Sir/Madam,
Kindly give this news item in your esteemed publication and oblige....BHAKTI Bhakti Dazzles in Rapid and Blitz National Chess Woman Grandmaster and goodwill Ambassador of Goa Carbon Ltd Bhakti Kulkarni added one more feather in her cap by emerging as the best woman player in the National Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships at Ahmedabad today. A player gets 30 minutes to play entire game in the rapid Championship while he gets just 3 minutes for the Blitz game. Since it needs high level of physical fitness and concentration, it becomes male dominated game. However the petite lass from Margao outperformed many Grandmasters and finished the Rapid event with 7 points and 11th place. The highlight of Bhakti’s performance was her crackling win over top seeded GM M.R.Venkatesh. Venkatesh went on to become National Blitz Chess Champion. In the Blitz Championship, Bhakti started badly but picked up towards the end by notching wins one after another and finished with a tie for 4thplace. Her games attracted maximum crowd which loved watching her demolishing big names with attacking and enterprising style. Bhakti was tired after playing 22 rounds of intense chess in 4 days but she said that she was happy with her play. “I cannot believe that I have finished ahead of legends like 7 times National Champion GM Pravin Thipsay,” she gushed. Bhakti will return home for few days only to take on more men in the National Challengers Championship at Dharamshala ,Himachal Pradesh from 9thMay. -- *Ms. Bhakti Kulkarni,* *Asian Indoor Games Double Medalist,* *Goodwill Ambassador for GCL,* *International Woman Grand Master,* *Goa,India.*
