India, Jan. 2 -- Koneru Humpy's World Rapid title defence last weekend ended with an undefeated run, another medal, a mistake in her last-round endgame that handed her a bronze over the gold in sight. And, divided opinions on social media over a regulation that, although Humpy made it clear wasn't unfair to her, could do better with uniformity across gender.

Humpy, the face of Indian women's chess for two decades and longevity in the sport, drew her 11th and final round with Savitha Shri B from a winning position. A win would have given her the title. Instead, she was locked at 8.5 points with Zhu Jiner and Aleksandra Goryachkina, who both progressed to fight for gold over the Indian on a tie-break criteria.

As per FIDE regulations, whi...