Women's Candidates 2024 R9: Zhongyi Tan crushes Vaishali in 21 moves
GM Vaishali R suffered her fourth consecutive loss at FIDE Women's Candidates 2024. She self-destructed her game in just 21 moves against GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN). This is also the shortest decisive game at Candidates 2024 combining both Open and Women. Zhongyi has regained her sole lead 6/9. IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL), GM Koneru Humpy and GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) drew against GM Tingjie Lei (CHN), GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Aleksandra Goryachkina respectively. Goryachkina and Tingjie are trailing the leader by a half point at 5.5/9 each, followed by Kateryna at 5/9. Round 10 starts today at 2:30 p.m. local time, 12 a.m. IST. Photos: FIDE/Michal Walusza
Zhongyi regains her sole lead
Vaishali - Zhongyi
16.c4 is the first mistake by White. It leaves d4-pawn hanging. 16...f6 to ensure the knight drops back. 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.c5? Qc7 19.Nh3 Nxd4 20.Qe3?? Nxc2 21.Qxe7+ Rf7 and Black won.
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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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Standings after Round 9
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2521 | 6 | 23,25 | 4 | 0 | |
| 2 | 3 | GM | Lei, Tingjie | CHN | 2550 | 5,5 | 23,50 | 3 | 0 | |
| 3 | 1 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2553 | 5,5 | 23,25 | 2 | 0 | |
| 4 | 8 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2542 | 5 | 21,50 | 1 | 0 | |
| 5 | 7 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2432 | 4 | 18,50 | 1 | 0 | |
| 6 | 5 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2546 | 4 | 16,25 | 1 | 0 | |
| 7 | 2 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2520 | 3,5 | 15,25 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 4 | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2475 | 2,5 | 10,50 | 1 | 0 |
Round 10 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 2521 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | GM | Koneru, Humpy | 2546 | 5 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | 2542 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | 2520 | 2 | ||||
| 3 | 1 | 2553 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | GM | Lei, Tingjie | 2550 | 3 | ||||
| 4 | 7 | 2432 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | IM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 2475 | 4 |
