Vijayalakshmi makes final GM norm
Rakesh Rao
Wednesday, May 02, 2007

NEW DELHI: The country’s first Woman Grandmaster, S. Vijayalakshmi, gained her final Grandmaster norm on way to winning the Cutro Open chess tournament in Cutro, Italy, on Tuesday.

In the 22-player event, Vijayalakshmi scored 6.5 points from nine rounds and emerged victorious by half a point.

Vijayalakshmi’s earlier GM norms came in the Paris Open (July 2005) and in the Kavala International Open (Greece, Aug. 2006).

….To become a GM, Vijayalakshmi has to raise her rating from the present 2425 to 2500. From this event, she stands to gain around 25 rating points.

Source: Hindu.com

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