Humpy's poor run continues

Woman Grandmaster Koneru Humpy (2539) lost to IM Antal Gergely of Hungary in the sixth round of the First Saturday Grandmasters' chess tournament in Budapest, Hungary, on Saturday.

After sharing points in the two previous rounds, the World junior champion suffered her fourth loss when she succumbed to the Hungarian player in 55 moves, in the 13-round category VII tournament.

The Bank of Baroda girl has only one point from six rounds and is at the bottom of the table, having drawn with IM Jakab Attila of Hungary (2406) and Kosanovic Goran of Yugoslavia (2428) after losing to IM B Algimantas of Lithuania (2449), IM Vajda Albert of Romania (2364) and IM Breder Dennis of Germany (2441) in the earlier rounds.

At the end of the sixth round, Algimantas, Dennis and Viktor share the lead with four points each. They are closely followed by GM Lukacs Peter of Hungary (2444) and Vajda Albert, 3.5 points each.