India, April 13 -- Indian Grandmaster R Vaishali continued her remarkable run and defeated Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia in the 11th round of the Women's Candidates tournament here on Saturday.

With her fourth victory in the event, Vaishali took her tally to an impressive seven points from 11 games.

For Russian Goryachkina, the loss virtually ended her chances in the event as she remained on five points, two adrift of the tournament leaders.

Vaishali's victory also ensured that she stretched her lead by a full point over nearest rivals Anna Muzychuk of Ukraine and Jiner Zhu of China who were both held to draws by Kateryna Lagno of Russia and Divya Deshmukh respectively.

Playing white, Goryachkina surprisingly employed the London sy...