India's First Category 13 Chess Event for Women Begins
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The AICF KIIT Cup, the first of its kind for women chess players in India, has begun in the Southern Indian city of Bhubaneswar. The Category 13 event is conducted in a round robin method with 12 titled players contesting in all play all situation. The oldest competitor of the event IM Cristina Foisor played a mixture of Kings Indian and Old Indian defense with black pieces against WGM Girya Olga of Russia. Foisor was doing so well that in midway Olga was busy in defending her King side as well as occupying the d6 square. In an attempt to simplify the position the Romanian IM miscalculated the resultant King and pawn ending and lost the game in 56 moves, according to a nice chess news report in Chessdom.
WGM Mary Ann Games managed to draw despite defending a passive position from as early in the middle game. Mary allowed her Chinese opponent Guo Qi to have a commanding position through control over the b and e files. In time pressure the Chinese overlooked a capture leading to a mating attack on her king, hence defensive moves were repeated and the game ended in 39 move draw.
The game between IM Nisha Mohota and WGM Padmini Rout was a Hungarian treatment of the Grunfeld, with black looking better in the middle game. Frequent exchanges of pieces allowed less chances for a win, resulting in a draw in 48 moves.
The first game to finish was between the Armenians IM Mkrtchian Lilit and GM Elina Danielian which ended in a 24 moves draw after black decided to repeat the moves to overcome a pawn deficit from a French defense game.
WGM Swathi Ghate posed problems to IM Eesha Karavade from the black side of Bogo-Indian game. A pawn sacrifice along the theoretical lines misfired for Eesha allowing Swathi to pressurize on the d-file with the extra material. The 40 move in 90 minutes deadline put Swathi on the backfoot preventing her to find a winning way and the much expected repetition of moves came from the opposite color bishop ending.
Top seeded IM Elizabeth Paehtz was involved in a long game of 116 moves from the black side of the closed Italian game. The IM won a piece in the opening with early onslaught , but lost some pawns in the process. Paehtz couldn’t break the defense in the Rook Bishop vs Rook endgame and players signed a truce. A worthy half a point for Kiran to start the tournament.
Round 1 results:
2440 WGM Girya Olga 1 – 0 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2401
2387 WGM Gomes Mary Ann ½ – ½ WGM Guo Qi 2435
2325 IM Mohota Nisha ½ – ½ WGM Padmini Rout 2316
2458 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ½ – ½ GM Danielian Elina 2466
2205 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty ½ – ½ IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2487
2387 IM Karavade Eesha ½ – ½ WGM Swathi Ghate 2246
Round 2 results:
2401 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ½ – ½ WGM Swathi Ghate 2246
2487 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ – ½ IM Karavade Eesha 2387
2466 GM Danielian Elina 1 – 0 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2205
2316 WGM Padmini Rout ½ – ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2458
2435 WGM Guo Qi ½ – ½ IM Mohota Nisha 2325
2440 WGM Girya Olga 1 – 0 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
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WGM Mary Ann Games managed to draw despite defending a passive position from as early in the middle game. Mary allowed her Chinese opponent Guo Qi to have a commanding position through control over the b and e files. In time pressure the Chinese overlooked a capture leading to a mating attack on her king, hence defensive moves were repeated and the game ended in 39 move draw.
The game between IM Nisha Mohota and WGM Padmini Rout was a Hungarian treatment of the Grunfeld, with black looking better in the middle game. Frequent exchanges of pieces allowed less chances for a win, resulting in a draw in 48 moves.
The first game to finish was between the Armenians IM Mkrtchian Lilit and GM Elina Danielian which ended in a 24 moves draw after black decided to repeat the moves to overcome a pawn deficit from a French defense game.
WGM Swathi Ghate posed problems to IM Eesha Karavade from the black side of Bogo-Indian game. A pawn sacrifice along the theoretical lines misfired for Eesha allowing Swathi to pressurize on the d-file with the extra material. The 40 move in 90 minutes deadline put Swathi on the backfoot preventing her to find a winning way and the much expected repetition of moves came from the opposite color bishop ending.
Top seeded IM Elizabeth Paehtz was involved in a long game of 116 moves from the black side of the closed Italian game. The IM won a piece in the opening with early onslaught , but lost some pawns in the process. Paehtz couldn’t break the defense in the Rook Bishop vs Rook endgame and players signed a truce. A worthy half a point for Kiran to start the tournament.
Round 1 results:
2440 WGM Girya Olga 1 – 0 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2401
2387 WGM Gomes Mary Ann ½ – ½ WGM Guo Qi 2435
2325 IM Mohota Nisha ½ – ½ WGM Padmini Rout 2316
2458 IM Mkrtchian Lilit ½ – ½ GM Danielian Elina 2466
2205 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty ½ – ½ IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2487
2387 IM Karavade Eesha ½ – ½ WGM Swathi Ghate 2246
Round 2 results:
2401 IM Foisor Cristina-Adela ½ – ½ WGM Swathi Ghate 2246
2487 IM Paehtz Elisabeth ½ – ½ IM Karavade Eesha 2387
2466 GM Danielian Elina 1 – 0 WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty 2205
2316 WGM Padmini Rout ½ – ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2458
2435 WGM Guo Qi ½ – ½ IM Mohota Nisha 2325
2440 WGM Girya Olga 1 – 0 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
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