Divya ties the record with Humpy
Vasanti Khadilkar, Jayshree Khadilkar and Rohini Khadilkar - the Khadilkar sisters who dominated the first decade (1974-83) of the National Women's championship, won their first ever National Women's championship at the age of 13 years. Saritha Reddy won it in 1987 at the age of 15 years. Koneru Humpy won the National championship in 2003 when she was 16. Divya also won it at the age of 16 years. We will have a separate article on Priyanka Nutakki becoming India's 23rd Woman Grandmaster.
Padmini - Priyanka Nutakki: 0.5-0.5
IM Padmini Rout (PSPB) did not go easy on WIM Priyanka Nutakki (AP). The former National champion tested the new WGM of India.
32.Be2 threatening Bc4 would have made things extremely difficult for Black to survive. Fortunately for her, White did not find it and opted for 32.hxg6+ Kxg6 33.Rg1 Rh1 34.Bxa7 Rxc2 35.Kxc2 Rh2+ 36.Be2 allowed Black to save the game and salvage a draw eventually.
Arpita - Sakshi: 1-0
WIM Sakshi Chitlange (MAH) needed a win against WIM Arpita Mukherjee (WB) to earn her final WGM-norm. The game was heading towards until the latter blundered.
In a Rook ending with 3 vs 4 pawns, it is a relatively easy draw. Almost anything and everything leads to a draw here, 40.Kf5/Kxh5/h4 everything is okay, except 40.Rxg7 which allows Black to create a passed pawn on the e-file Rxg7+ 41.Kxg7 f5 and it's over for White.
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A total of 102 players including 5 IMs, 8 WGMs and 10 WIMs took part in this tournament organized by All Odisha Chess Association. The event took 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 9 results
| Bo. | No. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | Result | Pts. | Name | Rtg | Club/City | No. | ||
| 1 | 8 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | 2301 | MAH | 7½ | ½ - ½ | 6 | IM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2360 | PSPB | 5 |
| 2 | 6 | IM | Padmini Rout | 2350 | PSPB | 6 | ½ - ½ | 6½ | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | 2301 | AP | 9 |
| 3 | 11 | WIM | Arpita Mukherjee | 2260 | WB | 6 | 0 - 1 | 6 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | 2205 | MAH | 19 |
| 4 | 16 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | 2219 | TN | 6 | 1 - 0 | 6 | WIM | Sharma Isha | 2253 | KAR | 13 |
| 5 | 7 | WGM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2328 | AP | 5½ | 0 - 1 | 5½ | IM | Vaishali R | 2403 | TN | 1 |
| 6 | 4 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2361 | PSPB | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | WIM | Rakshitta Ravi | 2278 | TN | 10 |
| 7 | 14 | WIM | Priyanka K | 2227 | TN | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5½ | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2147 | PSPB | 23 |
| 8 | 15 | WIM | Parnali S Dharia | 2224 | MAH | 5½ | 1 - 0 | 5 | WIM | Savitha Shri B | 2257 | TN | 12 |
| 9 | 2 | IM | Kulkarni Bhakti | 2388 | GOA | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | Nimmy A.G. | 2110 | KER | 28 | |
| 10 | 38 | Ghosh Samriddhaa | 1910 | WB | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | WGM | Varshini V | 2206 | TN | 17 | |
| 11 | 18 | WFM | Salonika Saina | 2206 | ORI | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | WFM | Jyothsna L | 2052 | TN | 30 |
| 12 | 20 | WFM | Pandey Srishti | 2177 | MAH | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | Velpula Sarayu | 1875 | TEL | 39 | |
| 13 | 47 | Smaraki Mohanty | 1725 | ORI | 5 | 1 - 0 | 5 | WIM | Michelle Catherina P | 2176 | TN | 21 | |
| 14 | 22 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2168 | LIC | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | WCM | Bristy Mukherjee | 1856 | WB | 41 |
| 15 | 67 | Dakshita Kumawat | 1395 | RAJ | 5 | ½ - ½ | 5 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2136 | LIC | 25 | |
| 16 | 27 | Bala Kannamma P | 2120 | TN | 5 | 0 - 1 | 5 | Deodhar Vrushali Umesh | 1974 | MAH | 34 | ||
| 17 | 40 | Jayashree P.K. | 1864 | TN | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | WFM | Bommini Mounika Akshaya | 2145 | AP | 24 | |
| 18 | 37 | WFM | Kotepalli Sai Nirupama | 1914 | AP | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | WFM | Harshini A | 2131 | TN | 26 |
| 19 | 31 | WCM | Kheerthi Ganta | 2011 | TEL | 4½ | ½ - ½ | 4½ | Tejaswini G | 1742 | TN | 45 | |
| 20 | 32 | WIM | Chandreyee Hajra | 2001 | WB | 4½ | 0 - 1 | 4½ | Keerti Shree Reddy | 1721 | TN | 49 |
Final standings
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Club/City | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | |
| 1 | 8 | WGM | Divya Deshmukh | IND | 2301 | MAH | 8,0 | 47,5 | 51,5 | 46,50 | 0,0 | 7 |
| 2 | 19 | WIM | Chitlange Sakshi | IND | 2205 | MAH | 7,0 | 48,5 | 53,0 | 37,25 | 0,0 | 6 |
| 3 | 9 | WIM | Priyanka Nutakki | IND | 2301 | AP | 7,0 | 48,0 | 52,0 | 38,00 | 0,0 | 6 |
| 4 | 16 | WGM | Srija Seshadri | IND | 2219 | TN | 7,0 | 46,5 | 51,0 | 38,75 | 0,0 | 6 |
| 5 | 5 | IM | Soumya Swaminathan | IND | 2360 | PSPB | 6,5 | 51,0 | 55,5 | 38,50 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 6 | 1 | IM | Vaishali R | IND | 2403 | TN | 6,5 | 50,5 | 54,5 | 32,75 | 0,0 | 5 |
| 7 | 6 | IM | Padmini Rout | IND | 2350 | PSPB | 6,5 | 45,5 | 50,0 | 35,00 | 0,0 | 4 |
| 8 | 4 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IND | 2361 | PSPB | 6,5 | 44,0 | 48,0 | 32,75 | 0,0 | 5 |
| 9 | 14 | WIM | Priyanka K | IND | 2227 | TN | 6,5 | 43,0 | 47,0 | 32,25 | 0,0 | 6 |
| 10 | 15 | WIM | Parnali S Dharia | IND | 2224 | MAH | 6,5 | 42,5 | 47,0 | 33,25 | 0,0 | 6 |
