Humpy checkmates Bibisara twice
GM Koneru Humpy earlier this year lost to IM Bibisara in two matches at Armageddon Championship Series: Women's Week in May. Both of them qualified to the Grand Finale via the same event in the third leg. Humpy of course remembered it and she did not want to repeat the same outcome. She showed her class and defeated Bibisara. Since it is a double elimination, Bibisara will face GM Richard Rapport (ROU) today.
Bibisara - Humpy: 1-2
GM Koneru Humpy (2460) lost the first game against the reigning two-time World Blitz champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2478). In a must-win game, Humpy was lost on multiple occasion.
On move no.31, Humpy played 31...Rd1+ At a first glance, it might seem that the rook is sharing d1 and d2-square. However, a closer look reveals that the intention of playing the move Rd1 as the rook occupies more of d1 and less of d2-square. Humpy went on to checkmate Assaubayeva to force Armageddon. This win gave Humpy the momentum she needed. The India no.1 won Armageddon convincingly to win the match and setup a clash against Nodirbek Abdusattorov (UZB).
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