Chess News

At FIDE World Women's Chess Championship 2015, Sochi, Russia

[R3-M1] Humpy Koneru (IND,2581) 1-0 Alisa Galliamova (RUS,2484)

[R3-M1] Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS,2529) 0-1 Dronavalli Harika (IND,2492)

[R2-M2] Humpy Koneru (IND,2581) 1-0 Tingjie Lei (CHN,2444) 2-0
[R2-M1] Tingjie Lei (CHN,2444) 0-1 Humpy Koneru (IND,2581)

[R2-M2] Irina Krush (USA,2477) ½-½ Dronavalli Harika (IND,2492) 1-1 (Harika won 2½-1½ in tie-break)
[R2-M1] Dronavalli Harika (IND,2492) ½-½ Irina Krush (USA,2477)

[R1-M2] Ayah Moaataz (EGY) 0-1 Humpy Koneru (IND) 0-2
[R1-M1] Humpy Koneru (IND) 1-0 Ayah Moaataz (EGY)

[R1-M2] Dronavalli Harika (IND) 1-0 Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) 2-0
[R1-M1] Tatev Abrahamyan (USA) 0-1 Dronavalli Harika (IND)

[R1-M2] Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2354) ½-½ Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2483) 1-1 (Gomes lost in tie-break 3-4)
[R1-M1] Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2483) ½-½ Mary Ann Gomes (IND,2354)

Good start for Humpy and Harika in pre-quarterfinal ... Humy wins her first match with White against Russian Galliamova ... Other hand Harika beats higher ELO rating Russian opponent Kosteniuk in first match with Black ... Before that Harika needed tie-break for win in second round ... In first round Mary Ann Gomes lost close match in tie-break against Tatiana Kosintseva.