Teenaged Indian player B Savitha Shri came up with a fine performance to jump into the joint lead with Zhongyi Tan (China) and Aleksandra Goryachkina with 6.5 points after the eighth round in the women's event of the FIDE World Rapid Chess Championships on Tuesday.

The 15-year old Savitha Shri who was on 2.5 points (two wins, a draw and a loss) was the star of the day, posting four consecutive wins to join Tan and Goryachkina at the top. The Indian player began the day with a win over lower-rated Zarina Nurgaliyeva (Kazakhstan) before pulling off victories over higher-rated Iranian Sarasadat Khademalshareieh, Antonaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) and Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia).