Women's Candidates 2024 R13: Vaishali topples Tingjie, wins four in-a-row
GM Vaishali won her fourth consecutive game in Round 13 of FIDE Women's Candidates 2024. GM Tingjie Lei (CHN) made two blunders in a relatively balanced queen endgame. Vaishali had no trouble capitalizing on her opportunity. After losing four games in-a-row, winning the next four is definitely commendable when the field is so strong. Her win ensured GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN) gain a full point lead and the Women's World Championship crown remains in China for the foreseeable future. Zhongyi needs a draw in the final round against GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) to become a clear champion. Round 14 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 12 a.m. IST. Photos: FIDE/Michal Walusza
Women's World Championship is staying in China
No matter what happens in the final round, the tournament will be won by a Chinese player. It means the next Women's World Championship match will be between two players from China.
Vaishali - Tingjie
GM Tingjie Lei (CHN, 2550) made the first mistake 61...Kf7? Instead, 61...h6 preventing g5 would have kept things in balance. 62.g5 Qc1?? 63.Qf4+ and it's over. The resultant pawn ending is winning for White.
Time control
The time control for each game is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Prizes
The total prize fund is €250000. The top three prizes are €24000, €18000 and €12000. All prize money shall be divided equally among the players with the equal score after 14 rounds regardless tie-break results. In addition, each player gets €1750 euros for every half point scored.
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Round 13 results
Standings after Round 13
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2521 | 8,5 | 53,25 | 5 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2550 | 7,5 | 47,75 | 4 | 0 | |
| 3 | 5 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2546 | 6,5 | 41,25 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 8 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2542 | 6,5 | 41,25 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2553 | 6,5 | 41,00 | 2 | 0 | |
| 6 | 4 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2475 | 6,5 | 38,00 | 5 | 0 | |
| 7 | 7 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2432 | 5 | 34,00 | 1 | 0 | |
| 8 | 2 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2520 | 5 | 32,00 | 0 | 0 |
Round 14 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 2520 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | 2521 | 6 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | 2542 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 2475 | 4 | ||||
| 3 | 3 | 2550 | GM | Lei, Tingjie | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2546 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 1 | 2553 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | 2432 | 7 |
