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Should we settle on a numbering system here

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

Yes, sorry, game 3 of the tiebreak, game 15 overall, won by Ju who is again 1 up with 1 to play

In the final game AG had a swindler's chance if she played 69.Rxe4

Congratulation to Ju. Something of a tragedy for Goryachkina, who on two occasions had one hand on the cup.

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

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

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.

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.