Chennai
Olga defeated WIM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan of Kazakhstan in a double-edged French game where the Kazakh girl missed her way and lost in 42 moves.
Former World Under-12 champion Divya Deshmukh moved into the sole second spot with 2.5 points scoring a facile win over fellow Indian Sapale Saloni. It was all aggression in the Sicilian game between Divya and Saloni. In the ensuing time scramble, Saloni found herself a rook down as Divya forked her way to win after 33 moves.
Earlier, the second round saw Babiy taking 2/2 lead, with Munguntuul, Michelle and Divya right behind at 1.5 points. Babiy accounted for Franco Valencia Angela in a Sicilian game. Exerting pressure right through, Babiy threatened the exchange of double rooks and queen, moving into a winning king pawn ending. Angela gave up when she found she’d not be able to prevent Babiy’s rook pawn promotion.
Results: Round 3: (Indians unless specified): Babiy Olga (Ukr) 3.0 bt Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (Kaz) 1.0, Aakanksha Hagawane 1.5 bt Franco Valencia Angela (Col) 1.0, Chandreyee Hajra 0.5 drew with V Varshini 1.5, P Michelle Catherina 2.0 drew with Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mon) 2.0, Divya Deshmukh 2.5 bt Sapale Saloni 1.0
Round 2: Osmak Iulija (Ukr) 1.0 lost to Divya Deshmukh 1.5, Sapale Saloni 1.0 lost to P Michelle Catherina 1.5, Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mon) 1.5 bt Chandreyee Hajra, Varshini V 1.0 bt Aakanksha Hagawane 0.5, Franco Valencia Angela (Col) 1.0 lost to Babiy Olga (Ukr) 2.0, Nakhbayeva Guliskhan (Kaz) 1.0 bt Uuriintuya Uurtsaikh (Mon).
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