Thursday, December 29, 2011

Women's World Team Champs 2011 - Chess.com

Women's World Team Champs 2011 - Chess.com


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Women's World Team Champs 2011

Submitted by SonofPearl

fide logo big.gifThe 2011 FIDE Women's World Team Championships are underway in Mardin, Turkey.

The championships feature 10 national teams taking part in a round-robin competition from 18-27 December.

Each team has four players (and usually a reserve) and the rounds start at 15:00 local time (13:00 UTC), except the last round which is 5 hours earlier. Friday 23 December is a rest day. Live games are here.

The top seeds are China led by world champion Hou Yifan, just ahead of Russia.

After two rounds the standings were:


Team W L D
MP BP
1 Georgia 2 0 0 4
2 China 2 0 0 4
3 Russia 2 0 0 4
4 India 1 0 1 3
5 Armenia 1 1 0 2
6 Vietnam 1 1 0 2 4
7 Ukraine 0 1 1 1 3
8 Turkey 0 2 0 0 2
9 Greece 0 2 0 0
10 RSA 0 2 0 0 0

The US declined to field a team despite qualifying by virtue of their fifth place position in the 2010 Chess Olympiad. This was originally claimed to be due to disagreement about the regulations, but in reality seems to be a question of money.

India and Ukraine drew 2-2 in the first round

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Koneru, Humpy (2600) vs. Ushenina, Anna (2463)
World Women's Chess Team Championship | Round 1.1| 18 Dec 2011 | ECO: D30 | 1-0
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bd3 Nbd7 6. b3 c5?! 7. O-O Be7 8. Bb2 cxd4 9. exd4 b6 10. Nbd2 Bb7 11. Qe2 O-O 12. Rac1 Rc8 13. Rfd1 Re8 14. Ne5 Bd6 15. Nef3 Be7 16. Ne5 Bd6 17. Ndf3! Nf8?! ( 17... Ne4 18. cxd5 exd5 19. Rxc8 Bxc8 ( 19... Qxc8 20. Rc1 Qd8 21. Nxd7 Qxd7 22. Bb5 ) 20. Bb5 ) 18. Qe3 dxc4 ( 18... Ng6 19. c5! Nxe5 20. Nxe5 Bxe5 21. Qxe5 ) 19. bxc4 h6! ( 19... Ng6?! 20. Ng5 Rc7 21. Qh3 Nf4 22. Bxh7+ Kf8 23. Qe3 Nxg2 24. Qg3 Nxh7 25. Nxh7+ Kg8 26. c5!! Kxh7 27. cxd6 Qxd6 28. Qg4! Kg8 ( 28... Rxc1 29. Qh5+ ) 29. Rxc7 Qxc7 30. d5!! f6 31. d6 Qc2 32. Ng6 Ne3!? 33. fxe3 Qxb2 34. d7 Rd8 35. Qxe6+ Kh7 36. Nf4 ) 20. Nd2 Qe7 21. f4 Qc7 22. Rf1 Red8 23. Bb1 N8d7 24. Kh1 Qb8 25. a3 Qa8 26. Qg3 Nh5 ( 26... Nxe5!? 27. fxe5 Bxe5 28. Qxe5 ( 28. Qf2 Bxg2+ 29. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 30. Kxg2 Bxd4 31. Bxd4 Rxd4 ) 28... Bxg2+ 29. Kg1 Bxf1 30. Nxf1 Qf3 31. Ng3 Ng4 32. Qe2 Qxe2 33. Nxe2 Ne5 ) 27. Qh3 Nhf6 28. Rce1 Rc7 29. Rf2 ( 29. Nxf7 Bxg2+ 30. Qxg2 Qxg2+ 31. Kxg2 Kxf7 32. Ba2 ) 29... Nf8 30. Kg1 Re7 31. Re3 N6h7 32. Rg3 Kh8 33. Qh5 Nf6 34. Qh4?! ( 34. Nxf7+ Rxf7 35. Qxf7 Rd7 36. Rxg7! Rxf7 37. Rxf7 Ne8 38. f5 e5 39. c5!? Bd5 40. cxd6 Bxf7 41. dxe5 Kg8 42. e6 Nxd6 43. exf7+ Nxf7 44. Ba2 Qc6 ) 34... Qc8 35. f5?! Qc7! 36. fxe6 Rxe6 37. Ndf3?! Re7? ( 37... Bxf3 38. Rgxf3 Rxe5! 39. Rxf6 ( 39. dxe5 Bc5 ) 39... Be7 40. dxe5 Rd1+ 41. Rf1 Bxf6 42. exf6 Qc5+ 43. Qf2 Qxf2+ 44. Kxf2 Rd2+ ) 38. Rf1? ( 38. d5 Bc5? 39. Rxg7 Bxf2+ 40. Kxf2 Kxg7 41. Qxf6+ Kxf6 42. Ng4# ) 38... Rde8? ( 38... N6h7 39. Bxh7! Nxh7 40. d5! b5!? 41. Qxh6! f6 42. Ng6+ Kg8 43. Nxe7+ Qxe7 44. Rg6 bxc4 45. Nh4 ) 39. Ng5! Bxe5?! ( 39... N8h7 40. Bxh7 Bxe5 41. dxe5 Nxh7 42. Nxh7 Kxh7 43. Qg4 ) 40. dxe5 N6h7 41. Qxh6?? ( 41. Nxh7 Nxh7 42. e6 f6 43. Rxf6! gxf6 44. Bxf6+ Nxf6 45. Qxf6+ Rg7 46. Qxh6+ Kg8 47. Bh7+ Kf8 48. Qf6+ ) 41... gxh6?? ( 41... Qc5+! 42. Kh1 ( 42. Rf2?? gxh6 43. e6+ f6 44. Nf7+ Rxf7 45. exf7 Re1# ) 42... Qxc4! 43. Qxg7+ Kxg7 44. Nxh7+ Ng6 45. e6+ Kh6 46. Rh3+ Nh4 47. Rf6+ Kh5 48. Rf5+ Kh6 49. Rf6+ ) 42. e6+ f6 43. Rxf6 Kg8? ( 43... Nxf6 44. Bxf6+ Rg7 45. Nf7+ Qxf7 46. exf7 Re1+ 47. Kf2 Rxb1 48. Bxg7+ Kh7 49. Bxf8 Rb2+ 50. Ke1 Rb1+ 51. Kd2 Rf1 52. Rg7+ Kh8 ) 44. Nf7+ ( 44. Nf7+ Ng5 45. Bh7+ Nfxh7 46. Rg6+ Kf8 47. Bg7+ Kg8 48. Bxh6# )
This game was one of the most interesting in the first round, so no wonder it became a game of the match in my subjectiv chart.

Georgia beat Armenia 2½-1½ in round two thanks to a win by Nan Dzagnidze on top board.

GM Nana Dzagnidze

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Game annotations (by GM Eugeny Miroshnichenko) and pictures from the official website.

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