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The Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and Challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) takes place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016. You can watch the games live in our broadcast window at the bottom of this page.
Photos by Vitaliy Hrabar for the official site
Follow the games live on playchess.com
Hou Yifan and Mariya Muzychuk had a rest day on Monday but they still had some duties to fulfill and were invited to pose for pictures in elegant surroundings.
This chess set might not be entirely suitable for modern tournament chess...
... but Mariya Muzychuk...
... and Hou Yifan...
... seemed to enjoy themselves.
Before the game the players were greeted with flowers...
... but then things got more serious.
However, game five was a rather listless affair and not much of a real battle. After Muzychuk had no trouble at all to equalize with Black, Hou Yifan decided to play it safe and quickly steered the game into a completely equal ending which the players continued for a couple of moves before agreeing to a draw.
| Player | Fed | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | G9 | G10 | Pts |
| Mariya Muzychuk |
UKR
|
2563
|
½
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
2.0
|
| Hou Yifan |
CHN
|
2667
|
½
|
1
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
|
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
| March 6 | Sunday | 15:00 | Game 4 |
| March 7 | Monday | Day Off | |
| March 8 | Tuesday | 15:00 | Game 5 |
| March 9 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Game 6 |
| March 10 | Thursday | Day Off | |
| March 11 | Friday | 15:00 | Game 7 |
| March 12 | Saturday | 15:00 | Game 8 |
| March 13 | Sunday | Day Off | |
| March 14 | Monday | 15:00 | Game 9 |
| March 15 | Tuesday | Day Off | |
| March 16 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Game 10 |
| March 17 | Thursday | Day Off | |
| March 18 | Friday | 15:00 | Tie-break games |
| March 18 | Friday | 18:00 | Closing Ceremony |
All games start at 3 p.m. local time, which is an hour ahead of European time, two ahead of Britain, and seven ahead of New York. You can find the starting time at your location here.
LinksThe games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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