India’s R. Vaishali continued her tremendous form and beat China’s Lei Tingjie in the round 13 clash of the FIDE Candidates 2024 at the Great Hall in Toronto, Canada on Sunday.
Vaishali notched up her fourth win in a trot after losing four games in a row.
Playing the Canal Attack variation of the Sicilian Defense, Vaishali got the better of her opponent in the opening.
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However, soon enough the initiative was gone as Tingjie neutralised the position paying with better accuracy in a time crunch.
The game remained equal until the 60th move when both players had already exchanged all pieces except queens in preparation for a queen’s endgame.
A miscalculated king to f7 and queen c1 gave Vaishali a decisive advantage, and the 22-year-old from Chennai exchanged queens after checking Tingjie and forcing her opponent to resign in an inferior position.
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