The Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine and Challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) takes place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016. You can watch the games live in our broadcast window at the bottom of this page.
Photos by Vitaliy Hrabar for the official site
In many ways, round three was a crucial test of fire. After being unable to secure so much as an initiative in game one with 1.e4, the World Champion resorted to Plan B: 1.d4. This led to a Closed Catalan in which White struggled again to get more than an almost symbolic advantage. The choice of opening and preparation was viewed by the commentators on the spot as the influence of Muzychuk's newest second, the elite GM Pavel Eljanov.
The World Champion essayed 1.d4 as a surprise weapon...
...but world no. 1 Hou Yifan smelled a rat and sidestepped any dangers
It is perhaps unfair to call the advantage entirely symbolic as White did retain the bishop pair, but Black never seemed to be in any difficulty much less danger. This isn't to say the game had no fight, since both sides certainly did their best, but the onus was on White to try and make a fight of it. The challenger, and world no. 1, Hou Yifan was content to neutralize her opponent's efforts, and by not attempting to do more, left it up to Mariya to try and rock the boat.
In YouTube one can find live video commentary in English
In the Ukrainian commentary were Efstratios Grivas, WGM Natalia Buksa, and Adrian Mikhalchishin
The end result was a good fight, with interesting play, but it also means going back to the drawing board as the Ukrainian attempts to destabilize her rival to wrest back the match.
Game three analyzed by GM Adrian Mikhalchishin
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The press conference after game three
| Player | Fed | Rtg | G1 | G2 | G3 | G4 | G5 | G6 | G7 | G8 | G9 | G10 | Pts |
| Mariya Muzychuk | UKR |
2563 |
½ |
0 |
½ |
1.0 |
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| Hou Yifan | CHN |
2667 |
½ |
1 |
½ |
2.0 |
| March 5 | Saturday | 15:00 | Game 3 |
| March 6 | Sunday | 15:00 | Game 4 |
| March 7 | Monday | Day Off | |
| March 8 | Tuesday | 15:00 | Game 5 |
| March 9 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Game 6 |
| March 10 | Thursday | Day Off | |
| March 11 | Friday | 15:00 | Game 7 |
| March 12 | Saturday | 15:00 | Game 8 |
| March 13 | Sunday | Day Off | |
| March 14 | Monday | 15:00 | Game 9 |
| March 15 | Tuesday | Day Off | |
| March 16 | Wednesday | 15:00 | Game 10 |
| March 17 | Thursday | Day Off | |
| March 18 | Friday | 15:00 | Tie-break games |
| March 18 | Friday | 18:00 | Closing Ceremony |
All games start at 3 p.m. local time, which is an hour ahead of European time, two ahead of Britain, and seven ahead of New York. You can find the starting time at your location here.
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