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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.
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 |
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 |
Links
Chess Association Kolhapur: Official site, and facebook
