Humpy Defeats Cramling
By Arvind Aaron

World No.2 in women Koneru Humpy recorded a third round win against Pia Cramling of Sweden, one of the strongest women players for the last three decades.

The 5th North Urals Cup is happening at Krasnoturinsk in Russia. It is a category 11 rating event with an average of 2522.

After three rounds, defending champion and top seed Humpy is on one point from three games and is tied for the fifth to seventh places. It is a 8-player all-play-all.

Former world women's champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria is leading the event with 2.5/3. Humpy had lost to Stefanova and Marie Sebag in the first two rounds.

Placings after three rounds: 1 A. Stefanova (Bul) 2.5/3, 2-4 A. Ushenina (Ukr), M. Sebag (Fra), Xu Yuhua (Chn) 2 each, 5-7 N. Pogonina (Rus), A. Muzychuk (Slo), Koneru Humpy (Ind) 1 each, 8 Pia Cramling (Swe) 0.5.
 

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