'It's not easy to surprise Viswanathan Anand'
Chennai: Indian GM Koneru Humpy will miss the live action of November's world chess championship match between Viswanathan Anand and Magnus Carlsen. But she is keen on following the high-profile cont
Humpy crashes out of World women championship
Grandmaster and highest rated in the fray, Koneru Humpy crashed out of the World Women’s Chess Championship after failing to capitalise on her chances against Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine in the second
Humpy shocked by Zhukova in world women's chess c'ship
Top-rated Grandmaster Koneru Humpy suffered a shock defeat at the hands of Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine in the first game of the second round of world women's chess championship here today.
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Humpy to take on Zhukova
GM Koneru Humpy will take on Natalia Zhukova of Ukraine in the second round of the women’s world chess championship here.
After winning the first round with an easy 2-0 whitewash against the lower-r
Soumya, Harika to represent India in World Chess
Soumya Swaminathan and D. Harika would be representing India in the women's World Chess Championship to be played in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, from Nov 10 to Dec 3.
The third player from India to part
World chess title: Humpy expects an interesting contest
With two experienced grandmasters all set for their championship match from Friday, India’s golden girl GM Koneru Humpy spoke to Deccan Chronicle about how Viswanathan Anand is a favourite to retain t
Chess queens cast the plot
Chess queens Dronavalli Harika and Koneru Humpy may not have had a great year in 2010 as they failed to bag gold in the tournaments but the new year is enough motivation to start afresh. Harika had to
Humpy makes it to semifinal
Dec. 15: Koneru Humpy secured a much-needed draw against China’s Ju Wenjun in the second game of the quarterfinals to enter the semifinals of the World Women’s Chess Championship here. Humpy, who had
Harika joins Humpy in world quarterfinals
Hatay (Turkey), Dec. 13: Grandmaster norm holder D. Harika showed steely nerves to beat Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and join statemate Koneru Humpy in the quarterfinals of the World Women’s Chess Champ