Humpy takes sole lead

World junior chess champion Koneru Humpy emerged sole leader after the eighth round in the First Saturday Grandmasters tournament in Budapest, Hungary, on Sunday.

In her eighth round match, the 14-yeard-old Indian woman Grandmaster, playing white, got the better of Al-Sayed Mahamad of Qatar in 47 moves to take a full point and swell her tally to six points.

Hungarian International Master Peter Hovarth, who she beat in the seventh round on Saturday, and IM Jakab Attila, also of Hungary, share the second spot in the 12-player field with five-and-a-half points each.

The victory also kept the Andhra girl on course for her second men's Grandmaster's norm. She needs 2.5 points from the last three rounds, where she playes Fogarasi Tibor from Hungary in 9th, IM Jakab Attila in the 10th and GM Todorovic Goran of Yugoslavia in last round.

The First Saturday GM tournament, which began on October 6, ends on October 17. Twelve players from Hungary, Yugoslavia, Syria, Qatar, Vietnam, Bulgaria and India are participating.

Points position after the eighth round:
1. Koneru Humpy (India) 6 points
2. Peter Horvath (Hungary), Jakab Attile (Hungary) 5.5,
3. Hong Th Trang (Veitnam) 5
4. Goran Kosanovic (Yugoslavia), Satea Husari (Syria), Tobor Fogarasi (Hungary) 4
5. Goran Todorovic (Yugoslavia) 3.5
6. Sandor Biro (Romania) 3
7. Muhamad Al-Sayed (Qatar), Liuben Spassov (Bulgaria), Yelena Dembo (Hungary) 2.5

Koneru Humpy (White) vs Al-Sayed Mahamad (Black)

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 0-0 d6 5. Re1 c5 6. d5 e5 7. Nc3 Na6 8. Nd2 Nc7 9. a4 b6 10. e4 Rb8 11. h3 a6 12. Nc4 b5 13. ab: ab: 14. Na5 Bd7 15. Be3 Qe8 16. Kh2 Nh5 17. Bf3 b4 18. Nb1 Nf6 19. Nd2 Nb5 20. Ndc4 Qc8 21. Bg2 Nh5 22. Nb3 Qc7 23. Bf3 Nf6 24. Bg2 Nh5

25. Ra6 Ra8 26. Qa1 Qb7 27. Ra8: Ra8: 28. Qc1 Qc7 29. g4 Nf4 30. Bf4: ef: 31. Qf4: Re8 32. Qg3 g5 33. f4 gf: 34. Qf4: Nd4 35. Kh1 Nc2: 36. Rc1 Ba4 37. Nbd2 b3 38. Nd6: Re7 39. Ndc4 Bb5 40. e5 Re5: 41. Ne5: Qd6: 42. Qf7: Kh8 43. Qb7 Be8 44. Nf7+ Bf7: 45. Qf7: c4 46. Rf1 Bb2: 47. Be4 and black resigned

Source: (www.koneruhumpy.com).

Saturday's report: Humpy regains lead
Friday's report: Humpy loses match and lead
Thursday's report: Humpy draws but keeps lead
Wednesday's report: Humpy emerges sole leader
Tuesday's report: Humpy in sole possession of second place
Monday's report: Humpy in joint second place

Also read:
Koneru Humpy secures highest ELO rating
Humpy on a high