Woman Grandmaster Mary Ann Gomes with 8.5 points clinched the title with a superior tie-break score after the eleventh round of the Women International Grand Master Chess Tournament 2013 held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match 2013 at Multipurpose Indoor Stadium, Chennai here today.
In a three way tie, second seeded WGM Batsiashvili Nino of Georgia and International Master S Vijayalakshmi finished along side Mary Ann at 8.5 points.
Keti Tsatsalashvili (Georgia) and Sowmya Swaminathan (India) shared the fourth spot with 8.0 points each.
Final standings:
1 WGM Gomes Mary Ann IND 2414 – 8.5
2 WGM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2425 – 8.5
3 IM Vijayalakshmi Subbaraman IND 2399 – 8.5
4 WGM Tsatsalashvili Keti GEO 2266 – 8
5 WGM Soumya Swaminathan IND 2348 – 8
6 WGM Swathi Ghate IND 2242 – 7.5
7 WGM Ivakhinova Inna RUS 2315 – 7.5
8 WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman IND 2240 – 7.5
9 WFM Gevorgyan Maria ARM 2147 – 7.5
10 IM Guramishvili Sopiko GEO 2441 – 7.5
11 IM Mohota Nisha IND 2260 – 7.5
12 WGM Ambartsumova Karina RUS 2310 – 7
13 WGM Muminova Nafisa UZB 2280 – 7
14 WGM Kulkarni Bhakti IND 2288 – 7
15 Azimova Karina RUS 2094 – 7
Nice job.