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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.
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
📷 Haohao Zhang #WomenChessMatch pic.twitter.com/G0RdFoK6k1
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
IA Shoreh Bayat is the chief arbiter
GM Nigel Short heads the appeals committee
Press conference
Group photo with the players
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