Indian Grandmaster Konera Hampi has started a wonderful start in the quarter -finals of the Fide Women's World Cup in Georgia's Batumi. On Saturday night, he won the first game against China's Song Yuxin. The remaining two matches of this round were drawn. Four matches played today will decide who will reach the semifinals.
Earlier, Humpy defeated former world champion Switzerland's Alexandra Costenuke by 1.5-0.5 in a tie-bracer, and set his place in the quarter-finals.
Humpy said- the match was very complicated After winning the first game, Humpy said it was a very complex match. I didn't believe it to play in this situation because she looked very well prepared, but still I decided to take a risk.
China's Song Yuxin and India's Connu Hampi during the World Cup quarter -finals on Saturday night.
For the first time four Indian women players reached the quarter -finals For the first time in this tournament, four Indian women players reached the quarter -finals. In addition to Konera Hampi, Harika Dronavalli, R. Vaishali and Divya Deshmukh secured their place in the quarter -finals.
Divya and Harika's fixed to reach the semifinal It is certain that one of Divya and Harika will reach the semifinals. Divya and Harika will face each other in the quarter -finals. This will make this competition completely Indian.
Divya defeated second-seeded Chinese player Zu Jinner in the pre-quarterfinals by 1.5-0.5. She won the first game with a black piece and draw the second game with white piece.
Divya defeated second-seeded Chinese player Zu Jinner in the pre-quarterfinals by 1.5-0.5.
The first game of Harika 15+10 Rapid Tiebreak lost to Russia's cataracts, but he returned by winning the second game. The match then went to the 10+10 Rapid Tiebreak, where Harika draws the first game with black piece and the second game won with white piece.
Harika Dronavalli and Katrina Lago shared half-point.
Vaishali will face the Chinese player Vaishali divided the match against Kazakhstan's Merurt Kamlidenova into 15+10 and 10+10 rapid tiebroes. The match went to the Blitz tiebreak, where each player got five minutes with an increase of three seconds per game.
Vaishali draws the first game with black piece and the second game won with white piece. Vaishali will face China's Tan Zhongi in the quarter -finals.
Top 3 players in the Women's World Cup will qualify for the World Championship The Women's World Cup is a high -ranking knockout tournament with a total of US $ 6,91,250 (Rs 5 crore 96 lakh). The winner will get $ 50,000 (Rs. 43 lakh 9 thousand). The top 3 female players in this tournament will also qualify for the World Championship.
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