Divya Deshmukh will get the higher of Salimova

On a day that noticed high seed Koneru Humpy being held to a draw by compatriot and fifth seed R. Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh proved the lone winner for India on the FIDE Girls’s Grand Prix chess at Amanora-The Fern in Pune.

Divya, who’s taking part in in her dwelling State of Maharashtra, gained towards Bulgaria’s Nurgyul Salimova. The opening spherical additionally noticed the fourth participant from the host, D. Harika, happening to second seed Zhu Jiner of China.

Besides the Humpy-Vaishali encounter, all of the video games produced decisive outcomes, with Batkhuyag Munguntuul of Mongolia and Polina Shuvalova of Russia posting victories.

The outcomes (first spherical): Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mng) bt Salome Melia (Geo); Zhu Jiner (Chn) bt D. Harika; Alina Kashliskaya (Pol) misplaced to Polina Shuvalova (Rus); Nurgyul Salimova (Bul) misplaced to Divya Deshmukh; R. Vaishali drew with Koneru Humpy.

Second-round pairings: Melia v Humpy; Divya v Vaishali; Shuvalova v Salimova; Harika v Kashlinskaya; Munguntuul v Zhu.