FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship, 2019

Question: Who won the FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship,2019?
(a) Koneru Humpy
(b) Lei Tingjie
(c) Olga Girya
(d) Ekaterina Atalik
Answer: (a)
Related facts:

  • The FIDE Women’s World Rapid Championship took place from 26-28 December 2019 in the V Luzhniki Football Stadium in Moscow, Russia.
  • Indian grandmaster Koneru Humpy won the title by defeating China’s Lei Tingjie.
  • Tingjie finished with silver, while Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik won bronze.
  • By winning the title she became India’s best-ever women’s chess player.
  • In the Men’s category, Norwegian grandmaster Magnus Carlsen won the title.
  • A native of Andhra Pradesh,she is India’s youngest woman chess grandmaster player.

Links:
https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-tournaments/womens-world-rapid-championship-2019
http://www.newsonair.com/News?title=Chess%3A-Indian-grandmaster-Koneru-Humpy-becomes-Women%26%2339%3Bs-World-Rapid-Champion&id=376810