38th Indian Women's National Chess Championship

From The Times of London:

Mary Ann takes lead in national chess
IANS | Nov 7, 2011, 05.11PM IST

CHENNAI: WGM Mary Ann Gomes of Airports Authority of India defeated International Master Nisha Mohota of PSPB to move into sole lead after the ninth round of the Velammal 38th women's National Premier chess championship on Monday.

Mary Ann leads the table with 7.0 points followed by WGMs Padmini Rout (Orissa) and Eesha Karavade (Maharashtra) at 6.5 points each. Top seed Tania Sachdeva's defeat in the top board pushed her to the fourth spot with 6.0 points.

Eesha is coming back to form as she recorded her fourth win in succession. Facing Tania in the top board with black pieces, Eesha's bold tactics paid quick dividend.

The Nimzo Indian game saw Eesha achieving equality, and surprise Tania with an early pawn sacrifice. Picking up the extra pawn didn't help Tania as she found herself in further middle game complication.

With just under seven minutes to complete her last twenty moves, Tania erred, helping Eesha gain advantage and the game in 26 moves.

Tania's defeat, along with Mary's win, propelled the Calcutta girl into sole lead. Consistency is Mary's middle name as she put behind her lone loss to Tania. The queen-pawn game saw Mary keep Nisha guessing, throwing her out of theory early in the game.

Nisha missed a critical pin in the centre that saw her going a piece down. Resistance ebbed down with less material on hand to defend and Nisha gave up on the 37th turn.

Talented Andhra girl Pratyusha Bodda drew a hard fought exchange down game against veteran Sai Meera of Indian Bank. In the process, Pratyusha completed her second Woman International Master Norm. Her first WIM Norm also came in the National Women Premier, at Orissa last year.

Results (Round 9):

Tania Sachdev (AI) 6 lost to Eesha Karavade (Mah) 6.5,
Mary Ann Gomes (AAI) 7 bt Nisha Mohota (PSPB) 5.5,
Chandika Divyasree (AP) 5.5 lost to Padmini Rout (Ori) 6.5,
P Michelle Catherina (TN) 5 drew Kiran Manisha Mohanty (Ori) 5.5,
Pratyusha Bodda (AP) 5 drew Sai Meera (IB) 5.5,
Swathi Ghate (LIC) 4.5 drew Meenakshi Subbaraman (AI) 5,
M Mahalakshmi (TN) 4 lost to Sowmya Swaminathan (PSPB) 5 ,
S Harini (TN) 4 lost to Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) 5,
J Saranya (TN) 4 lost to R Bharathi (TN) 5,
P Bala Kannamma (TN) 4 drew A G Nimmy (Ker) 4.5,
Swati Mohota (WB) 3.5 lost to Aarthie Ramaswamy (AI) 4.5,
Madhurima Shekhar (Del) 2 lost to Pon N Krithika (TN) 4.5,
A Akshaya (TN) 4 bt P V Nandhidhaa (TN) 3,
Cholleti Sahajasri (AP) 4 bt Supriya Joshi (Mah) 2,
Shweta Gole (Mah) 2.5 - Bye.

Rank after Round 9

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2325	WB	7.0	2255	2268	2298
2	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2356	ORI	6.5	2193	2193	2179
3	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2348	MAH	6.5	2166	2158	2144
4	IM	Tania Sachdev	IND	2419	Air Ind	6.0	2274	2293	2296
5	IM	Mohota Nisha	IND	2320	PSPB	5.5	2267	2288	2301
6		Chandika Divyasree	IND	2129	AP	5.5	2164	2169	2158
7	WIM	Meera Sai	IND	2117	IB	5.5	2155	2158	2149
8	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2213	ORI	5.5	2066	2071	2072
9		Pratyusha Bodda	IND	2062	AP	5.0	2305	2306	2309
10	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	IND	2297	Air Ind	5.0	2249	2258	2283
11	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2318	PSPB	5.0	2122	2107	2088
12	WFM	Bharathi R	IND	2112	TN	5.0	2106	2100	2075
13	WIM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2289	GOA	5.0	2100	2076	2074
14		Michelle Catherina P	IND	2088	TN	5.0	2033	2023	2017
15	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2278	LIC	4.5	2153	2139	2112
16		Nimmy A G	IND	2252	KER	4.5	2136	2121	2088
17	WFM	Pon Nkrithika	IND	2044	AICF	4.5	2119	2128	2136
18	WGM	Ramaswamy Aarthie	IND	2209	Air Ind	4.5	2062	2027	2024
19	WFM	Saranya J	IND	2106	TN	4.0	2236	2239	2260
20		Harini S	IND	2055	TN	4.0	2233	2241	2260
21		Cholleti Sahajasri	IND	2074	AP	4.0	2200	2221	2225
22	WFM	Mahalakshmi M	IND	1954	TN	4.0	2164	2154	2150
23		Bala Kannamma P	IND	1978	TN	4.0	2079	2089	2090
24		A Akshaya	IND	1990	TN	4.0	2044	2039	2045
25		Shweta Gole	IND	1999	MAH	3.5	2153	2159	2146
26	WFM	Swati Mohota	IND	2030	WB	3.5	2088	2100	2100
27		Nandhidhaa Pv	IND	2105	TN	3.0	2009	2006	2006
28		Madhurima Shekhar	IND	1906	DEL	2.0	2031	2041	2043
29		Supriya Joshi	IND	1904	MAH	2.0	2026	2035	2036
30	WIM	Thipsay Bagyashree Sathe	IND	2108	AICF	1.0	2059	0	0

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