Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali triumphed on the Ladies’s Candidates Match, incomes the prospect to problem for the World Championship title.
IMAGE: R Vaishali staged a positive comeback to outplay Kateryna Lagno within the closing spherical of the Ladies’s Candidates Match. {Photograph}: Michal Walusza/FIDE
Key Factors
- R Vaishali received the Ladies’s Candidates Match, incomes the chance to compete for the World Championship title towards Ju Wenjun.
- Vaishali’s victory marks a major milestone in her profession, stepping out of her brother Praggnanandhaa’s shadow and solidifying her place in girls’s chess.
- Vaishali follows within the footsteps of Koneru Humpy, highlighting the expansion and success of ladies’s chess in India.
- Praggnanandhaa drew his closing spherical match towards Hikaru Nakamura within the Open part.
Grandmaster R Vaishali regained her composure at a vital juncture and staged a positive comeback to outplay Kateryna Lagno within the closing spherical, sealing victory to be topped the outright champion of the Ladies’s Candidates Match, which concluded in Paphos, Cyprus, on Wednesday.
R Vaishali, lengthy seen within the shadow of her youthful sibling R Praggnanandhaa, has now carved her personal path to the largest stage in girls’s chess, incomes the suitable to tackle China’s Ju Wenjun within the World Championship match later this yr.
In doing so, Vaishali, who secured a complete of 8.5 factors, adopted within the footsteps of Koneru Humpy, a feat that underscores the regular rise of ladies’s chess within the nation.
Within the Open part, Javokhir Sindarov performed out a draw with China’s Wei Yi to seal his place because the challenger to reigning World champion D Gukesh.
India’s Praggnanandhaa signed off with a draw towards American star Hikaru Nakamura.
Anish Giri completed a transparent second, 1.5 factors behind Sindarov, after defeating Germany’s Matthias Bluebaum, whereas Fabiano Caruana additionally notched up a win towards Andrey Esipenko.
Last Outcomes
R Praggnanandhaa (Ind, 6) drew with Hikaru Nakamura (USA 6.5); Andrey Esipenko (Rus, 4.5) misplaced to Fabiano Caruana (USA, 7); Matthias Bluebaum (Ger, 5.5) misplaced to Anish Giri Ned, 8); Javokhir Sindarov (Uzb, 9.5) drew with Wei Yi (Chn, 6).
Ladies: R Vaishali (Ind, 8.5) beat Kateryna Lagno (Rus, 6.5); Bibisara Assuabayeva (Kaz, 8) drew with Divya Deshmukh (Ind, 6); Anna Muzychuk (Ukr, 6.5) taking part in Zhu Jiner (Chn, 7); Tan Zhongyi (Chn, 5.5) taking part in Aleksandra Goryachkina (Rus, 6.5).
