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Humpy Receiving Prize from Mayor of
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Humpy
Wins Kaupthing Open
By Arvind Aaron
World No.2 in women, GM Koneru Humpy of ONGC, Vijayawada won the Kaupthing
Open after she had the better tie-break score than GM Hannes Stefansson of
Iceland. The event was held from July 7-14 at Differdange in Luxembourg.
Humpy
scored 7/9 and won the trophy and 3,000 Euros prize money. "I hope to
cross the 2600 rating mark in Abu Dhabi next month," Humpy said.Young
lions Viktor Erdos, Tigran Gharamian and Sebastien Feller finished tied on
third place, while top rated GM Vadim Malakhatko and Vladimir Georgiev
ended up on tied 17th. Total prize fund was 20.000 Euros, divided into 42
prizes.
Final placings: 1-2. GM Humpy Koneru (IND 2572) and GM Hannes Stefansson (ISL
2568) 7/9 each, 3-7. IM Viktor Erdos (HUN 2523), IM Tigran Gharamian (FRA
2517), GM Leonid Kritz (GER 2571), IM Hedinn Steingrimsson (ISL 2470) and
IM Sebastien Feller (FRA 2478) 6.5...88 players,
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Published : 17 July , 2007
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