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Harika Wins the title
By Arvind Aaron
The top seed IM Dronavalli Harika of Airport Authority
of India, AP proved her supremacy by winning the 36th
National Women Premier Chess Championship which has
concluded here today at the St.Joseph’s College of
Engineering. Harika has been trailing behind Meenakshi
till the 9th round but the last round was interestingly
poised with both going for the title and Harika having
the better Tiebreak score.
From the English opening on the top board Meenakshi of
Air India maintained slight advantage in the opening,
but not enough to score over. Her opponent WGM Mary Ann
Gomes , former Asian Junior Champion attacked the
weakness on c4 square. Meenakshi went for king side
attack despite her own king side defense proved to be
quite insufficient. Meenakshi overlooked a tactics in
the resulting in an inevitable mate and take the runner
up positon with 8 pts.
WGM Aarthie chose the closed Guioco Piano against Harika
on the 2nd board. Aarthie sacrificed a knight on the
22nd move when Harika held some initiative . Aarthie had
some compensation in pawns and conducted the middle game
well with Harika’s king being insecure. But when things
were heating up the players drew the game seeing the top
board results which ensured Harika’s title with 8 ˝ pts
.
WGM Eesha Karavade had a quick draw against Priya in 19
moves to move on to 7 pts and confirm her qualification
. Meanwhile IM Tania came better against WGM Nisha from
the black side of the Nimzo Indian defense in 43 moves.
On the 6th board WIM elect Bhakti Kulkarni beat Amrutha
Mokal to stay in contention with qualification berth for
future exposure trips thro the Federation.
The last game of the tournament to finish was between
WIM Kiran Monisha Mohanty of Orissa and World Junior
Champion Soumya Swaminathan. The fight was immense with
either player having chances to get into top 6. Soumya
had to part with her Queen for two rooks in the middle
game but had a strong “B” pawn roll. A Knight move by
Soumya on the 47th move turned out to be a mistake which
ended up in a weaker coordination and lead to loss of a
rook . Kiran won the game in 52 moves and in the process
completed her WGM Norm. Kiran is an Engineering student
from the KIIT’s College of Bhubaneswar and her earlier
norm was made in 2007 National Women A in Pune.
Dr.P.Mannar Jawahar,Vice-Chancellor,Anna University
distributed the prizes to the winners in the presence of
Dr.B.Babu Manoharan,Director,St.Joseph’s College of
Engineering,WGM S.Vijayalakshmi and Shri DV
Sundar,Secretary,All India Chess Federation
Results of the Round 11
|
Bo. |
Title |
Name |
Club |
Pts |
Res. |
Pts |
Title |
Name |
Club |
|
1 |
WGM |
Meenakshi
Subbaraman |
AIR INDIA |
8 |
lost to |
7 |
WGM |
Gomes Mary
Ann |
WB |
|
2 |
WGM |
Ramaswamy
Aarthie |
AIR INDIA |
6 |
drew with |
8˝ |
IM |
Harika
Dronavalli |
AP |
|
3 |
WGM |
Karavade
Eesha |
MAH |
7 |
drew with |
6˝ |
WIM |
Priya P |
TN |
|
4 |
WIM |
Kiran Manisha
Mohanty |
ORI |
7˝ |
beat |
5˝ |
WGM |
Soumya
Swaminathan |
MAH |
|
5 |
WGM |
Mohota Nisha |
PSPB |
5˝ |
lost to |
7 |
IM |
Tania Sachdev |
AIR INDIA |
|
6 |
|
Amrutha Mokal |
MAH |
5 |
lost to |
6˝ |
CM |
Bhakti
Kulkarni |
GOA |
|
7 |
|
Sithalatchumi
A |
TN |
5˝ |
drew with |
5˝ |
|
Bharathi R |
TN |
|
8 |
WFM |
Swati Mohota |
WB |
5˝ |
drew with |
5˝ |
WFM |
Bindu Saritha
K |
LIC |
|
9 |
|
Saranya J |
TN |
5 |
beat |
4˝ |
WIM |
Meera Sai |
IB |
|
10 |
WFM |
Pon N
Krithika |
TN |
5˝ |
beat |
4 |
|
Roy Pallabi |
WB |
|
11 |
|
A Akshaya |
TN |
3˝ |
lost to |
5 |
|
Supriya Maji |
WB |
|
12 |
|
Cholleti
Sahajasri |
AP |
3˝ |
lost to |
5 |
|
Savetha C H |
TN |
|
|
WGM |
Nadig
Kruttika |
MAH |
5 |
bye point |
|
|
Bye |
|
Final
Standings
|
Rank |
Title |
Name |
Rtg |
Club |
Pts |
Prize Amount |
|
1 |
IM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2474 |
AP |
8˝ |
75000 |
|
2 |
WGM |
Meenakshi Subbaraman |
2324 |
AIR INDIA |
8 |
50000 |
|
3 |
WIM |
Kiran Manisha Mohanty |
2150 |
ORI |
7˝ |
30000 |
|
4 |
IM |
Tania Sachdev |
2399 |
AIR INDIA |
7 |
20000 |
|
5 |
WGM |
Karavade Eesha |
2413 |
MAH |
7 |
15000 |
|
6 |
WGM |
Gomes Mary Ann |
2384 |
WB |
7 |
12000 |
|
7 |
WIM |
Priya P |
2177 |
TN |
6˝ |
10000 |
|
8 |
CM |
Bhakti Kulkarni |
2263 |
GOA |
6˝ |
8000 |
|
9 |
WGM |
Ramaswamy Aarthie |
2213 |
AIR INDIA |
6 |
7000 |
|
10 |
WGM |
Soumya Swaminathan |
2303 |
MAH |
5˝ |
6000 |
|
11 |
WGM |
Mohota Nisha |
2351 |
PSPB |
5˝ |
5000 |
|
12 |
WFM |
Bindu Saritha K |
1949 |
LIC |
5˝ |
4000 |
|
13 |
|
Bharathi R |
2148 |
TN |
5˝ |
3000 |
|
14 |
|
Sithalatchumi A |
1877 |
TN |
5˝ |
2500 |
|
15 |
WFM |
Pon N Krithika |
2196 |
TN |
5˝ |
2500 |
|
16 |
WFM |
Swati Mohota |
2077 |
WB |
5˝ |
|
|
17 |
WGM |
Nadig Kruttika |
2255 |
MAH |
5 |
|
|
18 |
|
Amrutha Mokal |
2114 |
MAH |
5 |
|
|
19 |
|
Savetha C H |
1986 |
TN |
5 |
|
|
20 |
|
Saranya J |
2146 |
TN |
5 |
|
|
21 |
|
Supriya Maji |
2115 |
WB |
5 |
|
|
22 |
WIM |
Meera Sai |
2210 |
IB |
4˝ |
|
|
23 |
|
Roy Pallabi |
2042 |
WB |
4 |
|
|
24 |
|
A Akshaya |
1916 |
TN |
3˝ |
|
|
25 |
|
Cholleti Sahajasri |
2014 |
AP |
3˝ |
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