2nd World Team Chess Championship (women): Ningbo 2009

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Basic data

Yinzhou Cup 2nd World Team Chess Championship (women)
(see all-time tournament summary)
Date: 2nd - 11th September 2009
City: Ningbo, Zhejiang province, China
Venue: N/A
Tournament Director: N/A
Chief Arbiter: IA Ignatius Leong (SIN)
Teams participating: According to FIDE Rulations D.III.08.1.6.2.:
China - host nation;
Georgia, Ukraine, USA, Russia, Poland - top teams from 2008 Women's Olympiad;
Armenia - third in 2007 Women's European Team Championship (top two, Russia and Poland qualified by Olympiad performance),;
India - second in 2007 Women's Asian Team Championship (winners China qualified as hosts);
Vietnam - third in 2007 Women's Asian Team Championship, possibly to fill vacant Panamerican place;
China "B" - possibly to make number of participating teams even;
NOTE! there is no Women's Panamerican Team Championship, and no Africam team was able to arrive.
Players participating: 50 (incl. 4 GMs, 20 IMs, 12 WGMs, 5 WIMs and 6 WFMs)
Games played: 180 (1 game was forfeited)
Competition format: Four board round robin.
Final order decided by: 1. Match points; 2. Game points
Time control: 40 moves in 90 minutes; then 30 minutes for the rest of the game; 30 seconds increment per move starting from move one
Other websites: The Times of India: r1, r2, r3, r4, r5, rest, r6, r7, r8, r9
Chessdom.com reports: report1, report2, report3
Chessgames.com forum
Chess news blog
Downloadable game file: 09wtchw.zip

Tournament review

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Best board results

Best Rating Performance
no. name flag code ELOp
1. WFM Gunina, Valentina Russia RUS 2718
2. IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda Russia RUS 2608
3. IM Mkrtchian, Lilit Armenia ARM 2603

1st Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. Tan Zhongyi China CHN2 5½ 8 68.8
2. GM Chiburdanidze, Maia Georgia GEO 4 7 57.1
3. GM Hou Yifan China CHN 4 7 57.1

2nd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. IM Kosintseva, Nadezhda Russia RUS 6½ 9 72.2
2. IM Mkrtchian, Lilit Armenia ARM 6½ 9 72.2
3. GM Dzagnidze, Nana Georgia GEO 6½ 9 72.2

3rd Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. IM Gaponenko, Inna Ukraine UKR 5½ 8 68.8
2. WGM Karavade, Eesha India IND 6 9 66.7
3. IM Dworakowska, Joanna Poland POL 4½ 7 64.3

4th Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. WIM Melekhina, Alisa United States USA 4 6 66.7
2. WGM Majdan, Joanna Poland POL 4½ 8 56.3
3. Ju Wenjun China CHN 4 8 50.0

Reserve Board
no. name flag code pts gms %
1. WFM Gunina, Valentina Russia RUS 6½ 8 81.3
2. WGM Huang Qian China CHN 6 8 75.0
3. WGM Zdebskaya, Natalia Ukraine UKR 4½ 7 64.3

Interesting games


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