IM Padmini Rout is one of the strongest players in India. She started strongly with a score of 6.5 points out of a possible 7 at the Asian Continental Women's Blitz Chess Championship 2022. In round eight, she faced the current national champion WGM Divya Deshmukh and faced her first loss of the tournament. In the final round, it was a must-win situation for Padmini to finish in the top three but just one move changed everything. Watch the final moments and see what happened. Video: ChessBase In

🔥 Watch the day 3 highlights of chess in the African Games 🔥 The third and final day of the 13th African Games chess programme featured individual blitz championships (open and women) and a mixed team blitz event. Team 🇪🇬 Egypt, comprised of Bassem Amin and Shahenda Wafa, claimed two out of three gold medals. Congratulations to the winners! 👏 Men Blitz 🥇 GM Bassem Amin 🇪🇬 🥈 IM Fy Antenaina Rakotomaharo 🇲🇬 🥉 FM Banele Mhango 🇿🇦 Women Blitz 🥇 WIM Lina Nassr 🇩🇿 🥈 WGM Shahenda Wafa

This is round 11 of the European Women's Blitz Chess championship where I was facing WFM Elise Bellaiche | Anna Cramling