Vantika Agrawal is the top seed at MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022

by Shahid Ahmed - 26/12/2022

MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship starts today at Sanjay Ghodawat University in Kolhapur, Maharashtra. For the first time since 2019, it will be a full-fledged event, which means there will be 11 rounds instead of 9 like the previous edition held earlier this year. The time control is also back to 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes + 30 seconds increment from move no.1. The total prize fund has been increased by ₹500000, each prize got increased by ₹50000. WGM Vantika Agrawal is the top seed of the tournament, The defending champion, WGM Divya Deshmukh is the second seed and former National Women's champion, IM Soumya Swaminathan will be third seed. Round 1 starts today at 11:30 a.m. Who do you think will win this event? Photo: Chess Association Kolhapur

Divya set to defend her crown

The total prize fund is ₹3000000. Top three prizes are ₹600000, ₹500000 and ₹400000.

Press Conference and logo reveal of MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022 | Photo: Chess Association Kolhapur

The Press Conference and official logo launch Ceremony happened on 22nd December 2022 at Sanjay Ghodawat University for the MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022. Girish Chitale, Vice President, MCA, Niranjan Godbole, Hon. Secretary, MCA, Dr. Arun Patil, Sanjay Ghodawat University, Vice Chancellor, Vinayak Bhosle, Trustee – SGU, Virat Giri, Principal – SGU Polytechnic, IA Bharat Chougule, Manish Marulkar, Aarti Modi and Dheeraj Vaidya from Chess Association Kolhapur, Sandeep Patil from SGU and WIM Rucha Pujari were present at the Press Conference.

Official logo of MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022 | Photo: Chess Association Kolhapur

Top seed - WGM Vantika Agrawal (2352) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Second seed - WGM Divya Deshmukh (2347) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

Third seed - IM Soumya Swaminathan (2322) | Photo: Shahid Ahmed

MPL 48th National Women Chess Championship 2022 will take place from 26th December 2022 to 5th January 2023. All round starts at 11:30 a.m. except final round on 5th January which starts at 9:30 a.m. The tournament is being organized by Chess Association Kolhapur.

Players list

No.		Name	FideID	FED	RtgI	sex	Club/City
1	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	25050389	IND	2352	w	Delhi
2	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	35006916	IND	2347	w	Maharashtra
3	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	5016193	IND	2322	w	PSPB
4	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	5013623	IND	2320	w	PSPB
5	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	5019516	IND	2319	w	Goa
6	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	5001080	IND	2257	w	RSPB
7	WIM	Pujari Rucha	5024528	IND	2229	w	Maharashtra
8	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	35002899	IND	2213	w	Maharashtra
9	WIM	Sharma Isha	35006665	IND	2212	w	Karnataka
10	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	5056403	IND	2211	w	West Bengal
11	WGM	Srija Seshadri	5055903	IND	2204	w	Tamil Nadu
12	WIM	Aakanksha Hagawane	25014510	IND	2202	w	Maharashtra
13	WFM	Pandey Srishti	35093290	IND	2198	w	Maharashtra
14	IM	Mohota Nisha	5004330	IND	2197	w	PSPB
15	WGM	Varshini V	5091241	IND	2141	w	Tamil Nadu
16	WIM	Bommini Mounika Akshaya	25019872	IND	2135	w	Andhra Pradesh
17	WFM	Shah Vishwa	25000594	IND	2128	w	Maharashtra
18		Bakshi Rutuja	5016509	IND	2127	w	Maharashtra
19	WIM	Mrudul Dehankar	25096990	IND	2126	w	Maharashtra
20	WIM	Makhija Aashna	25011944	IND	2123	w	Maharashtra

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Round 1 pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	Pts.	Result	Pts.		Name	Rtg	Club/City	No.
1	53	WCM	Kheerthi Ganta	1675	Telangana	0		0	WGM	Vantika Agrawal	2352	Delhi	1
2	2	WGM	Divya Deshmukh	2347	Maharashtra	0		0		Aditi Yogesh Kayal	1667	Maharashtra	54
3	55		Dakshita Kumawat	1656	Rajasthan	0		0	IM	Soumya Swaminathan	2322	PSPB	3
4	4	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2320	PSPB	0		0		Marium Fatima	1646	Bihar	56
5	57		Swara Lakshmi S Nair	1632	Karnataka	0		0	IM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2319	Goa	5
6	6	WIM	Mahalakshmi M	2257	RSPB	0		0		Rajanya Datta	1627	West Bengal	58
7	59		Sagar Siya	1611	Gujarat	0		0	WIM	Pujari Rucha	2229	Maharashtra	7
8	8	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2213	Maharashtra	0		0		Cera Dagariya	1586	Madhya Pradesh	60
9	61		Kalyani Sirin	1578	Kerala	0		0	WIM	Sharma Isha	2212	Karnataka	9
10	10	WIM	Arpita Mukherjee	2211	West Bengal	0		0		Saniya Rafique Tadavi	1569	Maharashtra	62

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Links

Tournament Regulations

Chess Association Kolhapur: Official site, and facebook

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