Arjuna Awardee, Woman Grandmaster Bhakti Kulkarni is pleased to have won the Pilsen International Open Chess Tournament in the Czech Republic.
“I got my confidence back with this win,” said Bhakti, one of Goa’s all-time sports icon.
Two-time Olympiad medallist and Team India star Bhakti outdistanced the field by a point as she went undefeated for all nine rounds and scored 7 wins and two draws in her first major Swiss League tournament this year.
Bhakti is the first woman to win an Open tournament in the history of ‘Czechtour tournaments’, informed Michael Horacek, Director of Czechtours.
The field consisted of 91 players from 19 countries and Bhakti’s performance is important as she is provisionally selected for the Asian Games to be held in China in September later this year, states a press release.
Goa Chess Ad-hoc Committee congratulated Bhakti Kulkarni, on her latest feat.
