Humpy, Vaishali to keep Indian flag high at Women’s Candidates

There is much to look forward to for India in the Candidates tournament (open), to be held at Toronto in April. Out of the eight contestants — who will battle it out to earn the right to challenge the reigning World chess champion Ding Liren — three are Indians.

But it is not just R. Praggnanandhaa, Vidit Gujrathi and D. Gukesh who will be making moves under the Indian flag in Canada. Koneru Humpy and R. Vaishali will compete in the Women’s Candidates tournament.

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