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Tan Zhongyi (China) becomes the 16th Women's World Chess Champion |
In the final match of the World Championship in Tehran Tan Zhongyi defeated Anna Muzychuk on tie-break with 1,5 – 0,5.
The final tie-break of the Women's World Chess Championship took place in the Espinas Palace Hotel on March 3. Four previous games with classical time control finished with 2:2 score.
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Fourth game of the final match finished in a draw |
The fourth classical game of the Women's World Chess Championship took place in the Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran on March 2 and finished in a draw after 2, 5 hours of play. The score in the match remained level and it means that the fate of the match will be determined on tie-break with quickler time controls. The tie-break starts at 1 p.m. local time on the 3rd of March.
The game has started as Slav Defence but later on it was transferred into the position which is characteristic to Catalan.
Most probably both players decided not to take too much risk in the last classical game and after 24 moves of play it finished in a draw.
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Anna Muzychuk ties the score |
The third game of the Women's World Chess Championship final match was played in the Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran on 1st of March.
Anna Muzychuk, who was losing the final match after 2 games, managed to win the third encounter to level the score.
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Tan Zhongyi wins the second game of the final |
The second game of the Women's World Chess Championship final match was played in the Espinas Palace Hotel in Tehran on 28th of February.
It was also 27th birthday of one of the participants of the match - Anna Muzychuk from Ukraine. Unlike Magnus Carlsen, who won the title of the World Champion on his birthday 3 months ago, Anna lost for the first time in the World Championship and in the final match. The match score is now 1.5-0.5 in Tan’s favor.
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The final match of the Women's World Chess Championship started in the Espinas Palace Hotel (Tehran) on February 27.
Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine, GM, 2558) and Tan Zhongyi (China, WGM, 2502) are competing for the chess crown in a 4-game match with classical time control (90 minutes for 40 moves, then 30 minutes for the rest of the game, with 30 seconds added after each move).
If the match ends in a tie, the winner will be determined on tie-break on March 3.
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