Kazakhstan and three other teams grabbed early lead with 6 match points and 11.5 game points after three rounds of the women’s division of the Asian Online Nations Cup on Chess.com. Tied in match points with Kazakhstan but trailing in game points are Vietnam, 11 game points, and Indonesia and Iran with 9 game points each. Visit chess-results.com for results and standings. Visit asianchess.com for links to follow your favourite women’s teams.
The Kazakhstan team is composed of, in photo from left, FM Bibisara Assaubayeva, IM Guliskhan Kakhbayeva, WGM Gulmira Dauletova and WIM Aseel Serikbay. Kazakhstan blanked Sri Lanka and Myanmar 4:0 then crushed Singapore 3.5-0.5.
Vietnam blanked Thailand and Kyrgyzstan 4:0 and beat Jordan 3:1. Indonesia shut out Japan 4:0 then edged Bangladesh and Philippines 2.5-1.5 each. Iran beat Malaysia 4:0, edged Lebanon 2.5-1.5 then was the spoiler as they beat India 2.5-1.5.
Top seed India trails with 4 match points together with Philippines, Australia, Mongolia, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Singapore, Jordan and Myanmar.
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| Bd | India | Rtg | 1½:2½ | 6 | Iran | Rtg | |
| 1 | WGM | Vaishali, R (w) | 2149 | 1 – 0 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat (b) | 2393 |
| 2 | IM | Kulkarni, Bhakti (b) | 2325 | 0 – 1 | WIM | Alinasab, Mobina (w) | 2143 |
| 3 | IM | Padmini, Rout (w) | 2355 | ½ – ½ | WFM | Mahdian, Anousha (b) | 1800 |
| 4 | WGM | Nandhidhaa, P V (b) | 2131 | 0 – 1 | WFM | Zahedifar, Anahita (w) | 1961 |