GM Koneru Humpy wins FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2024

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GM Koneru Humpy (India, 2431 rapid rating) emerged as the sole Winner of the FIDE Women’s Rapid Chess Championship 2024 after a thrilling final round of the event!

Heading into the last round, as many as seven players tied for the top: GM Ju Wenjun (China, 2536 rapid rating), GM Kateryna Lagno (FIDE, 2433 rapid rating), GM Tan Zhongyi (China, 2502 rapid rating), IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar (Indonesia, 2354 rapid rating), GM Harika Dronavalli (India, 2416 rapid rating), GM Humpy Koneru (India, 2431 rapid rating) and WIM Afruza Khamdamova (Uzbekistan, 2188 rapid rating).

In the direct encounters, three games finished in a draw, leaving GM Humpy Koneru and IM Irine Kharisma Sukandar alone in the venue to fight for the gold. The winner of the game would immediately clinch the title, and that’s exactly what Humpy Koneru did! Squeezing water out of stone in a drawish position, Humpy Koneru gained a winning rooks endgame and won the game to clinch the title of the Women’s World Rapid Champion!

Koneru suffered a loss in the first round of the event, but made a huge comeback scoring 8.5 points in remaining 10 rounds to win gold and the top prize of $60,000. Congratulations!

Final standings – FIDE Women’s World Rapid Chess Championship 2024:

