Candidates chess: Vaishali extends her lead to one point

R. Vaishali maintained her sole pb successful the Women’s Candidates chess tourney by scoring a important triumph implicit Aleksandra Goryachkina successful the 11th circular astatine Pegeia, Cyprus, connected Saturday. The triumph took her tally to 7 points, with conscionable 3 rounds remaining.

Fellow-Indian Divya Deshmukh did Vaishali a favour by holding her strongest rival Zhu Jiner to a draw. The apical effect from China present has six points and is sharing the 2nd spot with Anna Muzychuk arsenic the Chennai Grandmaster accrued her pb to 1 point.