4/22/2015 – In a series of tough match-ups, it was clear that the most important one would be India vs. Russia. The two powerhouses met and the score was 1.5-1.5, except for the Humpy-Gunina game. In deep time pressure, White had a completely winning position, but she blundered badly and Russia took the full match point. Georgia won against Kazakhstan and, at least for now, keep their lead.
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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.
Round Four
Name
Res.
Name
Ukraine
2.0-2.0
India
USA
2.0-2.0
Kazakhstan
Georgia
2.5-1.5
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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Standings
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.
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