Archive for January 19th, 2020

2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #9

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Ju 1-0 Goryachkina19th January 2020 Ju Wenjun equalizes with Aleksandra Goryachkina after a resounding win in game 9 of the Women’s World Championship. The Chinese player played dynamically and flummoxed the commentators with her 21.a4! A new commentator joined the booth as “Nikolai Shortovsky” gave his insights on the position. 🙂 GMs Hou Yifan and […]

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2020 Women’s Chess Championship: Game #8

Posted in China, FIDE, Matches, Russia, World Championships on Jan 19th, 2020 No Comments »

Goryachkina 1-0 Ju17th January 2020 Aleksandra Goryachkina ??wins the 8th game and leads the Women's World Chess Championship by one point: 4½-3½. The World Champion Ju Wenjun ?? only has four games left to overturn the score and retain her title. #WomenChessMatch ?: Ivan Kurinnoy pic.twitter.com/rtqlmPrrCm — International Chess Federation (@FIDE_chess) January 17, 2020 Aleksandra […]

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