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Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jun 25, 2021 2:27 pm
by Mick Norris
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2021 12:30 pm
by Mick Norris
from TWIC
The women's event has three places in their Candidates event (other than Ju Wenjun, Goryachkina, Koneru and Lagno who are qualified by other methods)
Quarter finals are:
Goryachkina v Saduakassova
Dzagnidze v Muzychuk, A
Kosteniuk v Gunina
Tan, Zhongyi v Lagno
If Goryachkina & Lagno reach the semis, the other 2 semi-finalists reach the Candidates; leaves it a bit messy for the other place though
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2021 6:15 pm
by Mick Norris
Lagno lost & Goryachkina won, so that's worked out well for FIDE then
Zhongyi Tan and Kosteniuk qualify for the Candidates, as does Anna Muzychuk as the winner of the tiebreak v Dzagnidze
Semi finals are:
Goryachkina v Muzychuk, A
Kosteniuk v Tan, Zhongyi
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:32 pm
by JustinHorton
Borth semis open with a draw. How would you classify
this opening?
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 5:58 pm
by IM Jack Rudd
Slav, probably.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Thu Jul 29, 2021 6:11 pm
by Matt Mackenzie
Think it would get classified under D11 in the ECO scheme, yeah.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:35 pm
by JustinHorton
Kosteniuk beats Tan and makes it to the final. In the other game Muzychuk (A) is clinging on in a rook ending against Goryachnika but as I write Chessbomb thinks she's played one red move too many...
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:07 pm
by NickFaulks
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:42 pm
by JustinHorton
The computers reckon
Goryachkina was winning a lot faster with 21 e5, and may I say frankly that if, without any engine help or looking at their line, you can work out what that move is about, let alone how it wins, you are doing better than I.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:01 pm
by Paul Cooksey
Oops I posted this in the other world cup thread by mistake:
Giri's commentary on the rook ending was a tour de force.
They have player cams which slightly surprised me since usually only for the official streams. Goryachkina has a "what is this nonsense you are trying against me" look which is worth at least 50 points.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:12 pm
by Mick Norris
JustinHorton wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 5:42 pm
The computers reckon
Goryachkina was winning a lot faster with 21 e5, and may I say frankly that if, without any engine help or looking at their line, you can work out what that move is about, let alone how it wins, you are doing better than I.
I'd seen that on chess24live, and didn't really follow it when I could play through the variation
Aleksandra will be favourite against Alexandra in the final
I see there's a 3rd place match too
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Fri Jul 30, 2021 6:23 pm
by Paul Cooksey
I agree that Aleksandra is favourite, but she is probably a bit less talented tactically than the other top women and with Alexandra in good form she has at least a punchers chance.
Giri was shocked Goryachkina missed e5, having spent some time explaining how the prep had gone wrong. Be5 is a distraction sacrifice, you put the bishop on the square so the pawn cannot use it, and it gives white the time to break the d-file pin.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:04 pm
by JustinHorton
First game to Kosteniuk, with the Black pieces
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Sun Aug 01, 2021 6:23 pm
by NickFaulks
Goryachkina could have baled out into defending R v R+B but didn't fancy it and instead went into a B v R which turned out to be lost. Credit to Kosteniuk, who most likely had it worked out.
Re: Women's World Cup 2021, 10 July to 4 August
Posted: Mon Aug 02, 2021 5:45 pm
by JustinHorton
Kosteniuk wins the second game too, in which Goryachkina never had a sniff of a win, and takes the title.