: World Blitz Chess Championship: R Vaishali, Koneru Humpy in top three after day one #IndiaNEWS India’s Koneru Humpy and Vaishali Rameshbabu were off to good starts in the World Blitz Chess Championship

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World Blitz Chess Championship: R Vaishali, Koneru Humpy in top three after day one #IndiaNEWS
India’s Koneru Humpy and Vaishali Rameshbabu were off to good starts in the World Blitz Chess Championship in Warsaw. The women’s championship: Bibisara Assaubayeva leadsWith eight points Bibisara Assaubayeva is the sole leader following the first day of the Women’s World Blitz Chess Championships where nine rounds were played on the first day. The 17-year-old player from Kazakhstan has earlier this year shown great promise in the online Women’s Speed Chess Championship where she lost to Hou Yifan. In the first nine rounds of the world blitz, Assaubayeva has lost just one game (to Valentina Gunina), defeating some of the tournament top contenders - Alexandra Kosteniuk, Polina Shuvalova and Anna Muzychuk.Following a very strong performance in the three-day world rapid championship, 20-year-old Indian player Vaishali, the sister of the Indian chess prodigy Praggnanandhaa, is in second place with 7.5/9.Three players are sharing third place – Koneru, Alexandra Kosteniuk (who managed to recover from a loss in the first round to Turkey’s Ekaterina Atalik) and another Kazakh player, 21-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik.Top seed player and the current titleholder, Kateryna Lagno, seriously struggled on the first day of the women’s world blitz tournament. The three-time women’s world blitz champion started with a loss to a significantly lower-rated player...Read more

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