FIDE WSCC GP3: Humpy and Harika eliminated

Hou Yifan and Kosteniuk too strong

Humpy and Harika both eliminated by former Women's World Champions Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan respectively. Humpy lost 9-2 and Harika lost by 7-3. Humpy scored only a win and two draws, while Harika managed to win two and draw two games. Both players got a few chances to win but they didn't manage to convert them. They will be back in the fourth leg of the FIDE chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship from 15th July.

Harika scored the first win

After making a draw in the first game, Harika made the most of her opportunity when Hou Yifan made an unforced error and exposed her king.

Harika - Hou Yifan, Game 2

In an already difficult position white made things worse for her king by playing 17.b4. How should black react?

Mate in four

Hou Yifan avoided a scare when Harika missed a mate in four in Game 7. Of course it was difficult to spot as there was only seven seconds left on the clock and position was complex. The score would have been 3-4 had Harika won this game.

Harika - Hou Yifan, Game 7

Find out the checkmate for white after 40...Ka7

A Ricocheting Bullet

The last game saw everything happening, both sides had a lot of winning chances. In the end Harika prevailed and scored victory, making the final score 3-7 in Hou Yifan's favor.

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Humpy was on the brink of victory

In the very first game of the Quarter-Final, Humpy almost defeated Kosteniuk but then things didn't go her way.

Kosteniuk - Humpy, Game 1

Find out the best continuation after 38.e6

Mate in eight

Once again Humpy was winning in Game 4 against Kosteniuk but she probably had a mouse slip and missed the win.

Humpy - Kosteniuk, Game 4

Find out the winning continuation for white after 34...Re8

The great escape

Humpy launched a brilliant attack against Kosteniuk's win, she got the win but missed mate in one. Irrespective of the result of the game, you have to applaud Humpy for her devastating attack.

Kosteniuk - Humpy, Game 5

Can you think like Humpy? Find out the prelude to black's attack after 18.e5

Domination by Humpy

The only game Humpy won against Kosteniuk was in a Bullet (1+1) game but it was a complete domination by Humpy.

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Quarter-Final Results

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Each leg is a 16-player knockout event and will last five days (including one rest day after the semi-finals). The dates are June 24-28th, July 1-5th, July 8-12th and July 15-19th, with games starting at 14:30 CET (6 p.m. IST)

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