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Chess: Harika To Play In Cairns Cup, An Event With Strong Female Field, In Saint Louis, USA
World Chess Champion Nona Gaprindashvili: While Koneru Humpy and R. Vaishali battle it out in the women's section of the Norway Chess Championship, another Indian female player Grandmaster (GM) Dronavalli Harika will get into action in the Cairns Cup, which features ten of the world's best female chess players, starting on June 12.
The Cairns Cup, an elite-level female chess tournament created by the Saint Louis Chess Club, will feature ten of the world's best female chess players. The event, named in honour of Saint Louis Chess Club co-founder Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield, the tournament will be held from June 12 to 23, the organisers informed in a release on Friday.
As one of the premier women’s tournaments globally, the ten-player round-robin tournament boasts one of the strongest female fields, competing for an increased total prize fund of $200,000.
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