City-based unseeded Harini scored an upset win over second seeded WGM Nino Batsiashvili of Georgia to share the lead after the second round of the Women's International Grandmaster Chess Tournament held in celebration of the FIDE World Championship Match here today.
Harini shared the lead with WGMs Ivakhinova Inna, Ambartsumova Karina, Bhakti KUlkarni, S Meenakshi, Kiran Manisha Mohanty, Muminova Nafisa and Mary Ann Gomes among others.
Results: Round 2 (Indians unless specified):
G Lasya (1.5) drew with Sopiko Guramishvili (Ge0) 1.5, Batsiashvili Nino (Geo) 1 lost to S Harini (2), R Vaishali (1) lost to Mary Ann Gomes (2), S Vijayalakshmi (2) Rani Hamid (Ban) 1, Srija seshadri (1.5) drew with Purtseladze Maka (Geo) 1.5, Sultana Zakia (Ban) 1 lost to Ivakhinova Inna (Rus) 2, Ambartsumova Karina (Rus) 2 bt K Jennitha Anto (1), V Varshini (1) lost to Bhakti Kulkarni (2), Muminova Nafisa (Uzb) 2 bt U Ashwini (1), Tan Li Ting (Mal) 1.5 drew with Keti Tsatsalashvili (Geo) 1.5.
