Thursday 22 November 2012

Tears of joy and sorrow in Khanty




    The quarter finals are over too, not without some surprises and drama.
     The lucky ones who advanced to semifinals are Ju Wenjun, Harika 
Dronavalli, Antoaneta Stefanova (all of them winning today's tie-breaks) 
and Anna Ushenina.




   All the photos are from the official site (http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/?cat=9).
   After yesterday's "miracle" come back, Harika has valorized the 
chance given to her and won the tie-break against Zhao Xue, winning
 the first game and making a draw in the 2nd one.
   Marie Sebag's nerves didn't resist and she lost the first game against
 Antoaneta Stefanova, though she had a piece up and a completely 
winning position at some point. 
   Ju Wenjun also won the tie-break against another Chinese- Huang Qian.

   The games had so many mistakes, it was impossible to predict 
anyone's win. It's been shown for one more time that women's chess
 is more of an emotional game than of a logical one. I think that this 
KO system is not very objective and maybe it would be better if the 
World Women's Champion would be decided in a match format.

   All these being said, I can't wait for the tomorrow's games and I
 hope we'll see some interesting chess!

Round 4. Results
Click on the score to view the game
NameG1G2 R1 R2 r3 r4 B1 B2 SDTot
      Round 4 Match 01
  Sebag, Marie (FRA)1
0
0
01
  Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)
0
11
1
3
      Round 4 Match 02
  Ju, Wenjun (CHN)½ ½ ½
1
3.5
  Huang, Qian (CHN) ½
½
½
½
02.5
      Round 4 Match 03
  Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS)½
0
0.5
  Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 11.5
      Round 4 Match 04
  Zhao, Xue (CHN)½ 0 1.5
  Harika, Dronavalli (IND) ½
1
½2.5




May the strongest win!

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