Chengdu Final: Georgia World Champions!

The city of Chengdu in China is hosting the Women's World Chess Team Championship from April 18th to 28. The organizers are Chinese Chess Association, FIDE World Chess Federation, with the support of Board and Card Administrative Center of General Administration of Sport of China and Chengdu Municipal Government.

The best teams of the world will participate in the coming championship, among which the previous event's Women’s World Team Champion, the three highest-placed teams in the FIDE Olympiad prior to the event, the four Continental Champions, a team from the organizing federation, a team to be nominated by FIDE President. The ten countries are: China, Russia, Ukraine, USA, India, Poland, Armenia, Georgia, Egypt and Kazakhstan. Every team consists of five players and the team-winner will be determined in a round-robin event after 9 rounds. Time control is 90 minutes per 40 moves and thirty minutes until the end of the game plus 30 seconds increment per move.

This year's participants are Kazakhstan, India, China, USA, Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Poland and Egypt.

Final Round

Due to technical difficulties at the FIDE website, we were unable to report yesterday. You will find the games from round eight at the bottom of the report.

Last round, ready to roll

Lilit Galojan

Neither team was fighting for medals, but India certainly needed to get some pride back. With two grandmasters on their top boards, they were expected to be putting pressure on the top teams constantly, but instead they weren't really a factor in this tournament. A nice last round win for India, who outrated their opponents on every board.

After an excellent performance in Sochi, this tournament in Chengdu was a little disappointing for India's #1

Shen Yang dropped a full point today against Arabidze

Georgia had to make sure they didn't lose in order to preserve their gold medal. However a draw was sufficient, and even though a loss, a draw or a win for China did not matter in the final standings (their bronze was absolutely safe, with no chances of silver), it is still a moral blow to have lost their final round.

Melia Salome

7.5/9 on board one. Khotenashvili was a monster.

This guy (Chinese coach Yu Shaoteng) can't be happy right now

Abrahamyan had a tough time on a tough board one. She still scored above her rating expectation.

Team America before their last round

Russia played a good tournament while a weakened USA struggled to stay alive. It is not surprising that Russia took this match easily. Ni had the best chances after she played a nice combination against Girya, but she spoiled her opportunities with a blunder.

A little scare for Girya, but she won in the end

Despite having the Muzychuk sisters, Ukraine was never in medal contention

Gaponenko can thank her lucky stars she didn't lose, but the other boards were never in question. At least Wafa Shrook can be very pleased with her 3.0/9 against a tough rating opposition.

Egypt didn't score a single match point, more or less as expected

A tournament to learn from for Zhansaya Abdumalik

Kazakhstan had a solid performance overall, despite the dreadful score of Abdumalik on the first board (1.5/8). Had the prodigy performed better, Kazakhstan might have been a real annoyance for the top teams. Poland was a real disappointment after their explosive start (beating Ukraine 3.5-0.5, a long time ago, in a far away galaxy). Kulon's 0.0/4 did not help the cause.

Karina Sczcepkowska-Horowska finished with 50% after today's win

Tomorrow we will bring you a recap and impressions from the closing ceremony in Chengdu

Replay Round Eight and Nine games

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Final Standings

Matches won give two points, draws one point and losses zero points.

Schedule

Round 1 - April 19, 15:00 Beijing

Round 2 - April 20, 15:00 Beijing

Round 3 - April 21, 15:00 Beijing

Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing

Round 5 - April 23, 15:00 Beijing

Round 6 - April 25, 15:00 Beijing

Round 7 - April 26, 15:00 Beijing

Round 8 - April 27, 15:00 Beijing

Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing

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