Rk.		Name	FED	RtgI	Pts.
1	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2431	8.5
2	GM	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	2536	8
3	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2433	8
4	GM	Tan, Zhongyi	CHN	2502	8
5	GM	Dronavalli, Harika	IND	2416	8
6	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	SUI	2486	8
7	WIM	Khamdamova, Afruza	UZB	2188	8
8	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2444	7.5
9	IM	Sukandar, Irine Kharisma	INA	2354	7.5
10	IM	Tsolakidou, Stavroula	GRE	2381	7.5
11	IM	Cori T., Deysi	PER	2243	7.5
12	GM	Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	2422	7.5
13	WGM	Munkhzul, Turmunkh	MGL	2333	7
14	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2406	7
15	IM	Wagner, Dinara	GER	2307	7
16	IM	Kamalidenova, Meruert	KAZ	2368	7
17	GM	Muzychuk, Anna	UKR	2408	7
18	GM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2449	7
19	GM	Zhao, Xue	CHN	2433	7
20	WGM	Huang, Qian	CHN	2399	7
21	IM	Divya, Deshmukh	IND	2393	7
22	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2333	6.5
23	IM	Mammadzada, Gunay	AZE	2319	6.5
24	GM	Lei, Tingjie	CHN	2518	6.5
25	IM	Yip, Carissa	USA	2389	6.5
26	IM	Padmini, Rout	IND	2267	6.5
27	IM	Lee, Alice	USA	2415	6.5
28	IM	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	FID	2302	6.5
29	IM	Kashlinskaya, Alina	POL	2378	6.5
30	WGM	Beydullayeva, Govhar	AZE	2212	6.5
31	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2436	6.5
32	IM	Guichard, Pauline	FRA	2316	6.5
33	IM	Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra	POL	2269	6
34	WIM	Kairbekova, Amina	KAZ	2256	6
35	IM	Injac, Teodora	SRB	2295	6
36	WGM	Toncheva, Nadya	BUL	2283	6
37	WIM	Mou, Iris	USA	2226	6
38	IM	Balajayeva, Khanim	AZE	2242	6
39	WGM	Yu, Jennifer	USA	2296	6
40	IM	Song, Yuxin	CHN	2347	6
41	IM	Garifullina, Leya	FID	2336	6
42	IM	Sargsyan, Anna M.	ARM	2306	6
43	WGM	Abrahamyan, Tatev	USA	2305	6
44	WGM	Uuriintuya, Uurtsaikh	MGL	2188	6
45	IM	Mammadova, Gulnar	AZE	2289	6
46	GM	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	2242	6
47	WFM	Paragua, Megan Althea	USA	2017	6
48	WGM	Sliwicka, Alicja	POL	2206	6
49	IM	Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	ESP	2359	6
50	FM	Jarocka, Liwia	POL	2127	6
51	IM	Kulon, Klaudia	POL	2258	6
52	GM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2355	5.5
53	IM	Bulmaga, Irina	ROU	2378	5.5
54	WGM	Charkhalashvili, Inga	GEO	2289	5.5
55	WCM	Mungunzul, Bat-Erdene	MGL	2281	5.5
56	WGM	Ouellet, Maili-Jade	CAN	2149	5.5
57	GM	Krush, Irina	USA	2382	5.5
58	FM	Peycheva, Gergana	BUL	2222	5.5
59	WGM	Belenkaya, Dina	ISR	2136	5.5
60	IM	Garcia Martin, Marta	ESP	2291	5.5
61	IM	Narva, Mai	EST	2384	5.5
62	WGM	Foisor, Sabina-Francesca	USA	2296	5.5
63	GM	Zhu, Chen	QAT	2330	5
64	GM	Gunina, Valentina	FID	2388	5
65	IM	Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim	USA	2307	5
66	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	2355	5
67	IM	Vantika, Agrawal	IND	2352	5
68	IM	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	2299	5
69	WGM	Heinemann, Josefine	GER	2218	5
70	WGM	Mamedjarova, Zeinab	AZE	2194	5
71	WGM	Priyanka, Nutakki	IND	2256	5
72	WGM	Nurman, Alua	KAZ	2260	5
73	IM	Javakhishvili, Lela	GEO	2321	5
74	WIM	Agrest, Inna	SWE	2248	5
75	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	2301	5
76	GM	Khotenashvili, Bella	GEO	2394	5
77	FM	Sahithi, Varshini M	IND	2329	5
78	WIM	Mkrtchyan, Mariam	ARM	2136	5
79		Lyutsinger, Iren	FID	2140	5
80	WIM	Serikbay, Assel	KAZ	2121	5
81	WIM	Munkhzul, Davaakhuu	MGL	2006	5
82	IM	Fataliyeva, Ulviyya	AZE	2237	4.5
83	WGM	Balabayeva, Xeniya	KAZ	2247	4.5
84	WGM	Kurmangaliyeva, Liya	KAZ	2128	4.5
85	WGM	Mamedjarova, Turkan	AZE	2109	4.5
86	WFM	Kaliakhmet, Elnaz	KAZ	2162	4.5
87	WFM	Nurgaliyeva, Zarina	KAZ	2175	4.5
88	WGM	Krasteva, Beloslava	BUL	2196	4.5
89		Machlik, Monika	NOR	2079	4.5
90	IM	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	2295	4
91	IM	Melia, Salome	GEO	2252	4
92	IM	Kiolbasa, Oliwia	POL	2291	4
93	WGM	Pourkashiyan, Atousa	USA	2277	4
94	WIM	Nilssen, Ellen Fredericia	DEN	2071	4
95	IM	Lu, Miaoyi	CHN	2317	4
96	WGM	Cervantes Landeiro, Thalia	USA	2244	4
97	WGM	Wu, Rochelle	USA	2217	4
98	WFM	Kaldarova, Ayaulym	KAZ	2011	4
99	WFM	Castillo Beitia, Ashley Alexandra	PAN	1927	4
100	WFM	Noshin, Anjum	BAN	1910	4
101	WIM	Sultanbek, Zeinep	KAZ	2001	3.5
102	WCM	Lesbekova, Assel	KGZ	1973	3.5
103	WCM	Derlich, Sarah Sima	DEN	1807	3.5
104	FM	Melekhina, Alisa	USA	2139	3.5
105	WFM	Sevcikova, Lucia	SVK	2132	3.5
106	WFM	Durrfeld, Sofie Bech	DEN	1875	3.5
107	WIM	Stanford, Sheila Barth	NOR	2103	3
108	WCM	Berezovsky, Fiorina	MNC	1786	1.5
109		Naisanga, Sheba Valentine	UGA	1626	1
110	WCM	Berezovska, Svetlana	MNC	1850	0.5