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FIDE WSCC 2022 Round of 16: Vaishali eliminates World Blitz Women champion Bibisara Assaubayeva

by Shahid Ahmed - 14/06/2022

IM Vaishali R defeated the reigning World Blitz Women 2021 champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ). The Guiness World Record holder was trailing in both 5+1 and 3+1 segments. However, she almost managed to force tie-breaks until Vaishali won the crucial 1+1 game to win the Round of 16 match. The India no.3 has advanced to the Quarterfinals of FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022. She will face the winner of Nana Dzagnidze and Koneru Humpy in the next stage. The second Round of 16 match is between GM Harika Dronavalli and WGM Deysi Cori (PER) starts today at 7 p.m. IST. Photo: chess.com

Vaishali dominates Assaubayeva in Blitz

Vaishali started her Round of 16 match with a loss. She bounced back well by winning the next three games and finished the 5+1 segment with a 3-5 lead. She dominated the 3+1 segment too, ending it with a 6.5-9.5 score. In the 1+1 segment, Assaubayeva almost staged a fantastic comeback as she won three consecutive games to reduce the gap from 8-12 to 11-12. However, Vaishali won the last game and the match 11-13 to advance to the Quarterfinals.

Vaishali dominated all three segments of the match | Photo: chess.com

FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022 has a total prize fund of $70000 | Photo: chess.com

Assaubayeva - Vaishali: 11-13

After losing the first game in the 5+1 segment, Vaishali bounced back by registering a convincing victory in the second game.

Vaishali - Assaubayeva, Game 2

Position after 24.Nb4

White capitalized on her opportunity as Black made the mistake of removing support to the c7-knight 23...Rca8 24.Nb4 and now White is completely winning.

Replay all Vaishali's games from Round of 16

Brackets

FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022 brackets | Photo: chess.com

Players

14 invited players are joined by two players who won the qualifiers: GM Yifan Hou, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva, GM Koneru Humpy, GM Kateryna Lagno, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, GM Harika Dronavalli, GM Valentina Gunina, GM Zhongyi Tan, IM Carissa Yip, GM Nana Dzagnidze, IM Elisabeth Paehtz, IM Vaishali R, WGM Deysi Cori, IM Polina Shuvalova, WGM Vantika Agrawal and GM Antoaneta Stefanova. Vantika and Stefanova won the Qualifier #1 and #2 each respectively.

FIDE Women's Speed Chess Championship 2022 participants | Photo: chess.com

WGM Vantika Agrawal won the FIDE Women's Speed Chess Champion Qualifier #1 | Photo: chess.com

Format

Main Event

• 16-player bracket, with the two qualified players joining the 14 invited players

• Matches consist of three segments:

• 90 minutes of 5+1 games

• 60 minutes of 3+1 games

• 30 minutes of 1+1 games

• Games that begin before the timer of a segment runs out count toward the final score

• Players earn 1 point for a win, 0.5 points for a draw, and 0 points for a loss

• The player who accumulates the most points wins the match

 

Main Event Tiebreaks

• If a match is tied after the last 1+1 game, players play a four-game 1+1 mini-match

• If the tie persists, a single armageddon game with a bidding system decides the winner. White starts the game with five minutes on their clock. Both players communicate privately the amount of time they are willing to give away to play as Black. The player willing to play with the lowest amount of time wins the bid and plays as Black with draw odds. If the bid is tied, the higher-seeded player chooses the color.

Replay the Live Stream

FIDE WSCC 2022 Round of 16 - Bibisara Assaubayeva vs Vaishali R - Live Commentary by GM Irina Krush and WFM Alessia Santoramo | Video: ChesscomLive

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