Bhakti Breaks Top Ten Barrier!
Brand Ambassador for Goa Carbon Ltd and Asian Under 18 Girls’ Chess
Champion Bhakti Kulkarni progressed into Top Ten World rankings for the
first time in her career. Bhakti is ranked No.9 in the Under 18 Girls
category in the World with her career best rating of 2294. She was
ranked 18th in the July Rating list.
Needless to mention, Bhakti has maintained her No. 1 position in Asia.
She is already national Junior Champion of India. “These are phenomenal
achievements by any standards,” opined Bhakti’s coach Dronacharya
awardee Raghunandan Gokhale.
With her Asian Gold winning performance in China (July, 2010) and career
best play in the World Junior Girls Championships, Poland (August 2010),
this petite collegian from Chougule College, Madgao could achieve her
dream of finishing in top ten.
Bhakti is preparing hard for the forthcoming World Youth Chess
Championships scheduled to be held in Greece next month. “I cannot
believe that I am ranked in the top ten in the World! But I shall try to
improve my rating further,” she assured with determination.
Bhakti was Goa State Men’s Champion for three successive years when she
was just 11 year old. At the age of ten, Bhakti was awarded
International rating of 2086 which still is considered very high for a
ten year old girl.
Bhakti’s father Pradip Kulkarni said that he is very proud of his
daughter. According to Pradip, Grandmaster Adrian Mykhalchishin of
Russia has recommended Bhakti to play in Europe to become Women
Grandmaster. “Thanks to Goa Carbon Limited, Bhakti can play at least
this much,” said Bhakti’s mother Priya Kulkarni.
Bhakti is slated to become Goa’s first International Woman Master by end
of this month when the World Chess Federation will formally award the
title during the Olympiads at Khanty Mansik(Russia).
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