{"id":9493,"date":"2012-08-27T10:11:21","date_gmt":"2012-08-27T10:11:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9493"},"modified":"2012-08-27T10:11:21","modified_gmt":"2012-08-27T10:11:21","slug":"michelle-catherina-wins-national-women-challengers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indiansportsnews.co.in\/?p=9493","title":{"rendered":"Catherina wins National Women Chess"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/chess\/00%20chess.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Catherina wins National Women Challengers\" width=\"250\" \/><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>:Tenth seed Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu ensured a thrilling end to the Amity 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship by defeating third seed Nimmy A G of Kerala in the eleventh and final round at Naurang House here on Sunday.&nbsp; This victory enabled Catherina to take her tally to nine points to secure the Winner\u2019s trophy.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>P Priya and J Saranya both from Tamilnadu defeated R Bharthi and Ramya Krishna respectively in the final round were tied for the second spot with eight points but better tie break score helped Priya to lift the runner-up trophy while Saranya satisfied with third spot finish to complete the podium finish of Tamilnadu players.<br \/>\n<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Top twenty players from this event qualified for the National Premier Chess Championship which is scheduled to be held in the month of October in Maharashtra.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>Shri. Bharat Singh Chauhan, Secretary All India Chess Federation along with Shri. Sarabjit Singh Sabharwal, Trustee Naurang Foundation gave away the prizes in a colourful closing ceremony.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/><strong>Important Results<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Round-11 :-&nbsp;<\/strong> Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu (9) beat Nimmy A G of Kerala (7.5); Priya P of Tamilnadu (8) beat R Bharthi of Tamilnadu (7.5); Cholleti Sahajasri of Andhra Pradesh (7.5) drew with Chandika Divyasree of Andhra Pradesh (7.5); Saranya J of Tamilnadu (8) beat Ramya Krishna of Andhra Pradesh (7); Swati Mohota of West Bengal (7.5) drew with Mahalakshmi M of Tamilnadu (7.5); Rucha Pujari of Maharashtra (7.5) beat Hinduja Reddy of Andhra Pradesh (6.5); Bagyashree Thipsay of Maharashtra (7.5) beat Mitali Madhukar Patil of Maharashtra (6.5); Pallabi Roy of West Bengal (7) drew with Amruta Mokal of Maharashtra (7); Harini S of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat Savant Riya of Goa (6.5); Rajasurya J of Tamilnadu (7.5) beat Sandhya G of Andhra Pradesh (6.5); Raghavi N of Tamilnadu (7) lost to Anjana Krishna of Kerala (6); Meenu Rajendran of Kerala (6) lost to A Akshaya of Tamilnadu (7); Madhuri M Patil of Maharashtra (6) lost to Salini R of Andhra Pradesh (7); Lasya G of Andhra Pradesh (7) beat Anigani Kavya of Andhra Pradesh (6); Kotepalli Sai Nirupama of Andhra Pradesh (7) beat Madhurima Shekhar of Delhi (5.5).<\/p>\n<p><strong>By Indian Sports News Network<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 6px; float: left;\" src=\"images\/chess\/00%20chess.jpg\" alt=\"Michelle Catherina wins National Women Challengers\" width=\"250\" \/><strong>New Delhi<\/strong>:Tenth seed Michelle Catherina of Tamilnadu ensured a thrilling end to the Amity 39th National Women Challengers Chess Championship by defeating third seed Nimmy A G of Kerala in the eleventh and final round at Naurang House here on Sunday.&nbsp; This victory enabled Catherina to take her tally to nine points to secure the Winner\u2019s trophy.<br \/>&nbsp;<br \/>P Priya and J Saranya both from Tamilnadu defeated R Bharthi and Ramya Krishna respectively in the final round were tied for the second spot with eight points but better tie break score helped Priya to lift the runner-up trophy while Saranya satisfied with third spot finish to complete the podium finish of Tamilnadu players.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[6135,6137,6164],"class_list":["post-9493","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-chess-chess","tag-amity-39th-national-women-challengers-chess-championship","tag-michelle-catherina","tag-nimmy-a-g"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Catherina wins National Women Chess - IndianSportsNews.com - Latest Updated Sports News &amp; 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