34th Women’s National A Chess Championship

Great news from the Women's National A in India: WGM norm for Kiran Monisha Wednesday November 14 2007 00:01 IST EXPRESS NEWS SERVICE PUNE: Kiran Monisha Mohanty of Orissa made her maiden WGM norm while P Priya of Tamil Nadu made her final WIM norm on a day that witnessed fighting chess on all the boards. Three and half hours into the game and one would expect half the games to be over. But that wasn't to happen in the ninth round of the 34th Women’s National A Chess Championship organised by Symbiosis Spa Chess School here on Tuesday. Not only were the top boards fighting it out but even on the lower boards no player was ready to give up , thus making this round one of the most interesting ones. Swati Ghate of LIC beat Mary Ann Gomes while Kiran Mohanty beat Nimmy George to join Tania Sachdev in lead on 6.5 points. Top seed IM Dronavalli Harika and WIM Soumya Swaminathan occupy second spot with six points. Swati Ghate played the Pirc Defence from black against Mary but it soon transposed into a Sicilian type position. Swati won a pawn in the middle-game and in the endgame she converted her advantage in spite of the mutual time trouble. Results (Round 9): Tania Sachdev 6.5 drew with Soumya Swaminathan 6; Mary Ann Gomes 5.5 lost to Swati Ghate 6.5; Dronavalli Harika 6 drew with Nisha Mohota 5.5; Kiran Manisha Mohanty 6.5 bt Nimmy George 5; Eesha Karavade 5 drew with Divyasri Ch. 5; Sai Meera 4.5 drew with P Priya 5; Pon Krithika 4 lost to Padmini Rout 5; Amruta Mokal 5 bt P Uthra 4; S Nabeela Farheen 3.5 lost to R Aarthie 5; Anuprita Patil 3.5 lost to R Preethi 4; Swati Mohota 4 bt Dhyani Dave 3; Rucha Pujari 4 bt S Harini 3; MR Sangeetha 3.5 drew with Savetha CH 3; S Athirai bye. I hope to have a report on the final standings up and running at Chess Femme News later tonight.

Women's National A Chess Championship

Standings after Round 8 in the 34th Women's National A Championship: Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts BH. RtgØ 1 3 WGM Tania Sachdev 2413 IND 6 34½ 2269 2 6 WGM Swathi Ghate 2316 IND 5½ 34½ 2270 3 7 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2263 IND 5½ 34 2276 4 1 IM Harika Dronavalli 2480 IND 5½ 34 2275 5 8 WIM Gomes Mary Ann 2262 IND 5½ 32½ 2208 6 9 WIM Soumya Swaminathan 2244 IND 5½ 31 2230 7 2 WGM Mohota Nisha 2416 IND 5 32½ 2213 8 12 Nimmy A G 2196 IND 5 29½ 2166 9 4 WGM Karavade Eesha 2331 IND 4½ 35½ 2265 10 15 Priya P 2129 IND 4½ 31 2229 11 25 Divyasri Ch 2050 IND 4½ 24½ 2102 12 5 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie 2317 IND 4 35½ 2258 13 11 WFM Meera Sai 2205 IND 4 35½ 2248 14 13 Amrutha Mokal 2159 IND 4 31½ 2184 15 14 WFM Pon N Krithika 2140 IND 4 31½ 2177 16 10 Padmini Rout 2226 IND 4 27½ 2166 17 24 Uthra P 2055 IND 4 22 2072 18 22 Anuprita Patil 2060 IND 3½ 32½ 2224 19 20 Syed Nabeela Farheen 2093 IND 3½ 28½ 2129 20 23 Harini S 2060 IND 3 28½ 2153 21 21 WFM Pujari Rucha 2061 IND 3 27½ 2128 22 17 Sangeetha M R 2118 IND 3 27½ 2126 23 26 WFM Dave Dhyani 2002 IND 3 27 2109 24 18 Swati Mohota 2112 IND 3 26 2089 25 16 Preethi R 2125 IND 3 25 2100 26 27 Athirai S 2000 IND 2½ 22½ 2091 27 28 Savetha C H 1968 IND 2½ 21½ 1959 28 19 Baisakhi Das 2101 IND 1 22½ 2090

Women’s National A Chess Championship of India

Chessbase has an article on the 34th Women's National A Championship in India, November 4 - 15, 2007, with several nice photographs. At stake for the top three finishers: seats at the next Olympiad. The Symbiosis Society is hosting (and a sponsor) of this event, which features the highest prizes yet for the Women's event. Here is the official website. Here is a list of the 28 players - some of the best India has to offer. Unfortunately, the Subbaraman sisters are not playing in this event, I understand that their father recently passed away. SNo. Name IRtg 1 IM Harika Dronavalli w 2480 2 WGM Mohota Nisha w 2416 3 WGM Tania Sachdev w 2413 4 WGM Karavade Eesha w 2331 5 WGM Ramaswamy Aarthie w 2317 6 WGM Swathi Ghate w 2316 7 WIM Kiran Manisha Mohanty w 2263 8 WIM Gomes Mary Ann w 2262 9 WIM Soumya Swaminathan w 2244 10 Padmini Rout w 2226 11 WFM Meera Sai w 2205 12 Nimmy A G w 2196 13 Amrutha Mokal w 2159 14 WFM Pon N Krithika w 2140 15 Priya P w 2129 16 Preethi R w 2125 17 Sangeetha M R w 2118 18 Swati Mohota w 2112 19 Baisakhi Das w 2101 20 Syed Nabeela Farheen w 2093 21 WFM Pujari Rucha w 2061 22 Anuprita Patil w 2060 23 Harini S w 2060 24 Uthra P w 2055 25 Divyasri Ch w 2050 26 WFM Dave Dhyani w 2002 27 Athirai S 2000 28 Savetha C H 1968