- J. R. Shridharan, Koneru Humpy gearing up for Sochi, The Hindu, February 22, 2015
World No. 3 women’s chess player and Grandmaster Koneru Humpy (2581) is all set to take a shot at the world championships for the sixth time, featuring top Grandmasters at Sochi (Russia) from March 15.
The news that defending champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (2672) of China might skip the event owing to prior commitments (playing a tourney in Hawaii) must be music to Humpy’s ears. However, she is aware that there are other gifted players in the fray. [Read more]. |
On February 4, 2015, during her Master Class at 13th Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Festival, 13th Women’s World Chess Champion 侯逸凡 (Hóu Yìfán) (right) told her interviewer Stuart Conquest (left) that probably she will not play in the upcoming Women’s World Championship Tournament. Her given reason was that she’s committed to playing a tournament in Hawaii, but she didn’t sound excited about the knockout format anyway.
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