Grandmaster Koneru Humpy held her nerves to rating a come-from-behind victory over China’sTIngjie Lei in the tiebreaker to arrange an all-Indian summit conflict towards Divya Deshmukh on the FIDE Women’s World Cup right here on Thursday (July 24, 2025).
Humpy will conflict with Divya Deshmukh in the final beginning after a day’s relaxation beginning on Saturday. With Humpy profitable, each she and Divya have now certified for the Women’s candidates’ match subsequent 12 months.
Having drawn the primary two video games in the traditional time management Humpy had to settle up with one other 1-1 draw in the tiebreaker that comprised two video games with quarter-hour for each gamers with an increment.
After two attracts right here, Humpy had to actually work laborious in the subsequent set of tiebreak video games that had 10 minutes for each gamers with one other increment. Lei obtained in the lad early in the set of those two video games and Humpy erred in the center sport to lose a pawn and get in to a tough endgame.
What adopted was fairly logical as Lei obtained in command and even thought the place was nearer to a draw Humpy didn’t discover one of the best defensive assets to equalize.
Humpy misplaced one other pawn on the queen facet and regardless of the presence of reverse colored Bishops in the endgame, white’s affect on each flanks tilted issues decisively in her favour.
It was a win on demand whereby Humpy dominated the subsequent sport. The Queen pawn opening was ok whereby Humpy was in command proper from the phrase go.
Humpy gained together with her superior method and likewise her absolute willpower to flip the tide in her favour from any given place.
In the third set of tie-break video games Humpy drew white in the primary sport and crushed Lei in all departments of the sport.
Winning this sport meant that only a draw was wanted for her to get in to the final and in the return sport Humpy was at her technical finest as she gained once more out of an Italian opening.
If there may be one title that has eluded Humpy it’s the World Cup and world championship. Apart that Humpy has gained all the things beneath the solar.
