Tan Zhongyi is the clear winner of the Women’s Candidates 2024
FIDE Women’s Candidates 2024 (14)
Tan Zhongyi is the clear winner of the Women’s Candidates 2024
Mark Crowther – Monday 22nd April 2024
Tan Zhongyi will challenge Ju Wenjun for the World Chess Championship in 2025. The 32 year old player was not the favourite for the event but her confident play dominated with only a round 8 loss to her closest challenger Lei Tingjie as a blemish in the event. In the final round Tan played a very sharp Sicilian against Anna Muzychuk. Tan secured a big advantage but steered the game to the draw she needed. Lei needed a win and played an amazing Queen sacrifice against Humpy Koneru. Eventually her compensation disappeared and she subsided to a loss.
| FIDE Women’s Candidates Toronto CAN (CAN), 3-26 iv 2024 | cat. XI (2517) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | Tan, Zhongyi | g | CHN | 2521 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 9 | 2618 |
| 2. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2546 | ½ | ½ | * | * | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 2542 |
| 3. | Lei, Tingjie | g | CHN | 2550 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | * | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 7½ | 2541 |
| 4. | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | m | IND | 2475 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7½ | 2552 |
| 5. | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | g | FID | 2553 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 7 | 2512 |
| 6. | Lagno, Kateryna | g | RUS | 2542 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 6½ | 2484 |
| 7. | Salimova, Nurgyul | m | BUL | 2432 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2449 |
| 8. | Muzychuk, Anna | g | UKR | 2520 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | * | 5½ | 2437 |
| Round 14 (April 21, 2024) | ||||||
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| Lei, Tingjie | – Koneru, Humpy | 0-1 | 62 | E24 | Nimzo Indian Saemisch | |
| Goryachkina, Aleksandra | – Salimova, Nurgyul | ½-½ | 59 | C41 | Philidor’s Defence | |
| Lagno, Kateryna | – Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 0-1 | 45 | C77 | Ruy Lopez Anderssen | |
| Muzychuk, Anna | – Tan, Zhongyi | ½-½ | 36 | B28 | Sicilian Early a7-a6 | |
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