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Koneru
Humpy Strikes Gold
By Arvind Aaron
Koneru Humpy of Vijayawada won the Asian Games gold by winning the rapid
chess tournament for women scoring eight victories from her nine rounds on
December 4. The golden girl of Indian chess is also ranked No.2 in the
world for many years behind Judit Polgar of Hungary.
Humpy's victory in the Asian Games is a worthy meritorious one as China is
a force in women's chess and they competed. Humpy was too strong for most
of her opponents. She lost one game to Zhao Xue of China in the sixth
round on Sunday.
Humpy's progress was keenly followed on the Internet by various chess
players including chess legend Viswanathan Anand who were hoping for a big
Humpy win. The celebration in the AICF is normal and chess has
delivered gold in the very first opportunity.
The victory of Humpy is a win for our system and Indian chess is looking
for new areas of success. Humpy is in Doha and also looking for her second
gold in the classical chess team event which starts after a free day on
Tuesday. She will be in the combined Indian team together with
Sasikiran and Harikrishna.
India will be top seed in that too and Humpy usually delivers more that
her expectations. India can expect yet another gold in the classical team
event at Doha.
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Published on : 04.12.2006
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