[Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.29"] [Round "1.3"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Bibisara Assaubayeva"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B33"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2516"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 e5 5. Ne2 Nf6 6. Nbc3 Bc5 7. Ng3 d6 8. Na4 Bb4+ 9. c3 Ba5 10. Be2 a6 11. b4 Bc7 12. O-O O-O 13. Qd3 Be6 14. Rd1 h6 15. Be3 Rb8 16. Nb2 b5 17. a3 Ng4 18. Bxg4 Bxg4 19. Rd2 Ne7 20. c4 Be6 21. Rc1 f5 22. exf5 Nxf5 23. Nxf5 Rxf5 24. cxb5 axb5 25. Rc6 Rf7 26. Qc3 Rc8 27. a4 bxa4 28. Nc4 Bd7 29. Nxd6 Bxd6 30. Rdxd6 Rxc6 31. Qxc6 Bxc6 32. Rxd8+ Rf8 33. Rxf8+ Kxf8 34. f4 exf4 35. Bxf4 a3 36. Kf2 Kf7 37. Bc1 a2 38. Bb2 g6 39. g3 Ke6 40. Ke3 Kd5 41. Ba1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.30"] [Round "2.3"] [White "Deshmukh Divya"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D31"] [WhiteElo "2497"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 h6 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. e3 Bd6 7. Bxd6 Qxd6 8. Bd3 Ne7 9. Qc2 O-O 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O Nf6 12. h3 g6 13. Rab1 a5 14. Na4 Bf5 15. Nc5 Qc7 16. Rfc1 Nd7 17. Na4 Rfe8 18. Nc3 Qd6 19. Ne2 Qf6 20. Nf4 Bxd3 21. Nxd3 Nf5 22. b4 Nd6 23. a4 Qe7 24. bxa5 Rxa5 25. Rb4 Rea8 26. Rcb1 R8a7 27. Qb3 Qd8 28. Nfe5 Kg7 29. Qd1 Qe7 30. Qb3 Qd8 31. Qd1 Qe7 32. Nxd7 Qxd7 33. Nc5 Qc8 34. Qf3 Ne4 35. Rxb7 Rxb7 36. Rxb7 Ng5 37. Qg3 Rxc5 38. Qe5+ Kh7 39. Rb8 Rc1+ 40. Kh2 Qxh3+ 41. gxh3 Nf3+ 42. Kg2 Nxe5 43. dxe5 Ra1 44. Ra8 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.03.31"] [Round "3"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Anna Muzychuk"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2522"] [PlyCount "81"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. Nc3 d6 6. a3 O-O 7. Ba2 Be6 8. Nd5 Nd4 9. Nxd4 exd4 10. Nxe7+ Qxe7 11. O-O Bxa2 12. Rxa2 d5 13. f3 Nd7 14. Ra1 c5 15. Bf4 dxe4 16. fxe4 f6 17. Bg3 Ne5 18. Qd2 Rac8 19. Rf5 Rc6 20. Raf1 Re6 21. h3 Rc8 22. Qa5 b6 23. Qb5 h6 24. a4 c4 25. Bxe5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 Qxe5 27. Qd7 Qc7 28. Qd5+ Kh8 29. Qxd4 cxd3 30. cxd3 Qg3 31. e5 fxe5 32. Qe4 Rd8 33. Rf3 Qg5 34. Kh2 Qe7 35. Re3 Qc7 36. Qxe5 Qxe5+ 37. Rxe5 Rxd3 38. a5 bxa5 39. Rxa5 Rb3 40. Rxa7 Rxb2 41. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.01"] [Round "4"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Aleksandra Goryachkina"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2534"] [PlyCount "54"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. a4 Bc5 6. Be3 Bxe3 7. fxe3 d6 8. O-O Be6 9. Bxe6 fxe6 10. a5 O-O 11. a6 b5 12. Qe1 Rb8 13. Qc3 Rb6 14. b4 Qe7 15. Nbd2 d5 16. Rfb1 Qd6 17. h3 d4 18. exd4 Nxd4 19. Qc5 Nd7 20. Qxd6 cxd6 21. c4 Ne2+ 22. Kh2 Rc8 23. Ra5 Nf4 24. Rb3 Ne2 25. Rb1 Nf4 26. Rb3 Ne2 27. Rb1 Nf4 