Women's Premier 08+09: Padmini leads by a point with 7.0/9
Padmini Rout leads the Women's Premier Championship by a full point and is en route to winning it yet again. She has remained solid and undefeated throughout the tournament and has scored 7.0/9. The most important step came when she defeated Vijayalakshmi S. in the eighth round. Behind her, trailing at 6.0/9, is Soumya Swaminathan. We have an illustrated report with games.
Pictures by Gopakumar Sudhakaran
Women's Premier 08+09: Padmini leads by a point with 7.0/9
Round 8 on 2016/11/11 at 10:00 am | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 12 | 2306 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 1 - 0 | Bala Kannamma P | 2073 | 10 | |
2 | 11 | 2374 | IM | Padmini Rout | 1 - 0 | IM | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | 2390 | 9 |
3 | 1 | 2425 | IM | Karavade Eesha | 1 - 0 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 2185 | 8 |
4 | 2 | 2289 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | 1 - 0 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2262 | 7 |
5 | 3 | 2300 | WIM | Vaishali R | 0 - 1 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2386 | 6 |
6 | 4 | 2117 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 0 - 1 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 2260 | 5 |
IM Padmini Rout took on GM-elect Vijayalakshmi S. in the most important game of the tournament until now. It was a 6.d3 Ruy Lopez that white ended up winning. Padmini thus destroyed Viji's hopes of winning the title.
[Event "National Women Premier 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:33"]
[BlackClock "0:14:43"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Padmini, Rout"]
[Black "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "C84"]
[WhiteElo "2374"]
[BlackElo "2390"]
[PlyCount "97"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:15:33"]
[BlackClock "0:14:43"]
1. e4 {0} e5 {68} 2. Nf3 {0} Nc6 {11} 3. Bb5 {0} a6 {7} 4. Ba4 {4} Nf6 {15} 5.
O-O {10} Be7 {5} 6. d3 {16} d6 {391} 7. c3 {18} O-O {32} 8. Re1 {13} Bg4 {118}
9. h3 {132} Bh5 {24} 10. Nbd2 {45} Re8 {780} 11. Nf1 {114} Nd7 {594} 12. Bc2 {
197} Nf8 {775} 13. Ng3 {415} Bg6 {44} 14. d4 {324} exd4 {347} 15. cxd4 {22} d5
{66} 16. e5 {73} Ne6 {155} 17. Be3 {96} Na5 {90} 18. b3 {159} b6 {120} 19. Nf5
{765} Bf8 {119} 20. Bd2 {864} Nc6 {290} 21. Bc3 {138} Na7 {31} 22. Ne3 {854}
Nb5 {125} 23. Bxg6 {51} hxg6 {59} 24. Bb2 {62} c5 {126} 25. dxc5 {85} d4 {34}
26. Nc4 {27} bxc5 {157} 27. g3 {302} Nbc7 {380} 28. Nfd2 {158} Nd5 {23} 29. Kg2
{86} a5 {160} 30. a4 {121} Qc7 {163} 31. Ba3 {239} Reb8 {51} 32. h4 {45} Ra7 {
83} 33. Qf3 {46} Qd8 {237} 34. Rh1 {394} Rab7 {147} 35. Rae1 {71} Nc3 {49} 36.
