After six rounds Ukraine became the sole leader in the World Women’s Team Championship. Today women proved they can play uncompromise chess once again and only 6 out of 20 games finished in a draw. Ukrainian girls, lead by GM Mikhail Brodsky, also showed great fighting spirit and crushed France with 4:0 score.
The central match of the sixth round was an encounter between two strong teams Georgia and Russia. After 5 hours all participants of the match continued to play and the outcome of the match was unpredictable till the end! Lela Javakhishvilli had absolutely winning position against Alisa Galliamova but a few inaccurate moves and a huge mistake in the endgame led to the catastrophe.
On the other board Valentina Gunina miscalculated in the equal endgame against Nana Dzagnidze and the Georgians equalized the score. Bela Khotenashvili defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk and the fate of the match was decided in the game Melia-Girya. Russian player defeated her opponent and the score in this entertaining match became 2:2.
Girls from Kazakhstan won the first match in the tournament – they outplayed Turkish team to occupy the seventh rank. Guliskhan Nakhbayeva and Dinara Saduakassova defeated Betul Yildiz and Kardelen Cemhan respectively, while the games on the other boards were drawn.
India came very close to the victory in the match against the USA but Eesha Karavade missed the winning chances in the game against Anna Zatonskikh. China celebrated a victory over Romania 3-1.
As a result, Ukraine is leading with 11 points; Russia is 1 point behind on the second place. China is on the third place with 8 points. One of the key matches in the seventh round is Ukraine-Georgia.
Source: http://astana2013.fide.com
Russian should have won 4-0. They’re the best.