The Women's Candidates Tournament determines the challenger for the World Chess Championship. Reflecting on her bronze at the Blitz World Championship, Vaishali said the result was especially ...

It is wise to purchase a chess timer, or a chess clock, simultaneously ... The next closest competitions in prize funds were the Candidates Tournament in Toronto with a fund of £500,000 and ...

Vaishali recently finished ninth in the Challenger section of the Tata Steel Chess Tournament. She believes she could have secured a better position had she capitalised on her opportunities.

Chess's evolution will ... it is only a four-day tournament, that finishes more than a month before the first qualification tournament for the Candidates - the FIDE Grand Swiss - begins.