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Humpy, Divya set to battle it out in tie-breaks as Game 2 of Women's Chess World Cup final ends in draw
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy and International Master Divya Deshmukh in action during the all-Indian final of the 2025 FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi, Georgia. Image: FIDE
Grandmaster Koneru Humpy and International Master Divya Deshmukh are set to battle it out in the tie-breaks in their all-Indian final at the FIDE Women's World Cup in Batumi, Georgia after their second Classical game also ended in a draw.
Humpy held Divya to a draw playing as white despite the latter enjoying a considerable time advantage over her at one stage in Game 2, with the two players shaking hands after 34 moves via a three-fold repetition.
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Meanwhile, Game 2 of the all-Chinese third-place playoff between Lei Tingjie and Tan Zhongyi was still underway with the former staging a superb comeback with white pieces after allowing her opponent to seize control with a 34th move blunder.
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