hi mohanty
thanks for the updates! Is there a live web site showing the moves?
I have been following humpy's progress, impressive comebacks so far (two times already!), but not really watching her matches.
cheers
kujo
ps: Got it from your post on the first page of this thread, thanks!! http://nalchik2008.fide.com/schedule/?lang=eng
World Women Chess Championship - 2008
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Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
Once again a must win situation for Humpy, as she lost the first tie breaker (5 min) game playing white.
Now she is playing black....
Now she is playing black....
Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
damn 26 seconds left on the clock for humpy now!
chinese Yifan with an advantage
and she loses....
chinese Yifan with an advantage
and she loses....
Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
really sad she loses both the 5-min games and is out again in the SFs. Anyways, well played and all the best in the future. We know you will do it some day !!!
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Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
After losing first tie-break game again Humpy showed her fighting performance to win next ... But Hou Yifan won both Blitz games to gave heart-breaking loss to Humpy ...
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Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
Aaaahh, disappointment again . With out the world no.1 in the tournament, she had such a good chance to win it.
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Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
Well, actually she lost to Hou Yifan, who went on to win multiple world championships. No shame there. Even if the world #1 was not present, this isn't too bad a loss in hindsight. She is the current world champion in rapid chess though.
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Re: World Women Chess Championship - 2008
Koneru Humpy is someone I admire -- her mental toughness in handling male players in her early days was something to behold. She did chase the GM norm by playing `easy' tournaments and so they acted as if she didn't belong with them in the National A Mens Championship. She fixed all of them by always playing for a result -- no friendly draws! I am so happy that she is back to playing after the birth of her baby.