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Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy is acceptable for her 3rd outing astatine the prestigious Norway Chess Women’s tournament, scheduled to beryllium held from May 25 to June 5.
A two-time satellite accelerated champion, the 38-year-old Humpy is among the 3 Indian women who person qualified for the Candidates Tournament to determine the challenger for the satellite title aboriginal this year.
“I’m truly blessed to beryllium portion of Norway Chess Women. It’s a tourney I’ve ever enjoyed, not lone due to the fact that of the precocious level of contention but besides the lukewarm ambiance and fantabulous organisation.
“I’m looking guardant to playing successful Oslo and competing against immoderate of the world’s strongest players,” Humpy said.
Humpy made past successful 2002 when, astatine conscionable 15 years old, she became the archetypal Indian pistillate to gain the Grandmaster title, and astatine the time, the youngest pistillate grandmaster successful history.
Norway Chess Women is staged alongside the main Norway Chess event.
The tourney features the aforesaid format, fig of players, playing conditions and prize money arsenic the Open event, mounting a benchmark for sex equality successful nonrecreational chess.
