49th National Women 2023 R2: Kalyani Sirin stuns Pratyusha Bodda

by Shahid Ahmed - 02/07/2023

12-year-old Kalyani Sirin (KER) scored a big upset against WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP). The former launched a successful attack on her opponent's kingside and ended up delivering a checkmate. Kanishka S (TN), Sannidhi Ramakrishna Bhat (MAH) and Saniya Rafique Tadavi (MAH) held WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB), WIM Salonika Saina (ODI) and WIM Vishwa Vasnawala (GUJ) to a draw each. Dakshita Kumawat (RAJ) had a great opportunity to draw her game against WGM Srija Seshadri (TN). However, she misplayed it and lost. 31 players are currently at 2/2. Round 3 starts today at 10 a.m. IST Photos: Parth Shah

1600s stir up trouble for WIM and WGMs

12-year-old Kalyani Sirin (KER) scored a big win over WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP)

Kanishka S (TN) held Asian Continental Women 2023 Silver medalist WGM Mary Ann Gomes (PSPB) to a draw

Sachi - Soumya

Position after 23.Rf3

IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB, 2293) made a nice sacrifice 23...Qxf3 24.Nxf3 dxc4 25.g5 cxd3 26.gxf6 Bxf6 27.cxd3 b5 28.e5 Be7. At a first glance it might seem like Black's queen is trapped in the above position. Well, Soumya obviously saw it when she went 21...d5 22.g4 Qxh3 23.Rf3 and the above position was reached.

IM Soumya Swaminathan (PSPB) scored a win in her signature style against Sachi Jain (DEL)

Kalyani - Pratyusha

Position after 20...Red8?

WGM Pratyusha Bodda (AP, 2250) made a positional error 20...Red8? She needed to go 20...f5 right away. It allowed White to regroup her pieces and get ready to launch an on Black's kingside. 21.Re3 f5 22.Ng5 Bc8 23.Bc2 Qb2 24.Qe2 Bd7 25.Bc1 Qxa2 munching pawns while the king is vulnerable certainly not a great idea 26.Rd1 Qa1 27.Re7 h6 28.Be3 Qc3 29.Bxb6 cxb6 30.Nf7 Rf8 31.Rdxd7 b5 32.Ne5 Bf6 33.Nxg6 Rfd8 34.Qe6#

Dakshita - Srija

Position after 29...Kc7

WGM Srija Seshadri's (TN, 2226) practical decision of quick exchange of pieces and then winning in the endgame against Dakshita Kumawat (RAJ, 1649) might have worked out. However, it could have ended up in a draw if White had spotted the correct way to deal with the kingside pawns. Black's idea in the above position is simple - create an outside passed pawn on the kingside, use it to her advantage and win the game. Thus, White needed to go for 30.f4 instead of 30.e4? which allowed Black to get the desired passed pawn after fxe4 31.fxe4

Dakshit Kumawat (RAJ) could have drawn her game against WGM Srija Seshadri (TN)

Round 2 in progress

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Round 2 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.	PGN
1	1	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	2389	MAH	1	1 - 0	1		Marium, Fatima	1703	BIH	44	PGN
2	43	WCM	Arushi, Kotwal	1704	JK	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Padmini, Rout	2353	PSPB	2	PGN
3	3	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti	2315	GOA	1	1 - 0	1		Swara, Lakshmi S Nair	1680	KAR	46	PGN
4	47		Kanishka, S	1676	TN	1	½ - ½	1	WGM	Gomes, Mary Ann	2315	PSPB	4	PGN
5	5	IM	Karavade, Eesha	2293	PSPB	1	1 - 0	1		Anishka, Vikram	1675	DEL	48	PGN
6	49		Sachi, Jain	1675	DEL	1	0 - 1	1	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2293	PSPB	6	PGN
7	51		Kalyani, Sirin	1660	KER	1	1 - 0	1	WGM	Pratyusha, Bodda	2250	AP	8	PGN
8	9	WIM	Mahalakshmi, M	2242	RSPB	1	1 - 0	1	AFM	Shubhi, Gupta	1667	UP	50	PGN
9	53		Dakshita, Kumawat	1649	RAJ	1	0 - 1	1	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	2226	TN	10	PGN
10	11	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	2225	MAH	1	1 - 0	1		Rout, Yashita	1655	ODI	52	PGN

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Standings after Round 2

Rk.	SNo		Name	Typ	sex	Gr	FED	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	1	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	U18	w	N	IND	2389	MAH	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	2	IM	Padmini, Rout		w	N	IND	2353	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	3	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti		w	N	IND	2315	GOA	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	6	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan		w	N	IND	2293	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	10	WGM	Srija, Seshadri		w	N	IND	2226	TN	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	11	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi		w	N	IND	2225	MAH	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	13	IM	Mohota, Nisha		w	N	IND	2185	PSPB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	15	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee		w	N	IND	2160	WB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	19	WIM	Bommini, Mounika Akshaya	U20	w	N	IND	2094	AP	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	20	WFM	Saranya, J		w	N	IND	2050	TN	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	23	WIM	Mrudul, Dehankar	U20	w	N	IND	2030	MAH	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	27		Mrittika, Mallick	U16	w	S	IND	1948	WB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	30	WFM	Kotepalli, Sai Nirupama		w	N	IND	1899	AP	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	31	WCM	Bristy, Mukherjee	U20	w	N	IND	1885	WB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	33	WIM	Chandreyee, Hajra		w	N	IND	1845	WB	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	34		Velpula, Sarayu	U18	w	S	IND	1845	TEL	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	38		Janani, J		w	N	IND	1764	TN	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
	70		Yashvi, Jain	U14	w	N	IND	1504	TEL	2	1	2	2,00	0	2
19	35		Manasa, K.		w	N	IND	1827	KAR	2	1	1,5	1,50	0	2
	51		Kalyani, Sirin	U14	w	N	IND	1660	KER	2	1	1,5	1,50	0	2

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Round 3 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	27		Mrittika, Mallick	1948	WB	2		2	WGM	Divya, Deshmukh	2389	MAH	1
2	2	IM	Padmini, Rout	2353	PSPB	2		2		Potluri, Saye Srreezza	1919	TEL	29
3	28	WIM	Tejaswini, Sagar	1931	GUJ	2		2	IM	Kulkarni, Bhakti	2315	GOA	3
4	30	WFM	Kotepalli, Sai Nirupama	1899	AP	2		2	IM	Karavade, Eesha	2293	PSPB	5
5	6	IM	Soumya, Swaminathan	2293	PSPB	2		2	WCM	Bristy, Mukherjee	1885	WB	31
6	33	WIM	Chandreyee, Hajra	1845	WB	2		2	WIM	Mahalakshmi, M	2242	RSPB	9
7	10	WGM	Srija, Seshadri	2226	TN	2		2		Manasa, K.	1827	KAR	35
8	34		Velpula, Sarayu	1845	TEL	2		2	WIM	Chitlange, Sakshi	2225	MAH	11
9	38		Janani, J	1764	TN	2		2	IM	Mohota, Nisha	2185	PSPB	13
10	40		Rebecca, Jesumarian	1750	TN	2		2	WIM	Arpita, Mukherjee	2160	WB	15

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Tournament Details

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