Women's Premier Express report: Padmini takes it all

by Sagar Shah - 06/12/2017

Four players started the eleventh round with 6.5/10. Only one of them was able to win the game and become the national champion! That was IM Padmini Rout. And she did it in style! This is her fourth consecutive national premier title. In this article we give you the express updates with a full report coming up soon. Second place went to Bhakti and third place was secured by Mary Ann Gomes.

Latest update: Padmini Rout becomes the National Champion ... fourth time in a row!

In an exciting turn of events Padmini Rout not only became the National Champion, but she did it with a half point advantage! "It's completely unbelievable," said the girl from Odisha. "At the halfway mark I thought I would win with a round to spare, but after I lost to Mary I had given up all the hopes!" This is the fourth national title for Padmini and that too in four years! She is truly the golden girl of Indian chess.

Soumya drew a completely winning game against Bala Kannamma, Bhakti drew a clearly better position against Samruddhaa Ghosh and Meenakshi slumped to a defeat against Srishti Pandey.

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	8	IM	Padmini Rout	IND	2324	7,5	0,0	36,25	6,0
2	3	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	IND	2311	7,0	2,0	37,00	4,0
3	2	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	IND	2333	7,0	0,5	35,25	5,0
4	7	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	IND	2320	7,0	0,5	33,50	5,0
5	11	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	IND	2165	6,5	0,0	38,50	5,0
6	10	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	IND	2190	6,0	1,0	30,25	5,0
7	6	WGM	Swati Ghate	IND	2277	6,0	0,0	29,00	4,0
8	4	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	IND	2248	4,5	1,0	17,75	4,0
9	5		Bala Kannamma P	IND	2058	4,5	0,0	23,25	1,0
10	9		Ghosh Samriddhaa	IND	1988	3,5	1,0	17,75	1,0
11	12	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	IND	2159	3,5	0,0	19,50	2,0
12	1		Pandey Srishti	IND	1885	3,0	0,0	16,50	2,0

Final rounds results:

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.
1	6	2277	WGM	Swati Ghate	½ - ½	WGM	Kiran Manisha Mohanty	2159	12
2	7	2320	WGM	Soumya Swaminathan	½ - ½		Bala Kannamma P	2058	5
3	8	2324	IM	Padmini Rout	1 - 0	WIM	Chitlange Sakshi	2248	4
4	9	1988		Ghosh Samriddhaa	½ - ½	WGM	Kulkarni Bhakti	2311	3
5	10	2190	WIM	Nandhidhaa Pv	0 - 1	WGM	Gomes Mary Ann	2333	2
6	11	2165	WGM	Meenakshi Subbaraman	0 - 1		Pandey Srishti	1885	1

Exciting last day at the Women's National Premier 2017

This is the final round pairing:

Meenakshi, Soumya, Padmini and Bhakti are all on 6.5/10.

These are the results in their head to head encounters:

1. Meenakshi has wins against Bhakti and Padmini but loss against Soumya (2.0/3)

2. Soumya has beaten Meenakshi and drawn with Padmini but lost to Bhakti (1.5/3)

3. Bhakti has beaten Soumya, lost to Meenakshi and drawn against Padmini (1.5/3)

4. Padmini has lost to Meenakshi and drawn against Soumya and Bhakti (1.0/3)

If all four of them win their games then Meenakshi becomes the national Champion. If only Soumya and Meenakshi win their games then Soumya becomes the champion. In case Padmini and Bhakti alone win their games, then we have to check the second tiebreak which is Sonneborn-Berger and this is how it looks right now: