India's R Vaishali won the women's title in the Asian Continental Blitz Chess Championship in Chengdu, China, today. She won the title with eight points from nine rounds. She clinched the gold medal after drawing her final round game against Uurtsaikh Uuriintuya of Mongolia to finish half-a-point ahead of Iran's Sarasdat Khademalsharieh. Vaishali's compatriot Padmini Rout finished third with seven points after a last round win over Yuxin Song of China.The Chennai player with an ELO rating of 2203 had inished third in the Asian Championship event on Friday. he other Indians, however, couldn't make much of an mpression.In the open section, Tamil Nadu's Vr Aravind Chithambaramfinished fourth with a tally of seven points. He won six games, drew two and lost one.
News On AIR | May 21, 2017 7:59 PM
Asian Continental Blitz Chess: R Vaishali wins women's title