BHUBANESWAR 06-Dec-2017
Odisha and PSPB International Master Padmini Rout won her 4th successive title in the National Women Premier Chess Championship, the 44th edition of which was held at Surat Tennis Club, Surat (Gujarat) from Nov 25 to Dec 6, 2017.
Bhubaneswar lass Padmini scored 7.5 points out of a possible 11 to take home the top prize of Rs 1,75,000. She had won her previous three Premier National titles at Sangli (2014), Kolkata (2015) and New Delhi (2016).
Padmini won seven games, beating Bala Kannamma P, WGM Swati Ghate, WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty, WIM PV Nandhidhaa, Srishti Pandey, WIM Sakshi Chitlange; drew three against WGM Soumya Swaminathan, Samriddhaa Ghosh, WGM Bhakti Kulkarni and lost two against WGM Meenakshi Subbaraman and WGM Mary Ann Gomes.
