Cairns Cup: Humpy, Harika held to draws in St. Loius
4 years, 10 months ago

Cairns Cup: Humpy, Harika held to draws in St. Loius

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy inflicted a defeat on Valentina Gunina of Russia in the eighth round of the second Cairns Cup here, jumping into sole lead with 5.5 points and a round to play. In a huge upset, 16-year old America Carissa Yip stunned world champion Ju Wenjun in a 61-move game late on Saturday, taking her tally to 3.5 points. Dronvalli Harika, the other Indian in the field, was held to a third consecutive draw, by former world champion Mariya Muzychuk. Russia’s Alexandra Kosteniuk, a former world champion, is hot on the heels of Humpy, with five points, after posting a win over Nana Dzagnidze.

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Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Wenjun clinches blitz title, Koneru Humpy runner-up
1 year, 4 months ago

Tata Steel Chess India 2023: Wenjun clinches blitz title, Koneru Humpy runner-up

The Hindu  

China’s Ju Wenjun lived up to her reputation and defeated Anna Ushenina in the final round to win the blitz title at the Tata Steel Chess India tournament at the National Library on Monday. The former World rapid champion from Vijayawada, seeded second here, had to settle for the runner-up spot, despite winning her last–round encounter against the blitz champion …

Asian Cup: Manika Batra Humbles Another Top-10 Player to Win Historic Bronze
2 years, 1 month ago

Asian Cup: Manika Batra Humbles Another Top-10 Player to Win Historic Bronze

News 18  

Manika Batra became the first Indian paddler to win a medal in the ITTF-ATTU Asian Cup after shocking world number six Hina Hayata of Japan in the bronze play-off on Saturday. Continued….1/2Thank you everyone for the your constant support and cheering.Adding one more milestone for my Country 🇮🇳🙏 — Manika Batra November 19, 2022 Earlier in the day, Manika lost …

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Harika remains unbeaten, Sasikiran jumps to tied fourth spot
3 years, 2 months ago

FIDE Grand Swiss chess: Harika remains unbeaten, Sasikiran jumps to tied fourth spot

The Hindu  

K. Sasikiran bounced back from the loss in the previous round to outplay Ukraine’s Pavel Eljanov in 33 moves and jumped to the tied-fourth spot with nine others after nine rounds of the $425,000 FIDE Chess.com Grand Swiss chess tournament in Riga, Latvia, on Friday. RELATED| On the top table, top seed Fabiano Caruana ended the unbeaten run of overnight …

FIDE GP Chess: Harika finishes seventh after final round draw
4 years, 9 months ago

FIDE GP Chess: Harika finishes seventh after final round draw

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika finished seventh in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament after a draw against Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine in the final round in Lausanne on Friday. The 25-move draw meant Harika finished the event with 5.5 points and took seventh place in the final standings. Mariya Muzychuk, a former world champion, and Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova also …

FIDE Women's GP: Harika draws with Kashlinskaya, remains in seventh place
4 years, 9 months ago

FIDE Women's GP: Harika draws with Kashlinskaya, remains in seventh place

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika drew her ninth-round game against Alina Kashlinskaya of Russia to remain seventh on the points table of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament here. Read | Georgian Nana Dzagnidze jumped into sole lead with a superb win over world champion Ju Wenjun. In the only other decisive game of the day, former world champion Alexandra …

FIDE Grand Prix: Harika loses to Kosteniuk; slips to third spot
4 years, 10 months ago

FIDE Grand Prix: Harika loses to Kosteniuk; slips to third spot

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika went down to former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the sixth round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament here to slip to third spot. Meanwhile, Russia’s Alexandra Goryachkina and her compatriot Alena Kashlinskaya moved to joint lead with four points. World champion Ju Wenjun’s moderate run continued as she had to settle for a …

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika overcomes Nana Dzagnidze to register second straight win
4 years, 10 months ago

FIDE Women's Grand Prix: India's Dronavalli Harika overcomes Nana Dzagnidze to register second straight win

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Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika posted a second straight win, beating Nana Dzagnidze in the fourth round to remain in joint lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. Lausanne: Indian grandmaster Dronavalli Harika posted a second straight win, beating Nana Dzagnidze in the fourth round to remain in joint lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament. The …

FIDE Grand Prix: Harika posts second win, remains in joint lead
4 years, 10 months ago

