Bengaluru, Nov. 12 -- R Vaishali, only one among two female players in the Total Chess pilot underway in Budapest, put up an impressive show on the first day, taking down Hans Niemann and Wesley So in blitz on Tuesday. The tournament will be played across three time controls - blitz, rapid and fast classic. The Indian GM, who is the lowest-rated player in the tournament, defeated both the American GMs and held Richard Rapport, Jan-Krzysztof Duda and Anish Giri to draws. "I've had some good blitz days, but this was probably the best," Vaishali, who will play the Women's World Championship match, told Chessbase India. "I was hoping to be in Magnus's (Carlsen) group, but of course mine is also very strong - Wesley, Arjun (Erigaisi), Maxime (Vachier Lagrave). It's going to be a challenge."...