2011 Asian Women's Chess Championship

Results and standings now in for Round 7:

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2401	4	1 - 0	4½	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2463	2
2	9	IM	Karavade Eesha	2343	4½	½ - ½	4	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2340	11
3	1	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2520	4	1 - 0	4	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2338	12
4	4	WGM	Huang Qian	2400	4	1 - 0	4	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2225	21
5	7	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2362	3½	1 - 0	3½	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2309	17
6	5	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2374	3	½ - ½	3½	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2325	14
7	13	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2338	3	1 - 0	3	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2374	6
8	24	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2166	3	1 - 0	3	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2346	8
9	10	WGM	Padmini Rout	2342	3	1 - 0	3		Nodirjanova Nodira	2166	25
10	15	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2317	2½	1 - 0	2½	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	2201	23
11	20	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2244	2½	1 - 0	2½	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	2246	19
12	26		Asgarizadeh Minoo	2036	2½	0 - 1	2		Alavi Homa	2009	27
13	18	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2250	2	1 - 0	½		Vardkar Mariam	1897	28
14	29		Ghaderi Farzaneh	1716	½	0 - 1	2	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	2218	22

Standings:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2343	5.0	0.0	2362	22.0
2	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2520	5.0	0.0	2361	23.0
3	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2401	5.0	0.0	2359	23.0
4	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2400	5.0	0.0	2332	23.5
5	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2463	4.5	0.0	2405	28.5
6	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2340	4.5	0.0	2395	27.5
7	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2362	4.5	0.0	2374	25.0
8	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2338	4.0	0.0	2393	27.0
9	WIM	Sabirova Olga	UZB	2225	4.0	0.0	2392	26.0
10	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	VIE	2338	4.0	0.0	2348	22.0
11	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2166	4.0	0.0	2345	23.0
12	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2325	4.0	0.0	2293	22.5
13	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2342	4.0	0.0	2273	21.0
14	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2244	3.5	0.0	2348	23.0
15	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2309	3.5	0.0	2344	25.0
16	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	IRI	2374	3.5	0.0	2291	19.0
17	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2317	3.5	0.0	2244	19.5
18	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	IRI	2218	3.0	0.0	2357	22.5
19	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2346	3.0	0.0	2346	25.0
20		Nodirjanova Nodira	UZB	2166	3.0	0.0	2329	20.0
21	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	IRI	2250	3.0	0.0	2309	20.5
22		Alavi Homa	IRI	2009	3.0	0.0	2288	17.5
23	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2374	3.0	0.0	2285	20.0
24	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	IRI	2246	2.5	0.0	2396	26.0
25		Asgarizadeh Minoo	IRI	2036	2.5	0.0	2340	21.0
26	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	UZB	2201	2.5	0.0	2325	23.0
27		Vardkar Mariam	IRI	1897	0.5	0.5	2257	20.5
28		Ghaderi Farzaneh	IRI	1716	0.5	0.5	2208	18.0

2011 Asian Women's Chess Championship

The news is catching up with the action on the board:

From The Times of India
Eesha beats Munguntuul in Asian Chess Championship
PTI | May 8, 2011, 11.26pm IST

[Excerpted] MASHHAD (Iran): International Master Eesha Karavade threw open the Asian Women's chess championship with a finely crafted victory over overnight leader Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia in the sixth round on Sunday.

Munguntuul, who seemed to be running away from the title after defeating top seed D Harika in round four, could not quite find her momentum against Eesha who now shares the lead with the Mongolian.

Munguntuul and Eesha have 4.5 points apiece and Harika now shares the third spot on 4 points. In her sixth round game, Harika was held to a draw by Uzbek Olga Sabirova.

Eesha had to be careful with black pieces in a Sicilian defense game.

Munguntuul went for a sharp set up but Eesha was well-armed and following timely counter play reached a double edged position wherein the Mongolian went astray.

Eesha knocked down two pawns and reached a won rook and pawns endgame to wrap the issue after 62 moves.

