Indian women's national chess R7: Rout, Sachdev share lead

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IM Tania Sachdev

Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout drew with WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman and now shares the lead with top seed International Master Tania Sachdev (Air India) after the seventh round of the Velammal 38th National Women Premier Chess Championship 2011 being held in Chennai, India. 


Padmini and Tania remain on top of the table with 5.5 points, followed by WGM Mary Ann Gomes, and International Master Nisha Mohota at 5.0 points each. Further half a point down at 4.5 points were the trio, WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman, IM Eesha Karavade, Chandika Divyasree respectively. You can track more updates at www.chessdom.com.

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WGM Padmini Rout leads Indian women's national chess 2011

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hello everyone,

WGM Padmini Rout

Here is the chess news update from the Indian national women's chess championship. Woman Grandmaster Padmini Rout of Orissa has moved into sole lead with an upset win over top seed International Master Tania Sachdev (Air India) in the sixth round of the Velammal 38th National Women Premier Chess Championship 2011 being held in Chennai, India. Padmini with 5.0 points, now holds half a point lead over Tania Sachdev, who remains in 4.5 points. Sharing the third spot with 4.0 points were WGMs Sowmya Swaminathan (PSPB), S Meenakshi (AI), Mary Ann Gomes (AAI), Swathi Ghate (LIC), IM Nisha Mohota (PSPB) and Pratyusha Bodda (AP) respectively. Friday is a day of rest, as round seven resumes on Saturday. You can find more updates at www.chessdom.com.

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