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Andhra Pradesh chess prodigies Koneru
Humpy and Pentyala Harikrishna were conferred Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles by
FIDE at the recently held FIDE Congress at Greece.
Mr P T Ummer Koya, Secretary of the AICF
and Vice President of FIDE said that they were awarded by the qualification commission
without any delay at the earliest possible time. IWM title for Subbaraman Meenakshi of
Indian Airlines, Chennai, IM titles for Sundarrajan Kidambi of Chennai and Sriram Jha were
also passed in the meeting, he added. He also noted that fourteen-year-old Guntur girl
Koneru Humpy would be given a men's IM Norm for winning the World Junior. Since she has
norms covering the required games from the Oakham Junior in England, Lipa International in
Hungary and now the World Junior in Greece, she qualifies to become the second Indian lady
to become a men International Master after Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi.
While commenting about the next Asian
Continental Championship for men and women, he said that it has been allotted to Dubai.
The Annual General body Meeting of the Federation which could not take place in New Delhi,
would be held next month, he added. He has also been invited by the Turkey Federation to
give a lecture on children's tournaments.
Source:
http://www.fide.com/cgi-bin/material/material.pl?id_material=500410123&page=&detail=yes |
