Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Beats China’s Lei Tingjie to Become Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy Beats China’s Lei Tingjie to Become Women’s World Rapid Chess Champion

• Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy claimed the FIDE World Women’s Rapid Chess Championship, which was held from December 26-28, 2019 in Moscow, Russia.
• The 32-year-old Indian beat China’s Lei Tingjie, in tie-breaker to win the 12-round Swiss tournament.
• Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik won bronze.
• Humpy is only the second Indian to win the rapid gold in the current format.
• Before this, Vishwanathan Anand won this title in the open section in 2017.
• In Men’s category, Magnus Carlsen of Norway won the world rapid championship for the third time in his career.