
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 Five
Name |
Res. |
Name |
USA |
1.0-3.0
|
India |
Georgia |
2.5-1.5
|
Ukraine |
Armenia |
2.0-2.0
|
Kazakhstan |
China |
3.0-1.0
|
Poland |
Russia |
4.0-0.0
|
Egypt |
5.1 |
3 |
USA |
|
1 - 3 |
10 |
INDIA |
|
1 |
WGM |
Abrahamyan Tatev |
2301 |
0 : 1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2581 |
2 |
WGM |
Nemcova Katerina |
2279 |
½ : ½ |
GM |
Harika Dronavalli |
2492 |
3 |
WGM |
Foisor Sabina-Francesca |
2235 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Padmini Rout |
2446 |
4 |
FM |
Melekhina Alisa |
2235 |
0 : 1 |
WGM |
Soumya Swaminathan |
2347 |
No questions asked, India was the better team. Melekhina and Abrahamyan were outplayed, and even though Foisor could have won a piece against Padmini it wouldn't have changed the fact that India took the match.

Tatev Abrahamyan got a good position, but was outplayed by Koneru Humpy
5.2 |
4 |
GEORGIA |
|
2½ - 1½ |
2 |
UKRAINE |
|
1 |
GM |
Khotenashvili Bela |
2513 |
1 : 0 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2552 |
2 |
IM |
Javakhishvili Lela |
2481 |
½ : ½ |
IM |
Muzychuk Mariya |
2526 |
3 |
IM |
Batsiashvili Nino |
2473 |
½ : ½ |
GM |
Ushenina Anna |
2486 |
4 |
IM |
Melia Salome |
2459 |
½ : ½ |
GM |
Zhukova Natalia |
2471 |

Bela Khotenashvili with a very important win
A huge result for Georgia, who keeps their lead. Khotenashvili was the hero of the day. Her opening gamble paid off handsomely as Muzychuk did not seem to know what to do. Khotenashvili saw herself up a pawn and converted very well. If anything Ukraine can consider themselves lucky that Batsiashvili did not convert her advantage against Ushenina.

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5.3 |
5 |
ARMENIA |
|
2 - 2 |
1 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
|
1 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2488 |
1 : 0 |
WGM |
Abdumalik Zhansaya |
2411 |
2 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2442 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Saduakassova Dinara |
2393 |
3 |
IM |
Galojan Lilit |
2277 |
0 : 1 |
WGM |
Nakhbayeva Guliskhan |
2329 |
4 |
WGM |
Kursova Maria |
2290 |
½ : ½ |
WIM |
Davletbayeva Madina |
2231 |

Kazakhstan before round five
Abdumalik keeps having a tough time on board one, and this time she could not hold a difficult position against Danielian. Meanwhile Nakhbayeva took advantage of a very unfortunate pawn advance by Galojan to gain a strong initiative and a full point.

Armenia spearheaded by Elina Danielian and Lilit Mrktchian
5.4 |
6 |
CHINA |
|
3 - 1 |
9 |
POLAND |
|
1 |
GM |
Ju Wenjun |
2557 |
½ : ½ |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
2 |
WGM |
Tan Zhongyi |
2487 |
½ : ½ |
WGM |
Zawadzka Jolanta |
2422 |
3 |
WGM |
Lei Tingjie |
2444 |
1 : 0 |
WGM |
Bartel Marta |
2350 |
4 |
WGM |
Ding Yixin |
2434 |
1 : 0 |
WGM |
Kulon Klaudia |
2310 |

China needed this win, and they got it
Ju Wenjun seems to be unable to win a game, but Lei Tingjie and Ding Yixin came through huge for China with good victories.

Karina took the day off and acted as photographer
5.5 |
7 |
RUSSIA |
|
4 - 0 |
8 |
EGYPT |
|
1 |
GM |
Gunina Valentina |
2532 |
1 : 0 |
WIM |
Moaataz Ayah |
2022 |
2 |
GM |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
2529 |
1 : 0 |
WIM |
Wafa Shahenda |
2118 |
3 |
WGM |
Pogonina Natalija |
2456 |
1 : 0 |
WIM |
Sherif Amina |
1971 |
4 |
WGM |
Girya Olga |
2464 |
1 : 0 |
WGM |
Wafa Shrook |
2058 |

Russia had no problems today...

