Women's World Championship Match 2020

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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jan 24, 2020 8:18 am

Should we settle on a numbering system here
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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by LawrenceCooper » Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:19 am

Ju 1 up after a win in 45 moves with white.

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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:20 am

Yes, sorry, game 3 of the tiebreak, game 15 overall, won by Ju who is again 1 up with 1 to play
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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by Steven DuCharme » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:00 am

In the final game AG had a swindler's chance if she played 69.Rxe4 :twisted:
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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:15 am

Congratulation to Ju. Something of a tragedy for Goryachkina, who on two occasions had one hand on the cup.
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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by Mick Norris » Fri Jan 24, 2020 12:09 pm

JustinHorton wrote:
Fri Jan 24, 2020 11:15 am
Congratulation to Ju. Something of a tragedy for Goryachkina, who on two occasions had one hand on the cup.
Agreed; at least it was decided in the rapids rather than the faster time controls

I'm assuming Goryachkina qualifies for the next Candidates, presumably next year; back to the GP series with Lausanne on 1 March next
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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by Chris Rice » Fri Jan 24, 2020 2:02 pm

Up there with the greatest Women's World Championship matches of all time.

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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by Jonathan Rogers » Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:04 pm

Is this the first "proper" womens' WC match (ie, not best of 4 at the end of a world cup) to go to tiebreak?

It was good watching, indeed. It also had more Classical decisive games than Anand - Gelfand, Karjakin v Carlsen and Caruana v Carlsen put together! And when the stronger rapid player won at the end, it was more like Anand v Gelfand than either of the Carlsen displays.

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Re: Women's World Championship Match 2020

Post by JustinHorton » Fri Jan 24, 2020 9:06 pm

Jonathan Rogers wrote:
Fri Jan 24, 2020 7:04 pm
Is this the first "proper" womens' WC match (ie, not best of 4 at the end of a world cup) to go to tiebreak?
Of course not that many could actually have gone to tie-breaks anyway.
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