Koneru Humpy
Wins
Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2011 By Arvind Aaron
World No.2 Koneru Humpy of Vijayawada won the Women's FIDE
Grand Prix 2011 at
Doha after a gripping final round on March 5.
Humpy tied for first place with Danielian of Armenia with eight
points in this 11-round 12-player all-play-all.
Humpy played at 2649 and is gaining rating from an all women's
event after a long time. She had been gaining ratings from Open
events and losing in women's events.
By virtue of tying for the first place with Danielian, Humpy
went ahead of the Armenian player in the overall Grand Prix
standings and will play Hou Yifan for the world women's
championship later this year.
Humpy recovered from a poor start in this event. In the end, she
won six games, drew four and lost just one game to Nana
Dzagnidze of Georgia.
Trained by her father and former National 'B' player, Koneru
Ashok, Humpy, 1987-born has had her best result in many years.
Humpy was a credible winner since she defeated Danielian, the
bulky Armenian player in the mutual encounter. In the final
round, Humpy overcame former world women's champion Zhu Chen.
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