September 4, 2014 2:26 PM

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FIDE women's Chess Grand Prix: Koneru Humpy to face China's Zhu Chen

Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy will take on the challenge of China's Zhu Chen in the ninth round of the FIDE Women's Chess Grand Prix in Sharjah today.<br/><br/>Humpy settled for a draw in her eighth round match against Russian Anna Ushenina on Tuesday. Humpy now has three and a half points from eight games and is virtually out of reckoning for the title. <br/><br/>The other Indian Grandmaster Harika Dronavalli plays against China's Ju Wenjun today. <br/><br/>Harika has four and a half points so far. <br/><br/>However, China's Ju Wenjun and World Champion Hou Yifan lead the points table with six and a half points each. Three more rounds are left in the tournament. <br/><br/>Winner of the series will challenge the World Champion next year.

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