Women's Premier 08+09: Padmini leads by a point with 7.0/9

by Priyadarshan Banjan - 13/11/2016

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"]

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

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"]

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

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"]

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

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

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