Bb2 {175} Na2 {76} 37. h5 {187} g5 {207} 38. h6 {8} g6 {261} 39. h7+ {148} Kh8
{7} 40. Ne4 {0} f5 {0} 41. exf6 {0} Rxh7 {0} 42. Ne5 {0} Rbb7 {0} 43. Nd6 {0}
Bxd6 {0} 44. Qxb7 {0} Qc7 {0} 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 {0} 46. Rh1+ {0} Kg8 {0} 47. Qd5 {
0} Qc8 {0} 48. Qxd6 {0} Nb4 {0} 49. Qe7 {0} 1-0
O-O {10} Be7 {5} 6. d3 {16} d6 {391} 7. c3 {18} O-O {32} 8. Re1 {13} Bg4 {118}
9. h3 {132} Bh5 {24} 10. Nbd2 {45} Re8 {780} 11. Nf1 {114} Nd7 {594} 12. Bc2 {
197} Nf8 {775} 13. Ng3 {415} Bg6 {44} 14. d4 {324} exd4 {347} 15. cxd4 {22} d5
{66} 16. e5 {73} Ne6 {155} 17. Be3 {96} Na5 {90} 18. b3 {159} b6 {120} 19. Nf5
{765} Bf8 {119} 20. Bd2 {864} Nc6 {290} 21. Bc3 {138} Na7 {31} 22. Ne3 {854}
Nb5 {125} 23. Bxg6 {51} hxg6 {59} 24. Bb2 {62} c5 {126} 25. dxc5 {85} d4 {34}
26. Nc4 {27} bxc5 {157} 27. g3 {302} Nbc7 {380} 28. Nfd2 {158} Nd5 {23} 29. Kg2
{86} a5 {160} 30. a4 {121} Qc7 {163} 31. Ba3 {239} Reb8 {51} 32. h4 {45} Ra7 {
83} 33. Qf3 {46} Qd8 {237} 34. Rh1 {394} Rab7 {147} 35. Rae1 {71} Nc3 {49} 36.
Bb2 {175} Na2 {76} 37. h5 {187} g5 {207} 38. h6 {8} g6 {261} 39. h7+ {148} Kh8
{7} 40. Ne4 {0} f5 {0} 41. exf6 {0} Rxh7 {0} 42. Ne5 {0} Rbb7 {0} 43. Nd6 {0}
Bxd6 {0} 44. Qxb7 {0} Qc7 {0} 45. Rxh7+ Kxh7 {0} 46. Rh1+ {0} Kg8 {0} 47. Qd5 {
0} Qc8 {0} 48. Qxd6 {0} Nb4 {0} 49. Qe7 {0} 1-0
Padmini speaks on her win
IM Eesha Karavade was expected to defeat Mahalakshmi M. and that is what happened.
Vaishali R. was supposed to cause the major upsets in the tournament but she is having a torrid time in Delhi. She lost to Soumya.
Even Bala Kannamma expectedly went down against Mary Ann Gomes.
[Event "National Women Premier 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Bala Kannamma P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:39:31"]
[BlackClock "0:08:51"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Gomes, Mary Ann"]
[Black "Bala Kannamma P"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B23"]
[WhiteElo "2306"]
[BlackElo "2073"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:39:31"]
[BlackClock "0:08:51"]
1. e4 {6} c5 {0} 2. Nc3 {36} e6 {0} 3. g3 {9} Nc6 {0} 4. Bg2 {6} g6 {2} 5. f4 {
24} d6 {38} 6. Nf3 {36} Bg7 {7} 7. d3 {33} Nge7 {13} 8. O-O {33} O-O {327} 9.
Be3 {247} Nd4 {89} 10. Qd2 {62} Rb8 {162} 11. Nd1 {39} Nxf3+ {354} 12. Bxf3 {29
} b6 {92} 13. d4 {208} Bb7 {729} 14. Nc3 {94} f5 {561} 15. Rad1 {641} fxe4 {821
} 16. Nxe4 {11} Nf5 {150} 17. c3 {11} cxd4 {150} 18. cxd4 {114} Bxe4 {321} 19.
Bxe4 {11} Nxe3 {125} 20. Qxe3 {7} Kh8 {39} 21. Bg2 {361} Qf6 {203} 22. Rfe1 {15
} Rfe8 {96} 23. Qa3 {31} Qe7 {902} 24. Bc6 {645} Rf8 {149} 25. Bd5 {168} Rf6 {
15} 26. Qe3 {37} Re8 {175} 27. Rc1 {96} e5 {228} 28. dxe5 {544} dxe5 {31} 29.
Qxe5 {14} Qxe5 {17} 30. Rxe5 {9} Rd8 {100} 31. Bb3 {369} Rfd6 {31} 32. Re7 {19}
Bd4+ {17} 33. Kg2 {300} R6d7 {3} 34. Rc8 {129} Rxc8 {20} 35. Rxd7 {8} Bxb2 {6}
36. Rxa7 {6} Bd4 {84} 37. Kf3 {64} Bc5 {23} 38. g4 {96} Re8 {43} 39. g5 {186}
h6 {219} 40. gxh6 {0} Re7 {0} 41. Ra8+ {0} Kh7 {0} 42. Rc8 {0} Kxh6 {0} 43. Rc6
{0} Re3+ {0} 44. Kg4 {0} Rd3 {0} 45. Rxg6+ {0} Kxg6 {0} 46. Bc2 {0} Kf6 {0} 47.
