Top-seeded IM B.Munguntuul from Mongolia lived up to her billing to claim the top honours in the SBI Life-AICF Women Grandmaster Chess Championship today. The tournament was jointly organised by the Indian Chess School & South Mumbai Chess Academy.

Thirty-year-old B.Munguntuul (ELO rating 2410), who was in second position at the end of the 10th and penultimate round, scored a decisive win against Russian WIM Elena Tomilova (ELO 2334) in the final round to earn the full point and take her tally to eight from the 11-round competition, a media release said.

B.Munguntuul went home richer by Rs 1.60 lakh (USD 1785), while Guliskhan earned Rs 1.30 lakh (USD 1450) as the prize money.

The final standings are as follows:

1. IM B.Munguntuul (MGL, ELO 2410) 8 pts,

2. WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (KAZ, 2323) 7.5 pts,

3. WIM Srija Seshadri (IND, 2207) 7 pts.