Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Crashed Out Of Women’s Women’s Chess Chamionship

29 March , Sochi , Russia

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy has crashed out of the women’s world chess championships. In the quarter-final at Sochi, Russia, Sunday .

She lost the rapid tiebreak by scoring just half-a-point against the One and a Half points recorded by Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine.

Mariya Muzychuk thus advanced to the semi-final to set up a clash with India’s D Harika, who had made it to the semis at the expense of Meri Arabidze of Georgia.

The other semi-final will be played between veteran Pia Cramling of Sweden and Natalija Pogonina of Russia.

In their quarter-finals, while Pia Cramling defeated Mariya’s sister Anna Muzychuk in the second set of tiebreak games, Natalija Pogonina ousted the last remaining Chinese -Zhao Xue in the rapid games.