NEW DELHI: The 2024 World Blitz Championship in New York noticed Indian chess prodigy Vaishali Rameshbabu ending third after a stellar entry to the knockouts.
As India’s Vaishali clinched a historic bronze medal within the Girls’s part, former world champion and Vaishali’s mentor Viswanathan Anand congratulated the 23-year-old rising star, praising her willpower and efficiency
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“Congratulations to Vaishali for taking Bronze.Her qualification was actually an influence packed efficiency. Our Waca Chess mentee has achieved us proud. We’re so glad to be supporting her and her chess. What a solution to wrap up 2024 !! In 2021 we thought we’d get stronger chess gamers however right here we now have it a World Champion and a Bronze medallist!” Anand wrote on X.
The Girls’s championship noticed China’s Ju Wenjun, who had earlier overwhelmed Vaishali in back-to-back video games, conquer compatriot Lei Tingjie in an exhilarating closing, displaying her tactical brilliance and resilience.
Wenjun’s title reaffirms her dominance in girls’s chess as she emerges victorious in one other international championship.
The Open part title was shared between Norway’s Magnus Carlsen and Russia’s Ian Nepomniachtchi.
The ultimate between the 2 titans led to a tie after three sudden-death video games produced no winner. This primary-ever shared title on the World Blitz Championship sparked discussions concerning the equity of the format.
Carlsen described the choice as a sensible decision after a gruelling day, saying, “We reached a degree the place it had been a protracted day. We performed many video games, we had three attracts and I felt that I might hold taking part in. Nevertheless it was a pleasant answer to share the win, it was a great way to finish it.”
