The Indian team pulls away for the lead as WGMs Seshadri Srija (above left) and V. Varshini (above right) lead 1st and 2nd, respectively, in the individual event after six rounds of the Asian University Chess Championship.
The Indian team of WGMs Seshadri Srija and V Varshini, and WIMs Mukerjee Arpita and Michelle Catherina lead the team standings with 185 points. Iran follows with 16.5 in second slot and Indonesia wqith 15 points for 3rd slot.
Here are the top players in the individual event:
Here are the leading teams:
Visit chess-results.com for round by round pairings and standings and to download games.
Watch women’s games live on:
https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship
https://www.chess.com/events/2021-asian-university-womens-chess-championship
https://live.chessbase.com/watch/Asian-University-Chess-ch-Women-2021/
https://live.followchess.com/#!asian-university-chp-w-2021
The event is hosted by the Indonesia University Sports Federation (IUSF) and organized by Universitas Gunadarma under the auspices of the Asian University Sports Federation (AUSF) in cooperation with the Asian Chess Federation (ACF). The AUSF and ACF had enetered into a Memorandum of Agreement last year to promote chess in Universities,