Khanty Mansiysk: Grandmaster and highest rated in the fray, Koneru Humpy crashed out of the World Women's Chess Championship after failing to capitalise on her chances against Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine in the second game of the second round that concluded here. After losing the first game of the two-game mini-match, the Indian faced a daunting task of winning with black in the return game and when the chance came to turn the battle in her favour, Humpy stumbled and went on to lose her second game in a row against Zhukova.
The other remaining Indian in the event - D Harika - however kept herself in contention with some smart work against Elina Danielian of Armenia that saw her through to the pre-quarterfinal stage of this knock-out championship. Sitting with a cushion of a full point lead having won the first game, Harika played solidly and took a draw in a better position which was enough to secure her entry to the next round.
In the shocker of the day, experienced Monika Socko of Poland defeated defending champion Yifan Hou of China to level scores. Not many had given any chances to Socko to score a comeback victory but a temporary loss in concentration from a level position meant that Yifan will now have to fight it out in the tiebreak games of the second round. Humpy was the only one to lose by a 0-2 margin. The reason for that was simply that the Indian wanted
09:06 PM, Nov 15, 2012
Khanty Mansiysk (Russia): Koneru Humpy effortlessly defeated Denise Frick of South Africa while D Harika outplayed compatriot Soumya Swaminathan to move to the second round of the World Women's chess championship on Tuesday. Having had to sweat a little in the first game of the first round, Humpy was terrific in the return game and scored an easy victory to see herself through to the round of 32 in the...
07:43 PM, Nov 12, 2012
The Secretary has responded by saying that Humpy is lying. ...
02:06 AM, Oct 24, 2009
India won two golds in the game and that meant India have continued their dominance in a game they invented. ...
08:43 PM, Dec 15, 2006
India were assured of the gold after the eighth round as they had taken an unassailable lead over the others. ...
11:40 PM, Dec 14, 2006
India defeated Vietnam 2.5-0.5 points in the fourth round of the classical Swiss mixed team chess competition. ...
08:03 AM, Dec 10, 2006
The honour of winning India's first gold medal at the Asian Games has gone to Grandmaster Koneru Humpy. ...
10:06 AM, Dec 05, 2006
Humpy, 19, defeated Dana Aketayeva of Kazhakstan, her ninth and final-round opponent, to grab the gold. ...
11:15 PM, Dec 04, 2006
