Grandmaster Humpy Koneru drew Olga Girya in the last round of the FIDE Women Grand Prix in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, for the convincing overall victory with 8,0/11 points.
Her closest rival Harika Dronavalli, also from India, was defeated by Zhao Xue.
Kateryna Lagno and Bela Khotenashvili used the opportunity to move ahead to the shared second place by scoring against Guliskhan Nakhbayeva and Antoaneta Stefanova respectively.
Local representative Nafisa Muminova concluded the event with a forfeit due to phone ring.
Replay games with computer analysis
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kosteniuk rocks. She beat her opponent in 12 moves. This is a record.
Now, match with Hou Yifan to see who is the women world champion!
Wow! That person really hates Kosteniuk. Kinda wish I knew the background story there…
Wow! That person really loves Kosteniuk. Kinda wish I knew the background story there…