Women's World Championship 2020 - Ju wins tiebreak

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1/24/2020 – The Women's World Chess Championship was decided by tie-breaks! Ju Wenjun won the third of four rapid games which was enough to retain her World Champions title. The final regulation game was a must-win for the challenger Goryachkina and she delivered, sending the match to rapid tiebreaks in Vladivostock tomorrow at 5:30 UTC (6:30 CET, 12:30 AM EST) with commentary by GM Nigel Short & GM Hou Yifan. | Photo: Eteri Kublashvili (FIDE / official site)
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Tiebreak

Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia won the 12th game of the World Championship match against the reigning champion Ju Wenjun, leaving the score 6:6 and forcing a rapid and (if necessary) blitz tiebreak.

In the tiebreak, the first two games were drawn, but the World Champion struck in the third game with white, then narrowly held on for a draw with black to win the match and retain her title.

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Match standings

Ju,W
2584
½
½
½
1
0
½
½
0
1
1
½
0
½
½
1
½
8.5
Goryachkina,A
2578
½
½
½
0
1
½
½
1
0
0
½
1
½
½
0
½
7.5

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Live games and commentary

The tiebreak begins in Vladivostok at 15:30 local time, which is 6:30 CET and 12:30 AM EST and consists of four 25 minute (plus 10 seconds per move) rapid games, followed, if necessary, by up to five sets of blitz games (5+3) and, if these still fail to break the stand-off and Armageddon game.

 
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Umetsubo,C2359Hong,A25793.75197596
Henriquez Villagra,C2597Lima,D23803.45197592
Bachmann,A2570Rojas Salas,S23433.85197597
Adewumi,T2376Meshkovs,N25395.15196394
Nagy,G2451Tanenbaum,Z23545.25196397
Stearman,J2438Huston,G23425.35196398
Plat,V2482Vinod,A22595.55196401
Omelja,A2397Zhu,L23135.15196408
Schnaider,I2388Shankland,S26663.15197588
Oparin,G2660Perez Gormaz,M24083.25197589
Filgueiras,N2370Mareco,S25853.55197593
Jacobson,B2582Ticona Rocabado,L23593.65197595
Campos Gomez,M2355Supi,L25663.95197598
Fier,A2556Casalaspro,M23193.105197599
Cardoso Cardoso,J2516Piccoli,L22843.135197604
Ribeiro,M2294Quintiliano,R25113.145197606
Ho,C2238Iinuma,P20755.15196420
Mottola,M2128Brain,L21385.25196409
Lin,B2334Cherukuri,N21675.35196410
Pressman,L2219Lenderman,A24585.35196422
Moor,N2228Yudasin,L22905.45196411
Putnam,L-Micheal,K-5.45196400
Muthukumar,H2222Shangin,L20895.55196424
Mede,I2185Hajnal,Z23335.55196412
Marrujo Pardo,M2349Quesada Perez,L25463.115197600
Tomiello,L2308Garcia Pantoja,R25313.125197603
Shankland,S2666Martins,V22572.15155876
Martinez Alcantara,J2611Pierrot,F22532.35155879
Muniz,F2197Cardoso Cardoso,J25162.145165684
Berczes,D2397Subervi,J20395.45196423
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Commentary by GM Nigel Short & WFM Eteri Kublashvili

