------------------------------------------------------------------------ TRI Continental Film Festival - Dona Paula, Goa, Sep 28 - Oct 2, 2007
http://www.moviesgoa.org/tricontinental/tricon.htm For public viewing. Registration at The International Centre Goa. (Ph: +91-832-2452805 to 10) Online Media Partner: http://www.GOANET.org ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Goa's Bhakti Kulkarni (ELO 2112), who is the reigning Commonwealth Under 18 Girls Champion, was held to a draw by National Under 13 Girls Champion Padmini Rout (ELO 2246) in the 6th round of the National Junior Girls Chess Championship being played at Nagpur. Bhakti had beaten Padmini twice this year in Calicut in the Under 17 Nationals and in Tashkent, Uzbekistan in the Asian Under 16 Girls tournament. However, she was lucky to get off with a draw as the third seeded Padmini missed several winning chances in a Pirc Defence opening. However, her coach Dronacharya awardee Raghunandan Gokhale was satisfied with the result and said that Bhakti will have to 'maintain' the momentum to make it to the medals tally. 8th seeded Bhakti had beaten National Sub Junior Champion and the 7th seed WIM P. Lakshmi Sahiti (ELO 2142) in the morning in the 5th round. She now has 5.5 points and stands a bright chance to make it to the top 6 for a spot in the National Junior team. Goa's only other entry Nandini Saripalli (ELO 1876) accounted for Sonakshi Rathore (ELO 1963) of Rajasthan to notch her 4th point and keep up her impressive showing in this event. There are 5 more rounds to go and everything is still up for grabs in this prestigious event! SOURCE: Sameer Salgaocar - President, GSCA
