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Monday, July 18, 2011

Hangzhou chess tournament for women R5: Wenjun leads, Tatiana beats Hou

Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2011

Hi everyone,

The latest chess news from the Hangzhou women's chess tournament is that Ju Wenjun leads after five rounds and Tatiana Kosintseva scored an interesting win over women's world chess champion Hou Yifan (See Photo) in the fifth round. Tomorrow is a rest day. Here are the standings:

1. Ju Wenjun 4
2. N. Kosintseva 3.0
3. T. Kosintseva 3.0
4. Hou Yifan, D. Harika, Zhao Xue 2.5
5. Sebag, Zagnidze, Zhu Chen 2.0
6. Zatonskih 1.5

You can access more details at the official website (in Chinese) at this link. Meanwhile, here are also some exciting games. Enjoy.







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2 comments:

  1. Aaron, WurzburgJuly 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    Great chess really by some real nice women out there. Interesting to see very little draws. These are the mean machines of women's chess.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 18, 2011 at 11:46 AM

    If only more German women would play chess. Sigh.

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