Kateryna Lagno became the winner of the third leg of the Women's Speed Chess Championship Grand Prix.

In the final match against Hou Yifan, she took an early lead crushing her opponent 3-0 in 5+1 blitz. In 3+1, players exchanged blows and entered the bullet portion with 5-2 in favor of Lagno. The match seemed done and dusted but apparently, it was too early to jump to conclusions as Hou Yifan staged an incredible comeback winning three 1+1 games in a row and leveling the score!

"I did not play well in the last games, everything went wrong. I don't feel this 1+1 time control and I had a bad Internet connection, so everything was not in my favor," commented Kateryna Lagno after the match.

The tiebreak of two bullet games followed, with the first ending in a draw. The dramatic culmination of the match came in the second game when Hou Yifan, an exchange up, made a fatal mouse slip that cost her a rook, a game, and a match! Hou Yifan reacted with dignity, smiling at her mistake and resigning right away.

Kateryna Lagno admitted that luck was on her side: "I am happy because I already thought that I'd lose the match... It all ended with a mouse slip and it's big luck of course."  Now she gets 12 GP points under her belt, finishing the GP campaign with 20 points on a shared (with Gunina) second place right behind the leader Ushenina (22 points).

In the match for third place, Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Sarasadat Khadamalsharieh 7-4.