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.03"] [Round "5.3"] [White "Jiner Zhu"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2578"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "123"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. a4 g6 7. a5 Bg7 8. a6 b6 9. Bb5 Bd7 10. c4 O-O 11. Nc3 Nd4 12. Nxd4 exd4 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. Ne2 c6 15. f4 f5 16. Ng3 Nc5 17. b4 Ne6 18. Bd2 Qd7 19. h4 d5 20. cxd5 cxd5 21. e5 h5 22. Ne2 Qb5 23. Ra3 Rfc8 24. Qa1 Rc2 25. Rd1 Kf7 26. Nxd4 Nxd4 27. Qxd4 Ke6 28. Rc3 Rc8 29. Rxc8 Rxc8 30. Qe3 Bf8 31. Qg3 Qe8 32. b5 Be7 33. Rb1 Rc2 34. Be3 Rc3 35. Bd4 Rc2 36. Kh2 Bd8 37. Ra1 Qf7 38. Be3 Qe8 39. Kh3 Qf7 40. Bc1 Be7 41. Ba3 Bxa3 42. Rxa3 Rc8 43. Qg5 Kd7 44. d4 Rg8 45. Rc3 Re8 46. Kh2 Re6 47. Qg3 Kd8 48. Qe1 Qe7 49. Kh3 Qe8 50. Qc1 Qd7 51. Qc2 Re7 52. Qb3 Re6 53. Qb4 Ke8 54. Rc2 Qd8 55. Qc3 Kd7 56. Rc1 Qb8 57. Qb3 Qa8 58. Kg3 Ke8 59. Rc7 Re7 60. Rc6 Rd7 61. Qc2 Rd8 62. Rxg6 1-0 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.04"] [Round "6.2"] [White "Kateryna Lagno"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C28"] [PlyCount "94"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d3 Bb4 5. Nf3 h6 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. c4 Nh7 12. c3 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. d4 e4 15. Nh2 b6 16. Qh5 Qf6 17. Be3 Rae8 18. Rad1 Be6 19. Qe2 Qf7 20. d5 Bc8 21. Ba4 Re7 22. Nf1 h5 23. Nd2 Qf6 24. Rc1 Qh4 25. Bc2 Bf5 26. Nb3 Nb7 27. Bd1 g6 28. a4 Re5 29. Qd2 Bxh3 30. Bh6 Rf7 31. Re3 Bg4 32. Bc2 Bf3 33. gxf3 exf3 34. Qd3 Rff5 35. Rxf3 Ng5 36. Bxg5 Rxg5+ 37. Rg3 Qh3 38. Qf1 Rxg3+ 39. fxg3 Qxg3+ 40. Qg2 Qe3+ 41. Kh2 Rg5 42. Qh3 Qf4+ 43. Kh1 Rg3 44. Qe6+ Kg7 45. Qe7+ Kh6 46. Be4 Rg5 47. Bg2 Qh4+ 0-1 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.05"] [Round "7.4"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Zhongyi Tan"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B07"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2535"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bd3 e5 4. c3 Nbd7 5. Bc2 b6 6. Ne2 Bb7 7. Nd2 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. f4 O-O 10. Ng3 Ba6 11. Rf3 exd4 12. cxd4 c5 13. e5 Ne8 14. Be4 Rc8 15. Ra3 Nb8 16. Rxa6 Nxa6 17. Bb7 Rb8 18. Bxa6 b5 19. a4 Qa5 20. Bxb5 Rxb5 21. Nb3 Rxb3 22. Qxb3 cxd4 23. exd6 Qe1+ 24. Nf1 Nxd6 25. Qg3 Qe2 26. Qf2 d3 27. Be3 Ne4 28. Qxe2 dxe2 29. Ng3 Re8 30. Nxe4 Rxe4 31. Kf2 Bxb2 32. Re1 Rxa4 33. Rxe2 Bf6 34. Rc2 h5 35. Kf3 a5 36. Rc6 Kg7 37. Ra6 Ra1 38. Rxf6 Rf1+ 39. Ke2 Kxf6 40. Kxf1 Kf5 41. Ke2 Ke4 42. g3 a4 43. Bc5 h4 44. Be7 hxg3 45. hxg3 Kd4 46. Kf3 f5 47. Bf8 Kd3 48. Kg2 Ke3 49. Kh3 Kf2 50. Kh4 Kf3 51. Bd6 1-0 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.07"] [Round "8"] [White "Bibisara Assaubayeva"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C28"] [WhiteElo "2516"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "147"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. O-O Bxc3 7. bxc3 O-O 8. Re1 d6 9. h3 Na5 10. Bb3 c5 11. Nd2 Be6 12. Bxe6 fxe6 13. Nf1 Nc6 14. f4 exf4 15. Bxf4 Ne7 16. Bxd6 Qxd6 17. e5 Qc6 18. exf6 Rxf6 19. Nh2 Raf8 20. Ng4 Rf5 21. Qe2 Nd5 22. Qe4 h5 23. Nh2 Rf4 24. Qxe6+ Qxe6 25. Rxe6 Rf2 26. c4 Nb4 27. a3 Nxc2 28. Ra2 Rd2 29. Nf3 Rd1+ 30. Kh2 Nd4 31. Nxd4 cxd4 32. Rb2 b6 33. Re7 h4 34. Re4 Rff1 35. Rxh4 Rh1+ 36. Kg3 Rxd3+ 37. Kf2 Rc1 38. Ke2 Rcc3 39. a4 Rg3 40. Kf2 d3 41. Rd4 Rxg2+ 42. Kxg2 Rc2+ 43. Kg3 Rxb2 44. Rxd3 Ra2 45. Rd8+ Kh7 46. c5 Ra3+ 47. Kg2 Rxa4 48. cxb6 axb6 49. Rb8 Rb4 50. Rb7 Rb3 51. h4 Kh6 52. h5 Kh7 53. Kf2 Kh6 54. Kg2 Rb5 55. Kf3 Rb1 56. Kg2 Rb4 57. Kf3 Rb5 58. Kf4 Rb1 59. Kf3 Rf1+ 60. Kg4 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Kxh5 62. Rxb6 Kh4 63. Rb8 Rg3+ 64. Kf2 g5 65. Rh8+ Kg4 66. Ra8 Rb3 67. Kg2 Rb2+ 68. Kg1 Kg3 69. Ra3+ Kh4 70. Ra4+ g4 71. Ra3 g3 72. Ra8 Rb1+ 73. Kg2 Rb2+ 74. Kg1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.08"] [Round "9.1"] [White "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Black "Divya Deshmukh"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "E01"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2497"] [PlyCount "61"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. Nf3 d5 2. b3 Nf6 3. Bb2 e6 4. c4 Bd6 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. d4 a5 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Nxe4 dxe4 11. Ne5 f5 12. f4 Nf6 13. e3 Qe8 14. h3 b5 15. Rf2 Ba6 16. Rc1 bxc4 17. bxc4 Nd7 18. Nxc6 Rc8 19. d5 Nc5 20. Qd4 Rf6 21. Rd2 Rg6 22. Kh2 Nd3 23. Rxd3 exd3 24. c5 Rxc6 25. dxc6 Bc7 26. Qd7 Qb8 27. Be5 Bxe5 28. Rb1 Qf8 29. fxe5 h5 30. Qd6 Qf7 31. Rb7 1-0 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.09"] [Round "10.1"] [White "Anna Muzychuk"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C55"] [WhiteElo "2522"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "84"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 h6 5. O-O d6 6. Re1 g6 7. d4 Bg4 8. dxe5 Nxe5 9. Be2 Qd7 10. Nc3 Bg7 11. Be3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nxf3+ 13. Qxf3 Ng4 14. Bd2 O-O 15. h3 Ne5 16. Qe2 Nc6 17. Nd5 f5 18. Qc4 Kh7 19. c3 Rae8 20. f4 fxe4 21. Rxe4 b5 22. Qe2 Rxe4 23. Qxe4 Re8 24. Qd3 Ne7 25. Nxe7 Rxe7 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 a6 28. b3 Qf5 29. Qxf5 gxf5 30. c4 bxc4 31. bxc4 h5 32. Kf2 Kg6 33. Kf3 Bd4 34. g4 hxg4+ 35. hxg4 fxg4+ 36. Kxg4 c6 37. f5+ Kf7 38. Kf4 d5 39. cxd5 cxd5 40. Ba5 Kf6 41. Bd8+ Kf7 42. Bc7 Kf6 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.11"] [Round "11.1"] [White "Goryachkina, Aleksandra"] [Black "Vaishali, Rameshbabu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D02"] [WhiteElo "2534"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "90"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c3 