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PANJIM: Woman Grandmaster and Goodwill Ambassador of Goa Carbon Ltd Bhakti Kulkarni achieved her highest ever world ranking when the World Chess Federation announced the latest rankings on Thursday.
National Woman Champion Bhakti was placed 74th in the July, 2019 list. She jumped to 38th position surpassing former National Champions Soumya Swaminathan, Vijayalakshmi and others.
Bhakti’s recent scintillating play in the Asian Women Championship (China), Commonwealth Championship, New Delhi (bronze) and National Women Championships in Tamil Nadu (gold) shot her rating from 2388 to 2429 which placed her in top 50 active women players in the World.
