The No9 seed beat Anna Muzychuk and Ju Wenjun on her way to the title in a tournament that was marred by controversy. Tan Zhongyi became the new Women’s World Champion after defeating Anna Muzychuk in tiebreaks. The 25-year-old has …
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The final match of the Women’s World Chess Championship in Tehran started on February 27th. The survivors, Tan Zhongyi from China and Anna Muzychuk from Ukraine, arrived from two very different paths. The Chinese dark horse had to overcome three …
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In under a week 27-year-old Anna Muzychuk (she has a birthday on 28 February!) or 25-year-old Tan Zhongyi will be the new Women’s World Champion Anna Muzychuk and Tan Zhongyi will play a 4-game match starting Monday to decide the …
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In the return game of the semi-final clash, Alexandra Kosteniuk lost against Anna Muzychuk and was eliminated from the Women’s World Championship. Harika Dronavalli made a comeback by winning an epic battle against Tan Zhongyi. It seems Alexandra Kosteniuk didn’t …
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The tie-break of the Women’s World Chess Championship was played in Espinas Palace Hotelon February 22. Only two players Harika Dronavalli and Nana Dzagnidze returned to the venue to determine the last semifinalist in rapid and blitz games. In the …
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The third day of the FIDE World Women’s Chess Championship is over and all the results of the first round are in. After two days 21 matches out of 32 had been decided. The remaining 11 matches continued with playoffs. …
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