Crucial Wins

After 7 rounds of play, Savitha was in 4th place with 5.5/7 points, while Afruza Khamdamova was leading the tournament with 6.5/7. Savitha had to catch her if she wanted to win the tournament, and guess what happened in the 8th round? Savitha was paired against Afruza and won to take the joint lead going into the final round.

Top 3 finishers (L to R): Runner up- Afruza Khamdamova(UZB), Champion- Savitha Shri Baskar(IND), and second runner up- Song Yuxin(CHN) | Photo: Atharva Godbole

And in the final round, Savitha defeated Anna Shukhman with black pieces. Afruza also won her last-round game, and both players were on 7.5/9 points, but a better tiebreak score helped Savitha clinch the Asian Champion Title.

Savitha with her hard-earned trophy and medal | Photo: Atharva Godbole
Check out the interview with Savitha, where she analysed her last 2 games
The Indian National Anthem was played in the closing ceremony as Savitha secured the title!!

Savitha received her trophy from Mr Atul Malhari Gotsurve, Ambassador of India in Mongolia | Photo: Atharva Godbole

Indian team

A proud moment for all the Indians | Photo: Atharva Godbole

Savitha during her last round against Anna Skhukman | Photo: Asian Individual Chess Championship 2026

Savitha during her Penultimate round against Afruza Khamdamova | Photo: Asian Individual Chess Championship 2026

Check out the performance of Savitha

Rakshitta Ravi (10th), Mary Ann Gomes (8th), and Vantika Agrawal (6th) finished in the top 10 and received prizes. (Mrs. Bhagyashree Thipsay collected on behalf of Vantika) | Photo: Swayams Mishra

Pranav Anand and Aditya Mittal secured the prizes | Photo: Swayams Mishra
Venue: Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia | Photo: Asian Individual Chess Championship 2026

The tournament was organised in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, from 29th May to 6th June 2026 with the time control of 90min/40moves+30min/end+30sec increment per move starting from move 1. A total of 102 players took part in this event from the Asian continent.

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Final Ranking after 9 Rounds

Rk.

SNo

 

Name

FED

Rtg

Pts.

 TB1 

 TB2 

 TB3 

 TB4 

1

6

IM

Savitha, Shri B

IND

2374

7,5

2311

48,5

52,5

0

2

4

WGM

Khamdamova, Afruza

UZB

2423

7,5

2298

48

50

0

3

1

IM

Song, Yuxin

CHN

2462

6,5

2290

46

50

0

4

21

WIM

Gao, Muziyan

CHN

2284

6,5

2284

48

52

0

5

5

IM

Kamalidenova, Meruert

KAZ

2389

6,5

2271

45

49

0

6

8

IM

Vantika, Agrawal

IND

2367

6,5

2259

46

49,5

0

7

24

WIM

Nurgaliyeva, Zarina

KAZ

2279

6,5

2248

45

48,5

0

8

28

WGM

Gomes, Mary Ann

IND

2258

6,5

2180

42

45,5

0

9

32

WFM

Imomkuzieva, Nilufarkhon

UZB

2235

6

2356

46,5

49,5

0

10

18

WGM

Rakshitta, Ravi

IND

2321

6

2343

49,5

53

0

11

16

IM

Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim

UZB

2335

6

2266

47

51

0

12

25

WGM

Munkhzul, Turmunkh

MGL

2271

6

2241

47

50

0

13

12

WGM

Balabayeva, Xeniya

KAZ

2355

6

2227

42

45,5

0

14

2

WGM

Shukhman, Anna

FID

2456

6

2189

43

45

0

15

9

IM

Bodnaruk, Anastasia

FID

2361

6

2158

39

42,5

0

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