Harshita holds WGM Soumya Swaminathan in the 3rd round
Andhra Pradesh youngster Harshita Guddanti held top seed Women Grandmaster Soumya Swaminathan in the third round of the ongoing 46th National Women Chess Championship-2019 organised by Chettinad Public School, Karaikudi.
Playing Velimirovic Attack variation of Sicilian Defence, Harshita and Soumya exchanged the pieces at regular intervals to sign the peace treaty after 52 moves when both players left with one rook and king over the board.
WIM Nandhidhaa PV
A pack of five players including former Asian Champion Bhakti Kulkarni and five time national champion Bhagyashree Thipsay are now leading the table with perfect score at the end of third round matches. Bhakti defeated Saranya J of Tamil Nadu while Bhagyashree got better off Sunayasakta Satpathy of Odisha. The other leaders are Nandhidhaa PV of Tamil Nadu, Vantika Agrawal of Delhi and Nityata Jain of Madhya Pradesh. Nandhidhaa had an easy outing against Meenal Gupta of Jammu & Kashmir while Vantika and Nitayata outwitted Bala Kannamma and Sunyuktha CMN of Tamil Nadu respectively. In other important encounter in the 3rd round, third seed Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra satisfied with half point against seasoned campaigner Kiran Manisha Mohanty of LIC
Before the start of third round, players celebrated the International Chess Day with Chettinad Public School, Vice Chairman Mr. Arun Kumar.
Players celebrating the world chess day @National Women CC 2019
Jyothsna L
Earlier in the second round, Jyothsna L shocked fifth seed and teammate Srija Seshadri while Nandhi Saripallli outwitted eighth seed Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh.
Saranya Y
Six time champion S Vijayalakshmi escaped from the claws of defeat to split the point with Saranya Y and Sanskriti Goyal of Uttar Pradesh held three time national champion Mary Ann Gomes to creditable draw.
Important Results
Round-3 :- WIM Harshita Guddanti of Andhra Pradesh (2.5) drew with WGM Soumya Swaminathan (2.5); WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of Air India (3) beat WFM Saranya J of Tamil Nadu (2); WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty of LIC (2.5) drew with WIM Divya Deshmukh of Maharashtra (2.5); Meenal Gupta of J&K (2) lost to WIM Nandhidhaa PV of Tamil Nadu (3); WIM Vantika Agrawal of Delhi (3) beat Bala Kannamma P of Tamil Nadu (2); WIM Michelle Catherina of Tamil Nadu (2.5) drew with WGM Aarthie Ramaswamy of Air India (2.5); Jyothsna L of Tamil Nadu (2.5) drew with Nisha Mohata of PSPB (2.5); WGM Meenakshi S of Air India (2.5) drew with Nandhini Saripalli of Goa (2.5); WFM Nityata Jain of Madhya Pradesh (3) beat Sunyuktha CMN of Tamil Nadu (2); Sunyasakta Satpathy of Odisha (2) lost to WIM Bagyashree Thipsay of Maharashtra (3); IM Vijayalakshmi S of Air India (2.5) beat WFM Sanskriti Goyal of Uttar Pradesh (1.5); WGM Mary Ann Gomes of PSPB (2) drew with Saranya Y of Tamil Nadu (2); Vishwa Shah of Maharashtra (1.5) lost to WIM Mahalakshmi M of Railways (2.5); Priyanka K of Tamil Nadu (2.5) beat Thamaraiselvi P of Tamil Nadu (1.5); WFM Dhyana Patel of Gujarat (2) drew with WIM Varshini V of Tamil Nadu (2); Mrudul Dehankar of Maharashtra (2.5) beat Siddhali Shetye of Maharasthra (1.5).
Round-2 :- WGM Soumya Swaminathan of PSPB (2) beat Sandhya G of Andhra Pradesh (1); Potluri Saye Srreezza of Telangana (1) lost to WGM Bhakti Kulkarni of Air India (2); Saranya Y of Tamil Nadu (1.5) drew with IM Vijayalakshmi S of Air India (1.5); WIM Srija Seshadri of Tamil Nadu (1) lost to Jyothsna L of Tamil Nadu (2); Sanskriti Goyal of Uttar Pradesh (1.5) drew with WGM Mary Ann Gomes of PSPB (1.5); Nandhini Saripalli of Goa (2) beat WIM Pratyusha Bodda of Andhra Pradesh (1); WIM Nandhidhaa P V of Tamil Nadu (2) beat Toshali V of Andhra Pradesh (1); Meghna CH of Railways (1) lost to WIM Vantika Agrawal of Delhi (2); Mahalakshmi M of Railways (1.5) drew with Dhyana Patel of Gujarat (1.5); Srishti Pandey of Maharashtra (1) lost to WIM Michelle Catherina of Tamil Nadu (2); IM Nisha Mohota of PSPB (2) beat Potluri Supreetha of Andhra Pradesh (1); Siddhali Shetye of Maharashtra (1.5) drew with Priyanka K of Tamil Nadu (1.5); Sunyuktha CMN of Tamil Nadu (2) beat Isha Sharma of Karnataka (1); Neha Singh of Bihar (1) lost to WGM S Meenakshi of Air India (2).
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