Bxd3 {0} Bf8 {0} 48. a4 {0} Bh6 {0} 49. h4 {0} Bf8 {0} 50. Kf3 {0} Bg7 {0} 51.
Ke4 {0} Bh6 {0} 52. h5 {0} Bf8 {0} 53. Bb5 {0} Bh6 {0} 54. Be8 {0} Bf8 {0} 55.
Bg6 {0} Bh6 {0} 56. f5 {0} Bg5 {0} 57. Kd5 {0} Be3 {0} 58. Kc6 {0} Kg7 {0} 59.
Kc7 {0} Bd4 {0} 60. Kd7 {0} Be3 {0} 61. Ke6 {0} Bg5 {0} 62. Be8 {0} Be3 {250}
63. f6+ {0} Kh6 {13} 64. Bg6 {36} Bg5 65. Bd3 {235} Be3 {291} 66. f7 {48} Kg7 {
40} 67. Ke7 {9} Bc5+ {11} 68. Ke8 {9} Bb4 {42} 69. h6+ {45} Kh8 {5} 70. f8=Q+ {
37} Bxf8 {2} 71. Kxf8 {7} b5 {3} 72. Bxb5 {9} 1-0
24} d6 {38} 6. Nf3 {36} Bg7 {7} 7. d3 {33} Nge7 {13} 8. O-O {33} O-O {327} 9.
Be3 {247} Nd4 {89} 10. Qd2 {62} Rb8 {162} 11. Nd1 {39} Nxf3+ {354} 12. Bxf3 {29
} b6 {92} 13. d4 {208} Bb7 {729} 14. Nc3 {94} f5 {561} 15. Rad1 {641} fxe4 {821
} 16. Nxe4 {11} Nf5 {150} 17. c3 {11} cxd4 {150} 18. cxd4 {114} Bxe4 {321} 19.
Bxe4 {11} Nxe3 {125} 20. Qxe3 {7} Kh8 {39} 21. Bg2 {361} Qf6 {203} 22. Rfe1 {15
} Rfe8 {96} 23. Qa3 {31} Qe7 {902} 24. Bc6 {645} Rf8 {149} 25. Bd5 {168} Rf6 {
15} 26. Qe3 {37} Re8 {175} 27. Rc1 {96} e5 {228} 28. dxe5 {544} dxe5 {31} 29.
Qxe5 {14} Qxe5 {17} 30. Rxe5 {9} Rd8 {100} 31. Bb3 {369} Rfd6 {31} 32. Re7 {19}
Bd4+ {17} 33. Kg2 {300} R6d7 {3} 34. Rc8 {129} Rxc8 {20} 35. Rxd7 {8} Bxb2 {6}
36. Rxa7 {6} Bd4 {84} 37. Kf3 {64} Bc5 {23} 38. g4 {96} Re8 {43} 39. g5 {186}
h6 {219} 40. gxh6 {0} Re7 {0} 41. Ra8+ {0} Kh7 {0} 42. Rc8 {0} Kxh6 {0} 43. Rc6
{0} Re3+ {0} 44. Kg4 {0} Rd3 {0} 45. Rxg6+ {0} Kxg6 {0} 46. Bc2 {0} Kf6 {0} 47.
Bxd3 {0} Bf8 {0} 48. a4 {0} Bh6 {0} 49. h4 {0} Bf8 {0} 50. Kf3 {0} Bg7 {0} 51.
Ke4 {0} Bh6 {0} 52. h5 {0} Bf8 {0} 53. Bb5 {0} Bh6 {0} 54. Be8 {0} Bf8 {0} 55.
Bg6 {0} Bh6 {0} 56. f5 {0} Bg5 {0} 57. Kd5 {0} Be3 {0} 58. Kc6 {0} Kg7 {0} 59.
