CHESS#1241

Dronavalli Harika lost to Tan Zhongyi in an epic semi-final at the Women’s World Championships (WWC) in Tehran. Harika went down in an Armageddon, drawing with the white pieces, after the duo had scrambled alternate wins first in normal time and then in six tiebreaks. In prior matches, the Chinese WGM had knocked out her compatriot and top seed, Ju Wenjun, and also beaten Padmini Rout in the quarter-finals. 

This is the second time Harika has made it to the semi-finals and lost a close match. The final between Tan and Anna Muzychuk also went into a tiebreaker, with Tan winning