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This is an archive article published on July 25, 2000

Big breakthrough in women8217;s chess8217;

It's the best thing to have happened to Indian chess. A great beginning for Indian chess in the millennium year.-- PT Ummer Koya, secretar...

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It8217;s the best thing to have happened to Indian chess. A great beginning for Indian chess in the millennium year.
8212; PT Ummer Koya, secretary, All-India Chess Federation.

It doesn8217;t concern me much if she became a the WGM in your country. The level of chess she plays is more than that of WGM. I8217;m surprised that she was not a WGM till today.
8212; Grandmaster Evgeny Vladimirov, who is the top seed at the ongoing GM tournament at Hyderabad.

I love her style of play. The standard of her chess is very high. She deserves to be WGM. In my Chess Base I8217;ve found out I was not the only Grandmaster victim of her. She had beaten five GMs before beating me.
8212; GM Maxim Sorokin of Argentina who lost to her in the ongoing Wipro GM tournament

She is very a tough player. I8217;ve been seeing her in the men8217;s circuit for some time. Give her slightest of chances she will exploit it.
8212; National A champion Abhijit Kunte who lost to her in the first round of the ongoing Wipro GMs8217; tournament

She is a good fighter. The best thing about her is she is not overawed by the reputation of her opponents. I remember she came very close to being qualified for the men8217;s National. Among Indian women, she is undoubtedly the best. In the men8217;s circuit, I see her in bad position sometimes. But with a bit of training she will be a very good player in the men8217;s competitions as well.
8212; DV Prasad, a former National champion

I8217;m very happy for Viji.
8212; Aarthie Ramaswamy, Viji8217;s roommate

It is a big breakthrough for Indian women8217;s chess. I was just wondering who will reach there first 8212; Humpy or Viji. I am happy for Viji because I thought she would make it last time in the Asian tourney.
8212; International Master N Sudhakar Babu.

 

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