Women’s Candidates - Pool B: Games and webcast

Women’s Candidates - Pool B

The participants of Pool B in the Women’s Candidates Tournament are playing a knockout tournament to decide who faces Lei Tingjie in the final of the event next year.

Each match consists of four classical games, with a time control of 90 minutes for all moves plus a 30-second increment from move 1. If a match is tied, four rapid games follow, with a 15+10 time control; if still tied, two 5+3 games are played; if still tied, single 3+2 games are played until one player wins.

In the semifinal Aleksandra Goryachkina plays against Tan Zhongyi.

All games

Top Choice Repertoire: Play the French Defence Vol.1 & 2

In this two-volume video course former world-champion and startrainer Rustam Kasimdzhanov shows you the ins and outs of this hugely complex opening.

Commentary by GM Arturs Neiksans and WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili

Schedule

• November 29: Round 1 Game 1
• November 30: Round 1 Game 2
• December 1: Rest day
• December 2: Round 1 Game 3
• December 3: Round 1 Game 4
• December 4: Tiebreaks
• December 5: Rest day
• December 6: Round 2 Game 1
• December 7: Round 2 Game 2
• December 8: Rest day
• December 9 : Round 2 Game 3
• December 10: Round 2 Game 4
• December 11: Tiebreaks and Closing ceremony

Attacking with the Jobava London System

The Jobava London System is a minor form of the London System. White tries to play Lf4 quickly followed by Nc3.

Links

• FIDE’s official website
• Lei Tingjie advances to Women’s Candidates final
• All ChessBase reports on the 2019 Women’s Candidates
• All ChessBase reports on the 2020 Women’s World Championship match