Humpy, Harika amongst Indians advancing to 3rd spherical of FIDE Girls’s World Cup; Vantika held to tie-breaks by Ushenina

Indian Grandmasters Koneru Humpy, Harika Dronavalli and R Vaishali superior to the third spherical of the FIDE Girls’s Chess World Cup in Batumi, Georgia on Thursday whereas Worldwide Grasp Vantika Agrawal’s second-round conflict towards Ukraine’s Anna Ushenina has gone into the tie-breaks after the latter bounced again following a shocking defeat within the opening sport.

Humpy, Vaishali, Vantika and Divya Deshmukh wanted a draw to advance to the third spherical after profitable Sport 1 of their second-round clashes on Wednesday. And world speedy champion Humpy did exactly that towards Uzbekistan’s Afruza Khamdamova, holding her opponent to a draw whereas enjoying with white items to win the second spherical by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline.

IM Divya triumphed over Georgia’s Kesaria Mgeladze by an equivalent scoreline, having additionally performed out a attract her second sport after profitable the primary.

Vaishali, in the meantime, did one higher and superior to the subsequent spherical with a 2-0 victory over Maili-Jade Ouellet after profitable her second sport towards the Canadian, this time with black items.

Harika wins all-Indian conflict towards Nandhidhaa

Harika, in the meantime, defeated PV Nandhidhaa in an all-Indian encounter by a 1.5-0.5 scoreline after she received Sport 2 – which had grow to be one thing of a shoot-out after the 2 performed out a draw on the day past.

The 34-year-old, a two-time World Cup bronze medallist, used her expertise to maintain Nandhidhaa’s white items at bay and pressure a stalemate, ensuing within the latter turning into solely the second Indian after Kiran Manisha Mohanty to bow out of the occasion.

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Vantika, in the meantime, faces former girls’s world champion Ushenina within the tie-breaks after ending on stage phrases on the finish of the 2 Classical video games. The tie-breaks will get underway with two 15-minute Speedy video games with a 10-second increment and shall be two extra video games with 10+10 time controls.

In case the scores are nonetheless tied, the 2 gamers will compete in two 5+3 Blitz video games, which then shall be adopted by 3+2 video games till one participant finishes on high.

Additionally competing within the tie-breaks on Friday is Padmini Rout, who was held to a second consecutive draw by Switzerland’s Alexandra Kosteniuk.

Spherical 3 of the continuing event will get underway on Saturday, 12 July.