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(Hindi) WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty makes her first IM norm by staging an amazing comeback!

1,902 views · Published 11 June 2018 · 10:39 · Indexed 31 October 2026

Channel: ChessBase India · 2018 · Gaming

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This video is in Hindi.

WGM Kiran Manisha Mohanty had a dismal tournament at the Kolkata GM International 2018 where she lost 65 Elo points. Many people told her to take a break and unwind, but she was brave and went ahead with the KIIT International 2018 in Bhubaneshwar. Here performance was better, but still not up to the mark. She maintained her rating.

Next she went to Mumbai. This was her third tournament in a row, but this time she was really hungry to perform well. She played the tournament of her life and scored an IM norm with a performance of 2450+. On the way to the norm she even beat one of India's biggest talents Arjun Erigasi! This game she shows in the video with her thought process.

Kiran also makes a special mention of Quality Chess Book written by Boris Gelfand and Jacob Aagaard that helped her in scoring her maiden IM norm. You can get to know more about the book from here: https://chessbase.in/online-shop/#!/Positional-Decision-Making-in-Chess-by-Boris-Gelfand/p/103070243

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