National Women's A Championship - Nisha Mohota Sheds A Draw

Top seed WGM Nisha Mohota took a quick draw in the opener against her own sister Swati Mohota in the National Women's A Championship at Hotel Goldfinch in Bangalore on Sunday. The best game of the day was won by former champion Aarthie Ramesh. She downed 5-time champ Anupama Gokhale with the black pieces with a rook sacrifice. Twelve rounds remain to be played in this 14-player round robin tournament. The last round will take place on May 6. 

The first round results:

P.Priya

drew

Bhagyashree Thipsay

Anupama Gokhale

lost to

Aarthie Ramesh

Anuprita Patil

lost to

Swati Ghate

P.Sivasankari

lost to

Kruttika Nadig

M.R.Sangeetha

bt

N.Raghavi

Mary Ann Gomes

bt

Nimmy George

Nisha Mohota

drew

Swati Mohota.

Pairings for Monday's (10 a.m.-2 pm) round two:

Bhagyashree Thipsay

v

Swati Mohota

Nimmy George

v

Nisha Mohota

N.Raghavi

v

Mary Ann Gomes

Kruttika Nadig

v

M.R.Sangeetha

Swati Ghate

v

P.Sivasankari

Aarthie Ramesh

v

Anuprita Patil

P.Priya

v

Anupama Gokhale.

Indian Women's Championship Historical Details

S.No. Year Venue Winner
01 1974 Bangalore Vasanti Khadilkar
02 1975 Calcutta Jayashree Khadilkar
03 1976 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
04 1977 Hyderabad Rohini Khadilkar
05 1979 Madras Rohini Khadilkar
06 1979 Sangli Jayashree Khadilkar
07 1981 New Delhi Rohini Khadilkar
08 1982 Rajnandgaon Jayashree Khadilkar
09 1983 Bikaner Jayashree Khadilkar
10 1983 Kottayam Rohini Khadilkar
11 1985 Nagpur Bhagyashree Sathe
12 1986 Jalandhar Bhagyashree Sathe
13 1987 Calcutta N.Saritha
14 1988 Kurukshetra Bhagyashree Thipsay
15 1989 Durg Anupama Abhyankar
16 1990 Vijayawada Anupama Abhyankar
17 1991 Calicut Bhagyashree Thipsay
18 1992 Bombay Anupama Gokhale
19 1993 Calicut Anupama Gokhale
20 1994 Bangalore Bhagyashree Thipsay
21 1995 Madras Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
22 1996 Salem Mrunalini Kunte
23 1997 Calcutta Anupama Gokhale
24 1998 Mumbai Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
25 1999 Calicut Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
26 2000 Mumbai Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
27 2001 Delhi Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
28 2002 Lucknow Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman
29 2003 Mumbai Aarthie Ramaswamy
30 2003 Calicut Koneru Humpy
31 2005 Bangalore  

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