3/18/2015 – It would be surprising not to see any surprises at the Women's World Championship. After all, it is a knock-out tournament. But the first round brought hardly any upsets, the favorites won or drew, hoping for better opportunities in the second game. With one exception: Yuan Yuanling used a lethal counter to win against Marya Muzychuk.
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Tournament conditions
The Women's World Chess Championship takes place from March 17 – April 7 in Sochi, Russia. The knock-out tournament is attended by 64 players, including the former World Champions Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Anna Ushenina (Ukraine), and Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), the three-time Russian champion Valentina Gunina, the World Vice-Champion Humpy Koneru (India), and other leading grandmasters. Unfortunately, the reigning champion Hou Yifan was unable to come due to personal reasons, but she will still have an opportunity to challenge the new champion in a match, as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix.
The first five rounds consist of mini-matches of two games with 90 minutes per 40 moves plus 30 minutes for the rest of the game with bonus 30 seconds per each move. The final match consists of four games.
If the match score is tied, its winner is determined on tiebreak: two rapid games of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If the score remains equal, the players proceed to another two games with a slightly faster time control – 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If these games do not determine the winner as well, then there are two blitz games: 5 minutes + 3 seconds per move. Finally, if the score is still even, there is an Armageddon game: White has five minutes, Black has four minutes, and a three-second increment per move after the move 61.
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The Women's World Championship started with a certain amount of delay - it was originally scheduled for autumn 2014 - twelve draws and 20 wins. In the majority of games the favorites prevailed, but there was one big surprise: Yuan Yuanling won against Mariya Muzychuk.
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1.e4
1,183,387
54%
2421
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1.d4
958,449
55%
2434
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1.Nf3
286,131
56%
2441
---
1.c4
184,608
56%
2443
---
1.g3
19,877
56%
2427
---
1.b3
14,598
54%
2428
---
1.f4
5,953
48%
2377
---
1.Nc3
3,905
50%
2384
---
1.b4
1,790
48%
2378
---
1.a3
1,249
54%
2406
---
1.e3
1,081
49%
2409
---
1.d3
969
50%
2378
---
1.g4
670
46%
2361
---
1.h4
466
54%
2382
---
1.c3
439
51%
2425
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1.h3
289
56%
2420
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1.a4
118
60%
2461
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1.f3
100
47%
2427
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1.Nh3
92
67%
2511
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1.Na3
47
62%
2476
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1.e4c62.d4d53.Nc3dxe44.Nxe4Nf65.Nxf6+exf66.Nf3Bd67.Bd30-08.0-0Bg49.h3Bh510.Be4Na611.c3Nc712.Qd3Bg613.Bxg6hxg614.c4Qd715.Be3g516.Nd2g417.hxg4Qxg418.Ne4Be719.Ng3g620.Qe4Qd721.Rad1Kg722.d5cxd523.cxd5Nb524.Qf3Rh825.Ne4f526.Ng3Rh427.Bf4Rah828.Rfe1Bd629.Bg5Rg430.Bc1Qc731.Rd3Rgh432.Bg5Rg433.Bd2Qd834.b3Qh435.a4Nc736.Bc3+f637.Kf1Rf438.Qd1Bc539.Rf3Qg4?
Blundering the game.With39...Rd840.Rxf4Qxf4Black keeps a clear
advantage.40.d6Rxf341.Re7+Kf842.gxf3Qh3+43.Ke2Qg244.Be1Ne845.Qd5Nxd646.Qe61–0
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