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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.
Name | Res. | Name |
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Ukraine |
2.0-2.0
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India |
USA |
2.0-2.0
|
Kazakhstan |
Georgia |
2.5-1.5
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Poland |
Armenia |
3.0-1.0
|
Egypt |
China |
1.0-3.0
|
Russia |
3.1 | 2 | UKRAINE | 2 - 2 | 10 | INDIA | ||
1 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2552 | ½ : ½ | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2581 |
2 | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2526 | ½ : ½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2492 |
3 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2486 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Padmini Rout | 2446 |
4 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2471 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2347 |
Harika Dronavalli is India's second strongest female
A short chat before the game
Ukraine and India split the point. The top boards were drawn without much interest while in the bottom two it seemed that White had a clear advantage at one point, but was outplayed by her opponent. Padmini uncorked a beautiful move near the end of the game to take the full point:
The top boards were quickly drawn
Padmini Rout with an important win today
[Event "Women's World Teams 2015"] [Site "Chengdu CHN"] [Date "2015.04.21"] [Round "3.3"] [White "Ushenina, Anna"] [Black "Padmini, Rout"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "A15"] [WhiteElo "2486"] [BlackElo "2454"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "8/6bk/1p4pp/1N3p2/4n3/4P1B1/r4PPP/1R4K1 w - - 0 39"] [PlyCount "28"] [EventDate "2015.04.19"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] [WhiteTeam "UKRAINE"] [BlackTeam "INDIA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"] [BlackTeamCountry "IND"] 39. Nd4 $4 {Missing her opponent's resource.} (39. f3 Nxg3 40. hxg3 {is unpleasant but should be about equal.}) 39... Bxd4 40. exd4 f4 $1 {The bishop is trapped!} 41. f3 (41. Bh4 g5 $19) (41. Bxf4 Nc3 42. Re1 Ne2+ {and White can't even sacrifice the exchange because of back rank mate.}) 41... Nc3 42. Rxb6 Ne2+ 43. Kf1 fxg3 {The rest is easy.} 44. hxg3 Nxg3+ 45. Ke1 Rxg2 46. Rb7+ Kg8 47. d5 Re2+ 48. Kd1 Re5 49. Rd7 Nf5 50. Kd2 Re7 51. Rd8+ Kf7 52. d6 Re6 0-1
Meanwhile Zhukova outplayed her opponent to tie the score.
3.2 | 3 | USA | 2 - 2 | 1 | KAZAKHSTAN | ||
1 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2301 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2411 |
2 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2279 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2393 |
3 | WGM | Foisor Sabina-Francesca | 2235 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2329 |
4 | FM | Melekhina Alisa | 2235 | ½ : ½ | WIM | Dauletova Gulmira | 2201 |
A close call. Abdumalik seemed to be outplaying Abrahamyan as she had a strong initiative on the kingside. However, she never pulled the trigger, and instead of crashing through she fell into a passive position. The American took perfect advantage of her opportunity and won the game. Meanwhile Foisor must have mixed up her opening as she lost a piece before move 20. Melekhina had good chances against Dauletova, but it was never clear how to break through.
Team USA got the memo that red is a lucky color in China
3.3 | 4 | GEORGIA | 2½ - 1½ | 9 | POLAND | ||
1 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2513 | ½ : ½ | GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
2 | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2481 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2422 |
3 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2473 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Szczepkowska Karina | 2414 |
4 | IM | Melia Salome | 2459 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Bartel Marta | 2350 |
A big, big result. Zawadzka missed a great chance:
[Event "Women's World Teams 2015"] [Site "Chengdu CHN"] [Date "2015.04.21"] [Round "3.2"] [White "Zawadzka, Jolanta"] [Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "B47"] [WhiteElo "2422"] [BlackElo "2481"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/1b2Q1p1/1bq2p2/1N1p3p/1P1B1P2/P5P1/2P4P/2KRR3 b - - 0 21"] [PlyCount "6"] [EventDate "2015.04.19"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] [WhiteTeam "POLAND"] [BlackTeam "GEORGIA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "POL"] [BlackTeamCountry "GEO"] 21... Qxb5 22. Qxg7 $2 (22. Qe6+ $1 Kc7 23. Qxb6+ Qxb6 24. Re7+ Kd6 (24... Rd7 25. Bxb6+ Kc8 26. Rxd7 Kxd7 {also leaves White up two pawns.}) 25. Rde1 $3 Bc8 (25... Kc6 26. R7e6+ Rd6 27. Rxd6+ Kxd6 28. Bxb6 {with two extra pawns.}) 26. Bxb6 {and now the rook on e7 is defended.}) 22... Bxd4 23. Rxd4 Qb6 24. Rd3 { A complex came ensued. Black is probably better ,but it was drawn at the end.} 1/2-1/2
Batsiashvili positionally crushed Scczepkowska-Horowska to take the full point and the match.