e6 4. Bf4 c5 5. e3 Qb6 6. Qb3 Bd7 7. Nbd2 Be7 8. Be2 O-O 9. O-O Rc8 10. Ne5 Be8 11. Bg5 Nc6 12. f4 Na5 13. Qxb6 axb6 14. f5 h6 15. Bh4 exf5 16. Rxf5 Nc6 17. a3 Bd8 18. Raf1 Nxe5 19. Rxe5 Bc6 20. Ref5 Rc7 21. h3 Rd7 22. Bg3 Bc7 23. Bxc7 Rxc7 24. Re5 Re8 25. Rff5 Rxe5 26. Rxe5 g6 27. dxc5 bxc5 28. c4 Kf8 29. cxd5 Bxd5 30. Bc4 Bc6 31. Rxc5 b6 32. Rxc6 Rxc6 33. Bb5 Rc2 34. Nc4 Nd5 35. b3 Rc3 36. Ba4 Nxe3 37. Nxb6 Rc2 38. Bb5 Rxg2+ 39. Kh1 Rb2 40. Nd7+ Ke7 41. Nc5 Kd6 42. Nb7+ Kd5 43. b4 Ke4 44. Nc5+ Kf3 45. Bd3 f5 0-1 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.12"] [Round "12"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Jiner Zhu"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "B12"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2578"] [PlyCount "78"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Bd3 Bxd3 5. cxd3 e6 6. Nc3 Ne7 7. Nf3 h6 8. h4 Nd7 9. Ne2 b6 10. Bd2 c5 11. Rc1 Nc6 12. h5 Qc8 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. Qa4 Qb7 15. O-O Rb8 16. Rc2 a6 17. Qf4 Qb5 18. Nc1 Rg8 19. b3 g5 20. hxg6 Rxg6 21. d4 Be7 22. Be3 c4 23. bxc4 dxc4 24. Ne2 Nb4 25. Rb2 Qc6 26. Rfb1 Rb5 27. d5 Nxd5 28. Qe4 Qb7 29. Bd4 h5 30. Kh1 Rg4 31. Qh7 h4 32. Qh5 Rg6 33. Qh8+ Nf8 34. a4 Rb3 35. Rxb3 cxb3 36. Nc1 h3 37. Nxb3 hxg2+ 38. Kh2 g1=Q+ 39. Nxg1 Nc3 0-1 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.14"] [Round "13"] [White "Zhongyi Tan"] [Black "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "D20"] [WhiteElo "2535"] [BlackElo "2470"] [PlyCount "67"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 dxc4 4. e4 c5 5. d5 exd5 6. exd5 Bd6 7. Bxc4 Ne7 8. Nge2 O-O 9. Bg5 Nd7 10. O-O h6 11. Bh4 Nb6 12. b3 Bf5 13. Nb5 a6 14. Nxd6 Qxd6 15. Bg3 Qf6 16. Bc7 Rfe8 17. Ng3 Nd7 18. d6 Nc6 19. Nxf5 Qxf5 20. Bd5 Re5 21. Bf3 h5 22. Re1 Rae8 23. Rxe5 Rxe5 24. Bxc6 bxc6 25. Qf1 Rd5 26. Qe2 Ne5 27. h3 Nd3 28. Qe8+ Kh7 29. Rf1 Nf4 30. Re1 Nd3 31. Rf1 Nf4 32. Re1 Nd3 33. Rf1 Nf4 34. Re1 1/2-1/2 [Event "World Championship Women's Candidates"] [Site "Pegeia CYP"] [Date "2026.04.15"] [Round "14"] [White "Rameshbabu Vaishali"] [Black "Kateryna Lagno"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "B76"] [WhiteElo "2470"] [BlackElo "2508"] [PlyCount "95"] [EventDate "2026.03.29"] 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2 Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. Bc4 Be6 12. exd5 cxd5 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. Bxd5 Rb8 15. Bb3 Qc8 16. Kb1 Bxb3 17. axb3 a5 18. Bd4 e5 19. Bc3 a4 20. bxa4 Qc4 21. b3 Qxa4 22. Rhe1 Rb5 23. Re4 Qa7 24. Qe3 Qc7 25. Qd3 Qb6 26. Bb2 Ra5 27. Bc3 Ra6 28. Qe3 Qc6 29. Rc4 Qe6 30. Qe4 Rfa8 31. Rc5 h5 32. g4 hxg4 33. fxg4 Kh7 34. Rcd5 Qc6 35. Bb2 Ra2 36. g5 Qb6 37. Qh4+ Kg8 38. Qe4 R8a4 39. Rd8+ Kh7 40. c4 Rxc4 41. Qxc4 Rxb2+ 42. Kxb2 e4+ 43. Kb1 Qf2 44. R8d2 Qf5 45. Qd5 Qf3 46. Rc2 Qf4 47. Re1 e3 48. Qg2 1-0