7 September 2009
6 rounds have been played in the Women’s World Team Chess Championship that is taking place from September 2 to September 12 in Ningbo, China. Tomorrow, September 8 will be a free day and then we will witness the 3 last and most important rounds. Right now the team of Poland is leading the event with 9 points and it’s being followed by 4 teams – Ukraine, China-1, Georgia and Russia, all with 7 points. All of these teams have high chances of winning the gold medal of the World Women’s Team Championship.
All results of the tournament can be found here. The live transmission of the games can be seen here.
Very interesting Pawn Endgame
On the diagram above is the position from the match of the second round between the teams of Ukraine and China-1. White is Muzychuk Maria playing for Ukraine, Black is Ju Wenjun playing for China-1. Black just played 51. … g5, it’s White to move. What would you play here as White?
Posted by: Alexandra Kosteniuk
Women’s World Chess Champion
