Vaishali 2nd in women's section of World Blitz chess championship, Koneru Humpy joint third

Warsaw

R Vaishali was in second place with 7.5 points from nine rounds in the women’s section of the World Blitz chess championship here while Koneru Humpy was joint third.

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