India's Koneru Humpy becomes Rapid chess world champion for the second time. ( 2024 Crazy for India - open and women Gold in Olympiad, D Gukesh WC )

India's year in chess became even better on Sunday with Koneru Humpy doing the country proud with a historic second world title in rapid chess, when she won the World Rapid Chess Championship by defeating Indonesia's Irene Sukandar. Humpy, who previously won the title in 2019 in Georgia, joins China's Ju Wenjun as the only players to secure multiple championships in this format.