World Rapid Chess Championship: Koneru Humpy finishes sixth, D Gukesh in top 10 of open section

India’s Koneru Humpy finished sixth in the women’s at the World Rapid Chess Championship which took place in Warsaw, Poland. In the open section, 15-year-old Indian Grandmaster D Gukesh impressed with a top-10 finish.

In the open section, Nodirbek Abdusattorov is the new World Rapid Chess Champion. The three-day event ended with a spectacular victory by Abdusattorov who seized the crown previously held by none other than Magnus Carlsen.

In one of the most impressive results from an Indian perspective, Gukesh drew against eventual champion Abdusattorov in the 12th round.

.@DGukesh and @MitrabhaGuha are the star performers of India at World Rapid 2021

Gukesh scored 9/13, beat Gelfand, Jobava, drew with Abdusattorov which was completely winning for him and then drew with Grischuk in the final round

He is the top finisher among the Indians – 9th pic.twitter.com/3auOyYgM0N

— ChessBase India (@ChessbaseIndia) December 28, 2021

With 9.5 points out of 13 rounds, Abdusattorov was the first among four players tied for the top spot. The other three were Ian Nepomniachtchi, defending champion Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana. Under the regulations, only the top two players went on to play the tie-breaks.

The champion in rapid chess was decided by two blitz games in which each player had three minutes with a two-second increment per move.

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