Padmini clinches Asian Continental Women’s Championship title

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IM Padmini Rout played out a quick draw against WGM Jue Wang of China in the ninth and final round to clinch the women’s title in the Asian Continental Chess Championship in Makati City, Philippines on 18th of December 2018.

Padmini was tied at 7 points at the end of nine rounds with Singapore’s WGM Qianyun Gong, who defeated WFM Turmunkh Munkhzul of Mongolia in the final round with black but emerged victorious on the basis of better tie break score.

With the win, the 24-year-old has qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championships scheduled for 2020.

In the open section, GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly just needed a draw in the final round to clinch the title. However, the 35-year-old from Kolkata lost to Vietnam’s GM Quang Liem Le in a 66 moves.

The victory also ensured that Liem Le bagged the crown on better tie break score in a three way tie for the top spot which saw GM Yi Wei of China and GM Mamin Tabatabaei of Iran finished with 6.5 points from a possible nine.

Ganguly, however, with his excellent performance bagged a spot in the World Cup 2020.

GM Vidit Gujrathi won the bronze medal at the Asian Continental Blitz Championship by scoring 6.5/9 points.

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	sex	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	8	IM	PADMINI Rout	w	IND	2345	7
2	10	WGM	GONG Qianyun	w	SGP	2312	7
3	6	IM	PHAM Le Thao Nguyen	w	VIE	2363	6.5
4	1	WIM	ZHU Jiner	w	CHN	2409	6
5	14	WFM	MUNKHZUL Turmunkh	w	MGL	2255	5.5
6	15		NING Kaiyu	w	CHN	2247	5.5
7	7	WGM	VO Thi Kim Phung	w	VIE	2352	5.5
8	19	WFM	LI Yunshan	w	CHN	2196	5.5
9	4	WGM	WANG Jue	w	CHN	2367	5.5
10	5	WGM	AULIA Medina Warda	w	INA	2366	5.5
11	12	WIM	NANDHIDHAA P V	w	IND	2267	5.5
12	3	IM	GUO Qi	w	CHN	2368	5
13	20		LI Xueyi	w	CHN	2187	5
14	29		ZHANG Xiao	w	CHN	2017	5
15	13	WGM	NGUYEN Thi Thanh An	w	VIE	2262	5
16	24	WIM	FRONDA Jan Jodilyn	w	PHI	2139	5
17	18	WIM	CITRA Dewi Ardhiani Anastasia	w	INA	2215	5
18	17	WGM	FRAYNA Janelle Mae	w	PHI	2228	5
19	33	WFM	DOROY Allaney Jia G	w	PHI	1972	4.5
20	16	WIM	GU Tianlu	w	CHN	2231	4.5
21	2	IM	NAKHBAYEVA Guliskhan	w	KAZ	2371	4.5
22	35	WFM	KARENZA Dita	w	INA	1944	4.5
23	9	WGM	HOANG Thi Bao Tram	w	VIE	2314	4
24	22	WFM	MENDOZA Shania Mae	w	PHI	2165	4
25	11	WIM	ALINASAB Mobina	w	IRI	2295	4
26	30	WCM	BERNALES Christy Lamiel	w	PHI	1996	4
27	23	WIM	SECOPITO Catherine	w	PHI	2145	4
28	31	WFM	ANISA Aay Aisyah	w	INA	1985	4
29	21	WFM	MAKHIJA Aashna	w	IND	2181	4
30	25	WFM	BACH Ngoc Thuy Duong	w	VIE	2131	3.5

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	RtgI	Bdld	Pts.
1	2	GM	WEI Yi	CHN	2728		6.5
2	15	GM	TABATABAEI M.Amin	IRI	2587		6.5
3	3	GM	LE Quang Liem	VIE	2714		6.5
4	11	GM	GANGULY Surya Shekhar	IND	2621		6
5	9	GM	NGUYEN Ngoc Truong Son	VIE	2641		6
6	17	GM	ABDUSATTOROV Nodirbek	UZB	2546		6
7	6	GM	MAGHSOODLOO Parham	IRI	2688		6
8	21	GM	LALITH Babu M R	IND	2529		6
9	8	GM	SETHURAMAN S.P.	IND	2664		6
10	5	GM	ADHIBAN B.	IND	2695		6
11	4	GM	VIDIT Santosh Gujrathi	IND	2701		6
12	23	GM	MEGARANTO Susanto	INA	2512		5.5
13	7	GM	NI Hua	CHN	2683		5.5
14	32	GM	KUNTE Abhijit	IND	2469		5.5
15	14	GM	JUMABAYEV Rinat	KAZ	2602		5.5
16	12	GM	FIROUZJA Alireza	IRI	2607		5.5
17	1	GM	WANG Hao	CHN	2730		5.5
18	29	IM	NGUYEN Anh Khoi	VIE	2480		5.5
19	19	GM	GHAEM MAGHAMI Ehsan	IRI	2537		5.5
20	22	GM	TRAN Tuan Minh	VIE	2524		5
21	10	GM	LU Shanglei	CHN	2636		5
22	13	GM	WEN Yang	CHN	2604		5
23	46	IM	DE GUZMAN Ricardo	PHI	2357		5
24	16	IM	YAKUBBOEV Nodirbek	UZB	2556		5
25	27	IM	LIU Yan	CHN	2495		5
26	24	GM	TAN Zhongyi	CHN	2508		5
27	34	GM	GOMEZ John Paul	PHI	2450		5
28	18	GM	PURANIK Abhimanyu	IND	2544		5
29	51	FM	LYE Lik Zang	MAS	2321		4.5
30	20	IM	XU Yi	CHN	2536		4.5

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