Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 30: Two times Commonwealth medallist and number one FIDE rated woman player of J&K, Meenal Gupta won ‘3rd Place Best Woman Award’ in 20th Open Bangkok Chess Championship in open division.
The championship was organised at Chiang Mai, Thailand from October 22 to 30. Meenal Gupta defeated two FIDE Masters and drew with one woman international master to win the coveted prize.
She got a cash prize of Rs 40000 equivalent to Indian currency and an achievement certificate. It was her best performance after a long time. All the three prize winners among women tied on the same 5.5 points and prize was decided by Latest FIDE tie breaker rules in which scores of opponents were also counted.
She defeated players from England, Italy, Nigeria and Thailand while the match with the Malaysian player remained a draw.
All J&K Chess Association office bearers congratulated Meenal Gupta for a wonderful show in the international event.
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