Tan Zhongyi leads the Women's Candidates alone after one round - 1

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There was just one decisive game in the first round of the Women's Candidates tournament in Toronto, Canada. Tan Zhongyi beat fellow countrywoman Lei Tingjie with the black pieces, she equalised comfortably in a Queen's Gambit and started to threaten on the kingside, 24.Qf4? was a panicky reaction that led to an inferior position but the final move before time control 40.Kg3? was the decisive error. The remaining games were drawn, Goryachkina-Lagno was a Sicilian where the spectacular 17.Nf5 was probably a mistake, but it was all still a bit difficult and the game was equal a few moves later. Muzychuk-Salimova was a moderately interesting Petroff Defence and Rameshbabu Vaishali against Humpy Koneru was an interesting battle where Vaishali got into time pressure around move 20, looked to be struggling but after 26...Qc6 the position became equal and she easily held the draw. Round 1 Standings: 1st Tan Zhongyi 1pt, 2nd-7thGoryachkina, Koneru, Lagno, Anna Muzychuk, Vaishali and Salimova 0.5pts, 8th Lei Tingjie 0pts Round 2 5th April at 19:30BST: Lagno-Koneru, Tan-Vaishali, Salimova-Lei, Goryachkina-Muzychuk.

Source: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnews/ev ... -one-round