Pune, Apr 23 (PTI) Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy won the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) title on the basis of her superior tie-breaks over Zhu Jiner of China after the two players were tied for the top spot here on Wednesday.

Humpy, who regained the women’s World Rapid Chess Championship after a gap of five years in New York in December last, beat Bulgarian player Nurgyul Salimova in the ninth and final round game to end on seven points, the same as Jiner who beat Russia’s Polina Shuvalova.

“Humpy Koneru and Zhu Jiner both won their final round games and ended the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix tied for first, but it’s Humpy who takes the top spot thanks to superior tiebreaks!” wrote FIDE on ‘X’.

On Tuesday, the penultimate round of the tournament, the duo were tied on six points. Humpy had survived a scare to hold Alina Kashlinskaya to a draw, while Jiner defeated India’s Divya Deshmukh in a tactical battle in the sixth round.

In the other final round matches, India’s R Vaishali was held to a draw by Georgia’s Salome Melia, while Divya Deshmukh too shared the point with Poland’s No.1 player Alina Kashlinskaya.

Dronavalli Harika also drew her game against Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia. PTI AM AM PDS PDS