Women: Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mgl, 4.5) lost to Eesha Karavade (4.5); Olga Sabirova (Uzb, 4) drew with D Harika (4); Pham Le Thao Nguyen (Vie, 4) drew with Huang Qian (Chn, 4); Nafisa Muminova (Uzb, 3) lost to Tan Zhongyi (Chn, 4); Mary Ann Gomes (4) beat Nguyen Thi Thanh An (Vie, 4); Padmini Rout (3) drew with Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Ina, 3.5); Hoang Thi Bao Tram (Vie, 3.5) beat Minoo Asgarizadeh (Iri, 2.5); Soumya Swaminathan (3) beat Ghazal Hakimifard (Iri, 2); Mariam Vardkar (Iri, 0.5) lost to Swathi Ghate (2.5).

2011 Asian Women's Chess Championship

Standings after Round 6- I corrected my prior post to indicate that the ladies are playing 9 rounds, not just 7.  Now I'm thoroughly confused:

Rank after Round 6

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2343	4.5	1.0	2368	17.0
2	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2463	4.5	0.0	2406	19.0
3	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2340	4.0	0.0	2408	19.5
4	WIM	Sabirova Olga	UZB	2225	4.0	0.0	2390	16.5
5	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2520	4.0	0.0	2367	17.5
6	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2338	4.0	0.0	2361	17.5
7	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2400	4.0	0.0	2354	16.0
8	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2401	4.0	0.0	2333	17.5
9	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2362	3.5	0.0	2386	19.5
10	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2309	3.5	0.0	2340	16.5
11	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2325	3.5	0.0	2272	15.5
12	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2346	3.0	0.0	2379	17.0
13	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2166	3.0	0.0	2344	16.5
14	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	VIE	2338	3.0	0.0	2342	18.0
15		Nodirjanova Nodira	UZB	2166	3.0	0.0	2326	13.0
16	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2342	3.0	0.0	2291	14.5
17	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	IRI	2374	3.0	0.0	2283	14.5
18	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2374	3.0	0.0	2272	12.0
19	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	IRI	2246	2.5	0.0	2410	18.5
20	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2244	2.5	0.0	2357	17.5
21		Asgarizadeh Minoo	IRI	2036	2.5	0.0	2346	17.0
22	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	UZB	2201	2.5	0.0	2327	15.5
23	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2317	2.5	0.0	2255	13.0
24	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	IRI	2218	2.0	0.0	2366	16.5
25		Alavi Homa	IRI	2009	2.0	0.0	2351	12.5
26	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	IRI	2250	2.0	0.0	2336	17.0
27		Vardkar Mariam	IRI	1897	0.5	0.5	2258	15.0
28		Ghaderi Farzaneh	IRI	1716	0.5	0.5	2204	13.5
29	WGM	Tuvshintugs Batchimeg	MGL	2313	0.0	0.0	0	12.5

Annotation:
Tie Break1: The results of the players in the same point group#results against
Tie Break2: rating average of the opponents (variabel with parameters)
Tie Break3: Buchholz Tie-Breaks (variabel with parameter)

Pairings for Round 7:

Round 7 on 2011/05/08 at 1500

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	3	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2401	4		4½	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2463	2
2	9	IM	Karavade Eesha	2343	4½		4	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2340	11
3	1	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2520	4		4	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2338	12
4	4	WGM	Huang Qian	2400	4		4	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2225	21
5	7	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2362	3½		3½	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2309	17
6	5	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2374	3		3½	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2325	14
7	13	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2338	3		3	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2374	6
8	24	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2166	3		3	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2346	8
9	10	WGM	Padmini Rout	2342	3		3		Nodirjanova Nodira	2166	25
10	15	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2317	2½		2½	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	2201	23
11	20	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2244	2½		2½	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	2246	19
12	26		Asgarizadeh Minoo	2036	2½		2		Alavi Homa	2009	27
13	18	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2250	2		½		Vardkar Mariam	1897	28
14	29		Ghaderi Farzaneh	1716	½		2	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	2218	22
15	16	WGM	Tuvshintugs Batchimeg	2313	0	0			not paired

2011 Asian Women's Chess Championship

Mashad, Iran, May 2 - 9, 2011
Standings after R5 - the lady from Mongolia (a very dangerous player) is a full point ahead of everyone else.  Harika Dronavalli is a disappointment - she should be beating up on everyone, but she isn't.  Well, let's see what she does in the final round.  Are the Indian ladies planning an ambush, leading to a 3-way tie for first place with 4.5 each?  We'll see...