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Be7 5.g3 0-0 6.Bg2 dxc4 7.Ne5 c5 8.dxc5 Qxd1+ 9.Nxd1 Bxc5 10.0-0 Nc6 E06: Closed Catalan: Early deviations 11.Bxc6 bxc6 12.Be3 Bb6 13.Bxb6 axb6
14.Nxc6N Predecessor: 14.Nc3 Bd7 15.Rfd1 Ra7 16.Rd6 Rc8 17.Nxc4 Be8 18.Nxb6 ½-½ (31) Ponomariov,R (2648)-Dominguez Perez,L (2762) Budva 2019 14...Bb7 15.Nb4 Nd5 16.Nxd5 Bxd5 17.Nc3 Bc6 18.Rfd1 Rfd8 19.f3 Kf8 20.Kf2 Ke7 21.Rxd8 Rxd8=       Endgame KRB-KRN 22.Ke3 e5 23.Rd1 Ra8 24.a3 Ke6 25.Na2 Ba4 26.Rd2 f6 27.Kf2 Bc6 28.e4 g6 29.Ke3 f5 30.exf5+ gxf5 31.f4 h5 32.fxe5 Kxe5 33.Rd4 b5 34.Nc3 Ra7 35.Ne2 Be8 36.Rd8 Re7 37.Nf4 Kf6+ 38.Kd2 Re5 39.Nd5+ Kf7 40.Rd6 Bc6 41.Nf4 Much weaker is 41.Rxc6?! Rxd5+ 42.Ke1 Re5+ 43.Kf1 Re3= 41...Bf3 42.h4 42.Rh6± 42...Bg4 42...Ke7= 43.Ra6 Kd7 43.Rd5 Better is 43.Ra6± 43...Kf6 43...Rxd5+= keeps the balance. 44.Nxd5 Ke6 44.Rxe5 44.Rd7± 44...Kxe5± KB-KN 45.Ke3 Bd1 46.Ng6+ Kf6 47.Nf8 Ke5 48.Nd7+ Ke6 49.Nb8 Kd5 50.Na6 Ke5 51.Nb4 Black should prevent Na2. Bg4 52.Nc2 Bd1?       52...Kd5= and Black stays safe. 53.Nd4+- Ba4 54.Ne2! Bd1 55.Nd4? Only move: 55.Nc3!+- Ba4 56.Kf3 55...Ba4= 56.Nc6+ Kd6 57.Nd8 Ke5 58.Nf7+ Ke6 59.Ng5+ Ke5 60.Nh3 Bd1 61.Nf4 Bg4 62.Ng2 Bd1 63.Ne1 Bg4 64.Nc2 aiming for Nd4. Bd1 65.Nb4 Ba4 66.Na2 Nc3 is the strong threat. Bb3?       66...Bd1!= and Black is okay. 67.Nc3+- Ba4 68.Kf3 Kd4
And now ...Kd3 would win. 69.Ke2! Kc5 70.Ke3? 70.Nxa4++- bxa4 71.Ke3 70...Bc2= 71.Ne2 Bd1! Strongly threatening ...Bxe2. 72.Nd4 Bg4 73.Nc2 Bd1 74.Nb4 Bg4 75.Na2 Bd1 76.Kd2 Bf3 77.Nc3 Bc6 78.Ke3 Bd7
78...Bg2= remains equal. 79.Ne2!± b4 80.axb4+ Kxb4 81.Kd2 81.Nd4± 81...Bc6 The position is equal. 82.Nf4 Bf3 83.Ne6 Bg4 84.Kc2 Bf3 85.Nd4 Bg4 86.Kd2 Kc5 87.Ke3 Kd5 88.Nb5 Kc5 89.Nc3 Kb4 90.Kd4 Kb3 91.Nd5 Be2 92.Ne3 Bd3 93.Kc5 Be2 94.Kd5 Bd3 95.Kd4 Be2 96.Kc5 Bd3 97.Kd4 Accuracy: White = 70%, Black = 62%. ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Goryachkina,A2578Ju,W2584½–½2020E06FIDE WWCC 20201.1
Ju,W2584Goryachkina,A2578½–½2020C67FIDE WWCC 20202.1
Goryachkina,A2578Ju,W2584½–½2020D41FIDE WWCC 20203.1
Ju,W2584Goryachkina,A25781–02020D16FIDE WWCC 20204.1
Goryachkina,A2578Ju,W25841–02020A18FIDE WWCC 20205.1
Ju,W2584Goryachkina,A2578½–½2020C67FIDE WWCC 20206.1

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