In another good result for India, Divya Deshmukh won a overwhelming victory over Munununtuul Batkhuyag and with Zhu is half behind Humpy. With only two other rounds of the 10 players to 10 players, the title race will be among these three players.
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The Grand Master Indian Koneru Humpy beat Zhu Jiner de la China to jump in a single head with 5.5 points after the seventh round of the Fide female Grand Prix in Pune on Monday.
In another good result for India, Divya Deshmukh won a overwhelming victory over Munununtuul Batkhuyag and with Zhu is half behind Humpy.
With only two other rounds of the 10 players to 10 players, the title race will be among these three players.
R Vaishali and Dronavalli Harika had to remain satisfied with the prints and are out of the race for the tile.
Hummpy surprised the leader overnight Zhu by not playing the English opening, which she used more often here.
It was an Indian defense of the Queen where the players equaled steps.
Humpy’s position seemed promising, but a 30th stroke of knight led to some exchanges with its advantage to evaporate. The Indian had a bishop couple against the double knights of Zhu with the Queens still on board.
At this point, Hummpy had much less time on his clock and Zhu tried to play quickly. But the 22 -year -old knight moved too deep in the enemy territory on the side of the Queen and her queen also tried to invade the 44th round which was a mistake and she lost her knight in the next round.
🇮🇳 Hummpy Koneru eliminates 🇨🇳 Zhu Jiner in a crucial confrontation and claims the only head of the female Grand Prix de Fide à Pune – with only two laps to do! 🔥
Results | Round 7
🇧🇬 Nurgyul Salimova ½ ½ Salome Melia 🇬🇪
🇮🇳 Vaishali Rameshbabu ½ ½ ½ Alina Kashlinskaya 🇵🇱
🇮🇳 HUMPY KONERU… pic.twitter.com/zfazkchmig– International Federation of Chess (@Fide_chess) April 21, 2025
In a final effort to eliminate the attack, Zhu again invaded his queen, but Hummpy exchanged the queens and the Chinese had to separate from his knight. Zhu resigned in the 55th round.
Mununtuul played the Slavée defense against Divya and it was more or less a game where Divya was on the best side.
After a loss tip before this match, Mungultuul was far from his best and aggressive Divya took advantage of this to win the victory.
“After my 20th move, I was in a happy state of mind and I knew that I had a winning chance,” said Divya.
Harika used Petroff’s defense against Polina and thereafter, it was a solid show with the two players preferring to exchange pieces to all possible opportunities.
Tour results 7: Im Salimova Nurgyul (3) Drew Im Melia Salome (2) GM Vaihali Rameshbabu (3) Drew Im Kashlinskaya Alina (2) GM Koneru Humpy (5.5) Bt GM Zhu Jiner (5) Im Divya Deshmukh (5) Bt Gm Monguguul Batkhuyag (2) Dronavalli.
