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Harika, Humpy win in women's chess meet

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IANS Chengdu (China)

Grand masters Harika Dronavalli and Koneru Humpy made it a great day for India at the Fide Women's Grand Prix chess meet on Sunday by winning their respective matches.

Harika recorded her second straight victory by beating Georgia's Javakhishvili Lela to hang on to the early lead that she had taken on Saturday.

Humpy beat Zhao Xue of China.

Harika has a tough game on Monday though as she takes on World No.2 Ju Wenjun of China.

--IANS

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First Published: Jul 03 2016 | 9:32 PM IST

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