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S.S.Ganguly |
The title race is up. Surya S Ganguly, scored an attacking victory over B.S.Sivanandan of Karnataka to move to second place with 12.5 points from 17 games. This victory gives Ganguly a possibility of winning the National A for the third time in a row. He won the title last at Visakhapatnam's Waltair Club in December 2004. This time at the Swarna Bharati Stadium, Deepan Chakkaravarthy had a free day and Ganguly used his extra game to close in the gap.
Diwakar Prasad Singh shocked Sundararajan Kidambi with his powerful play. He set up a mating threat from which Kidambi could not escape. D.P.Singh is on 12/18 and in third place. Three rounds remain to be played. The lead standings are: Deepan 13/17, Ganguly 12.5/17, D.P.Singh 12/18, Sandipan Chanda, Humpy 11.5/17 each. The top three will make the Indian team together with Anand, Sasikiran and Harikrishna for the Turin Olympiad.
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Swati
Ghate |
Swati Ghate drew Meenakshi Subbaraman in the April 15 evening round to keep her one point lead with 12/15 at Visakhapatnam. It was a fighting draw and the LIC employee from Pune went home with a 1.5/2 score against the Subbaraman sisters in a single day. Swati is all set to make her third Olympiad appearance. She made a debut at Elista 1998 and played in Bled 2002 and is all set to qualify for the Turin Olympiad and play an Olympiad every four years.
Mary Ann Gomes accepted a draw offer from Soumya Swaminathan in a level rook and pawn ending to move to the second place on 11/15. Mary Ann could bridge the gap if she wins her upcoming encounter against Swati Ghate. A draw could mutually benefit both players though. Harika was lucky to hold J.E.Kavitha to a draw after losing a knight on the 24th turn.
In the third place are three players: Meenakshi Subbaraman, Dronavalli Harika, Nisha Mohota on 10/15. Vijayalakshmi who accounted for Anupama Gokhale is on 9.5/16. Three rounds remain to be played. The women's events which is used to seeing one horse race is seeing some excitement as to who will form the Indian team. Humpy is seeded, leaving three to be chosen.
| Round 18 Men |
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| SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
Res. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
| 1 |
Singh,
D.P. |
2395 |
12 |
beat |
Sundararajan,
Kidambi |
2495 |
9.5(17) |
| 2 |
Gupta,
Abhijeet |
2449 |
8(17) |
drew |
Kunte,
Abhijit |
2536 |
10.5(17) |
| 3 |
Himanshu,
Sharma |
2398 |
6(17) |
lost
to |
Koneru,
Humpy |
2548 |
11.5(17) |
| 4 |
Ganguly,
Surya Shekhar |
2578 |
12.5(17) |
beat |
Sivanandan,
B.S. |
2425 |
6(17) |
| 5 |
Ravi,
Lanka |
2423 |
7(17) |
beat |
Venkatesh,
M.R. |
2438 |
11(17) |
| 6 |
Roy
Chowdhury, Saptarshi |
2376 |
10(17) |
beat |
Sriram,
Jha |
2444 |
5(17) |
| 7 |
Arun
Prasad, S. |
2384 |
7(17) |
lost
to |
Thejkumar,
M. S. |
2365 |
7(17) |
| 8 |
Das,
Arghyadip |
2399 |
6(17) |
lost
to |
Sandipan,
Chanda |
2546 |
11.5(17) |
| 9 |
Girinath,
P.D.S. |
2350 |
6(17) |
drew |
Sharma,
Dinesh K. |
2379 |
6.5 |
| 10 |
Kamble,
Vikramaditya |
2384 |
5.5(17) |
drew |
Ramesh,
R.B. |
2507 |
8.5 |
| 11 |
Deepan
Chakkravarthy J. |