Georgia beat Poland. The top board was a draw between Khotenashvili-Socko.
Interview with Melia Salome
3.4 | 5 | ARMENIA | 3 - 1 | 8 | EGYPT | ||
1 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2488 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Moaataz Ayah | 2022 |
2 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2442 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Wafa Shahenda | 2118 |
3 | WGM | Kursova Maria | 2290 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Sherif Amina | 1971 |
4 | Gaboyan Susanna | 2175 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Wafa Shrook | 2058 |
Again, the rating difference was just a bit too much. On a silver lining for Egypt, their fourth board convincingly outplayed the Armenian opponent and took home a very nice victory.
Wafa Shrook with a very nice win today over Sunsana Gaboyan
3.5 | 6 | CHINA | 1 - 3 | 7 | RUSSIA | ||
1 | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2557 | 0 : 1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2529 |
2 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2487 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2456 |
3 | IM | Shen Yang | 2459 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2473 |
4 | WGM | Lei Tingjie | 2444 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2464 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk is seventh in the World after this win,
only nine points from Anna Muzychuk and Ju Wenjun
The round of the day, and it was a very clear win for Russia. China was unable to avenge their loss from the Olympiad. Things started to go badly from the opening for Ju Wenjun, who only has 0.5/3. Kosteniuk played a good game and wrapped up without any difficulties. Pogonina had real winning chances against Tan Zhongyi, but she was unable to convert and a draw was agreed.
Aleksandra Goryachkina holding down the draw with black
Shen Yang-Goryachkina was even throughout, while Lei Tingjie had a beautiful position against Girya. Having sacrificed an exchange she obtained two pawns for it and real winning chances in an endgame, but somehow she lost the thread of the game, her pawns fell apart and with it her position.
The match of the day was very clearly in favor of Russia
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Rank | Team | MP | Pts. |
1 | GEORGIA | 5 | 8½ |
2 | RUSSIA | 4 | 7 |
3 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 4 | 7 |
4 | POLAND | 3 | 7 |
5 | CHINA | 3 | 6 |
6 | UKRAINE | 3 | 6 |
7 | ARMENIA | 3 | 6 |
8 | KAZAKHSTAN | 3 | 5 |
9 | INDIA | 2 | 5½ |
10 | EGYPT | 0 | 2 |
Matches won give two points, draws one point and losses zero points.
Round 1 - April 19, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
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Name |
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Kazakhstan |
2.5-1.5
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India |
Ukraine |
0.5-3.5
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Poland |
USA |
3.0-1.0
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Egypt |
Georgia |
2.0-2.0
|
Russia |
Armenia |
1.0-3.0
|
China |
Round 2 - April 20, 15:00 Beijing
Name | Res. | Name |
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India |
2.0-2.0
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China |
Russia |
2.0-2.0
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Armenia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
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Georgia |
Poland |
2.0-2.0
|
USA |
Kazakhstan |
0.5-3.5
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Ukraine |
Round 3 - April 21, 15:00 Beijing
Name | Res. | Name |
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Ukraine |
2.0-2.0
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India |
USA |
2.0-2.0
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Kazakhstan |
Georgia |
2.5-1.5
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Poland |
Armenia |
3.0-1.0
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Egypt |
China |
1.0-3.0
|
Russia |
Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing
Name | Res. | Name |
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India |
-
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Russia |
Egypt |
-
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China |
Poland |
-
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Armenia |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
Georgia |
Ukraine |
-
|
USA |
Round 5 - April 23, 15:00 Beijing
Name | Res. | Name |
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USA |
-
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India |
Georgia |
-
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Ukraine |
Armenia |
-
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Kazakhstan |
China |
-
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Poland |
Russia |
-
|
Egypt |
Round 6 - April 25, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
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Name |
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India |
-
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Egypt |
Poland |
-
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Russia |
Kazakhstan |
-
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China |
Ukraine |
-
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Armenia |
USA |
-
|
Georgia |
Round 7 - April 26, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
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Name |
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Georgia |
-
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India |
Armenia |
-
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USA |
China |
-
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Ukraine |
Russia |
-
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Kazakhstan |
Egypt |
-
|
Poland |
Round 8 - April 27, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
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Name |
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India |
-
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Poland |
Kazakhstan |
-
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Egypt |
Ukraine |
-
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Russia |
USA |
-
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China |
Georgia |
-
|
Armenia |
Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
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Name |
---|---|---|
Armenia |
-
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India |
China |
-
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Georgia |
Russia |
-
|
USA |
Egypt |
-
|
Ukraine |
Poland |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
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