Not worth the risk, says the World rapid championWorld rapid chess champion Koneru Humpy has decided to skip the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series’ fourth and final legs to be held in Gibraltar from January 17 to 29 next year. “In view of the prevailing pandemic, I thought it not worth taking the risk to travel. “Hence I will not be playing in what is actually a very important event,” World No. Having played two legs — winning one and finishing joint-winner in the other — to win the Grand Prix series I needed to finish in the top three of the Gibraltar leg. “I am aware that this is a very significant event, but these kinds of things (pandemic) are not in our control,” Humpy said.

Source: The Hindu November 20, 2020 16:30 UTC