Chess Gambit 64

  The third participant in the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 semifinals has been decided! Tan Zhongyi secured her spot by defeating Rameshbabu Vaishali today. Congratulations to Zhongyi on a strong performance, especially with her win falling on International Chess Day! The fourth semifinalist will be determined tomorrow. The match between Deshmukh Divya - Harika Dronavalli is currently tied 1-1 and will proceed to a tiebreaker.

And now we know! Rameshbabu Vaishali is the eighth and final player to qualify for the FIDE Women's World Cup 2025 The Indian chess player secured her spot after six intense tiebreak games. We're posting the deciding game on the website. Complete results:

In Tbilisi, during the first round of the FIDE Grand Prix, the match between Tsolakidou Stavroula and Vaishali Rameshbabu took place. The Indian player, who holds the title of Grandmaster and is the elder sister of the prodigious Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa, made a questionable move with 25...Nxe5? after the position shown in the diagram. It's peculiar, as it implies a compelled forfeiture of quality without any recompense. Could it be a transient obscuration? Observe for yourself: Partia mi si� podoba�a (ChessBase 16) [Event "FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2024/25 - First "] [Site "Tbilisi, Georgia"] [Date "2024.08.15"] [Round "1.5"] [White "Tsolakidou, Stavroula"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "A13"] [WhiteElo "2429"] [BlackElo "2506"] [Annotator "https://lichess.org/broadcast/-/-/JMbpakjF"] [PlyCount "73"] [EventDate "...