Goa Carbon Limited Brand Ambassador and Asian Junior Girls Champion
Bhakti Kulkarni signed off the chess season by winning a prize of 235
Euros(Rs.15,000/- apprx) in the Aeroflot Open chess Tournament at Moscow
today.
"It was dream come true for me," said delighted Bhakti who wanted badly
to win a prize at Moscow - the Mecca of Chess and hometown of many World
Chess Champions like Botvinnik, Smyslov, Karpov etc.
"At halfway stage, I was trailing nearly everybody as I had never been
to such cold place before," Bhakti said. Bhakti fell ill in the
beginning as it was minus 25 degree Celsius outside and she was certain
that her dream of bagging a prize in Moscow would be a distant dream.
However she pulled together all her energy and won the last 3 rounds to
finish 25th in the tournament.
"I shall be participating in the Commonwealth Championship in May 2012
at Chennai and till then I shall concentrate on my studies" confirmed
the 19 year old student of FY Arts before adding, "I shall participate
for Air India Team in the National Woman Team Chess Championship at
Panaji if they need my services". Air India takes care of Bhakti's
domestic travels.
Last year, Bhakti had helped Air India win the National Team Chess Gold
at Kochi. She was winner of Individual Gold for her performance.
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