Alexandra Kosteniuk's 31st birthday! (Same as Lela's)
With a rating difference of about 500 on every board it was hard to imagine this match would go any other way than 4-0.
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Abrahamyan,T | 2322 | Koneru,H | 2581 | 0–1 | 2015 | B40 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.1 |
Harika,D | 2492 | Nemcova,K | 2279 | ½–½ | 2015 | A06 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.2 |
Foisor,S | 2276 | Padmini,R | 2454 | ½–½ | 2015 | D80 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.3 |
Soumya,S | 2366 | Melekhina,A | 2235 | 1–0 | 2015 | B35 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.4 |
Khotenashvili,B | 2513 | Muzychuk,A | 2552 | 1–0 | 2015 | E00 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.1 |
Muzychuk,M | 2526 | Javakhishvili,L | 2481 | ½–½ | 2015 | B34 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.2 |
Batsiashvili,N | 2475 | Ushenina,A | 2486 | ½–½ | 2015 | E21 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.3 |
Zhukova,N | 2471 | Melia,S | 2459 | ½–½ | 2015 | D55 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.4 |
Danielian,E | 2488 | Abdumalik,Z | 2379 | 1–0 | 2015 | A35 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.1 |
Saduakassova,D | 2398 | Mkrtchian,L | 2443 | ½–½ | 2015 | D37 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.2 |
Galojan,L | 2277 | Nakhbayeva,G | 2329 | 0–1 | 2015 | A13 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.3 |
Davletbayeva,M | 2231 | Kursova,M | 2290 | ½–½ | 2015 | B40 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.4 |
Ju,W | 2557 | Socko,M | 2463 | ½–½ | 2015 | A13 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.1 |
Zawadzka,J | 2422 | Tan,Z | 2487 | ½–½ | 2015 | B09 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.2 |
Lei,T | 2444 | Bartel,M | 2350 | 1–0 | 2015 | A16 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.3 |
Kulon,K | 2310 | Ding,Y | 2434 | 0–1 | 2015 | B92 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.4 |
Gunina,V | 2528 | Moaataz,A | 2022 | 1–0 | 2015 | D37 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.1 |
Wafa,S | 2123 | Kosteniuk,A | 2529 | 0–1 | 2015 | C77 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.2 |
Pogonina,N | 2456 | Sherif,A | 1961 | 1–0 | 2015 | A53 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.3 |
Wafa,S | 2058 | Girya,O | 2459 | 0–1 | 2015 | B18 | Women's World Teams 2015 | 5.4 |
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Standings
Rank |
Team |
MP |
Pts. |
1 |
GEORGIA |
9 |
14 |
2 |
RUSSIA |
8 |
13½ |
3 |
CHINA |
7 |
13 |
4 |
ARMENIA |
6 |
10½ |
5 |
UKRAINE |
5 |
10½ |
6 |
INDIA |
4 |
10 |
7 |
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
4 |
9 |
8 |
KAZAKHSTAN |
4 |
8 |
9 |
POLAND |
3 |
9½ |
10 |
EGYPT |
0 |
2 |
Matches won give two points, draws one point and losses zero points.
Photos by Liu Yunpeng & Anatasiya Karlovich
Schedule
Round 1 - April 19, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Kazakhstan |
2.5-1.5
|
India |
Ukraine |
0.5-3.5
|
Poland |
USA |
3.0-1.0
|
Egypt |
Georgia |
2.0-2.0
|
Russia |
Armenia |
1.0-3.0
|
China |
Round 2 - April 20, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
India |
2.0-2.0
|
China |
Russia |
2.0-2.0
|
Armenia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
|
Georgia |
Poland |
2.0-2.0
|
USA |
Kazakhstan |
0.5-3.5
|
Ukraine |
Round 3 - April 21, 15:00 Beijing
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 |
Round 4 - April 22, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res. |
Name |
India |
1.5-2.5
|
Russia |
Egypt |
0.0-4.0
|
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 |
USA |
1.0-3.0
|
India |
Georgia |
2.5-1.5
|
Ukraine |
Armenia |
2.0-2.0
|
Kazakhstan |
China |
3.0-1.0
|
Poland |
Russia |
4.0-0.0
|
Egypt |
Round 6 - April 25, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
India |
-
|
Egypt |
Poland |
-
|
Russia |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
China |
Ukraine |
-
|
Armenia |
USA |
-
|
Georgia |
Round 7 - April 26, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Georgia |
-
|
India |
Armenia |
-
|
USA |
China |
-
|
Ukraine |
Russia |
-
|
Kazakhstan |
Egypt |
-
|
Poland |
Round 8 - April 27, 15:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
India |
-
|
Poland |
Kazakhstan |
-
|
Egypt |
Ukraine |
-
|
Russia |
USA |
-
|
China |
Georgia |
-
|
Armenia |
Round 9 - April 28, 11:00 Beijing
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
Armenia |
-
|
India |
China |
-
|
Georgia |
Russia |
-
|
USA |
Egypt |
-
|
Ukraine |
Poland |
-
|
Kazakhstan |