World Women’s Team Final: Georgia Triumphs!

A happy unit: The Georgian women! (Pic Source: chengdu2015.fide.com)
A happy unit: The Georgian women! (Pic Source: chengdu2015.fide.com)

With a close victory over China in the final round, the Georgian women clinched Gold at the World Team Chess Championship 2015 with a comprehensive margin of 2 match-points over the second placed Russia. IM Meri Arabidze, again, scored a crucial victory for Georgia, this time over IM Shen Yang. Meanwhile, the Russian women came up with a fantastic 3.5-0.5 victory over U.S.A. to clinch the Silver while Team China secured the Bronze.

The Indian women, despite being out of contention for any medal, did not show any signs of complacency as they scored a resounding 3-1 victory over Armenia to finish fourth in the final rankings. Although GM Koneru Humpy (IND) suffered a shock defeat at the hands of IM Mkrtchian Lilit (ARM), the rest of the Indian women won their respective games and ensured a nice finishing victory for their team.

Round 9 Results:

Team

Result

Team

Armenia

1-3

India

China

1.5-2.5

Georgia

Russia

3.5-1.5

U.S.A.

Egypt

0.5-3.5

Ukraine

Poland

2-2

Kazakhstan


Final Standings:

Rank

Team Match Points

Board Points

1

GEORGIA 17

25

2

RUSSIA 15 25

3

CHINA 11

22

4

INDIA 10

22

5

UKRAINE 10

20

6

KAZAKHSTAN 9

17½

7

ARMENIA 7

16

8

POLAND 6

15½

9

U.S.A. 5

13

10

EGYPT 0

4

Board Prizes:

Board 1:

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts Games
1 Khotenashvili Bela 2513 GEORGIA 83.3 7.5 9
2 Gunina Valentina 2532 RUSSIA 62.5 5.0 8
3 Koneru Humpy 2581 INDIA 61.1 5.5 9

Board 2:

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts Games
1 Mkrtchian Lilit 2442 ARMENIA 72.2 6.5 9
2 Harika Dronavalli 2492 INDIA 68.8 5.5 8
3 Muzychuk Mariya 2526 UKRAINE 68.8 5.5 8

Board 3:

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts. Games
1 Arabidze Meri 2374 GEORGIA 85.7 6.0 7
2 Lei Tingjie 2444 CHINA 72.2 6.5 9
3 Goryachkina A. 2473 RUSSIA 71.4 5.0 7

Board 4:

Rank Name Rtg Team % Pts Games
1 Girya Olga 2464 RUSSIA 92.9 6.5 7
2 Ding Yixin 2434 CHINA 75.0 4.5 6
3 Batsiashvili Nino 2473 GEORGIA 64.3 4.5 7

 

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