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