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	2463	4.5	0.0	2427	13.0
2	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	VIE	2340	3.5	0.0	2410	12.5
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2520	3.5	0.0	2383	12.0
4	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2400	3.5	0.0	2358	11.5
5	WIM	Sabirova Olga	UZB	2225	3.5	0.0	2347	11.5
6	IM	Karavade Eesha	IND	2343	3.5	0.0	2336	10.5
7	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	INA	2362	3.0	0.0	2400	14.0
8	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	UZB	2346	3.0	0.0	2371	11.5
9	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2338	3.0	0.0	2369	12.0
10	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	VIE	2338	3.0	0.0	2343	12.0
11	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2401	3.0	0.0	2329	11.5
12	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	VIE	2309	2.5	0.0	2372	11.5
13	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	KAZ	2244	2.5	0.0	2371	11.0
14	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	IRI	2166	2.5	0.0	2356	10.5
15		Asgarizadeh Minoo	IRI	2036	2.5	0.0	2353	10.5
16	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	VIE	2325	2.5	0.0	2308	11.0
17	WGM	Padmini Rout	IND	2342	2.5	0.0	2267	9.5
18	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	IRI	2250	2.0	0.0	2373	12.0
19	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	IRI	2218	2.0	0.0	2363	11.5
20	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	UZB	2201	2.0	0.0	2353	10.0
21		Nodirjanova Nodira	UZB	2166	2.0	0.0	2351	9.5
22		Alavi Homa	IRI	2009	2.0	0.0	2343	7.5
23	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	IRI	2374	2.0	0.0	2310	8.5
24	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2374	2.0	0.0	2289	9.0
25	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	IRI	2246	1.5	0.0	2432	12.5
26	WGM	Swathi Ghate	IND	2317	1.5	0.0	2327	10.5
27		Vardkar Mariam	IRI	1897	0.5	0.5	2239	10.0
28		Ghaderi Farzaneh	IRI	1716	0.5	0.5	2184	9.0
29	WGM	Tuvshintugs Batchimeg	MGL	2313	0.0	0.0	0	9.0

Wow - when did Tuvshintugs Batchimeg switch federations from the USA?  I must pay closer attention. Unfortunately, it appears she withdrew from this event.  Here are the pairings for Round 6:

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	No.
1	2	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2463	4½		3½	IM	Karavade Eesha	2343	9
2	21	WIM	Sabirova Olga	2225	3½		3½	IM	Harika Dronavalli	2520	1
3	11	WIM	Pham Le Thao Nguyen	2340	3½		3½	WGM	Huang Qian	2400	4
4	8	WIM	Muminova Nafisa	2346	3		3	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2401	3
5	12	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2338	3		3	WGM	Nguyen Thi Thanh An	2338	13
6	10	WGM	Padmini Rout	2342	2½		3	WGM	Sukandar Irine Kharisma	2362	7
7	14	WGM	Hoang Thi Bao Tram	2325	2½		2½		Asgarizadeh Minoo	2036	26
8	17	WIM	Nguyen Thi Mai Hung	2309	2½		2½	WIM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2244	20
9	23	WIM	Hamrakulova Yulduz	2201	2		2½	WFM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2166	24
10	27		Alavi Homa	2009	2		2	WGM	Pourkashiyan Atousa	2374	5
11	6	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	2374	2		2	WFM	Hakimifard Ghazal	2218	22
12	25		Nodirjanova Nodira	2166	2		2	WIM	Ghader Pour Shayesteh	2250	18
13	28		Vardkar Mariam	1897	½		1½	WGM	Swathi Ghate	2317	15
14	19	WIM	Hejazipour Mitra	2246	1½		½		Ghaderi Farzaneh	1716	29
15	16	WGM	Tuvshintugs Batchimeg	2313	0	0			not paired

In the Open, current Women's World Chess Champion GM Hou Yifan (CHN 2612) is eating some humble pie, sitting in 46th place with 1.5 and one round to go.  This is a reality check - and good training.  I don't know what her plans are - maybe she will say bye bye to chess as soon as she is of legal age (if there is such a thing in China).  But, if she hopes to replace GM Judit Polgar as the best female player and one of the best overall players in the world (still), Hou can only do so by playing in events like this, gaining invaluable experience, and sharpening her skills accordingly.  Beware the women's chess ghetto!

Updated May 7, 2011:  I got it wrong, darlings!  I thought Round 6 was the final round for the ladies but it wasn't.  They are going 9 rounds.