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India's Koneru Humpy in joint-lead at FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Pune after eighth round
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With just one more round to go, the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Pune is nicely poised with Koneru Humpy and Zhu Jiner in joint lead.
Koneru Humpy and Zhu Jiner jointly lead the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) chess meet with 6 points each after the 8th and penultimate round on Tuesday.
Humpy survived a scare to hold Alina Kashlinskaya to a draw, while Jiner defeated India’s Divya Deshmukh in a tactical battle. Despite the loss, Divya remains in third place with 5 points.
Polina Shuvalova is fourth with 4.5 points.
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