Tan Zhongyi leads the Women's Candidates on 2/2 - 2

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There were two decisive games in Round 2 of the women's Candidates in Toronto. Tan Zhongyi launched a big kingside attack against Rameshbabu Vaishali who got her knights tangled up on the Queenside after successfully equalising out of the opening (a Jobava Attack that turned into a fairly standard Carlsbad structure). Aleksandra Goryachkina won an up and down struggle against Anna Muzychuk in an Exchange Slav. Muzychuk equalised but as time trouble came she wasn't precise and then 25...Rb7? played after less than a couple of minutes thought was just losing and Goryachkina didn't even have to be that accurate. Salimova-Lei and Lagno-Koneru were both drawn. Round 2 Standings: 1st Tan Zhongyi 2pts 2nd Goryachkina 1.5pts 3rd-5th Lagno, Koneru, Salimova 1pt, 6th-8th Lei Tingjie, Anna Muzychuk, Vaishali 0.5pts Round 3 6th April at 19:30BST: Muzychuk-Lagno, Lei-Goryachkina, Vaishali-Salimova, Koneru-Tan.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... ates-on-22