Candidates Chess: Sole leader Vaishali takes on Goryachkina after the third rest day

With R. Praggnanandhaa retired of contention, absorption has shifted to his sister R. Vaishali, who enters Round 11 of the Women's Candidates tourney arsenic the sole leader, boosting her chances of sealing the rubric erstwhile play resumes connected Saturday (April 11, 2026) aft the remainder day.

Vaishali, connected six points, faces Russia's Aleksandra Goryachkina successful the adjacent round, aiming to widen her pb and fortify her bid for the title, which would gain her a changeable astatine reigning satellite champion Ju Wenjun aboriginal this year.