2024 FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto April 3-23

[Mick Norris]

round 12

Kateryna Lagno - Lei Tingjie
Anna Muzychuk - Vaishali Rameshbabu
Aleksandra Goryachkina - Humpy Koneru
Nurgyul Salimova - Tan Zhongyi

round 13

Nurgyul Salimova - Kateryna Lagno
Tan Zhongyi - Aleksandra Goryachkina
Humpy Koneru - Anna Muzychuk
Vaishali Rameshbabu - Lei Tingjie

round 14

Kateryna Lagno - Vaishali Rameshbabu
Lei Tingjie - Humpy Koneru
Anna Muzychuk - Tan Zhongyi
Aleksandra Goryachkina - Nurgyul Salimova

[LawrenceCooper]

Lei Tingjie had the better of a draw whilst Tan escaped with a draw so keeps her 1/2 point lead.

[Jonathan Rogers]

Vaishali has now won three in a row - her equivalent in the open event turns out to not to be her brother, but rather Vidit - and that makes the her next round encounter with Lei more interesting than it seemed a few days ago.

[Mick Norris]

Yes, she's not had a draw since round 5

[Mick Norris]

Vaishali wins again

Tan a point clear

[Matt Mackenzie]

Vaishali wins again

Her fourth win in a row!

In the last round Tan meets Muzychuk, the only player who still hasn't won a game. Surely not....?

[Mick Norris]

Tan gets the draw she needs to win the Candidates

[LawrenceCooper]

Tan secures the draw needed to finish in first. Lei Tingjie is losing a crazy game where she sacrificed her queen for a minor piece which looked sufficient compensation but nothing more.

[Mick Norris]

Vaishali won again, she had an amazing event

[Matt Mackenzie]

Apart from the run of losses in the middle

But yes, certainly one to watch when the next Candidates comes along.

[LawrenceCooper]

Was I the only one surprised to see from the final crosstable that Humpy Koneru was second on tie-break? A very strong player but one that converted a minus score into a plus without much media attention.

[IM Jack Rudd]

22 decisive games in the women's Candidates; 11 of them featured Rameshbabu Vaishali.

[Mick Norris]

Apart from the run of losses in the middle

But yes, certainly one to watch when the next Candidates comes along.

If she had won either of her games against Tan, she'd have finished first