Aleksandra Goryachkina Wins FIDE WGM Leg in New Delhi

Our congratulations!

The third FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg has finished in New Delhi. In the final round, Polina Shuvalova won against Dronavalli Harika, Rameshbabu Vaishali lost to Nana Dzagnidze, while the games Assaubayeva - Lagno, Batsiashvili - Zhu, and Goriachkina - Koneru ended in a draw.

Aleksandra Goryachkina, Bibisara Assaubayeva, and Zhu Jiner scored 6 points out of 9 each. The Russian player became the winner of the tournament due to her superior tie-break. Assaubayeva is second. The Russians Kateryna Lagno and Polina Shuvalova shared 4-5 places with 5 points. 

Andrey Filatov, CFR President: "I heartily congratulate Aleksandra Goryachkina on her winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg in India! Our athlete managed to navigate the entire distance with three wins and six draws no matter the organisational difficulties going into the tournament. This result reflects her excellent shape, combative character, and nerves of iron. This significant achievement brings her closer to qualifying into the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament. I wish good luck to Aleksandra and other chess players of ours - Kateryna Lagno and Polina Shuvalova - in the final leg of the WGP Series! 

 
Final standings:

1-3. Aleksandra Goryachkina, Bibisara Assaubayeva, Zhu Jiner - 6 points
4-5. Kateryna Lagno, Polina Shuvalova - 5
6. Humpy Koneru - 4.5
7-9. Nino Batsiashvili, Dronavalli Harika, Nana Dzagnidze - 3.5 
10. Rameshbabu Vaishali - 2.

WGP Series Standings:

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Our congratulations to Aleksandra Goryachkina on winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg in India!