Chelsea ruthlessly exposed Everton to keep the defence of their Women's Super League title firmly in their own hands with four games remaining.
Guro Reiten, Sam Kerr, Pernille Harder, Sophie Ingle and Jessie Fleming scored in the first half as Chelsea maintained their perfect home record in the WSL.
Harder and Erin Cuthbert stretched the lead to seven after the break.
Chelsea move into second place in the table, four points behind Manchester United, with two games in hand.
Everton, who host Arsenal in their next game, remain in sixth in the table.
The Blues will retain their title if they win their last four matches of the season, and manager Emma Hayes says her side are timing their run to achieve success.
"It's about peaking for the right moments in the season," Hayes told Sky Sports.
"We've been chasing in the league all year and we know we have to be perfect to win the league this year but this was the sort of performance, and the goals, that we needed to help us kick on."
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