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India’s R Vaishali secured a bronze in the ladies’s area of the World Blitz Championship, topping one more solid efficiency by the nation’s chess gamers after stalwart Koneru Humpy’s title-winning program in the fast occasion right here. Vaishali beat China’s Zhu Jiner 2.5-1.5 in the quarter-finals prior to shedding to one more Chinese challenger Ju Wenjun 0.5-2.5 in the semi-final. In an occasion entirely controlled by the Chinese, Ju Wenjun took place to arrest the globe title beating compatriot Lei Tingjie 3.5-2.5.
Five- time globe champ and International Chess Federation (FIDE) vice head of state Viswanathan Anand praised Vaishali for her initiatives, claiming it was a terrific means to finish the year.
“Congratulations to Vaishali for taking bronze. Her qualification was truly a power packed performance. Our Waca Chess mentee (WestBridge Anand Chess Academy) has done us proud,” Anand composed on ‘X’.
“We are so happy to be supporting her and her chess. What a way to wrap up 2024. In 2021, we thought we would get stronger chess players but here we have it a World Champion (Humpy) and a Bronze medallist (Vaishali)!” he composed.
In the ‘Open’ area, globe top Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi shared the Blitz title after 3 sudden-death video games fell short to generate a champion. This was the very first time that the title was granted to 2 gamers after Carlsen asked whether maybe shared offered the predicament.
“We reached a point where it had been a long day. We played many games, we had three draws and I felt that I could keep playing. But it was a nice solution to share the win, it was a good way to end it,” stated Carlsen.
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