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2026 Candidates Tournament: R Vaishali squanders lead after losing to China’s Zhu Jiner | Chess News

2026 Candidates Tournament: R Vaishali squanders lead after losing to China’s Zhu Jiner | Chess News

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Zhu Jiner has become such a significant roadblock for R Vaishali that, in just six hours, she has shifted the entire outlook of the 2026 Women’s Candidates Tournament event in Cyprus. The ferocious Chinese completed a double over the overnight leader, defeating the Indian with black pieces in a crucial 12th-round tie on Sunday. This victory erased Vaishali’s lead and left the two tied at the top with seven points, with only two rounds remaining. Having already defeated Vaishali in the fifth round, a ruthless Zhu struck again to end a run that seemed to be taking the latter to the World Championship clash. Playing the white pieces in a Caro-Kann Defense, Vaishali appeared to be caught in Zhu’s opening preparation. While the immediate pressure wasn’t so obvious and the Indian negotiated her early moves well, she exhausted her clock to do so. Vaishali’s 10th and 13th moves combined cost her nearly 50 minutes. Given Vaishali’s known struggles in time scrambles, Zhu was off to an ideal start. R vaishali in action against Zhu Jiner …

Zhu Jiner, Goryachkina finish top two, qualify for Women’s Candidates 2026

Zhu Jiner, Goryachkina finish top two, qualify for Women’s Candidates 2026

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 Final Leaderboard: China’s Zhu Jiner finished joint top before Ukraine’s Anna Muzychuk was declared the winner of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Austria leg due to better tiebreaks on Thursday. However, that didn’t stop the Chinese from topping the leaderboard after all six legs and qualifying for the Women’s Candidates 2026. Zhu has had identical finishes in all three events at Nicosia (Cyprus), Pune (India) and Grosslobming (Austria), where she failed to win the event after finishing on joint top. In Nicosia and Austria, it was the Ukrainian Muzychuk who ended up winning the event and in Pune, it was local challenger Koneru Humpy who denied Zhu from winning the India leg. But with a total of 352.5 points via three joint top finishes, which fetched her 117.5 per event, she became the first player to qualify for Candidates. Joining her is Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina, who won the Shymkent (Kazakhstan) leg and collected a total of 308.34 points to finish second. Story continues below this ad Muzychuk was the unluckiest …

Humpy jumps to second after winning Pune leg; Goryachkina on top; Zhu Jiner third

Humpy jumps to second after winning Pune leg; Goryachkina on top; Zhu Jiner third

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India finest women’s chess player, Koneru Humpy edged out China’s Zhu Jiner to win the Pune leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix on Wednesday. After beating Nurgyul Salimova in the ninth (and final) round, Humpy finished on equal points — 7.0/11 — with Zhu but the Indian had the better tiebreaks between the two to clinch the trophy. She also racked up 117.5 crucial Grand Prix points, rising to the second spot behind Aleksandra Goryachkina with a total of 279.17 points after her three events. All players can play up to a maximum of three tournaments in this Women’s Grand Prix cycle. In the Shymkent (Kazakhstan) leg, Humpy was tied for the fifth-sixth position and gained 55 GP rating points. In Monaco, she was in joint lead with Grand Prix leader Russia Aleksandra Goryachkina and Mongolia’s Batkhuyag Munguntuul to earn 106.67 points. Goryachkina also completed her three rounds and sits comfortably with 308.34 points. Story continues below this ad After the 2025 Women’s World Cup, the Grand Prix series is the most high-profile tournament …

Humpy and Jiner lead with one round to go

Humpy and Jiner lead with one round to go

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Koneru Humpy and Zhu Jiner jointly lead the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 (Pune leg) chess meet with 6 points each after the 8th and penultimate round here on Tuesday. Humpy survived a scare to hold Alina Kashlinskaya to a draw, while Jiner defeated India’s Divya Deshmukh in a tactical battle. Despite the loss, Divya remains in third place with 5 points. 🚨#News | Koneru Humpy leads after penultimate round at FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2024-25 in Pune. 👉Humpy shares the lead with Zhu Jiner. 👉Divya Deskmukh holds third place with 5 points.#chess #fide pic.twitter.com/BfpmeetQeN — The Bridge (@the_bridge_in) April 22, 2025 Polina Shuvalova is fourth with 4.5 points. Meanwhile, Harika Dronavalli and Melia Salome played out an laborious draw. Theirs was the first game in the tournament to surpass a hundred moves. Also, Vaishali Rameshbabu drew her game agains Nurgyul Salimova. Final round action In the final round on Wednesday, Humpy will take on Salimova while Deshmukh will play Kashlinskaya. Jiner, who leads the table with Humpy, will play Shuvalova. Round 8 results IM …

Koneru Humpy downs Zhu Jiner; takes solo lead in Pune

Koneru Humpy downs Zhu Jiner; takes solo lead in Pune

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Indian Grandmaster Koneru Humpy took the solo lead at the 2025 FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Pune with a win over China’s Zhu Jiner in the seventh round on Monday. Humpy, playing with the white pieces, was never in trouble against Zhu, who was the tournament leader coming into this match. The Indian held steady throughout in the Queen’s Indian Defence opening and kept applying pressure move by move. The 38-year-old kept her patience and was rewarded as Zhu eventually crumbled and made a decisive blunder in the 44th move. The game lasted 11 more moves before the Chinese player resigned. The win propelled Humpy to solo lead with 5.5 points after seven rounds. She leads the competition ahead of Divya Deshmukh and Zhu, both of whom have five points. In the seventh round of play on Monday, even Deshmukh registered an outright win. She took down IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul in 42 moves with the white pieces. The other Indians in contention – Harika Dronavalli and R Vaishali – drew their respective seventh round matches. …