Vanshika Sachdeva wins Smart Girl Udaipur

by Shahid Ahmed - 16/08/2019

14-year-old Vanshika Sachdeva of Jodhpur wins Smart Girl All India FIDE Rated Open at Udaipur, Rajasthan by scoring 8.0/9. Vanshika finished a full point ahead of the group of players who scored 7.0/9. Unrated Heena Kaak and Dakshita Kumawat were placed second and third respectively according to their tie-break score. Total 60 women participated from 5 different states across the country in this five-day nine-round women's only FIDE Rated tournament. Photo: FA Neelesh Kumawat

Vanshika wins her maiden FIDE Rated Open

All Prize winners in one frame | Photo: Neelesh Kumawat

In spite of losing against top seed Arpita Jain in round 4, sixth seeded Vanshika won her last five games in-a-row to win the tournament with a full point ahead.

Vanshika scored 8.0/9 to win the tournament and increased her Elo rating by 52 points

Inaugural moves were made by Kamlesh Choudhary and Anila Shah Ben | Photo: Neelesh Kumawat

This event was inaugurated by Kamlesh Choudhary, Secretary of Chittorgarh District Chess Association. Other dignitaries present were Anila Shah Ben, well respected player from Gujarat, a motivation to the chess players, Rajeev Bharadwaj, President of Chess in Lakecity, IA Vikas Sahu, Secretary CIL, IA Rajendra Teli Chief Arbiter & FA Neelesh Kumawat Deputy Chief Arbiter.

The tournament was organized at Baskaran Adhiban Academy in Udaipur, Rajasthan from 9th - 13th August 2019 by Chess in Lakecity. The prizes were distributed by Colonel Sanjeev Kumar, Sena Medal, Deputy Commander, Eklingarh Cantonment, Udaipur. Other guests who were present - Rajeev Bhardwaj, President Chess in lakecity, Shri. Himmat Singh Siglikar, Vice President Chess in lakecity, IA Vikas Sahu, Secretary, Chess in Lakecity, IA Rajendra Teli, Chief Arbiter, FA Neelesh Kumawat Deputy Chief Arbiter.

Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.	SNo	Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4
1	6	Vanshika Sachdeva	F15	w		IND	1180	JODHPUR	8,0	0,0	50,0	46,5	42,50
2	28	Heena Kaak	F15	w		IND	0	CHESS IN LAKECITY	7,0	0,0	53,5	48,5	41,00
3	2	Dakshita Kumawat	F15	w		IND	1287	CHESS IN LAKECITY	7,0	0,0	53,0	50,0	41,50
4	13	Khushi Mishra	F15	w		IND	1036	CHESS IN LAKECITY	7,0	0,0	48,0	44,0	33,50
5	7	Yashika Singh	F15	w		IND	1170	JAIPUR	7,0	0,0	42,0	40,5	31,75
6	1	Arpita Jain		w		IND	1387	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,5	0,0	49,0	45,0	35,50
7	3	Charvi Patidar	F15	w		IND	1251	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	53,5	49,5	30,00
8	11	Jain Saumya	F15	w		IND	1085	JAIPUR	6,0	0,0	52,5	48,0	31,50
9	5	Anisha Jain	F19	w		IND	1185	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	49,5	46,0	24,75
10	9	Aanya Chawat	F15	w		IND	1130	CHESS IN LAKECITY	6,0	0,0	48,5	45,5	28,50

Complete standings

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