World rapid chess championship News
Koneru Humpy capped a wonderful year for Indian chess by defeating Irene Sukandar of Indonesia to emerge champion in the prestigious tournament in New York on Sunday.
India's Vaishali R takes second place with 7.5 points and Koneru Humpy is in joint third at the World Rapid Chess Championship.
India's Defending champion Koneru Humpy finishes sixth and D Gukesh finishes at ninth place in the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship.
Viswanathan Anand squandered away a good start and could just end Day 1 on a fifty percent score after the end of the fifth round of World rapid chess championship.
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