New Delhi, Dec. 29 -- Koneru Humpy has been the flag-bearer of Indian women's chess for two decades and on Sunday almost crowned herself the FIDE Women's World Rapid champion for a third time, by defending the title in Doha, Qatar. However, it was heartbreak for the 38-year-old grandmaster as a final round draw pushed her to the bronze medal, after Humpy was tied on 8.5 points with Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia and Zhu Jiner of China at the end of the 11 rounds. All three had six wins and five draws. As per FIDE rules to rank players with the same score - Buchholz Cut 1, Buchholz and Average Rapid Rating of the opponents - Humpy had scores of 69, 74 and 2335. Zhu (72.5, 77.5 and 2410) and Aleksandra (71.5, 77 and 2360) were better. Alexandra won the title, beating Zhu in the tie-breaks. Magnus Carlsen won the Open title for the sixth time. P12...