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
Each and every game has enjoyed the presence of notables for the opening move, from rock
stars to famous intellectuals. The Ukrainians have certainly put on a show worthy of the moment.
As pointed out by GM Mikhalchishin in his notes to the game, if the score has not improved in Mariya Muzychuk’s favor, one significant change is how the games have developed. In all three of the last games, this one included, she has managed to secure genuine advantages that held the potential to swing things around. It would be easy to blame technique or nerves, but ultimately the takeaway for her should be that she is capable of fighting Hou Yifan over the board, and creating situations for herself.
Caricatures and art are not lost
Unfortunately, warm words, and a pat on the shoulder will be modest consolation since the Chinese player only needs a draw to regain her title.
Game eight and he back to the wall, but the media interest has not slackened one iota
Game eight annotated by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
| Player | Fed | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | G9 | G10 | Pts |
| Mariya Muzychuk |
UKR
|
2563
|
½
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
0
|
½
|
½
|
|
|
3.0
|
| Hou Yifan |
CHN
|
2667
|
½
|
1
|
½
|
½
|
½
|
1
|
½
|
½
|
|
|
5.0
|
| 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.
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