Congratulations to Lara Putar, who has qualified for the WFM by scoring 7/9 at the Women’s Olympiad in Budapest.
Direct WFM titles at the Women’s Olympiad require a score of at least 65% over at least 9 games, having at one point or another reached a rating of at least 1900. Lara won her fourth game in succession yesterday, reaching 6/8, and so today needed only to show up to play, regardless even of whether her opponent showed up. As it was, she won again.
(Cf. the congratulatory tweet by the ICU yesterday.)
Kevin Burke points out at the St. Benildus C.C. web site that Lara scored 6/10 at the last Women’s Olympiad, so falling ½ point short.
The Title norms page here has been updated accordingly.
