Sports Desk. Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy has created history by winning the World Rapid Chess Championship in New York on Sunday. She won the World Rapid Chess Championship title for the second time by defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia. She is the first Indian female chess player to do so.
Humpy had earlier won this title in Moscow in 2019 also. This is his second title win in this format. Hampi has become the second chess player after China’s Xu Wenjun to win the title more than once in the women’s category. Koneru Humpy, 37, finished the tournament with a score of 8.5 out of 11. It was a decisive victory for the Indian Grandmaster. Russia’s 18-year-old Volodar Murzin won the title in the men’s category.
Recently D. Gukesh became the champion by defeating Ding Liren of China in the Classical Chess World Championship in Singapore. Let us tell you that 37-year-old Humpy (Koneru Humpy) topped the 2023 Samarkand Rapid Championship, but lost to eventual winner Anastasia Bodnaruk in the tiebreaker. This time he left no stone unturned and performed brilliantly to win the title (World Rapid Chess Champion).
With this victory, he (Koneru Humpy) has once again proved that he is one of the best rapid chess players in the world (World Rapid Chess Champion). Humpy reached the pinnacle of success by winning the championship in Batumi, Georgia in 2019. She then defeated Lei Tingjie of China in a nerve-wracking Armageddon game.
