Results of the 24th national championship held at Sachivalaya Gymkhana this June, were the basis for selection of the team that would be sent to the international championship beginning in Russia on Saturday.

Gokhale was not among the four women winning players selected for the tournament in Russia, and she filed a civil suit claiming damages of Rs 1 lakh. Her suit attributes her defeat to mental anguish caused by Maharashtra Chess Association's honorary secretary R M Dongre and All India Chess Federation secretary P T Ummerkoya by not allowing her husband-coach Raghunandan Gokhale inside the tournament hall.

Gokhale today filed a notice of motion for urgent relief, in which she asked the court to restrain Dongre and Ummerkoya fromappointing one Avinash Awate as chief arbiter in the national or international chess championship. She further urged the court to stop the duo from preventing her husband to enter any chess tournament hall.

She wanted results of the June championship to be declared null and void. Moreover, she wanted the court to restrain the Federation and Ministry of Sports from taking into account the results for granting any title/award/honour to the so-called winners. She urged the court not to allow the federation to clear any team for the international women's championship, except on the basis of the 23rd national championship in which Gokhale was a victor. Justice K K Baam today didn't pass any order on the notice of motion.

Gokhale had alleged her husband was denied entry into the hall minutes before the tournament started. Chief arbiter Awate gave a letter to R Gokhale informing him of ``vexatious reasons'' for disallowing him. The letter mentioned an unprofessional practice advocated by R Gokhale in the Sanglitournament, due to which he wasn't allowed inside. Anupama Gokhale alleged that another participant, Bhagyashree Thipsay, was given the privilege of having her husband-coach Pravin Thipsay inside the tournament hall in the form of an arbiter.