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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 the 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, Georgia, Armenia, Poland and Egypt.
Name |
Res.
|
Name |
---|---|---|
India |
4.0-0.0
|
Egypt |
Poland |
0.5-3.5
|
Russia |
Kazakhstan |
2.0-2.0
|
China |
Ukraine |
2.5-1.5
|
Armenia |
USA |
1.0-3.0
|
Georgia |
6.1 | 10 | INDIA | 4 - 0 | 8 | EGYPT | ||
1 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2581 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Moaataz Ayah | 2022 |
2 | WGM | Padmini Rout | 2446 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Wafa Shahenda | 2118 |
3 | WGM | Soumya Swaminathan | 2347 | 1 : 0 | WIM | Sherif Amina | 1971 |
4 | WGM | Gomes Mary Ann | 2354 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Wafa Shrook | 2058 |
India did what India had to do.
6.2 | 9 | POLAND | ½ - 3½ | 7 | RUSSIA | ||
1 | GM | Socko Monika | 2463 | 0 : 1 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2532 |
2 | WGM | Zawadzka Jolanta | 2422 | 0 : 1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2529 |
3 | WGM | Szczepkowska-Horowska Karina | 2414 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2456 |
4 | WGM | Bartel Marta | 2350 | 0 : 1 | WGM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2473 |
Definitely no questions asked. The only game that was questionable was Kosteniuk-Zawadzka, in which the Polish player had an almost winning advantage, but she misplayed it badly and ended up losing against a strong attack.
Poland had no chance...
... against team Russia.
6.3 | 1 | KAZAKHSTAN | 2 - 2 | 6 | CHINA | ||
1 | WGM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2411 | ½ : ½ | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2557 |
2 | WGM | Saduakassova Dinara | 2393 | ½ : ½ | IM | Shen Yang | 2459 |
3 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2329 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Lei Tingjie | 2444 |
4 | WIM | Dauletova Gulmira | 2201 | ½ : ½ | WGM | Ding Yixin | 2434 |
A big blow for the Chinese team. They were favorite on every single board and not one of them managed to win. They are still in third place, but this is not what they were looking for.
Some inspiration: looking at the pandas once more
Four draws is an unusual result, and a bad one for China today
6.4 | 2 | UKRAINE | 2½ - 1½ | 5 | ARMENIA | ||
1 | IM | Muzychuk Mariya | 2526 | ½ : ½ | GM | Danielian Elina | 2488 |
2 | GM | Ushenina Anna | 2486 | ½ : ½ | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2442 |
3 | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2471 | ½ : ½ | IM | Galojan Lilit | 2277 |
4 | IM | Gaponenko Inna | 2384 | 1 : 0 | WGM | Kursova Maria | 2290 |
Natalia Zhukova drew Lilit Galojan
Gaponenko came huge for Ukraine here in this narrow victory. She was able to beat Kursova who played quite strangely with a quick and unnecessary g4 advance in an otherwise normal structure.
Maria Kursova lost to Inna Gaponenko in the decisive game of the match
6.5 | 3 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 1 - 3 | 4 | GEORGIA | ||
1 | WGM | Abrahamyan Tatev | 2301 | 0 : 1 | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2513 |
2 | WGM | Nemcova Katerina | 2279 | ½ : ½ | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2481 |
3 | WIM | Ni Viktorija | 2188 | 0 : 1 | IM | Arabidze Meri | 2374 |
4 | FM | Melekhina Alisa | 2235 | ½ : ½ | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2473 |
Georgia was simply the stronger team, outplaying America on their black boards. Khotenashvili keeps leading her team towards victory.
A little pre-game chat
No problem for Georgia, who keeps their lead with only three rounds left
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Rank | Team | Gam. | MP | Pts. |
1 | GEORGIA | 6 | 11 | 17 |
2 | RUSSIA | 6 | 10 | 17 |
3 | CHINA | 6 | 8 | 15 |
4 | UKRAINE | 6 | 7 | 13 |
5 | INDIA | 6 | 6 | 14 |
6 | ARMENIA | 6 | 6 | 12 |
7 | KAZAKHSTAN | 6 | 5 | 10 |
8 | UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 6 | 4 | 10 |
9 | POLAND | 6 | 3 | 10 |
10 | EGYPT | 6 | 0 | 2 |
Matches won give two points, draws one point and losses zero points.
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 |
3.0-1.0
|
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 |
4.0-0.0
|
Egypt |
Poland |
0.5-3.5
|
Russia |
Kazakhstan |
2.0-2.0
|
China |
Ukraine |
2.5-1.5
|
Armenia |
USA |
1.0-3.0
|
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 |
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