Heraklion (Greece):Indian Woman Grandmaster R Vaishali on Tuesday won the Herkalion 2022- 8th Fischer Memorial chess tournament, scoring seven points from nine rounds. She also secured a Grandmaster norm, her second, in the process and gained 20 rating points.
Vaishali, sister of teenage star R Praggnanandhaa, started with a draw against Greek GM Spyridon Kapnisis and a defeat at the hands of Oleg Korneev (Spain) before scoring five straight wins including one over the tournament top-seed Georgios Mitsis (Greece) in round six.