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The Grandmaster had earlier said in his post that he was assured the prize money would be paid within a month, but the payment never materialised.

The student, Banoth Dhanu Sri studying intermediate MPC first year at the CoE participated in the tournament held at Sri Kotla Vijaya Bhaskar Reddy Stadium in Hyderabad and secured the third place under 15-year category.

The 34-year old Humpy, currently ranked number three in the world, has qualified for the FIDE Women's Candidates event next year.

Breaking away from the past, the AICF has also made several player positive moves like amending its constitution to be in line with the National Sports Development Code, inclusion of players