Grandmaster Koneru Humpy held her nerves to rating a come-from-behind victory over China’sTIngjie Lei in the tiebreaker to arrange an all-Indian summit conflict in opposition to Divya Deshmukh on the FIDE Women’s World Cup right here on Thursday (July 24, 2025).
Humpy will conflict with Divya Deshmukh in the final beginning after a day’s relaxation beginning on Saturday. With Humpy profitable, each she and Divya have now certified for the Women’s candidates’ match subsequent yr.
Having drawn the primary two video games in the conventional time management Humpy had to settle up with one other 1-1 draw in the tiebreaker that comprised two video games with quarter-hour for each gamers with an increment.
After two attracts right here, Humpy had to actually work arduous in the subsequent set of tiebreak video games that had 10 minutes for each gamers with one other increment. Lei received in the lad early in the set of those two video games and Humpy erred in the center sport to lose a pawn and get in to a troublesome endgame.
What adopted was fairly logical as Lei received in command and even thought the place was nearer to a draw Humpy didn’t discover the perfect defensive assets to equalize.
Humpy misplaced one other pawn on the queen aspect and regardless of the presence of reverse colored Bishops in the endgame, white’s affect on each flanks tilted issues decisively in her favour.
It was a win on demand whereby Humpy dominated the subsequent sport. The Queen pawn opening was ok whereby Humpy was in command proper from the phrase go.
Humpy received together with her superior method and likewise her absolute dedication to flip the tide in her favour from any given place.
In the third set of tie-break video games Humpy drew white in the primary sport and crushed Lei in all departments of the sport.
Winning this sport meant that only a draw was wanted for her to get in to the final and in the return sport Humpy was at her technical greatest as she received once more out of an Italian opening.
If there’s one title that has eluded Humpy it’s the World Cup and world championship. Apart that Humpy has received all the things below the solar.
