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Prime Minister Narendra Modi connected Monday (December 29, 2025) commended Indian chess stalwart Koneru Humpy and young Arjun Erigaisi for winning the bronze medals successful the Women’s and Open categories of the FIDE World Rapid Championships successful Doha, lauding their dedication and hard work.
Humpy, who had entered the lawsuit arsenic the defending champion, was done successful by the planetary chess federation’s (FIDE) tie-break rules connected Sunday (December 28) contempt being the associated person connected 8.5 points with 2 different Grandmasters aft the last round.
“Congratulations to Koneru Humpy, who finished powerfully astatine the 2025 FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship successful Doha, securing the Bronze medal successful the women’s section. Her dedication towards the crippled is commendable. Best wishes for the endeavours ahead. humpy_koneru,” wrote PM Modi connected ‘X’.
The Prime Minister often makes it a constituent to admit the achievements of India’s athletes and para athletes, personally gathering galore of them crossed sports disciplines.
PM Modi besides appreciated the grit of Erigaisi, who finished down satellite No.1 Magnus Carlsen and Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev to gain a historical bronze.
“Proud of Arjun Erigaisi for winning the Bronze medal successful the unfastened conception astatine the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championship successful Doha. His grit is noteworthy. Wishing him the precise champion for his aboriginal endeavours. @ArjunErigaisi.”
The 22-year-old became lone the 2nd antheral subordinate from the country, aft five-time satellite champion Viswanathan Anand to decorativeness connected the podium astatine the World Rapids.
Had Humpy won the rubric connected Sunday (December 28), it would person made her lone the archetypal pistillate chess subordinate to triumph 3 World Rapid crowns – her erstwhile title-winning efforts came successful 2019 and 2024.
She would person besides go lone the 2nd pistillate subordinate aft China’s Ju Wenjun to clinch back-to-back titles. But it was heartbreak for the 38-year-old player, whose illustrious vocation has spanned implicit 2 decades.
FIDE’s tie-breaker regularisation to fertile players with the aforesaid people was applied and Humpy fell down China’s Zhu Jiner and Russian Grandmaster Aleksandra Goryachkina, who excessively were connected 8.5 points aft the 11th and last round.
Goryachkina went connected to triumph her maiden satellite accelerated rubric and a cheque of 40,000 Euros.
In the ‘Open’ section, Arjun Erigaisi took the bronze down satellite No.1 Magnus Carlsen and Russian GM Vladislav Artemiev.
Humpy volition get a accidental to involvement a assertion to the World Blitz rubric erstwhile the lawsuit commences successful Doha aboriginal connected Monday (December 29).
