Vaishali Rameshbabu (2481) secured her place in the fourth round of the FIDE Women’s World Championship 2025 after defeating Carissa Yip (2431) 2-4 in tiebreaks following a dramatic comeback from losing positions in both rapid games during the third round eliminations in Batumi.

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu

GM Vaishali Rameshbabu

Today, in the first 15 plus 10 position, both games. I was completely lost. Especially in the first game, I was like two, three points down. But both of us were in time trouble. Just kept playing and she just blundered this B5 pawn, like just flip on and… Somehow I managed to hold.

The FIDE Women’s World Cup 2025 takes place in Batumi, Georgia from Jul 5 to Jul 29. 107 players compete for the $676K prize pool in the single-elimination knockout format with 90/40+30+30s time control.

Photo: Anna Shtourman/FIDE