FIDE Grand Prix: Harika posts second win, remains in joint lead

The Hindu  

Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika posted a second straight win, beating Nana Dzagnidze in the fourth round to remain in joint lead at the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix chess tournament here. Harika, the world no.9, has three points after four rounds and shares the lead with Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia, who beat Antoneta Stefanova. READ | World champion Ju Wenjun of …

Harika settles for second consecutive draw in FIDE Grand Prix
4 years, 10 months ago

Harika settles for second consecutive draw in FIDE Grand Prix

The Hindu  

2 Dronavalli Harika pushed but could not break the defence of lower-ranked Marie Sebag and had to settle for a second consecutive draw in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix here. The strong tournament featuring 12 players, including world champion Wenjun, is the third in the series of four Grand Prix from which two with the highest points tally would qualify …

Harika Dronavalli starts with draw in FIDE Women’s Grand Prix
4 years, 10 months ago

Harika Dronavalli starts with draw in FIDE Women’s Grand Prix

The Hindu  

India’s number two Dronavalli Harika started her campaign in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix here with a draw against Swedish veteran Pia Cramling in the first round. The strong tournament featuring 12 players including world champion Ju Wenjun is the third in the series of four Grands Prix from which two with the highest points tally would qualify for the …

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Koneru Humpy claims second title in two months, will move to No 2 in world rankings
4 years, 10 months ago

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Koneru Humpy claims second title in two months, will move to No 2 in world rankings

Firstpost  

Humpy received USD 45,000 for winning the title in what is considered one of the strongest tournaments ever St Louis: World rapid champion Koneru Humpy claimed her second title in the last two months by emerging triumphant at the Cairns Cup chess tournament following a draw against compatriot Dronavalli Harika in the ninth and final round here. World champion Wenjun …

Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup, reclaims world No. 2 rank
4 years, 10 months ago

Koneru Humpy wins Cairns Cup, reclaims world No. 2 rank

The Hindu  

Playing for the first time in the second edition of the Cairns Cup, said to be one of the toughest women’s events, World rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy re-asserted her supremacy in style by winning the title with 6 points from nine rounds and bag the $45,000 winner’s purse in St. Louis on Monday. There is no way you could …

Cairns Cup: Humpy, Harika held to draws in St. Loius
4 years, 10 months ago

Cairns Cup: Humpy, Harika held to draws in St. Loius

The Hindu  

India’s Koneru Humpy remained in joint lead with world champion Ju Wenjun with 4.5 points after a drawn game in the seventh round of the 2nd Cairns Cup here. Humpy, the world rapid chess champion, had to settle for a draw with American Irina Krush in the seventh round late on Friday. Dronvalli Harika, the other Indian in the fray, …

Cairns Cup: Humpy beats Kosteniuk, shares joint lead with Ju Wenjun
4 years, 10 months ago

Cairns Cup: Humpy beats Kosteniuk, shares joint lead with Ju Wenjun

The Hindu  

India’s Koneru Humpy defeated former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia in 61 moves in the sixth round of the Cairns Cup chess tournament in St. Louis to move into joint lead with Chinese ace Ju Wenjun. Dronavalli Harika, the other Indian in the fray, shared points with world champion Wenjun 40 moves on Thursday. Humpy, the reigning world rapid …

Harika beats former world champion Kosteniuk
4 years, 11 months ago

Harika beats former world champion Kosteniuk

The Hindu  

India’s Dronavalli Harika got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round of the Cairns Cup. Meanwhile, Koneru Humpy, the other Indian in the fray in the 10-player tournament, drew with reigning world champion Ju Wenjun of China in 22 moves late on Sunday, to take her tally to 1.5 points. Harika who is unbeaten after …

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Harika Dronavalli beats former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in Round 3
4 years, 11 months ago

Cairns Cup Chess: India's Harika Dronavalli beats former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in Round 3

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Harika who is unbeaten after three rounds, is joint second with two points along with former world champ Mariya Muzychuk and Kateryna Lagno St Louis : India’s Harika Dronavalli got the better of former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk in the third round of the Cairns Cup here. Meanwhile, Koneru Humpy, the other Indian in the fray in the 10-player tournament, …

Koneru Humpy starts with win in Cairns Cup
4 years, 11 months ago

Koneru Humpy starts with win in Cairns Cup

The Hindu  

India's Koneru Humpy opened her campaign in the Cairns Cup chess tournament with a win over American teenager Carissa Yip while world champion Ju Wenjun shared honours in her first round game here on Saturday. Humpy, the current world rapid chess champion, was in for a surprise when the young American came up with her choice of the King’s Indian …

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