Chess | FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 Finals: Konu Hampi, Divya Deshmukh Head to Tie-Break Game 2 Draw | Chess news
Grandmaster (GM) Konaru Hampi and International Master (IM) Divya Deshmukh played a stressful draw in the second classical game of their high-dawn clashes in Batumi, Georgia on Sunday, pushed the match into a tie-brake. Both players have drawn into two classical games, they now go to a rapid-blatz shodown on Monday to determine that the Champion of the Fide Women’s World Cup 2025 will be crowned. Playing with white pieces in game 2, Hampi entered the board with a stable intent, selecting a solid and controlled opening.Go beyond the border with our YouTube channel. Subscribe now! However, Divya replied peacefully and confidently, establishing a compact defense that maintained any initial aggression in the Gulf.Women’s Chess World Cup 2025, Game 2: As it happened, Fid! As Midlgame surfaced, both the players exchanged the pieces at regular intervals, and the situation began to become simple. Due to no clear advantage for both sides, it became clear that neither was ready to take inappropriate risk. Eventually, the game entered a repetition of tricks, a sequence where the same position is repeated several times, which is the result in a draw, by the rule. This result determines the platform for an exciting tie-break on Monday.
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The format will now shift to the rapid and blitz game, which are fast books and test a different dimension of players’ skills. Intuition and clock management becomes even more important.
Tybrek format:
- 10 minutes each rapid game of each, with an increase of 10-second per speed.
- If tied, two additional 5 minutes games with an increase of 3-second.
- If still tied, with a 2-second increase, two blitz games every 3 minutes.
- If necessary, the blitz game will continue in 3+2 format until a winner is determined.
Hampi, hugely experienced Grandmaster and World Rapid Champion, will first have black pieces in the game, while Divya will begin with white. It is an attractive battle of generations: 38 -year -old Hampi, one of India’s most skillful players, is faced against 19 -year -old Divya, one of its most talented young stars. Monday’s tie-break has promised Edge-of-the-Seight Action.
Game 2 trick (with playing white pieces with hump):
1. NF3 D52. E3 nf63. C4 E64. NC3 A65. B3 c56. BB2 NC67. CXD5 EXD58. D4 bg49. Be2 bxf310. BXF3 CXD411. EXD4 BB412. 0-0 BXC313. BXC3 0-014. QD3 Re815. RFE1 QD7 16. H3 H6 17. Rac1 rxe1+18. Rxe1 re819. RX8+ QXE8 20. QF5 QE621. QF4 NE4 22. Bxe4 dxe423. D5 QXD5 24. QG4 G6 25. QC8+ ND8 26. QB8 QG5 27. Bd4 kh7 28. QC7 QD5 29. BB6 NC630. QXB7 QD1+31. KH2 QD6+32. KG1 QD1+33. KH2 QD6+34. KG1 QD1+
