Humpy and Harika in World Women Chess Championship quarterfinals Dronavalli Harika bounced back from the brink of elimination to tame Ukraines Mariya Muzychuk 4-3 for a place in the quarterfinals of the womens World chess Championship at Hatay, Turkey, on Sunday. After the players were tied 3-3 by winning a game each in the classical, rapid and blitz formats, it all boiled down to the sudden-death tiebreak game. As per the sudden-death rules, Muzychuk, by virtue of playing white, was allowed five minutes of thinking time — one more than Harika — to win the match. Harika needed only a draw to advance. Eventually, when Muzychuk ran out of her thinking time after 56 moves, Harika was declared the winner. Earlier, Harika won the first rapid game with white but Muzychuk snatched the next. On saturday Grandmaster Koneru Humpy of India made it to the quarterfinals of the World Women Chess Championship after she split point in the second game of the third round against Anna Zatonskih of the United States.
Posted on: Tue, 05 Nov 2013 12:06:11 +0000
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