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Humpy, Harika among Indians advancing to third round of FIDE Women's World Cup; Vantika held to tie-breaks by Ushenina
Koneru Humpy defeated Afruza Khamdamova by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline after holding the Uzbekistani to a stalemate in Game 2 on Thursday while Harika Dronavalli triumphed in an all-Indian clash against PV Nandhidhaa. Vantika Agrawal, meanwhile, faces Anna Ushenina in the tie-breaks after losing Game 2. read more Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and R Vaishali advanced to the third round of the FIDE Women's Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia on Thursday while International Master Vantika Agrawal's second-round clash against Ukraine's Anna Ushenina has gone into the tie-breaks after the latter bounced back following a stunning defeat in the opening game. Humpy, Vaishali, Vantika and Divya Deshmukh needed a draw to advance to the third round after winning Game 1 of their second-round clashes on Wednesday. And world rapid champion Humpy did precisely that against Uzbekistan's Afruza Khamdamova, holding her opponent to a draw while playing with white pieces to win the second round by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD IM Divya triumphed over Georgia's Kesaria Mgeladze by an identical scoreline, having also played out a draw in her second game after winning the first. Vaishali, meanwhile, did one better and advanced to the next round with a 2-0 victory over Maili-Jade Ouellet after winning her second game against the Canadian, this time with black pieces. Harika wins all-Indian clash against Nandhidhaa Harika, meanwhile, defeated PV Nandhidhaa in an all-Indian encounter by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline after she won Game 2 – which had become something of a shoot-out after the two played out a draw on the previous day. The 34-year-old, a two-time World Cup bronze medallist, used her experience to keep Nandhidhaa's white pieces at bay and force a stalemate, resulting in the latter becoming only the second Indian after Kiran Manisha Mohanty to bow out of the event. 📷 Anna Shtourman, Andrei Anosov — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 10, 2025 Vantika, meanwhile, faces former women's world champion Ushenina in the tie-breaks after finishing on level terms at the end of the two Classical games. The tie-breaks will get underway with two 15-minute Rapid games with a 10-second increment and will be two more games with 10+10 time controls. In case the scores are still tied, the two players will compete in two 5+3 Blitz games, which then will be followed by 3+2 games until one player finishes on top. Also competing in the tie-breaks on Friday is Padmini Rout, who was held to a second consecutive draw by Switzerland's Alexandra Kosteniuk. STORY CONTINUES BELOW THIS AD Round 3 of the ongoing tournament gets underway on Saturday, 12 July.
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5 days ago
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FIDE Women's World Cup: Humpy ousts Khamdamova, Harika also in third round
Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy played out an easy draw with Afruza Khamdamova of Uzbekistan to win her mini-match 1.5-0.5 in the second round while D Harika beat compatriot P V Nandhidhaa to enter the last 32 stage of the FIDE Women's World Chess Cup here on Thursday. Humpy was always in control with her white pieces and at the same time saved her energy for the rounds ahead by taking a draw. Harika made her way in style as Nandhidhaa went all-in in a must win game. Harika, a twice bronze medallist in the event, just had to be herself to keep white pieces away from causing any destruction and once that was done, Nandhidhaa became the second Indian after Kiran Manisha Mohanty to bow out of the event. R Vaishali also made it to the next round, defeating Ouellet Maili-Jade of Canada in another Indian victory of the day while Divya Deshmukh ousted Kesaria Mgeladze of Georgia. K Priyanka, who sprang a surprise in the opening round, continued to do well and played out a back-to-back draw with Klaudia Kulon of Poland to reach the tiebreaker. It was a little bit of heartbreak for Vantika Agrawal, who had won effortlessly against former world champion Anna Ushenina of Ukraine in the first game of the round. However, the Ukraianian struck back to level scores and both will also be seen in the tiebreaker that happens on Friday. Important and Indian results round 2 game 1 Lei Tingjie (Chn) beat Francisco Guecamburu Candela Be (Arg) 2-0 Alinasab Mobina (Iri) lost to Zhu Jiner (Chn) 0,5-1,5 Tan Zhongyi (Chn) beat Anastasia Kirtadze (Geo) 2-0 Afruza Khamdamova (Uzb) lost to Koneru Humpy (Ind) 0.5-1.5 Anna Muzychuk (Ukr) drew with Inna Gaponenko (Ukr) 1-1 goes to tiebreak Kateryna Lagno (Fid) drew with Anastasia Avramidou (Gre) 1-1 goes to tiebreak Daria Charochkina (Fid) lost to Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) 0-2 Mariya Muzychuk drew with Cervantes Landeiro Thalia (Usa) 1-1 goes to tiebreak P V Nandhidhaa (Ind) lost to Dronavalli Harika (Ind) 0-2 R Vaishali beat Ouellet Maili-Jade (Can) 2-0 Gulnar Mammadova (Aze) lost to Polina Shuvalova (Fid) 0-2 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Sui) drew with Padmini Rout (Ind) 1-1 goes to tiebreak Divya Deshmukh (Ind) beat Kesaria Mgeladze (Geo) 1.5-0.5 Vantika Agrawal (Ind) lost to Anna Ushenina (Ukr) 1-1 goes to tiebreak Klaudia Kulon drew with K Priyanka (Ind) 1-1 goes to tiebreak (Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
