
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, Gerogia, Armenia, Poland and Egypt.
Round Two
Name |
Res. |
Name |
India |
2.0-2.0
|
China |
Russia |
2.0-2.0
|
Armenia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
|
Georgia |
Poland |
2.0-2.0
|
USA |
Kazakhstan |
0.5-3.5
|
Ukraine |

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The plalyers get wanded down before the game. No cell phones, no cheating!
2.1 |
10 |
INDIA |
|
2 - 2 |
6 |
CHINA |
|
1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2581 |
1 : 0 |
GM |
Ju Wenjun |
2557 |
2 |
GM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2492 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Tan Zhongyi |
2487 |
3 |
WGM |
Padmini Rout |
2446 |
½ : ½ |
IM |
Shen Yang |
2459 |
4 |
WGM |
Gomes Mary Ann |
2354 |
0 : 1 |
WGM |
Lei Tingjie |
2444 |

Ju Wenjun lost in the highest rated single encounter of this tournament
A nice game by Humpy who took out Ju Wenjun. Black's weaknesses on the center led to problems on the backrank ultimately. Ju Wenjun launched a counter-attack, but a cold blooded king walk finished the game perfectly. Meanwhile Lei Tingjie punished Mary Ann Gomes' weaknesses on a Benoni after the Indian's counterplay was squelched.

Lei Tingjie is a Chinese prodigy. She's 2444 and only 17. There is only one person higher rated and younger than her: Aleksandra Goryachkina who is playing for Russia in this tournament. We will see how quickly Lei Tingjie's career takes off, she has been stuck at the same rating for about a year.
2.2 |
7 |
RUSSIA |
|
2 - 2 |
5 |
ARMENIA |
|
1 |
GM |
Gunina Valentina |
2532 |
0 : 1 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2488 |
2 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2456 |
½ : ½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2442 |
3 |
WGM |
Goryachkina Aleksandra |
2473 |
½ : ½ |
IM |
Galojan Lilit |
2277 |
4 |
WGM |
Girya Olga |
2464 |
1 : 0 |
|
Gaboyan Susanna |
2175 |

Armenia posing before an important game
Gunina's second loss in a row came in a very strange game. Not knowing important details in a sharp Ragozin, she found herself in a lost position out of the opening. The last 30 or 40 moves of the game did not have to be played. Meanwhile Gaboyan was doing a good job of holding Girya to a draw, but she inexplicably went for complications instead of playing solid in a drawish position, and Girya won the game.

Elina Danielian demolished Valentina Gunina

Not even the stiffest of stare-downs helped Susanna Gaboyan today
2.3 |
8 |
EGYPT |
|
0 - 4 |
4 |
GEORGIA |
|
1 |
WIM |
Moaataz Ayah |
2022 |
0 : 1 |
GM |
Khotenashvili Bela |
2513 |
2 |
WIM |
Wafa Shahenda |
2118 |
0 : 1 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2481 |
3 |
WIM |
Sherif Amina |
1971 |
0 : 1 |
IM |
Arabidze Meri |
2374 |
4 |
WGM |
Wafa Shrook |
2058 |
0 : 1 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2459 |

Amina Sherif from Egypt
The skill difference in this match-up was never in question.
2.4 |
9 |
POLAND |
|
2 - 2 |
3 |
USA |
|
1 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Abrahamyan Tatev |
2301 |
2 |
WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
2422 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Nemcova Katerina |
2279 |
3 |
WGM |
Szczepkowska Karina |
2414 |
1 : 0 |
WIM |
Ni Viktorija |
2188 |
4 |
WGM |
Kulon Klaudia |
2310 |
0 : 1 |
FM |
Melekhina Alisa |
2235 |
Two mating attacks on the bottom boards gave a full point to each team:

Karina Sczepkowska-Horowska wins longest name and most consonants in a row

Klaudia Kulon saw herself in the wrong side of a mating net
32...Qxf4 33.Qxg6! Qxf2+ 34.Kxf2 fxg6+ 35.Kg1 Bxe5 36.Rxe5 Rc8 37.Rd7! Bc6 38.Rh5+! 38.Rh5+ gxh5 39.Rh7# 1–0
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Szczepkowska-Horowska,K | 2414 | Ni,V | 2188 | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
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27...Be6 28.Kg2 Rad8 29.Rh1 Bh6? 30.Be3! 30.Bxh6 Qxh6 31.Nf5 Qg5 30...Bxe3 31.Qxe3 Qf7 32.Raf1 Qd7 33.Qg5+ Qg7 34.Ng6 Rd2+ 35.Kg1! 35.Qxd2 Qxg6 36.Qh6 36.Rh6! 35...Rdd8 36.Rh8+! Qxh8 37.Ne7+ 37.Ne7+ Kh7 38.Qg6# 1–0
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Melekhina,A | 2235 | Kulon,K | 2310 | 1–0 | 2015 | B31 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
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Katerina Nemcova comes from a strong performance in the U.S. Chess Championship

Finding time to pose while delivering checkmate: Alisa Melekhina was America's only win today
2.5 |
1 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
|
½ - 3½ |
2 |
UKRAINE |
|
1 |
WGM |
Abdumalik Zhansaya |
2411 |
0 : 1 |
IM |
Muzychuk Mariya |
2526 |
2 |
WGM |
Nakhbayeva Guliskhan |
2329 |
0 : 1 |
GM |
Ushenina Anna |
2486 |
3 |
WIM |
Dauletova Gulmira |
2201 |
½ : ½ |
GM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2471 |
4 |
WIM |
Davletbayeva Madina |
2231 |
0 : 1 |
IM |
Gaponenko Inna |
2384 |

