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
It was about as dramatic a game as could be, and tragic… for Ukrainians and Mariya Muzychuk’s fans. It was generally agreed that the time for solid play and wait-and-see chess was past, and if the title holder wished to defend her crown, she would need to take far more energetic measures than she had until now. She was behind the score by a point, and the Chinese challenger did not seem as if she were about to ease up.
The opening choice was a repeat of game one, the Giuoco Piano AKA Italian game, but this time the Ukrainian quickly eschewed the cautious 7.h3 for the sharper 7.Bg5. The choice soon paid off as she built a significant advantage just begging to unleash hell on her opponent. The opportunity arose when she reached this position:
White has built an excellent position, and the time has come to take
advantage of it. White to play and increase her advantage.
Unfortunately she missed the window of opportunity, and as so often happens in such cases, she began to waffle on how to proceed. Five moves later, at a loss on how to progress, she began to go seriously astray, first by removing her strongest piece, the bishop on c4, from its attacking outpost, and then with a king move that just wasted a tempo. Her knight that had seemed a piece to cause trouble, was now a castaway on the island square of h5, with no hope of rescue.
When the tide had turned decisively, Hou Yifan did not waste time as she found and executed the winning blow.
Things have gone all wrong for White, and now Black has the means to
end White's resistance. White to play and win. Solutions in the game notes.
Game six annotated by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
| Player | Fed | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | G9 | G10 | Pts |
| Mariya Muzychuk |
UKR
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2563
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½
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
0
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|
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2.0
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| Hou Yifan |
CHN
|
2667
|
½
|
1
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
1
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|
4.0
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| 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 |
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