Indian Grandmaster, Koneru Hampi's dream of winning the second title at the World Women's Rapid and Blitz Chess Championship was shattered due to defeat in the last 3 rounds. At the end of the blitz competition that lasted 2 days, he had to satisfy himself from the 12th position. Katrina Lagno of Russia and Magnus Karlsson of Norway retained their titles in the Women's and Men Blitz Championships respectively. On Saturday, Hampi, who won the World Women's Rapid Chess Championship by drawing an armageddon match against Li Tingji of China, was in second place with 7 points after 9 rounds on the first day. But this 32-year-old player could not maintain his rhythm and eventually scored 10.5 points in 17 games.
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Hampi started the second day of the Blitz competition by winning the first 2 games. She then played two draws and after the 13th round she was jointly on top with Lagno. Hampi and Lagno had the same 10 points after the 13th round. After this, in the 14th round, the Indian player played a draw against Russia's Alisa Galiyamova and she slipped to second place.
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Hampi, who was out of the game from 2016 to 2018 due to being a mother, lost the last 3 games and dropped out of the title race. Another Indian Harika Dronavalli finished 25th in the women's blitz competition. Lagno won the title by scoring 13 points out of a possible 17. Ukraine's Anna Muzychuk finished second with 12.5 points.
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