Nisha Mohota joined S. Vijayalakshmi at the top of the table, with 8.5 points, going into the final round of the National women’s challengers’ chess championship at Mapusa, Goa. They are a point ahead of Swati Ghate, K. Lakshmi Praneetha, Nimmy A. George, Hinduja Reddy and Neha Singh.
Important results (10th round): Nimmy A. George 7.5 drew with S. Vijayalakshmi 7.5; Nisha Mohota 8.5 bt G. Lasya 7; Aarthie Ramaswamy 7 drew with K. Lakshmi Praneetha 7.5; Ivana Maria Furtado 7 drew with Padmini Rout 7; V. Varshini 7 drew with Bhakti Kulkarni 7; Harshita Guddanti 6.5 lost to Swati Ghate 7.5; Neha Singh 7.5 bt P. Bala Kannamma 6.5; Soumya Swaminathan 6 lost to Hinduja Reddy 7.5; Kiran Monisha Mohanty 6.5 drew with Riya Savant 6.5; Dhanashree Pandit 6 lost to M. Mahalakshmi 7; Bindu K. Saritha 6 lost to Pratyusha Bodda 7; Swati Mohota 6 lost to Samaraki Mohanty 7; G.K. Monisha 6 drew with Sunyasakta Satpathy 6.5; Amruta Mokal 6.5 bt Pushpalata Mangal 5.5; S. Harini 6 drew with S. Nandini 6; G. Sandhya 6.5 bt S. Anjana Krishna 5.5; Parnali Dharia 6 drew with C.H. Meghana 6; A. Harshini 6 drew with Arpita Mukherjee 6; Mehak Jain 5.5 lost to Tarini Goyal 6.5; Supriya Joshi 6.5 bt Shalon Pais 5.5.
