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FIDE Women's Candidates 2024 (14)

Tan Zhongyi is the clear winner of the Women's Candidates 2024

Anna Muzychuk didn't get any advantage again Tan Zhongyi in the final round. Photo ©

Anna Muzychuk didn't get any advantage again Tan Zhongyi in the final round. Photo © | https://candidates.fide.com

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)
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 2542
3. Lei, Tingjie g CHN 2550 0 1 1 0 * * 1 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 2541
4. Vaishali, Rameshbabu m IND 2475 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * * ½ 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 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 2484
7. Salimova, Nurgyul m BUL 2432 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * * ½ ½ 2449
8. Muzychuk, Anna g UKR 2520 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * * 2437
Round 14 (April 21, 2024)
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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