Big Breaking:Koneru Humpy Beats China’s Zhu for Grand Prix Title
“She saw, She came and She Conquered this quote perfectly summed up ” for Koneru Humpy and she became FIDE Women’s Grand Prix winner.
She came in this contest after brief period but using all her experience, to beat Zhu Jiner to win FIDE Women Grand Prix Title.
The last round of gameplay, against China extended towards 4 hours, and the game between Humpy and Zhu enjoying extra and better placed pawns.
However, Zhu exchanged Knights and Humpy rocks, eventually both ended up on the winning side to tally seven points after nine rounds So then?
Eventually organizers declare Humpy as winner based on Tiebreak rules, as she played more games with black pieces and the best part about Jhu was defeated only once ahead of previous encounter.
When it comes to Prize Money and Points, however both were placed on level terms- which is approximately 15 Lakh rupees.
Humpy described what she felt ahead of biggest final where she said that her 8th game against Alina Kashlinskaya was bad for me and I was lucky to escape that draw” But overall she stated I believe Luck favours the better player”
The 38 year old revealed that winning the Rapid title last year boosted her confidence to great extent.
After a below par show in Classical chess last year this year has been good for him.
Humpy with this victory clearly indicate that she is probably the best chess player in India for sure.
Talking about other India’s other player performance including the likes of- Divya Deshmukh(ELO 2460 points) finished 3rd in the contest with 5.5 points despite her 13.5 points(50% score) in 27 GP games indicating modern returns in popular chess board game.
Chess is growing vividly in India and credit should be given to all stakeholders who have worked hard behind the scenes to make this entity extremely popular.
The AIl India Chess Federation(AICF) headquartered in Chennai should be credited for installing robust policies so that Chess players can be groomed from domestic and national level.
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