Having completed the enormous feat of profitable the International Fast chess identify for a 2nd time, Indian stalwart Koneru Humpy could be eyeing a grand double when the FIDE International Blitz Championship commences on Tuesday. Humpy had on Sunday capped a fantastic yr for Indian chess, defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge the FIDE Girls’s International Fast Chess champion. The Indian had received the development again in 2019 at Georgia and, on Sunday, was handiest the second one participant after China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch the identify a 2nd time.

At stake isn’t just the identify however an opportunity to win any other USD 60,000 (round Rs 50 lakhs) cheque because the Blitz championship carries the similar prize cash as Fast.

The robust Indian contingent is equipped for the championship that can have 13 rounds within the ‘Open’ class and 11 within the ladies’s phase.

Any other Indian, Dronavalli Harika may be a powerful pressure in Blitz, however the fanatics could be hoping for an advanced efficiency from R Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh, either one of whom failed to provoke within the Fast tournament.

Within the ‘Open’ phase, Magnus Carlsen, who was once disqualified from the Fast tournament following a get dressed code saga, begins as the overpowering favorite.

However the likes of India’s R Praggnanandhaa and Arjun Erigaisi, France’s Alireza Froujza and Uzbekistan’s Nodirbek Abdusattorov can all give the Norwegian a run for his cash.

Erigaisi, who overlooked the chance to win the Fast identify which was once received through 18 year-old Volodar Murzin of Russia, should battle it all over the place for a spot within the 2026 Applicants event.