Vantika Agrawal wins AICF National Senior Women Online 2021

by Shahid Ahmed - 08/08/2021

WIM Vantika Agrawal of Delhi scored 9.5/11, to win the AICF National Senior Women Online 2021 championship. This is her maiden National title. She won ₹50000 cash prize. WIM Arpita Mukherjee of West Bengal scored 9.0/11, and she secured second position. She earned ₹40000. Three players finished at 8.5/11. According to the Playoffs, WGM Srija Seshadri of Tamil Nadu was placed third, and she got ₹35000. Total prize fund for the event was ₹250000 for the top 10 places. Check out Vantika's interview with IM Sagar Shah where she discusses her games, including her sole loss of the event. Photo: Amruta Mokal

Tamil Nadu scores three in top ten

Vantika 9.5/11 finished a half point ahead of the competition. WIM Arpita Mukherjee scored 9.0/11 to secure the second position. Three players finished at 8.5/11. According to the Playoffs, WGM Srija Seshadri of Tamil Nadu, IM Soumya Swaminathan of Maharashtra and WGM Vaishali R of Tamil Nadu were placed third, fourth and fifth respectively. Tamil Nadu secured three out of top ten places.

Champion WIM Vantika Agrawal 9.5/11 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

Vantika suffered only one loss against WGM Swati Ghate

9.5/10 CGPA + National Women's Champion 2021 - Meet Vantika Agrawal | Video: ChessBase India

2nd WIM Arpita Mukherjee 9.0/11 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

3rd WGM Srija Seshadri 8.5/11

4th IM Soumya Swaminathan 8.5/11 | Photo: Rupali Mullick

5th WGM Vaishali R 8.5/11 | Photo: Amruta Mokal

6th WIM Priyanka Nutakki 8.0/11 | Photo: Niklesh Jain

7th WGM Mary Ann Gomes 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

8th WGM Nandhidhaa P V S 8.0/11 | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

9th IM Tania Sachdev 8.0/11 | Photo: IA Gopakumar Sudhakaran

10th IM Padmini Rout 8.0/11 | Photo: FIDE

Final Standings

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	9	WIM	Vantika Agrawal	IND	2286	Delhi	9,5	0	77,0	82,5	70,8	0,0
2	18	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	IND	2206	West Bengal	9,0	0	77,0	83,0	65,8	0,0
3	15	WGM	Srija Seshadri	IND	2219	Tamil Nadu	8,5	3	73,5	79,0	54,3	0,0
4	7	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2351	Maharashtra	8,5	4	75,0	81,0	61,0	0,0
5	1	WGM	Vaishali R	IND	2393	Tamil Nadu	8,5	5	70,0	75,0	56,3	0,0
6	11	WIM	Priyanka Nutakki	IND	2263	Andhra Pradesh	8,0	0	78,0	81,5	55,0	0,0
7	6	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2354	Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa	8,0	0	76,0	81,5	56,5	0,0
8	5	WGM	Nandhidhaa P V	IND	2365	Tamil Nadu	8,0	0	74,5	79,5	52,5	0,0
9	2	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2392	Delhi	8,0	0	70,5	74,5	50,5	0,0
10	4	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2370	Odisha	8,0	0	70,0	74,5	51,5	0,0
11	12	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	IND	2256	Maharashtra	8,0	0	69,0	74,0	49,5	0,0
12	24	WGM	Swati Ghate	IND	2145	Life Insurance Corporation Of	7,5	0	74,5	78,5	51,0	0,0
13	25		Nimmy A.G.	IND	2118	Kerala	7,5	0	72,0	77,0	49,0	0,0
14	8	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2345	Maharashtra	7,5	0	70,5	75,5	49,8	0,0
15	23	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2167	Maharashtra	7,5	0	69,5	73,5	45,3	0,0
16	28	WFM	Pandey Srishti	IND	2026	Maharashtra	7,5	0	62,5	67,5	42,3	0,0
17	27	WFM	Swati Mohota	IND	2027	West Bengal	7,5	0	60,5	64,0	40,5	0,0
18	14	WIM	Cholleti Sahajasri	IND	2235	Telangana	7,0	0	72,0	77,0	48,0	0,0
19	19	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2195	Petroleum Sports Promotion Boa	7,0	0	65,0	70,0	42,8	0,0
20	46		Sanjana Raghunath	IND	1726	Karnataka	7,0	0	65,0	68,5	37,8	0,0

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