1/5/2120 – The competition for the World Cup for women has officially opened in Shanghai. Chinese defending champion Ju Wenjun and her challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina from Russia will play a twelve-game match against each other at locations Shanghai and Vladivostok over the next three weeks. There was a press conference Saturday and the first game is played Sunday (starting at 7:30 UTC (8:30 CET, 2:30 AM EST). Goryachkina starts with the white pieces. | Photos: Haohao Zhang (FIDE / official site)
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Game 1
The first major chess event of 2020 is in fact a world championship. Women's World Champion Ju Wenjun (China) plays against her challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina (Russia) from January 5th to 26th.
The competition will be held half in Shanghai, China, and half in Vladivostok, Russia. Six games will be played in each of the two locations. If the score is 6:6 at the end of twelve games, a rapid (and if necessary blitz) playoff will decide the match.
The first game takes place on Sunday. Two games are then played followed by a rest day. After game six, players travel to Vladivostok, where the seventh game is scheduled to commence on January 17th.
The prize fund is EUR 500,000 and will be divided 60:40 between the winner and loser after the end of the competition. If the there is a playoff, the ratio is 55:45.
Live games and commentary
The games are slated to start at 15:30 local time, which is 8:30 CET and 2:30 AM EST. When the match moves to Vladivostok, games will start two hours earlier.
The time control is 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game plus 30 seconds per move, starting from with move one. Agreed draws before move 40 are not allowed.
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Commentary by GM Nigel Short & WGM Zhang Xiaowen
FIDE Women's World Championship Match is officially opened in Shanghai. World Champion Ju Wenjun & the challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina will play the first game (of 12) on January 5th. The challenger starts with White. https://t.co/06SR3zxdO6
— International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) January 4, 2020
Schedule
All games begin at 15:30 local time in Shanghai and then Vladivostok. Therefore, games 1-6 start at 7:30 UTC (8:30 CET, 2:30 AM EST) and games 7-12 will begin at 5:30 UTC (6:30 CET, 12:30 AM EST).
Date
Venue
Event
January 4
Shanghai
Opening ceremony
January 5
Game 1
January 6
Game 2
January 7
Rest day
January 8
Game 3
January 9
Game 4
January 10
Rest day
January 11
Game 5
January 12
Game 6
January 13
Rest day
January 14
Vladivostok
Arrival
January 15
Opening ceremony
January 16
Game 7
January 17
Game 8
January 18
Rest day
January 19
Game 9
January 20
Game 10
January 21
Rest day
January 22
Game 11
January 23
Game 12
January 24
Playoff (if necessary) or closing
Aleksandra Goryachkina has white in the first game
Ju Wenjun would certainly like to defend her title
Klaus BesenthalKlaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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