Sports News | Humpy Wins FIDE Women's Grand Prix Chess Meet
Get latest articles and stories on Sports at LatestLY. Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) title on the basis of her superior tie-breaks over Zhu Jiner of China after the two players were tied for the top spot here on Wednesday.
Pune, Apr 23 (PTI) Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy won the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) title on the basis of her superior tie-breaks over Zhu Jiner of China after the two players were tied for the top spot here on Wednesday.
Humpy, who regained the women's World Rapid Chess Championship after a gap of five years in New York in December last, beat Bulgarian player Nurgyul Salimova in the ninth and final round game to end on seven points, the same as Jiner who beat Russia's Polina Shuvalova.
Also Read | Why Are Players and Umpires Wearing Black Armbands in SRH vs MI IPL 2025 Match? Know Reason.
"Humpy Koneru and Zhu Jiner both won their final round games and ended the FIDE Women's Grand Prix tied for first, but it's Humpy who takes the top spot thanks to superior tiebreaks!" wrote FIDE on 'X'.
On Tuesday, the penultimate round of the tournament, the duo were tied on six points. Humpy had survived a scare to hold Alina Kashlinskaya to a draw, while Jiner defeated India's Divya Deshmukh in a tactical battle in the sixth round.
In the other final round matches, India's R Vaishali was held to a draw by Georgia's Salome Melia, while Divya Deshmukh too shared the point with Poland's No.1 player Alina Kashlinskaya.
Dronavalli Harika also drew her game against Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia.
(The above story is verified and authored by Press Trust of India (PTI) staff. PTI, India’s premier news agency, employs more than 400 journalists and 500 stringers to cover almost every district and small town in India.. The views appearing in the above post do not reflect the opinions of LatestLY)