2023 ACT Women's and Girls Championship

The 2023 ACT Women's and Girls Chess Championship attracted an enthusiastic field of 21 players. Although the majority of the field were junior players, the number of teenage players taking part was pleasing to see.
Top seed Shriya Karthik won the tournament with 6.5/7, with Mahi Hegde, Sahasra Selva, and Leah Bayin tied for 2nd on 5/7. Shakthi Karthik was the best Under 14 player, Echo Feng Best Under 12 and Aalia Khadeer Best Under 10.
For a number of players this was their first rated event, with some outstanding performances by the debutantes.
The tournament was organised by the ACT Chess Association and the ACT Junior Chess League.

2023 ACT Women's and Girls Championship
 Cross Table at round 7 sorted by score

Pos NAME                           Rtg   T  Fed  Pts |   1     2     3     4     5     6     7    |  Buc1    BucT  
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  1 Karthik,Shriya                 1367     ACT  6.5 | +B9   +W8   +B3   =W6   +W2   +B7   +B5    |   27.0    31.0
  2 Hegde,Mahi                      742     ACT  5.0 | +B17  +W6   +B13  +W4   -B1   -W5   +W7    |   28.0    30.5
  3 Selva Muthukumar,Sahasra        652     ACT  5.0 | +W11  +B7   -W1   -B5   +B15  +W9   +B8    |   26.5    29.0
  4 Bayin,Leah                     1091     ACT  5.0 | +W18  +B10  +W5   -B2   -W7   +W6   +B11   |   25.5    28.0
  5 Karthik,Shakthi                 892     ACT  4.5 | +B20  +W19  -B4   +W3   =B8   +B2   -W1    |   27.0    28.5
  6 Bradbery,Clare                 1196     ACT  4.5 | +W12  -B2   +W21  =B1   +W11  -B4   +W13   |   26.5    27.0
  7 Le,Sami                        1115     ACT  4.0 | +B16  -W3   +B9   +W10  +B4   -W1   -B2    |   29.5    32.5
  8 Feng,Echo                       785     ACT  4.0 | +W15  -B1   =W14  +B12  =W5   +B10  -W3    |   26.0    28.5
  9 Jamtsho,Lasem                   497     ACT  4.0 | -W1   +B15  -W7   +B14  +W12  -B3   +W16   |   24.5    27.0
 10 Liyanage,Pinipa                 566     ACT  4.0 | +B21  -W4   +B19  -B7   +W17  -W8   +B14   |   20.0    20.5
 11 Khadeer,Aalia                     0     ACT  3.5 | -B3   =W16  +B17  +W13  -B6   +W18  -W4    |   23.5    26.0
 12 David-Hoole,Sarah               435     ACT  3.5 | -B6   =W13  +B16  -W8   -B9   +BYE  +W20   |   21.0    22.5
 13 Lee,Cassandra                   530     ACT  3.5 | +W14  =B12  -W2   -B11  +W20  +B19  -B6    |   20.5    22.0
 14 Mididuddi,Varshini                0     ACT  3.0 | -B13  +W20  =B8   -W9   =B16  +W15  -W10   |   21.0    22.5
 15 Cheng,Sonja                       0     ACT  3.0 | -B8   -W9   +BYE  +B18  -W3   -B14  +W21   |   20.5    21.0
 16 Yeniceri,Ilayda                 365     ACT  3.0 | -W7   =B11  -W12  +B19  =W14  +B17  -B9    |   20.0    21.5
 17 Hindy Loaiza,Sophia               0     ACT  3.0 | -W2   +B18  -W11  +B21  -B10  -W16  +BYE   |   20.0    20.5
 18 David-Hoole,Elizabeth           100     ACT  3.0 | -B4   -W17  +B20  -W15  +BYE  -B11  +W19   |   17.0    18.5
 19 Siva,Mira                         0     ACT  2.0 | +BYE  -B5   -W10  -W16  +B21  -W13  -B18   |   20.5    21.0
 20 Care,Elyse                        0     ACT  2.0 | -W5   -B14  -W18  +BYE  -B13  +W21  -B12   |   18.0    18.5
 21 Manickam,Mithra                   0     ACT  1.0 | -W10  +BYE  -B6   -W17  -W19  -B20  -B15   |   17.5    19.0