Ukraine put the World Champion in, but not her sister

Young Zhansaya Abdumalik was powerless against Mariya Muzychuk
Ukraine came back with a vengeance! After being humiliated by Poland over the board, the Ukrainian team took out on Kazakhstan. Muzychuk showed a clearly better understanding of the Sveshnikov over Abdumalik, while Ushenina and Gaponenko won nice games with White. Things could have been worse for Kazakhstan as Dauletova was lost against Zhukova.
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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.e3 Bb7 5.Bd3 d5 6.b3 Bd6 7.Bb2 0-0 8.0-0 Nbd7 9.Qe2 Qe7 10.Ne5 c5 11.Nxd7 Nxd7 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Nd2 Nf6 14.Ba6 Ne4 15.Bxb7 Qxb7 16.dxc5 Nxd2 17.Qxd2 bxc5 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Rac8 20.g3 Bf8 21.Qe2 h6 22.Rc2 Rd7 23.Qg4 Rdd8 24.Rcd2 c4 25.bxc4 Rxc4 26.Qf5 Ra4 27.Be5 Qa6 28.Rxd5 Rxd5 29.Rxd5 Rxa2 30.Rd8 Ra5 31.Qf4 Rb5 32.Qd4 Rb1+ 33.Kg2 Qf1+ 34.Kf3 Qh1+ 1–0
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Koneru,H | 2581 | Ju,W | 2557 | 1–0 | 2015 | E14 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.1 |
Tan,Z | 2487 | Harika,D | 2492 | ½–½ | 2015 | A14 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.2 |
Padmini,R | 2454 | Shen,Y | 2459 | ½–½ | 2015 | C65 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
Lei,T | 2444 | Gomes,M | 2354 | 1–0 | 2015 | A62 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
Gunina,V | 2528 | Danielian,E | 2488 | 0–1 | 2015 | E35 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.1 |
Mkrtchian,L | 2443 | Pogonina,N | 2456 | ½–½ | 2015 | D36 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.2 |
Goryachkina,A | 2456 | Galojan,L | 2277 | ½–½ | 2015 | E01 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
Gaboyan,S | 2175 | Girya,O | 2459 | 0–1 | 2015 | E14 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
Moaataz,A | 2022 | Khotenashvili,B | 2513 | 0–1 | 2015 | A20 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.1 |
Javakhishvili,L | 2481 | Wafa,S | 2123 | 1–0 | 2015 | D54 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.2 |
Sherif,A | 1961 | Arabidze,M | 2374 | 0–1 | 2015 | | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
Melia,S | 2459 | Wafa,S | 2058 | 1–0 | 2015 | B53 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
Socko,M | 2463 | Abrahamyan,T | 2322 | ½–½ | 2015 | C03 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.1 |
Nemcova,K | 2279 | Zawadzka,J | 2422 | ½–½ | 2015 | B65 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.2 |
Szczepkowska-Horowska,K | 2414 | Ni,V | 2188 | 1–0 | 2015 | B06 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
Melekhina,A | 2235 | Kulon,K | 2310 | 1–0 | 2015 | B31 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | Muzychuk,M | 2526 | 0–1 | 2015 | B33 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.1 |
Ushenina,A | 2486 | Nakhbayeva,G | 2329 | 1–0 | 2015 | D37 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.2 |
Dauletova,G | 2201 | Zhukova,N | 2471 | ½–½ | 2015 | C77 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.3 |
Gaponenko,I | 2384 | Davletbayeva,M | 2231 | 1–0 | 2015 | B18 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 2.4 |
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Standings
Rank |
Team |
MP |
Pts. |
1 |
GEORGIA |
3 |
6 |
2 |
POLAND |
3 |
5½ |
3 |
CHINA |
3 |
5 |
4 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
3 |
5 |
5 |
RUSSIA |
2 |
4 |
6 |
UKRAINE |
2 |
4 |
7 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
2 |
3 |
8 |
INDIA |
1 |
3½ |
9 |
ARMENIA |
1 |
3 |
10 |
EGYPT |
0 |
1 |
Photos by Liu Yunpeng
Schedule
Round 1 - April 19, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Kazakhstan |
2.5-1.5
|
India |
Ukraine |
0.5-3.5
|
Poland |
USA |
3.0-1.0
|
Egypt |
Georgia |
2.0-2.0
|
Russia |
Armenia |
1.0-3.0
|
China |
Round 2 - April 20, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
India |
2.0-2.0
|
China |
Russia |
2.0-2.0
|
Armenia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
|
Georgia |
Poland |
2.0-2.0
|
USA |
Kazakhstan |
0.5-3.5
|
Ukraine |
Round 3 - April 21, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
Ukraine |
-
|
India |
USA |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
Georgia |
-
|
Poland |
Armenia |
-
|
Egypt |
China |
-
|
Russia |
Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
India |
-
|
Russia |
Egypt |
-
|
China |
Poland |
-
|
Armenia |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
Georgia |
Ukraine |
-
|
USA |
Round 5 - April 23, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
USA |
-
|
India |
Georgia |
-
|
Ukraine |
Armenia |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
China |
-
|
Poland |
Russia |
-
|
Egypt |
Round 6 - April 25, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
India |
-
|
Egypt |
Poland |
-
|
Russia |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
China |
Ukraine |
-
|
Armenia |
USA |
-
|
Georgia |
Round 7 - April 26, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Georgia |
-
|
India |
Armenia |
-
|
USA |
China |
-
|
Ukraine |
Russia |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
Egypt |
-
|
Poland |
Round 8 - April 27, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
India |
-
|
Poland |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
Egypt |
Ukraine |
-
|
Russia |
USA |
-
|
China |
Georgia |
-
|
Armenia |
Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Armenia |
-
|
India |
China |
-
|
Georgia |
Russia |
-
|
USA |
Egypt |
-
|
Ukraine |
Poland |
-
|
Kazakhstan |