Goans improve their ratings in January 2008 FIDE list!

Goans improved their ratings considerably in the January
FIDE Ratings list thanks to their participation in various
National championships throughout the country. Woman FIDE Master
and WGM Norm Holder Bhakti Kulkarni gained 52 points after an excellent
performance in the National Junior Championship in Nagpur
which she won with a round to spare and by a margin of 2
points after going unbeaten in 11 rounds.

State Champion Anurag Mhamal overtook Swapnil Hobble
after a good performance in the National Subjunior Championship
in Chennai where he stood twelfth. Also gaining was Cyrus Perreira
who garnered 25 points from an impressive display in the National
Under 11 in Calicut and Mohanan Harikrishnan who gained 22
points after standing 4th in the National Under 9 Championships
in Bangalore.

In the year 2008, we expect to see a lot more Goans rated
with the National 'B' to be held in Goa and since it is 13 rounds, there
will be a golden opportunity for the upcoming Goan players to get
their initial FIDE rating with the home field advantage!

Some of the important ratings of the active players are as follows -

Bhakti Kulkarni 2164 (+52)
Anurag Mhamal 2106 (+14)
Swapnil Hobble 2105
Suhas Asnodkar 2031
Shubham Pinge 2012
Vasanth Naik 2002
Sumit Asnodkar 1999
P.M. Kantak 1990
P.P. Insulkar 1963
Standrik Colaso 1957
Manmesh Naik 1953
Niraj Saripalli 1952 (-15)
Sanjay Kavlekar 1947
Celianne Carvalho 1926
A. Malwankar 1914
Umang Kaisary 1889
Prasanna Swamy 1884
Cyrus Perreira 1870 (+25)
Keegan Furtado 1870
Amogh S. Namshiker 1859
Shradha Mohanan 1857
Nandhini Saripalli 1849 (-27)
Agasti Tari 1845 (-30)
Ivana Furtado 1834
V. Siva Swamy 1820
Pranav Zantye 1774 (-21)
Anuradha Chavan 1766
M. Harikrishnan 1752 (+22)
Brahmanand Kamat 1747
Chinmay Patil 1698 (-27)
Rakshith Rai 1659 (+3)
Sampada Barve 1651