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Divya Deshmukh on the verge of winning MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/03/2022

WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH) registered her seventh consecutive victory at MPL 47th National Women Chess Championship. She defeated the top seed IM Vaishali (TN). Now she just needs a draw in the final round against IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) to win the tournament. In a battle former National Women champions, Soumya drew with IM Padmini Rout (PSPB). WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) scored her second hat-trick of the event by winning against WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP). WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) had an interesting draw with WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB). IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) suffered third loss of the event, against WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH). Round 9 starts today at 10:00 a.m. IST. Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Only Priyanka Nutakki can tie the score

WIM Priyanka Nutakki is the only player who can catch Divya. The only scenario where Priyanka can win the tournament is, Priyanka beats Padmini Rout in the final round and Soumya beats Divya. Then also, if Priyanka's tie-break stays ahead as it is now, she can clinch the championship.

Divya Deshmukh needs a draw in the final round to clinch the championship | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Vaishali - Divya: 0-1

IM Vaishali (TN) got into trouble early in the opening against WGM Divya Deshmukh (MAH).

Position after 10...Ng3

Things seem to have gone terribly wrong for White. Petroff's defense is relatively quiet where Black generally equalizes with ease, however Divya certainly was better prepared in this opening. 10...Ng3 11.Qa4 Bxc3+ 12.bxc3 Nxf1 not Nxh1. Now White needed to play 13.Kxf1 idea Kg1 and put the king into safety. 13.Rxf1 stranded the king at the center of the board where it was the subject of Black's attacks. 13...0-0-0 14.cxd5 Rxd5 15.c4 Ra5 16.Qb3 Nb4 17.Kd2 Nc2 18.Ra2 Rxa3 and eventually the passed a-pawn became the deciding factor in Black scoring a victory.

Vaishali vs Divya Deshmukh | The clash of future of Indian women's chess | Video: ChessBase India

IM Sounmya Swaminathan (PSPB) - IM Padmini Rout (PSPB): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Priyanka Nutakki - Pratyusha: 1-0

WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP) scored her second hat-trick as she beat WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP).

Position after 20...Ne4

In a balanced position, Black made a big mistake 20...Ne4. Find out the winning continuation for White.

WIM Priyanka Nutakki scored her second hat-trick of the event | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Arpita - Mary: 0.5-0.5

WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) had an interesting and prolonged draw in a Queen vs Rook and Bishop endgame against WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB).

Position after 27...Rb8

Computer will say White is winning after 28.axb6+ Rxb6 29.Rxb6 Kxb6 30.Rb1+ Ka7 31.Rb7+ Qxb7 32.Bxb7 Kxb7. However, for a human to convert that position for White is not at all easy, especially when the defender is a strong player like Mary. Even if you insert 28.Qg4 Bd4 before taking on b6, it hardly makes a difference.

Arpita and Mary had an interesting game | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

Sakshi - Bhakti: 1-0

IM Bhakti Kulkarni (Goa) suffered her second consecutive and third loss of the event, against WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH).

Position after 19...f6

19...f6 traps her own knight at h5 as now it has no safe squares to go. 20.Bh2 Bh6 21.g4 e5 22.dxc5 d4 23.Nd1 Ng7 24.Bg1 White is not rushing into capturing the bishop Bg5 25.gxf5 and it's all over for Black.

Sakshi handed Bhakti her third defeat of the event | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

WIM Isha Sharma (KAR) defeated WFM Saina Salonika (ODI) comfortably | Photo: IA Suresh Chandra Sahoo

For more Round 8 photos, click here.

 

A total of 102 players including 5 IMs, 8 WGMs and 10 WIMs are taking part in this tournament organized by All Odisha Chess Association. The event is taking place at KIIT at Bhubaneswar, Odisha from 25th February to 2nd March 2022. The nine-round Swiss league tournament has a time control of 90 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1

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Round 8 results

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
11IMVaishali R2403TN0 - 1WGMDivya Deshmukh2301MAH8
25IMSoumya Swaminathan2360PSPB½ - ½IMPadmini Rout2350PSPB6
39WIMPriyanka Nutakki2301AP1 - 0WGMPratyusha Bodda2328AP7
411WIMArpita Mukherjee2260WB½ - ½5WGMGomes Mary Ann2361PSPB4
519WIMChitlange Sakshi2205MAH51 - 05IMKulkarni Bhakti2388GOA2
613WIMSharma Isha2253KAR51 - 05WFMSalonika Saina2206ORI18
734Deodhar Vrushali Umesh1974MAH50 - 15WGMSrija Seshadri2219TN16
824WFMBommini Mounika Akshaya2145AP0 - 1WIMRakshitta Ravi2278TN10
926WFMHarshini A2131TN0 - 1WIMPriyanka K2227TN14
1033WFMBhagyashree Patil1974MAH0 - 1WIMParnali S Dharia2224MAH15
1117WGMVarshini V2206TN½ - ½Bala Kannamma P2120TN27
1241WCMBristy Mukherjee1856WB½ - ½WFMPandey Srishti2177MAH20
1321WIMMichelle Catherina P2176TN½ - ½WFMJyothsna L2052TN30
1423IMMohota Nisha2147PSPB1 - 0WIMChandreyee Hajra2001WB32
1512WIMSavitha Shri B2257TN41 - 04Ishvi Aggarwal1833HAR42
1643Singh Neha1833BIH40 - 14WGMKiran Manisha Mohanty2168LIC22
1725WGMSwati Ghate2136LIC41 - 04Abhirami Madabushi1777TEL44
1828Nimmy A.G.2110KER41 - 04Anupam M Sreekumar1724KER48
1929Supriya Maji2093WB40 - 14Dakshita Kumawat1395RAJ67
2035WFMLakshmi C1968TN40 - 14Smaraki Mohanty1725ORI47

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Round 9 pairings

Bo.No.NameRtgClub/CityPts.ResultPts.NameRtgClub/CityNo.
18WGMDivya Deshmukh2301MAH6IMSoumya Swaminathan2360PSPB5
26IMPadmini Rout2350PSPB6WIMPriyanka Nutakki2301AP9
311WIMArpita Mukherjee2260WB66WIMChitlange Sakshi2205MAH19
416WGMSrija Seshadri2219TN66WIMSharma Isha2253KAR13
57WGMPratyusha Bodda2328APIMVaishali R2403TN1
64WGMGomes Mary Ann2361PSPBWIMRakshitta Ravi2278TN10
714WIMPriyanka K2227TNIMMohota Nisha2147PSPB23
815WIMParnali S Dharia2224MAH5WIMSavitha Shri B2257TN12
92IMKulkarni Bhakti2388GOA55Nimmy A.G.2110KER28
1038Ghosh Samriddhaa1910WB55WGMVarshini V2206TN17
1118WFMSalonika Saina2206ORI55WFMJyothsna L2052TN30
1220WFMPandey Srishti2177MAH55Velpula Sarayu1875TEL39
1347Smaraki Mohanty1725ORI55WIMMichelle Catherina P2176TN21
1422WGMKiran Manisha Mohanty2168LIC55WCMBristy Mukherjee1856WB41
1567Dakshita Kumawat1395RAJ55WGMSwati Ghate2136LIC25
1627Bala Kannamma P2120TN55Deodhar Vrushali Umesh1974MAH34
1740Jayashree P.K.1864TNWFMBommini Mounika Akshaya2145AP24
1837WFMKotepalli Sai Nirupama1914APWFMHarshini A2131TN26
1931WCMKheerthi Ganta2011TELTejaswini G1742TN45
2032WIMChandreyee Hajra2001WBKeerti Shree Reddy1721TN49

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