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#FIDE #Chess #Candidates #Sindarov #draws #Wei #clinch #title #Vaishali #holds #nerve #win #womens #section">FIDE Chess Candidates 2026: Sindarov draws with Wei Yi to clinch title; Vaishali holds nerve to win women’s section After 14 rounds of intense chess, Javokhir Sindarov finished the tournament with 10 points, having already clinched the title to earn the right to challenge D. Gukesh for the FIDE World Championship.
Sindarov secured six wins during the tournament, including victories over R. Praggnanandhaa in Rounds 3 and 10, Hikaru Nakamura in Round 5, and Fabiano Caruana in Round 4.
Anish Giri finished second with 8.5 points, with wins over Fabiano Caruana and R. Praggnanandhaa.
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Fabiano Caruana took third place with 7.5 points, while China’s Wei Yi finished fourth with seven points.
India’s R. Praggnanandhaa finished seventh with six points from 14 rounds.
Despite a valiant effort, Vaishali’s win pushed Bibisara Assaubayeva to second place with eight points, followed by Zhu Jiner with seven.
Anna Muzychuk finished fourth with 6.5 points, while India’s Divya Deshmukh ended seventh with 5.5 points. Her draw against Bibisara in Round 14 also played a crucial role in Vaishali securing the title.
Published on Apr 15, 2026
After 14 rounds of intense chess, Javokhir Sindarov finished the tournament with 10 points, having…
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#Vaishali #Indian #win #FIDE #Womens #Candidates">Vaishali becomes first Indian to win FIDE Women’s Candidates
Grandmaster R Vaishali became the first Indian to win the FIDE Women’s Candidates title, after she beat Russia’s Kateryna Lagno in the final round on Wednesday.
With this win, Vaishali has now qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championship final, where she will take on defending champion Ju Wenjun of China.
Heading into the round, Vaishali was in joint-lead with Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva at 7.5 points each, with the prospect of a nerve-wracking tiebreaker looming large.
But, with Assaubayeva settling for a draw with Divya Deshmukh, the stage was set for Vaishali to swoop in and claim the full point and clinch the biggest triumph of her career.
Vaishali did so by slowly piling on the pressure against Lagno. The decisive moment came just as the middle game was about to kick in courtesy of Lagno’s 11. be6, an error that allowed Vaishali to go a pawn up.
The game largely stayed within Vaishali’s grasp, despite a few missteps. With pressure mounting, Lagno began to err more frequently in the endgame and eventually resigned after the 47th move.
Published on Apr 15, 2026
Grandmaster R Vaishali became the first Indian to win the FIDE Women’s Candidates title, after she beat Russia’s Kateryna Lagno in the final round on Wednesday.
With this win, Vaishali has now qualified for the Women’s World Chess Championship final, where she will take on defending champion Ju Wenjun of China.
Heading into the round, Vaishali was in joint-lead with Kazakhstan’s Bibisara Assaubayeva at 7.5 points each, with the prospect of a nerve-wracking tiebreaker looming large.
But, with Assaubayeva settling for a draw with Divya Deshmukh, the stage was set for Vaishali to swoop in and claim the full point and clinch the biggest triumph of her career.
Vaishali did so by slowly piling on the pressure against Lagno. The decisive moment came just as the middle game was about to kick in courtesy of Lagno’s 11. be6, an error that allowed Vaishali to go a pawn up.
The game largely stayed within Vaishali’s grasp, despite a few missteps. With pressure mounting, Lagno began to err more frequently in the endgame and eventually resigned after the 47th move.
Published on Apr 15, 2026
Grandmaster R Vaishali became the first Indian to win the FIDE Women’s Candidates title, after…