Humpy Clinches First Grand Prix In Style

Her finest performance after being away for over 15 months

- P.K. Ajith Kumar

Koneru Humpy is back.

She is back to playing the kind of solid, ruthless, uncompromising chess that made her one of the strongest women in the history of the game. On Sunday, at the Russian village of Skolkovo, she won the first leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series after finishing her campaign unbeaten.

All she needed was a draw in the final round from the reigning World champion and top seed Ju Wenjun of China. She got that without too much trouble, in 35 moves.

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