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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 |
4.1 | 10 | INDIA | 1½ - 2½ | 7 | RUSSIA | ||
1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2581 | 0 : 1 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2532 |
2 | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2492 | 1 : 0 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2529 |
3 | WGM | Padmini Rout | 2446 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2473 |
4 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2347 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Girya Olga | 2464 |
Some words of encouragement for Padmini Rout before the game
Alexandra Kosteniuk lost to Harika Dronavalli in her third appearance this tournament
What a blunder! Kosteniuk was defeated by Harika Dronavalli in a nice game, while Soumya Swaminathan was unable to prove compensation for her pawn against Girya and lost. It all came down to the following game:
[Event "Women's World Teams 2015"] [Site "Chengdu CHN"] [Date "2015.04.22"] [Round "4.1"] [White "Koneru, Humpy"] [Black "Gunina, Valentina"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "D10"] [WhiteElo "2581"] [BlackElo "2528"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "q5k1/r4pp1/2p4p/p1R1P3/np1P4/1N6/1PQ2PPP/6K1 w - - 0 31"] [PlyCount "24"] [EventDate "2015.04.19"] [SourceDate "2015.02.07"] [WhiteTeam "INDIA"] [BlackTeam "RUSSIA"] [WhiteTeamCountry "IND"] [BlackTeamCountry "RUS"] 31. Rxc6 Nc3 {White has a crushing position. She is currently up a pawn and her pieces are active. Also there are very serious problems with the pin on the knight on c3.} 32. Rc4 $6 (32. d5 $1 a4 33. Qf5 $1 {with the unstoppable Rc8+ and a winning advantage.}) 32... a4 33. Na1 $2 {Why put this knight in a corner?} (33. Nc1 $18) 33... Rb7 34. h3 $2 (34. Qf5 $1) 34... Rb8 {Suddenly the position is not so clear. Humpy makes matters worse.} 35. bxc3 b3 36. Qb1 b2 $2 (36... a3 $1 {and stopping the pawns is very difficult. For example} 37. Nxb3 a2 38. Qf5 g6 $1 $19) 37. Nc2 a3 38. Rb4 Rxb4 39. cxb4 $4 {An amazing blunder.} (39. Nxb4 {Makes Black work very hard for the point, if it is possible at all...} Qc8 $1 40. Qc2 Qe6 $1 41. Qb1 Qb3 42. Na2 {and I still don't see how to break through.}) 39... Qa4 {now the game is obviously over. White has lost the support needed to play Nb4.} 40. b5 Qb3 41. Nxa3 Qxa3 42. b6 Qa1 0-1
A big gift for Valentina Gunina, and for Russia
4.2 | 8 | EGYPT | 0 - 4 | 6 | CHINA | ||
1 | WIM | Moaataz Ayah | 2022 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2487 |
2 | WIM | Wafa Shahenda | 2118 | 0 : 1 | IM | Shen Yang | 2459 |
3 | WIM | Sherif Amina | 1971 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Lei Tingjie | 2444 |
4 | WGM | Wafa Shrook | 2058 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Ding Yixin | 2434 |
Shen Yang beat Wafa Shahenda
China, very predictably, massacred Egypt
Wafa Shrook was unable to upset her opponent today
4.3 | 9 | POLAND | 1½ - 2½ | 5 | ARMENIA | ||
1 | GM | Socko Monika | 2463 | 1 : 0 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2488 |
2 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2422 | 0 : 1 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2442 |
3 | WGM | Szczepkowska Karina | 2414 | 0 : 1 | IM | Galojan Lilit | 2277 |
4 | WGM | Bartel Marta | 2350 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Kursova Maria | 2290 |
Poland keeps being a dangerous opponent, but they couldn't keep up with Armenia today. Socko used the power of her better bishop to outplay Danielian, but Mrktchian retaliated by beating Zawadzka from a slightly better endgame. Szepkowska-Horowsa was clearly outplayed by her lower rated opponent, Galojan. Bartel was unable to bring home a full point and Armenia won by the minimum difference.
Poland board four today: Marta Bartel
Monica Socko keeps a good performance with a victory over Elina Danielian
4.4 | 1 | KAZAKHSTAN | 1 - 3 | 4 | GEORGIA | ||
1 | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2411 | 0 : 1 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2513 |
2 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2393 | ½ : ½ | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2481 |
3 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2329 | ½ : ½ | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2374 |
4 | WIM | Dauletova Gulmira | 2201 | 0 : 1 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2473 |
Another rough day for Kazakhstan. Khotenashvili handedly outplayed Abdmualik, who has been having a very rough time on board one, scoring only half a point so far. Batsiashvili played a very nice game against Dauletova, including a magnificent break on e4 which seemed impossible to play.
Board three for Kazakhstan: Guliskhan Nakhbayeva
4.5 | 2 | UKRAINE | 3 - 1 | 3 | USA | ||
1 | GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2552 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2301 |
2 | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2526 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2279 |
3 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2471 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Ni Viktorija | 2188 |
4 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2384 | ½ : ½ | FM | Melekhina Alisa | 2235 |
Nemcova is solid with four draws
USA suffered their first defeat in this tournament against the powerhouse of Ukraine. Anna Muzychuk outplayed Tatev Abrahamyan on board one in a King's Indian, Fianchetto Variation. Meanwhile in board one the game between Natalia Zhukova and Viktorija Ni was not close at all. The rating difference just seemed a little too big in this match-up.
A little pre-game death stare worked this time around
Interview with Anna Muzychuk
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Rank | Team | MP | Pts. |
1 | GEORGIA | 7 | 11½ |
2 | RUSSIA | 6 | 9½ |
3 | CHINA | 5 | 10 |
4 | UKRAINE | 5 | 9 |
5 | ARMENIA | 5 | 8½ |
6 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 4 | 8 |
7 | POLAND | 3 | 8½ |
8 | KAZAKHSTAN | 3 | 6 |
9 | INDIA | 2 | 7 |
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 |
---|---|---|
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
|
Egypt |
China |
1.0-3.0
|
Russia |
Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing
Name | Res. | Name |
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India |
1.5-2.5
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Russia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
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China |
Poland |
1.5-2.5
|
Armenia |
Kazakhstan |
1.0-3.0
|
Georgia |
Ukraine |
3.0-1.0
|
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 |
-
|
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 |
-
|
China |
Ukraine |
-
|
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 |
-
|
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 |
-
|
Egypt |
Ukraine |
-
|
Russia |
USA |
-
|
China |
Georgia |
-
|
Armenia |
Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
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Armenia |
-
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India |
China |
-
|
Georgia |
Russia |
-
|
USA |
Egypt |
-
|
Ukraine |
Poland |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
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