Question

Who among them recently won the World Rapid Chess Championship in the women's category? (Hint: She was born in Andhra Pradesh) Dronavalli Harika, Koneru Humpy, Saheli Dhar, Tania Sachdev

Answer 1

Koneru Humpy won the World Rapid Chess Championship in the women's category.

• Koneru Humpy was born on 31st March 1987 in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, India.

• She is the formal chess grandmaster and presently, she is Women's World Rapid Chess Champion

• World Rapid Chess Champions are the players who have won the tournament at chess.

• She defeated China's Lei Tingjie to win the Women's World Rapid Chess Championship in Moscow.

• She became the youngest woman to receive the title of grandmaster at the age of 15 in 2002.

Answer 2

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• Koneru Humpy born on 31 March 1987.

• She is a India chess grand master.

• She won Arjuna Award for Chess, Padma Shri.

• Her father acquainted her with the game.

• World rapid chess championship means who had won the game in tournament.

• He is also her first coach.(Koneru Ashok)

• she became the second female player, after Judit Polgár.

About Chess:-

• Chess is believed to have been invented 1500 years ago in India.

• The game has changed only slightly since then with the advent of the queen in the 15th century and some minor movement adjustments in the 1800s

Chess moves:-

• King can move exactly one square horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. At most once in every game, each king is allowed to make a special move, known as castling.

• Queen can move any number of vacant squares diagonally, horizontally, or vertically.

• Rook can move any number of vacant squares vertically or horizontally. It also is moved while castling.

• Bishop can move any number of vacant squares in any diagonal direction.

• Knight can move one square along any rank or file and then at an angle. The knight´s movement can also be viewed as an “L” or “7″ laid out at any horizontal or vertical angle.

• Pawns can move forward one square, if that square is unoccupied. If it has not yet moved, the pawn has the option of moving two squares forward provided both squares in front of the pawn are unoccupied. A pawn cannot move backward. Pawns are the only pieces that capture differently from how they move.

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