Kc7 {0} Bd4 {0} 60. Kd7 {0} Be3 {0} 61. Ke6 {0} Bg5 {0} 62. Be8 {0} Be3 {250}
63. f6+ {0} Kh6 {13} 64. Bg6 {36} Bg5 65. Bd3 {235} Be3 {291} 66. f7 {48} Kg7 {
40} 67. Ke7 {9} Bc5+ {11} 68. Ke8 {9} Bb4 {42} 69. h6+ {45} Kh8 {5} 70. f8=Q+ {
37} Bxf8 {2} 71. Kxf8 {7} b5 {3} 72. Bxb5 {9} 1-0
Mary speaks on her win
Swati Ghate had a terrible first half. But she has won her eighth and the ninth round games.
Pratyusha Bodda took full advantage of the white pieces to defeat Nisha Mohota.
The games in progress.
Round 9 on 2016/11/12 at 10:00 am | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 5 | 2260 | WGM | Swati Ghate | 1 - 0 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2306 | 12 |
2 | 6 | 2386 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | ½ - ½ | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | 2117 | 4 |
3 | 7 | 2262 | IM | Mohota Nisha | 1 - 0 | WIM | Vaishali R | 2300 | 3 |
4 | 8 | 2185 | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 0 - 1 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | 2289 | 2 |
5 | 9 | 2390 | IM | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | 1 - 0 | IM | Karavade Eesha | 2425 | 1 |
6 | 10 | 2073 | Bala Kannamma P | ½ - ½ | IM | Padmini Rout | 2374 | 11 |
Vaishali lost yet again, this time to Nisha Mohota, and is languishing at the bottom of the table.
Pratyusha Bodda beat Mahalakshmi with the black pieces.
Viji won her ninth round game against Eesha Karavade. She has won five games in the event, just like Padmini, but has two extra losses.
[Event "National Women Premier 2016"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:38:29"]
[BlackClock "0:37:00"]
[Site "?"]
[Date "2016.11.12"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Vijayalakshmi, Subbaraman"]
[Black "Karavade, Eesha"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "A46"]
[WhiteElo "2390"]
[BlackElo "2425"]
[PlyCount "103"]
[EventDate "2016.??.??"]
[TimeControl "5400+30"]
[WhiteClock "0:38:29"]
[BlackClock "0:37:00"]
1. d4 {137} Nf6 {0} 2. Nf3 {8} e6 {63} 3. Bf4 {9} d5 {252} 4. e3 {11} Bd6 {58}
5. Bg3 {16} O-O {49} 6. Bd3 {28} b6 {350} 7. Nbd2 {53} Bb7 {128} 8. O-O {133}
c5 {299} 9. c3 {5} Nc6 {3} 10. Qe2 {220} Bxg3 {783} 11. hxg3 {35} Nd7 {188} 12.
Rfd1 {197} Qe7 {401} 13. a4 {276} Rfe8 {243} 14. e4 {346} dxe4 {248} 15. Bxe4 {
77} cxd4 {562} 16. Bxc6 {146} Bxc6 {2} 17. Nxd4 {11} Bb7 {118} 18. a5 {74} e5 {
349} 19. Nb5 {1040} Nf6 {128} 20. axb6 {660} axb6 {8} 21. Nc4 {38} Rxa1 {363}
22. Rxa1 {19} Bc6 {5} 23. Nbd6 {258} Rd8 {315} 24. Qxe5 {73} Qxe5 {5} 25. Nxe5
{4} Rxd6 {5} 26. Nxc6 {11} g6 {57} 27. Nd4 {44} Kf8 {38} 28. Kf1 {34} Nd7 {68}
29. Ra8+ {65} Ke7 {21} 30. Ra7 {38} h5 {39} 31. f3 {305} Kf6 {81} 32. Ke2 {40}
Ne5 {250} 33. Rc7 {95} Nd7 {101} 34. Kd3 {108} Ne5+ {115} 35. Kc2 {91} Rd7 {40}
36. Rxd7 {236} Nxd7 {19} 37. c4 {132} Ke7 {89} 38. Kc3 {52} Kd6 {90} 39. Kb4 {
80} Nc5 {77} 40. Kb5 {0} Kc7 {0} 41. b4 {0} Nd3 {0} 42. Ne2 {0} Ne1 {0} 43. Nf4
{0} Kb7 {0} 44. c5 {0} bxc5 {0} 45. bxc5 {0} Nc2 {0} 46. c6+ {0} Kc8 {0} 47.
