Four Indian women chess players have reached the quarter -finals of the Fide Women's World Cup. Konera Hampi, Dronavalli Harika, R. Vaishali and International Master Divya Deshmukh have made it to the quarter -finals of the tournament in Batumi in Georgia.
Experienced Humpy defeated former world champion Switzerland's Alexandra Costenuke 1.5-0.5 in a tiebreak. Hampi will face China's Yuxin Song to make it to the semifinals.
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. He 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 quarterfinals.
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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