It was the proverbial slip between the cup and the lip as India’s Koneru Humpy, after playing all the right moves, lost on time against Anastasia Bodnaruk of Russia. Bodnaruk, 31,  was on Thursday crowned the Women’s World Rapid Chess champion, while Humpy had to settle for a silver medal at Samarkand. 

It was a magnificent effort by  Humpy, 36, who has been India’s top woman player for more than two decades. Magnus Carlsen, the 16th world chess champion, got his 16th World title by winning the Rapid World Chess Championship for the fifth time. Meanwhile, there was also  heartbreak for Vidit Gujrathi as he finished fourth, missing a medal by a whisker.