An Uphill Climb to Compete for the Women’s Chess Title

An Uphill Climb to Compete for the Women’s Chess Title: "In the sixth Women’s Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar, which ended last weekend, Humpy Koneru of India and Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia had more to play for than the other participants. Depending on how they finished, one of them would earn the right to play Hou Yifan of China for the Women’s World Chess Championship this year. Dzagnidze had the easier path. Based on her position in the Grand Prix standings, she could win the chess tournament, finish second or hope that Koneru did not win. Koneru needed to finish first and hope that Dzagnidze did poorly. By a twist of fate, the two women played each other in the first round, and Dzagnidze won. Though Koneru rebounded to ..."