[Event "FIDE Women Candidates 2026"] [White "Vaishali,Rameshbabu"] [Black "Zhu,Jiner"] [Site "Agios Georgios Pegeia"] [Round "12.1"] [Annotator "TA"] [Result "0-1"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2578"] [PlyCount "78"] [TimeControl "60"] {[%evp 9,77,-3,-3,-9,-6,-15,0,-7,0,-6,0,0,29,0,0,-27,-10,-60,-62,-69,-47,-43,0,0,0,-9,-10,-1,68,31,35,30,39,35,43,49,66,32,39,0,0,0,0,-104,-94,-90,-122,-92,-92,-111,-114,-163,-167,-156,-161,-143,-155,-267,-125,-114,-62,-68,-79,-656,-641,-1369,-1328,-1242,-670,-850]} 1. e4 {[%emt 0:0:23]} c6 {[%emt 0:0:8]} 2. d4 {[%emt 0:0:14]} d5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 3. e5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} Bf5 {[%emt 0:0:7]} 4. Bd3 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Bxd3 {[%emt 0:0:21]} 5. cxd3 {[%emt 0:0:15]} e6 {[%emt 0:0:22]} 6. Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:9] B12: Caro-Kann: Advance Variation.} Ne7 {[%emt 0:9:17]} 7. Nf3 {[%emt 0:0:13]} h6 $5 {[%emt 0:0:29][%mdl 4] Exploring less charted territory.} 8. h4 {[%emt 0:6:34] The position is equal.} Nd7 {[%emt 0:1:43]} 9. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:50]} b6 $146 {[%emt 0:4:0]} ({Predecessor:} 9... c5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. b4 Nd7 12. a3 Nc6 13. d4 Be7 14. Qd3 Nb6 15. Nf4 Qd7 {1-0 Lee,J (2435)-Jones,S (2107) Japan op Tokyo 2025 (1)} )10. Bd2 {[%emt 0:24:20]} c5 {[%emt 0:1:54]} 11. Rc1 {[%emt 0:0:22]} Nc6 {[%emt 0:3:46]} 12. h5 {[%emt 0:2:9]} Qc8 {[%emt 0:8:55]} 13. dxc5 {[%emt 0:24:56]} (13. Rh3 $11 )bxc5 $15 {[%emt 0:0:57]} 14. Qa4 {[%emt 0:0:28]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:3:5]} 15. O-O {[%emt 0:3:15]} Rb8 {[%emt 0:3:58]} 16. Rc2 {[%emt 0:15:54]} a6 {[%emt 0:35:30]} 17. Qf4 {[%emt 0:4:43]} Qb5 {[%emt 0:0:9]} 18. Nc1 {[%emt 0:0:44]} Rg8 {[%emt 0:0:49]} (18... Nb6 $11 )19. b3 {[%emt 0:1:27]} g5 {[%emt 0:1:12]} 20. hxg6 {[%emt 0:0:3]} Rxg6 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 21. d4 {[%emt 0:1:47]} Be7 {[%emt 0:3:7]} 22. Be3 {[%emt 0:5:9]} c4 {[%emt 0:4:42]} 23. bxc4 {[%emt 0:1:16]} dxc4 {[%emt 0:0:5]} 24. Ne2 {[%emt 0:0:25]} Nb4 {[%emt 0:0:52]} 25. Rb2 {[%emt 0:2:31]} Qc6 {[%emt 0:2:4]} 26. Rfb1 {[%emt 0:0:5]} (26. Bd2 $1 $11 a5 27. Qe3 )Rb5 $17 {[%emt 0:4:4]} 27. d5 {[%emt 0:1:36]} Nxd5 {[%emt 0:1:31]} 28. Qe4 {[%emt 0:0:20]} Qb7 {[%emt 0:4:58]} 29. Bd4 {[%emt 0:1:58]} h5 {[%emt 0:3:21]} 30. Kh1 {[%emt 0:1:28]} (30. Kf1 $17 )Rg4 $36 {[%emt 0:0:53][%mdl 2048] Keeping White busy.} 31. Qh7 {[%emt 0:0:13]} h4 {[%emt 0:1:0] Active counter play!} 32. Qh5 {[%emt 0:1:24]} Rg6 {[%emt 0:1:2]} 33. Qh8+ {[%emt 0:0:45] [#]} (33. a4 $17 Rxb2 34. Rxb2 )Nf8 {[%emt 0:0:4]} (33... Bf8 $1 $19 {has better winning chances.} 34. Rxb5 (34. Nxh4 $2 {loses.} Rh6 $19 )axb5 )34. a4 $17 {[%emt 0:0:19]} Rb3 {[%emt 0:0:31]} (34... Rxb2 $17 35. Rxb2 Qc7 )35. Rxb3 $15 {[%emt 0:0:42]} cxb3 {[%emt 0:0:4]} 36. Nc1 $2 {[%emt 0:0:28][%mdl 8192] Now White is beyond hope.} (36. Qh5 $17 )h3 $19 {[%emt 0:1:32] Black is clearly winning.} 37. Nxb3 {[%emt 0:0:33]} hxg2+ {[%emt 0:0:12]} 38. Kh2 {[%emt 0:0:8]} g1=Q+ {[%emt 0:1:1]} 39. Nxg1 {[%emt 0:0:15]} Nc3 {[%emt 0:0:11] Weighted Error Value: White=0.53/Black=0.44 Loses game: White=1 --- Mistake: White=4 Black=3 Inaccurate: White=6 Black=2 OK: White=7 Black=3} 0-1