Archive · 21 Jul 2025
Koneru Humpy Makes Semifinals at FIDE Women's World Cup
Koneru Humpy, a chess player from India, has made it to the semi-finals of a big chess competition called the FIDE Women's World Cup!
This is a really big deal because it's super hard to win, like a world championship.
She beat another player to get there.
Also, this means India will get a spot in another important tournament called the Candidates.
Now, she will play against another top player.
It is exciting to see how the other Indian players will perform in the upcoming rounds.
Koneru Humpy reached the semifinals of the FIDE Women's World Cup.
Humpy defeated Yuxin Song to become the first Indian woman to reach the World Cup's final four.
Her qualification guarantees India a spot in the Candidates tournament.
Lei Tingjie, ranked World No. 2, will be Humpy's opponent in the semifinals.
An all-Indian quarterfinal between Divya Deshmukh and Harika Dronavalli is headed to tiebreaks.
- Who
- Koneru Humpy and other chess players
- What
- Koneru Humpy reached the semi-finals of the FIDE Women's World Cup.
- When
- Ongoing
- Where
- Batumi, Georgia
- Why
- To compete for a spot in the Candidates tournament and ultimately the World Championship.
- Event
- FIDE Women's World Cup
- Participant
- Koneru Humpy
- Result
- Reached Semi-Finals
- Opponent in Semifinals
- Lei Tingjie
- Significance
- Guarantees India a spot in the Candidates tournament.