Koneru Humpy registered a crucial win while R. Vaishali, Divya Deshmukh and Harika Dronavalli played out draws in Game 1 of the quarterfinals at the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Saturday. Humpy, playing with white pieces, took down China’s Yuxin Song in the first classical game and only needs a draw on…
Divya Deshmukh and Koneru Humpy booked their spots in the quarterfinals of the FIDE Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia, on Friday. Divya stunned second-seeded Chinese Zhu Jiner 1.5-0.5 in tiebreaks in the pre-quarterfinals. Experience Koneru Humpy also beat Switzerland’s Alexandra Kosteniuk with the same scoreline in the tiebreaks. Humpy will take on China’s Yuxin…
Zhu Jiner bounced back to beat Divya Deshmukh in Game 2, taking their FIDE Women’s World Cup pre-quarterfinal to tiebreaks in Batumi, Georgia, on Thursday. Other Indians in action – R. Vaishali, Koneru Humpy and Harika Dronavalli – also headed to tiebreaks after drawing both their games in their respective last-16 matches. Divya, playing with…