37th Premier National Women Chess Championship

Final standings after Round 11:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2332	MAH	8,5	65,0	60,0	57,0
2	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2302	MAH	8,0	64,5	60,5	56,0
3	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2306	WB	8,0	64,5	60,0	56,0
4	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2352	ORI	7,5	65,5	60,5	57,0
5	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2385	DEL	7,0	66,5	61,5	58,0
6	WGM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2325	PSPB	7,0	65,0	60,0	56,5
7		Pratyusha Bodda	IND	2086	AP	6,0	65,0	60,0	56,5
8	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2369	MAH	5,5	64,5	60,5	56,0
9	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2230	ORI	5,5	58,5	54,5	50,5
10	WFM	Bharathi R	IND	2111	TN	5,5	58,5	54,5	50,0
11		Harini S	IND	2063	TN	5,5	54,5	50,5	46,0
12		Aparajita Gochhikar	IND	1871	AICF	5,5	53,5	49,5	45,5
13		Arunima Kalra	IND	1866	DEL	5,5	51,0	47,0	43,0
14	WFM	Swati Mohota	IND	2090	WB	5,0	62,5	58,5	54,0
15	WFM	Pujari Rucha	IND	2114	MAH	5,0	55,0	52,0	46,5
16		Amrutha Mokal	IND	2089	MAH	5,0	52,5	48,5	45,5
17		A Akshaya	IND	2022	TN	5,0	51,0	48,0	44,0
18		Preethi R	IND	2073	TN	5,0	51,0	48,0	43,5
19		Rathore Sonakshi	IND	1971	RAJ	4,5	50,0	47,0	42,0
20	WFM	Saranya J	IND	2123	TN	4,0	58,5	55,5	50,5
21		Sithalatchumi A	IND	1917	TN	4,0	53,0	50,0	45,0
22		Shweta Gole	IND	1906	MAH	4,0	48,5	45,5	43,0
23		Minki Sinha	IND	1880	BIH	3,0	48,0	44,0	42,5
24		Nivedhitha J G	IND	1819	AICF	2,5	47,0	43,0	41,5

The top finishers are a "who's who" of the best Indian female chessplayers, but I can't help but notice that their ELOs are declining from what they used to be, when they should be going in the other direction.  Welcome to the ghetto of women's chess.  Tania Sachdev's ELO used to be above 2400.  And where were Dronavalli, Koneru and either (or both) of the Subbaraman sisters?