2428 |
13(17) |
- |
no
game |
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| Round 16 |
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| SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
Res. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
| 19 |
Nimmy, A.G. |
2120 |
7.5 |
beat |
Alka, Das |
2059 |
4(15) |
| 1 |
Ramya, Krishna I. |
2155 |
5.5(15) |
drew with |
Amruta Mokal |
2126 |
7.5(15) |
| 2 |
Swati, Mohota |
2153 |
6(15) |
beat |
Karvade, Eesha |
2332 |
9(15) |
| 3 |
Soumya, Swaminathan |
2162 |
4(15) |
drew with |
Gomes, Mary Ann |
2239 |
11(15) |
| 4 |
Kiran, Monisha Mohanty |
2104 |
7.5(15) |
drew with |
Mohota, Nisha |
2314 |
10(15) |
| 5 |
Kavitha J.E. |
2131 |
6.5(15) |
drew with |
Harika, Dronavalli |
2358 |
10(15) |
| 6 |
Swathi, Ghate |
2262 |
12(15) |
drew with |
Meenakshi, S |
2282 |
10(15) |
| 7 |
Gokhale, Anupama |
2203 |
4(15) |
lost to |
Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman |
2472 |
9.5 |
| 8 |
Supriya, Maji |
2116 |
6(15) |
lost to |
Ramaswamy, Aarthie |
2239 |
8.5 |
| 18 |
Ishwarya Shobana |
2153 |
5.5(15) |
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| Round 17 Women |
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Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
Res. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
| 1 |
Vijayalakshmi,
Subbaraman |
2472 |
9.5 |
- |
Supriya,
Maji |
2116 |
6(15) |
| 2 |
Meenakshi,
S |
2282 |
10(15) |
- |
Gokhale,
Anupama |
2203 |
4(15) |
| 3 |
Harika,
Dronavalli |
2358 |
10(15) |
- |
Swathi,
Ghate |
2262 |
12(15) |
| 4 |
Mohota,
Nisha |
2314 |
10(15) |
- |
Kavitha
J.E. |
2131 |
6.5(15) |
| 5 |
Gomes,
Mary Ann |
2239 |
11(15) |
- |
Kiran,
Monisha Mohanty |
2104 |
7.5(15) |
| 6 |
Karvade,
Eesha |
2332 |
9(15) |
- |
Soumya,
Swaminathan |
2162 |
4(15) |
| 7 |
Amruta
Mokal |
2126 |
7.5(15) |
- |
Swati,
Mohota |
2153 |
6(15) |
| 8 |
Alka,
Das |
2059 |
4(15) |
- |
Ramya,
Krishna I. |
2155 |
5.5(15) |
| 9 |
Ishwarya
Shobana |
2153 |
5.5(15) |
- |
Nimmy,
A.G. |
2120 |
7.5 |
| 10 |
Ramaswamy,
Aarthie |
2239 |
8.5 |
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no
game |
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| Round
19 Men |
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| SNo. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
Res. |
Name |
Rtg |
Pts |
| 1 |
Ramesh,
R.B. |
2507 |
8.5 |
- |
Deepan
Chakkravarthy J. |
2428 |
13(17) |
| 2 |
Sharma,
Dinesh K. |
2379 |
6.5 |
- |
Kamble,
Vikramaditya |
2384 |
5.5(17) |
| 3 |
Sandipan,
Chanda |
2546 |
11.5(17) |
- |
Girinath,
P.D.S. |
2350 |
6(17) |
| 4 |
Thejkumar,
M. S. |
2365 |
7(17) |
- |
Das,
Arghyadip |
2399 |
6(17) |
| 5 |
Sriram,
Jha |
2444 |
5(17) |
- |
Arun
Prasad, S. |
2384 |
7(17) |
| 6 |
Venkatesh,
M.R. |
2438 |
11(17) |
- |
Roy
Chowdhury, Saptarshi |
2376 |
10(17) |
| 7 |
Sivanandan,
B.S. |
2425 |
6(17) |
- |
Ravi,
Lanka |
2423 |
7(17) |
| 8 |
Koneru,
Humpy |
2548 |
11.5(17) |
- |
Ganguly,
Surya Shekhar |
2578 |
12.5(17) |
| 9 |
Kunte,
Abhijit |
2536 |
10.5(17) |
- |
Himanshu,
Sharma |
2398 |
6(17) |
| 10 |
Sundararajan,
Kidambi |
2495 |
9.5(17) |
- |
Gupta,
Abhijeet |
2449 |
8(17) |
| 11 |
Singh,
D.P. |
2395 |
12 |
- |
No
game |
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