WGM Bhakti Kulkarni is the sole leader after 8th round

6 years ago

National Women Chess Championship-2018

Report by I.A Bhuvanaa Sai L R

Fourth-Seeded WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of PSPB emerged as the sole leader with 7 points at the end of 8th round in the 6th day of the National Women Chess Championship-2018 here at The Diamond, Urbana Housing Society, Jaipur.

WGM Gomes Mary Ann (PSPB), Women International Masters Mahalakshmi M (Railways) and Michelle Catherina P (Tamilnadu) are following the leader with 6.5 points each.

On the 1st board the game between Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) and Mahalakshmi (Railways) ended in a draw in 31 moves.

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On the 2nd board, Bhakti Kulkarni beat Swati Ghate (LIC) and took the sole lead with 7 points.

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On the next board the result was favourable to Michelle Catherina. Playing with white pieces she defeated the top-seeded IM Vijayalakshmi S. in 53 moves.

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Pairings

Round 9 on 2018/11/24 at 10.00 am

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2286	6½		7	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2256	4
2	11	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	2198	6½		6½	WIM	Michelle Catherina P	2182	13
3	19	WFM	Arpita Mukherjee	2090	6		6		Priyanka Kumari	2005	23
4	39	WFM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	1859	6		5½	WIM	Nandhidhaa P V	2240	6
5	1	IM	Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman	2365	5½		5½		Harini S.	1998	26
6	5	WGM	Swati Ghate	2256	5½		5½	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	2191	12
7	16		Nimmy A.G.	2136	5½		5½	WIM	Srija Seshadri	2224	8
8	27	WGM	Ramaswamy Aarthie	1994	5½		5½	WFM	Saranya J	2049	22
9	3	IM	Mohota Nisha	2276	5		5		Ghosh Samriddhaa	1870	36
10	29	WIM	Chandreyee Hajra	1963	5		5	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2237	7
11	9	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	2210	5		5		Saranya Y	1898	31
12	32		Nandhini Saripalli	1896	5		5		Priyanka K	2207	10
13	48		Deodhar Vrushali Umesh	1793	5		5	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2164	14
14	15	WCM	Isha Sharma	2151	5		5	WCM	Chinnam Vyshnavi	1686	55
15	21	WCM	Jyothsna L	2060	5		5		Adane Narayani	1806	45
16	51		Andria L D`souza	1754	4½		4½		Bala Kannamma P	2101	18
17	56		Mehendi Sil	1633	4½		4½		Sudha P.	2001	24
18	47		Rathore Sonakshi	1798	4½		4½	WFM	Harshini A	1986	28
19	54		Chaitanya V.	1700	4½		4½	WFM	Tanishka Kotia	1951	30
20	33		Divya Lakshmi R	1893	4½		4½		Roy Pallabi	1811	44