Vaishali clinches ladies’s world blitz bronze as India log off on a excessive

Vaishali R towards Zhu Jiner within the Quarterfinals of the FIDE Girls’s World Blitz Championship.
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India’s R. Vaishali clinched a bronze within the ladies’s part of the World Blitz Championship, capping one other sturdy efficiency by the nation’s chess gamers after stalwart Koneru Humpy’s title-winning present within the fast occasion right here.

Vaishali defeated China’s Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 within the quarter-finals earlier than dropping to a different Chinese language opponent Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 within the semi-final.

In an occasion fully dominated by the Chinese language, Ju Wenjun went on to snare the world title defeating compatriot Lei Tingjie 3.5-2.5.

5-time world champion and Worldwide Chess Federation (FIDE) vice chairman Viswanathan Anand congratulated Vaishali for her efforts, saying it was a good way to finish the yr.

“Congratulations to Vaishali for taking bronze. Her qualification was actually an influence packed efficiency. Our Waca Chess mentee (WestBridge Anand Chess Academy) has finished us proud,” Anand wrote on ‘X’.

“We’re so blissful to be supporting her and her chess. What a technique to wrap up 2024. In 2021, we thought we might get stronger chess gamers however right here we’ve it a World Champion (Humpy) and a Bronze medallist [Vaishali]!” he wrote.

Within the ‘Open’ part, world primary Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the Blitz title after three sudden-death video games failed to supply a winner. This was the primary time that the title was awarded to 2 gamers after Carlsen requested whether or not it could possibly be shared given the impasse.

“We reached some extent the place it had been a protracted day. We performed many video games, we had three attracts and I felt that I might maintain taking part in. But it surely was a pleasant resolution to share the win, it was a great way to finish it,” stated Carlsen.