R Vaishali pierde ante Zhu Jiner y empata en el liderato del Torneo de Candidatas

En la ronda 12 del Torneo de Candidatas 2026 en Chipre, la india R Vaishali perdió frente a la china Zhu Jiner, lo que deja a ambas empatadas con siete puntos a falta de dos rondas. La lucha por el título está ahora totalmente abierta. Su compatriota Divya Deshmukh también perdió su partida.

La china Zhu Jiner derrotó a la india R Vaishali con piezas negras en la ronda 12 mediante una defensa Caro-Kann. Jugando con blancas, Vaishali enfrentó apuros de tiempo desde el inicio, consumiendo cerca de 50 minutos en sus movimientos 10 y 13.

En su movimiento 16, Rc2, a Vaishali solo le quedaban 17 minutos y 59 segundos, mientras que Zhu contaba con casi una hora. En una posición compleja, el error decisivo de Vaishali en la jugada 36, Rc1, permitió a Zhu avanzar un peón y lanzar una amenaza de jaque mate, forzando la rendición.

Divya Deshmukh perdió ante Tan Zhongyi, quien consiguió su primera victoria del torneo. Anna Muzychuk empató con la favorita del torneo, Aleksandra Goryachkina, tras titubear en un final ganado. Bibisara Assaubayeva venció a Kateryna Lagno, situándose junto a Muzychuk a medio punto de las líderes.

En la sección abierta, Javokhir Sindarov empató con Hikaru Nakamura. El indio R Praggnanandhaa empató contra Andrey Esipenko.

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