China leads women's world team chess championship after round 6
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Hello everyone,
The Chinese are leading the women's world chess championship after Round 6 with a sterling performance. They beat Greece in the sixth round. It is commendable that Greek players made two draws with white (and from the position of strength): Marina Makropoulou against Ju Wenjun on the second board and Ekaterini Pavlidou vs. Tan Zhongyi on the fourth.
The Chinese are now 3 match points ahead of India who lost to Russia in a tough encounter.Humpy Koneru – Nadezhda Kosintseva and Harika Dronovalli – Tatiana Kosintseva ended in draws. However, Russia clinched the match on the lower boards: Valentina Gunina won against Tania Sachdev and Natalia Pogonina against Soumya Swaminathan. Russia celebrated 3-1 victory to join Georgia on the third rank.
Team standings after 6 rounds: China – 12; India – 9; Georgia, Russia – 8; Ukraine, Armenia, Vietnam – 6; Turkey – 4; Greece – 1; RSA – 0.
You can find more great photos and information at the Turkish Chess federation's WWTC official website.
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Hello everyone,
The Chinese are leading the women's world chess championship after Round 6 with a sterling performance. They beat Greece in the sixth round. It is commendable that Greek players made two draws with white (and from the position of strength): Marina Makropoulou against Ju Wenjun on the second board and Ekaterini Pavlidou vs. Tan Zhongyi on the fourth.
The Chinese are now 3 match points ahead of India who lost to Russia in a tough encounter.Humpy Koneru – Nadezhda Kosintseva and Harika Dronovalli – Tatiana Kosintseva ended in draws. However, Russia clinched the match on the lower boards: Valentina Gunina won against Tania Sachdev and Natalia Pogonina against Soumya Swaminathan. Russia celebrated 3-1 victory to join Georgia on the third rank.
Team standings after 6 rounds: China – 12; India – 9; Georgia, Russia – 8; Ukraine, Armenia, Vietnam – 6; Turkey – 4; Greece – 1; RSA – 0.
You can find more great photos and information at the Turkish Chess federation's WWTC official website.
From Alexandra Kosteniuk's
www.chessblog.com
Also see her personal blog at
www.chessqueen.com
posted by Chess Blog Admin @ 12:19 PM
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