Chess World Cup: 23 -year -old Indian Vantika Agarwal former World Champion, so far pockets worth Rs 5.8 lakh. Chess news
The 23-year-old Indian International Master (IM) Ventica Aggarwal, after defeating Ukraine’s former world champion Anna Ushanena in an exciting tie-breaker match with a score of 4.5.5 on Friday, proceeded in the third round of the 2025, Fid Women’s World Cup in Batumi, Georgia.The second round match between Vantica and Ushanena went to tie-breakers, when both players won one classical game each. Vantica won the first rapid tie-breaker, but the second defeat Gaya, finally won in the Blitz section and won the first game and the second draw.“Just comfortably,” Ventica told Fid after reaching the next round. “In the classical section, I won the first match. In the second game, I was much better, but somehow, in the lack of time, I ended the defeat. Again, in 10 + 10 I got the lead with black and drawing with white should not have been a difficult task, but yes, then the score was flat and I won in the Blitz section. ,
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Ventica told about her victory strategy, “The mistake I made in earlier games was that I was thinking that there was a draw enough, but here I was thinking that I just had to play well. I was not thinking about the result. I think such help helped me a lot.”
Indians have won a prize money of $ 6,750 (about Rs 5.8 lakh) to reach round 3), where he will face former Russian world rapid and three -time world Blitz Women’s Champion GM Katrena Lagno.International Master Padmini Route was abolished after losing to former Switzerland world champion Alexandra Costeneuk in Round 2. The female international master Priyanka also got out of the tournament after a defeat in both a rapid tie-break game against Claudia Kulon of Poland.Four other Indian players have already progressed in the third round of the tournament. Koneru Hampi will face Claudia Kulon, Poland, while D Harika will play against Stavraula Tsolakidau of Greece.R Vaidi is ready to compete against the United States Carisa YIP, and Divya Deshmukh will take Serbia’s Teaodora Injac in her third round matches.
