
Report symbol of Koneru Humpy© X (Twitter)
India’s Koneru Humpy bagged an epochal moment Global Speedy Chess Championship name, beating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia in New York on Sunday. Humpy had gained the development again in 2019 at Georgia and the Indian Number one is best the second one participant after China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch the name greater than as soon as. The 37-year-old Humpy completed the event with 8.5 out of eleven issues. The 18-year-old Volodar Murzin of Russia bagged the corresponding name within the males’s segment.
Murzin is the second-youngest FIDE Global Speedy Champion, after Nodirbek Abdusattorov, who claimed the name at 17.
Humpy’s fulfillment capped a sensational 12 months for Indian chess after D Gukesh defeated China’s Ding Liren to emerge champion within the classical structure Global Championship just lately in Singapore.
Humpy has at all times excelled within the Speedy worlds as she had gained a bronze medal within the 2012 version of the development held in Moscow, whilst completed with a silver remaining 12 months at Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
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