49th National Women 2023 is poised for an exciting finish

by Shahid Ahmed - 10/07/2023

WIM Mahalakshmi M (TN) held IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) to a draw. It threw the 49th National Women Championship 2023 wide open. PSPB's IM Padmini Rout and WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WIM Mrudul Dehankar (MAH) and WGM Srija Seshadri (TN) to join Bhakti in a three-way lead to the finish 8/10 each. The defending champion, IM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) defeated Sarayu Velpula (TEL) to get herself back in the championship contention. Four players - Mahalakshmi, Divya, WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) and WIM Isha Sharma (KAR) are at 7.5/10 each. Divya has an outside chance to win the event for the third year in-a-row. However, Padmini can win it for herself too. Final Round 11 starts today at 10 a.m. IST. Photo: Parth Shah

Bhakti, Mary and Padmini at 8/10, Divya has an outside chance

IM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) scored a hat-trick of wins to get herself back at the top. She can still win this event. First she needs to beat IM Padmini Rout (PSPB) and hope a few results go in her favor. Similarly Padmini, Bhakti and Mary - all three can win this event too. In the penultimate round, WIM Isha Sharma (KAR) and WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) scored impressive wins over WGM Varshini V (TN) and WGM Swati Ghate (LIC) respectively.

49th National Women Chess Championship 2023 is definitely heading for an exciting finish | Photo: Parth Shah

Srija - Mary: 0-1

WGM Srija Seshadri (TN, 2226) and WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB, 2315) had all three results in their three encounters. All of them took place at National Women championships. The last one occurred at the beginning of this year which was won by Mary with the black pieces. She repeated the same result.

Position after 16...h4

Black launched a devastating attack on the kingside 15...h5 followed by 16...h4 17. Kg2 hxg3 18.hxg3 g5. Mary's play was evident that she was playing for only one result. That is exactly what she got. White couldn't get out of the gate and the Asian Continental 2023 Women Silver medalist won the game.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) 8/10 | Photo: Kolhapur Chess Association

WIM Isha Sharma (KAR, pictured) - WGM Varshini V (TN): 1-0 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

WGM Swati Ghate (LIC) - WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB, pictured): 0-1 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

A total of 156 players including 6 IMs, 6 WGMs and 10 WIMs are taking part from various states and units across the country in this eleven-day eleven-round Swiss League National Women Rating tournament. The tournament is organized by Gujarat State Chess Association at Rajpath Club in Ahmedabad, Gujarat from 30th June to 10th July 2023. The time control of the event is 90 mins/40 moves + 30 mins/end + 30 seconds increment from move no. 1.

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Round 10 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	3	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti	2315	GOA	7½	½ - ½	7	WIM	Mahalakshmi, M	2242	RSPB	9
2	23	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	2030	MAH	7	0 - 1	7	IM	Padmini, Rout	2353	PSPB	2
3	10	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	2226	TN	7	0 - 1	7	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	2315	PSPB	4
4	1	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	2389	MAH	6½	1 - 0	6½		Velpula, Sarayu	1845	TEL	34
5	17	WFM	Nimmy, A.G.	2151	KER	6½	½ - ½	6½	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2293	PSPB	6
6	7	WIM	Sharma, Isha	2267	KAR	6½	1 - 0	6½	WGM	Varshini, V	2120	TN	18
7	21	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	2049	LIC	6½	½ - ½	6½	WGM	Pratyusha, Bodda	2250	AP	8
8	11	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	2225	MAH	6½	½ - ½	6½	WFM	Saranya, J	2050	TN	20
9	25	WGM	Swati, Ghate	2008	LIC	6½	0 - 1	6½	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2160	WB	15
10	5	IM	Karavade, Eesha	2293	PSPB	6	½ - ½	6	WIM	Chandreyee, Hajra	1845	WB	33

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Standings after Round 10

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	3	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti		w	N	IND	2315	GOA	8	62,5	67,5	51,00	0	6
2	4	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann		w	N	IND	2315	PSPB	8	60	64,5	50,50	0	6
3	2	IM	Padmini, Rout		w	N	IND	2353	PSPB	8	57,5	63	49,25	0	7
4	9	WIM	Mahalakshmi, M		w	N	IND	2242	RSPB	7,5	63	67	48,50	0	5
5	1	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	U18	w	N	IND	2389	MAH	7,5	58	63	45,50	0	7
6	15	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee		w	N	IND	2160	WB	7,5	56,5	61	44,00	0	7
7	7	WIM	Sharma, Isha		w	N	IND	2267	KAR	7,5	54,5	58,5	43,25	0	6
8	10	WGM	Srija, Seshadri		w	N	IND	2226	TN	7	63,5	68	44,50	0	6
9	6	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan		w	N	IND	2293	PSPB	7	60,5	66	45,50	0	5
10	19	WIM	Bommini, Mounika Akshaya	U20	w	N	IND	2094	AP	7	60,5	64	41,75	0	5
11	23	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	U20	w	N	IND	2030	MAH	7	60	65	42,75	0	6
12	28	WIM	Tejaswini, Sagar		w	N	IND	1931	GUJ	7	58,5	63	41,50	0	6
13	11	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi		w	N	IND	2225	MAH	7	58	62,5	41,00	0	5
14	20	WFM	Saranya, J		w	N	IND	2050	TN	7	57	61,5	41,25	0	6
15	8	WGM	Pratyusha, Bodda		w	N	IND	2250	AP	7	57	61,5	39,75	0	6
16	51		Kalyani, Sirin	U14	w	N	IND	1660	KER	7	55,5	60	40,00	0	6
17	13	IM	Mohota, Nisha		w	N	IND	2185	PSPB	7	54	58	37,75	0	6
18	17	WFM	Nimmy, A.G.		w	N	IND	2151	KER	7	54	57,5	38,25	0	5
19	21	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty		w	N	IND	2049	LIC	7	53,5	58	38,00	0	6
20	34		Velpula, Sarayu	U18	w	S	IND	1845	TEL	6,5	62,5	67,5	42,50	0	4

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Round 11 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	2	IM	Padmini, Rout	2353	PSPB	8		7½	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	2389	MAH	1
2	15	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2160	WB	7½		8	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti	2315	GOA	3
3	4	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	2315	PSPB	8		7½	WIM	Sharma, Isha	2267	KAR	7
4	9	WIM	Mahalakshmi, M	2242	RSPB	7½		7	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	2225	MAH	11
5	6	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2293	PSPB	7		7		Kalyani, Sirin	1660	KER	51
6	8	WGM	Pratyusha, Bodda	2250	AP	7		7	WFM	Nimmy, A.G.	2151	KER	17
7	28	WIM	Tejaswini, Sagar	1931	GUJ	7		7	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	2226	TN	10
8	20	WFM	Saranya, J	2050	TN	7		7	IM	Mohota, Nisha	2185	PSPB	13
9	19	WIM	Bommini, Mounika Akshaya	2094	AP	7		7	WGM	Kiran, Manisha Mohanty	2049	LIC	21
10	33	WIM	Chandreyee, Hajra	1845	WB	6½		7	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	2030	MAH	23

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Links

Tournament Details

Gujarat State Chess Association: Official site

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