FIDE Women's World Cup: Harika, Vaishali reach pre-quarterfinals; Vantika loses in tie-breaks
However, Vantika Agarwal was knocked out of the competition followed her defeat against Kateryna Lagno.
Vaishali had to dig deep to beat USA's Carissa Yip. After both of their classical games ended in a draw, the 15+10 rapid tiebreak match also finished with the same result. Vaishali both the 10+10 rapid games to book her spot in the pre-quarterfinals where she will face Meruert Kamalidenova of Kazakhstan. Kamalidenova has knocked out defending champion Aleksandra Goryachkina.
🇮🇳 GM Vaishali Rameshbabu (2478) beats 🇺🇸 IM Carissa Yip (2453) and advances to Round 4!
Next opponent: 🇰🇿 IM Meruert Kamalidenova#FIDEWorldCuppic.twitter.com/VyDz8eGqcr — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) July 14, 2025
Harika defeated Greek player Stavroula Tsolakidou in the same manner as Vaishali. Harika will face Lagno in the next round.
Vantika had stunned Lagno in the first classical game before the latter bounced back in the second to send the match to tiebreaks. The 15+10 rapid tiebreaks and the first game of 10+10 tiebreaks ended in a draw. But Lagno defeated Vantika with white piece in the second game of 10+10 tiebreaks to secure her spot in the pre-quarterfinals.
Divya, who beat Croatian Teodora Injac, will square up against Chinese GM Zhu Jiner while Humpy, who defeated Poland's Klaudia Kulon, takes on Alexandra Kosteniuk of Switzerland.
RESULTS (Third round)
Antoaneta Stefanova (Bul) lost to Lei Tingjie (Chn) 0-2; Zhu Jiner (Chn) beat Aleksandra Maltsveskaya (Pol) 2-0; Irina Bulmaga (Rou) lost to Tan Zhongyi (Chn) 0.5-2.5; Koneru Humpy (Ind) beat Kulon Klaudia (Pol) 1.5-0.5; Anna Muzychuk (Ukr) lost to Yuxing Song (Chn) 1-1 .1-1, 0.5-1,5goes to tiebreak; Vantika Agrawal lost to Kateryna Lagno (Fid) 1-1, 1-1, 0.5-1,5;; Nana Dzagnidze (Geo) beat Valentina Gunina (Fid) 1-1 . 1-1. 2-0; Bella Khotenashvili (Geo) lost to Mariya Muzychuk (Ukr) 0-2; Dronavalli Harika (Ind) beat Tsolakidou Stavroula (Gre) 1-1, 1-1, 2-0; Carissa Yip (Usa) lost to R Vaishali (Ind) 1-1, 1-1, 0.5-1.5; Polina Shuvalova (Fid) lost to Lela Javakhashvili (Geo) 0.5-1.5; Teodora Injac (Srb) lost to Divya Deshmukh (Ind) 0.5-1,5; Kaliakhmet Elnaz (Kaz) lost to Umida Polonova (Uzb) 0.5-1.5-0.5; Meri Arabidze (Geo) lost to Alexandra Kosteniuk (Sui) 1-1, 0.5-1.5; Osmak Yuliia (Ukr) beat Lu Miaoyi (Chn) 1.5-0,5; Kamalidenova Meruert (Kaz) beat Anna Shukhman (FID) 1.5-0.5.
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