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In the last and final round( 13 th round), Humpy played against Erenburg, Sergei of Israel with white pieces. The game went on Slav defense lines and Humpy opened "g" file playing h4 in the 21st move she mobilized all her pieces to the king side and build up a strong attack on blacks king and won the game in 51 moves. Humpy finished Fifth with her last round victory with 7.5 points.

Earlier in the 12th round Humpy lost her game against Postny, Evgeny of Israel in four knights game. She lost a pawn in the middle game complications and resigned after 56 moves in the queen and pawn ending. GM Vajda Levente of Romania and Postny, Evgeny of Israel with 9.5 points each have jointly won the tournament and another Indian Tejas Bakre withdrawn from the tournament after 10th round conceding his 11th round match to Koneu Humpy.

Humpy drew her 10th round game against GM Vajda Levente of Romania with black pieces in 56 moves. Humpy played Petroff Defence and the game went on normal lines till whites 8th move. Humpy`s Be6 was a new move and it offers equal chances. Vajda tried to get advantage on queen side by pushing his pawns to b4 , d5 and gave a break on 21.c5. After exchanging off all the minor pieces both were having Queen and Rook in the ending. Vajda obtained a passer in the d file in the 31st move for Humpy`s extra pawn. At this stage of the game humpy forced the exchange of Rooks and entered in to the queen and pawn ending which ensures her a draw.

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Humpy won her 9th round game against FM Lorsceid Gerhard of Germany with white pieces in Modern Defence.Humpy got two bishops advantage in the middle game.In the 19th move Queens were exchanged off from the board and humpy got upper hand in the Rook and Bishop vs Rook and Knight Ending and forced black to resign in 54 moves.IM Tejas Bakre lost his 9th round game against GM Sahovic Dragutin of Yugoslavia with black pieces in Trompowsky Attack.

Former World Junior Champion Hoang Thanh Trang and the current World Junior Champion Koneru Humpy drew their seventh round game in 36 moves. Humpy opened her game with d4 and faced dutch defence from IM Hoang thanh trang of vietnam. Humpy tried a novelty Nb5 in the 8th move and got a slightly better position. Both the players castled opposite sides and tried to attack each other. In the 21st move Hoang Thanth Trang offered queens exchange by playing Qg4 and that was accepted. The game ended as a draw by threefold repetition. In another game, IM Tejas Bakre of India drew his 7th round game against IM Erenburg Sergey of Israel in Sicilian Alapin Variation with black pieces.

Humpy lost her 6th round game against IM Shirazi Kamran of USA with black pieces in 35 moves in Kings Gambit Declined. In the opening phase of the game Humpy got the advantage and destroyed opponents pawn structure by creating double isolated pawns d2,d3 in the center. Whites king remained in the center and it looks almost winning for black. But at this stage of the game humpy allowed her opponent to play b3 on his 17th move and Bb2 on his 18th move to get counter play. Humpy could have played 17th move Nf5 instead of inferior Be6 move. In the 25th move humpy missed her last chance to maintain the advantage by playing c6. Her 27th move c5 was a terrible mistake, which costs her a vital point and the game. Humpy is on 3 Points from 6 Rounds. Tejas Bakre drew his 6th round game against IM Postny Evegeny of Israel with white pieces in the Ruy-Lopez Exchange variation. He is on 4 points.

Grandmaster Elect Humpy played a good positional game in the 5th round to defeat WGM Dembo Yelena of Hungary in the Kings Indian Defence with white pieces in 76 moves. The game went on normal lines till whites 14th move. Dembo Yelena played her 14th move Nh5 and 15th move F5. Humpy played F4 and successfully exchanged Blacks Bishop on G7 Square and exchanged the Queens in the 23rd move to be in a better position. Humpy won the game in Rook, Double Knights vs Rook, Double Knights ending. Grandmaster Norm holder IM Tejas Bakre won his 5th round game against IM Blauert Jeorg of Germany in the Reti Opening. He is on 3.5 points.

Grandmaster Elect Humpy lost her fourth round game against IM Blauert Jeorg of Germany in the Caro-Kann Panov-Botvinik Attack with black pieces in 32 moves. Both the players followed the book moves till whites 15th move. Humpy played her 15th move Bf6 which is doubtful and well exploited by her opponent. The other Indian in fray, Tejas Bakre also lost his game against GM Vajda Levente of Romania in Sicilian Alapin Variation with Black pieces. 

Bank of Baroda sponsored Grandmaster Elect Koneru Humpy of India drew against Czech Grandmaster Lechtynsky Jiri (2413) at Budapest, here today. Other Indian in the fray, IM Tejas Bakre also drew his first round and remains in 0.5 points. Humpy became the youngest woman to become a Grandmaster (Men) last week, and a good show here will improve her Elo Rating to 2500 from the present Elo of 2486, and confirm her historic achievement.

Source http://koneruhumpy.com/

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