Nd5 {0} Nd4+ {0} 48. Kc5 {0} Nf5 {0} 49. g4 {0} hxg4 {0} 50. fxg4 {0} Ng7 {0}
51. Kd6 {0} Ne6 {0} 52. g5 {0} 1-0
5. Bg3 {16} O-O {49} 6. Bd3 {28} b6 {350} 7. Nbd2 {53} Bb7 {128} 8. O-O {133}
c5 {299} 9. c3 {5} Nc6 {3} 10. Qe2 {220} Bxg3 {783} 11. hxg3 {35} Nd7 {188} 12.
Rfd1 {197} Qe7 {401} 13. a4 {276} Rfe8 {243} 14. e4 {346} dxe4 {248} 15. Bxe4 {
77} cxd4 {562} 16. Bxc6 {146} Bxc6 {2} 17. Nxd4 {11} Bb7 {118} 18. a5 {74} e5 {
349} 19. Nb5 {1040} Nf6 {128} 20. axb6 {660} axb6 {8} 21. Nc4 {38} Rxa1 {363}
22. Rxa1 {19} Bc6 {5} 23. Nbd6 {258} Rd8 {315} 24. Qxe5 {73} Qxe5 {5} 25. Nxe5
{4} Rxd6 {5} 26. Nxc6 {11} g6 {57} 27. Nd4 {44} Kf8 {38} 28. Kf1 {34} Nd7 {68}
29. Ra8+ {65} Ke7 {21} 30. Ra7 {38} h5 {39} 31. f3 {305} Kf6 {81} 32. Ke2 {40}
Ne5 {250} 33. Rc7 {95} Nd7 {101} 34. Kd3 {108} Ne5+ {115} 35. Kc2 {91} Rd7 {40}
36. Rxd7 {236} Nxd7 {19} 37. c4 {132} Ke7 {89} 38. Kc3 {52} Kd6 {90} 39. Kb4 {
80} Nc5 {77} 40. Kb5 {0} Kc7 {0} 41. b4 {0} Nd3 {0} 42. Ne2 {0} Ne1 {0} 43. Nf4
{0} Kb7 {0} 44. c5 {0} bxc5 {0} 45. bxc5 {0} Nc2 {0} 46. c6+ {0} Kc8 {0} 47.
Nd5 {0} Nd4+ {0} 48. Kc5 {0} Nf5 {0} 49. g4 {0} hxg4 {0} 50. fxg4 {0} Ng7 {0}
51. Kd6 {0} Ne6 {0} 52. g5 {0} 1-0
Soumya drew her game to rule at the second spot with 6.0/9.
Bala Kannamma held Padmini with the white pieces. Padmini continues to lead with 7./9.
Round 10 on 2016/11/13 at 10:00 am | |||||||||
Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||
1 | 12 | 2306 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | IM | Padmini Rout | 2374 | 11 | |
2 | 1 | 2425 | IM | Karavade Eesha | Bala Kannamma P | 2073 | 10 | ||
3 | 2 | 2289 | WIM | Pratyusha Bodda | IM | Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman | 2390 | 9 | |
4 | 3 | 2300 | WIM | Vaishali R | WIM | Mahalakshmi M | 2185 | 8 | |
5 | 4 | 2117 | WGM | Kiran Manisha Mohanty | IM | Mohota Nisha | 2262 | 7 | |
6 | 5 | 2260 | WGM | Swati Ghate | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2386 | 6 |
Related:
- Women's Premier 01: Dark tragicomedies
- Women's Premier 02: Favourites have a ball
- Women's Premier 03: Nisha wins on a draw day
- Women's Premier 04: Viji and Padmini lead
- Women's Premier 05: Padmini leads as Viji loses
- Women's Premier 06: Padmini continues to lead but Viji on the heels
- Women's Premier 07: Bala Kannamma shocks Viji; Padmini leads by a point