 | TN | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | WIM | Priyanka K | 2227 | TN |
| 10 | WFM | Bhagyashree Patil | 1974 | MAH | 4½ | lost to | 5½ | WIM | Parnali S Dharia | 2224 | MAH |



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