It was, quite expectedly, a wild day of blitz chess at the National Library on Sunday. Still, two women were calmer than the others.
Third seed Dronavalli Harika and top seed and World champion Ju Wenjun shared the lead after the ninth round of the women’s blitz section of the Tata Steel Chess India tournament on Sunday.
They have 6.5 points each. They have a lead of 1.5 points over their nearest rivals, second seed Koneru Humpy and Divya Deshmukh, the girl who shook up the tournament by winning the rapid event a day ago.
