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Humpy wins FIDE Women's Grand Prix chess meet
NEW DELHI [Maha Media]: 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 Zhu who beat Russia's Polina Shuvalova.
"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'.
The 37-year-old Humpy will, however, get the same prize and Grand Prix points -- 117.5 -- as Zhu from the fifth leg of the tournament.
"After long time, I achieved a good result in Classical Chess and I am also gaining rating points. I have always believed that luck always favours the best player. I will be participating in a few events this year," said Humpy.
Wildcard entrant Divya Deshmukh logged 5.5 points to finish third. The 19-year-old Indian scored four victories, three draws and lost two games -- to Humpy and Zhu.
