Nanmalar wins Smart Girl FIDE Rated – Pondicherry

5 years ago

Photos Courtesy: Pondicherry State Chess Association

Smart Girl FIDE Rated – Pondicherry 2019 was a 9-round Swiss tournament. Open for female players only with trophies for top 10 places. It was held from 22 to 26 May at Arumuga Thirumana Mandapam, Pondicherry. Players received 90 minutes for the entire game, plus a 30-second increment starting from move one.

Nanmalar A. of Tamil Nadu became champion with 8.5 points after winning her final round game with Daranya S of Pondicherry. Second place was bagged by top-seeded Subhiksha E, also from Tamil Nadu, with 6.5 points and the third position was secured by Rakghitha S M R with 6.5 points.

A total of 74 players participated in the tournament and 17 players were FIDE rated.

Chief guest R. Sridharan, Deputy Commissioner of Income Tax Puducherry gave away the prizes to all the winners.

Final Ranking

Rk.	SNo	Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	3	Nanmalar A	IND	1197	TN	8,5	0,0	46,0	50,5
2	1	Subhiksha E	IND	1438	TN	6,5	0,0	49,0	53,0
3	13	Rakghitha S M R	IND	1053	TN	6,5	0,0	47,5	50,5
4	8	Priyadharshni S	IND	1142	PON	6,5	0,0	44,0	47,0
5	15	Shreya Meenakshi	IND	1039	PON	6,5	0,0	43,0	47,0
6	29	Harini M C	IND	0	TN	6,5	0,0	43,0	45,5
7	4	Daranya S	IND	1173	PON	6,0	0,0	50,0	54,5
8	6	Kanishka S	IND	1160	TN	6,0	0,0	50,0	54,0
9	9	Kashthuri Bhai R	IND	1130	AND	6,0	0,0	49,5	52,0
10	17	Jeevika S	IND	1012	PON	6,0	0,0	47,0	49,0
11	11	Dhaaniya T	IND	1065	PON	6,0	0,0	45,5	49,5
12	12	Akshaya M	IND	1054	TN	6,0	0,0	45,0	47,5
13	32	Harshini S	IND	0	TN	6,0	0,0	41,5	46,0
14	54	Rupashri S	IND	0	PON	6,0	0,0	40,0	40,5
15	73	Yogavarthanee R	IND	0	TN	6,0	0,0	38,0	41,0
16	28	Geethanjali S	IND	0	TN	6,0	0,0	36,0	40,0
17	2	Manickammal D	IND	1271	PON	5,5	0,0	44,0	47,0
18	46	Nehaa B	IND	0	PON	5,5	0,0	40,5	44,5
19	51	Priyadharshini Karpagakumar	IND	0	PON	5,5	0,0	40,0	42,0
20	71	Varshaa M	IND	0	TN	5,5	0,0	39,0	43,0
21	10	Bhathmalakshmi A	IND	1085	TN	5,0	0,0	44,5	49,0
22	7	Hema Priya M	IND	1157	TN	5,0	0,0	43,5	46,0
23	14	Kamalini Haradhana Nimban K	IND	1040	PON	5,0	0,0	41,0	44,5
24	64	Sruthi R	IND	0	PON	5,0	0,0	41,0	44,0
25	57	Saralvarsha M	IND	0	PON	5,0	0,0	40,5	42,5

To promote chess amongst girls, the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in association with All India Chess Federation has come up with Smart Girls Chess initiative. The salient features being FIDE Rated tournament with an entry fee of Rs.250 only.