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GM Humpy wins

- Koneru Humpy won the IS Bank Ataturk Women Grand Prix chess tournament
- She defeated Marie Sebag of France
- She finished the tournament with a commendable 8.5 points out of a possible 11 to lift the title in Istanbul
- Humpy held the record from 2002 to 2008 for the youngest woman ever to become a grandmaster (not merely a Woman Grandmaster), which she achieved in 15 years, 1 month, 27 days, beating Judit Polgar's previous record by 3 months.However she later lost this record to Hou Yifan.
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