Lichess is offering a reside stream for on daily basis of the Girls’s World Championship. Make certain to tune in to our Twitch or YouTube channels for reside stream protection with our hosts GM Toms Kantāns and WIM Jesse February, joined by a rotating panel of friends. Sport 8 begins at 07:00 UTC on Monday, April 14th, and WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea will be part of our stream once more!
Moreover, we are going to cowl each recreation in our weblog, with annotations by WIM Silvia Raluca Sgîrcea for video games 1-6 and WGM Petra Papp for video games 7-12.
The annotations by WGM Petra Papp for Sport 7 may be discovered right here.
Lichess has additionally run participant profiles on GM Ju Wenjun and GM Tan Zhongyi, and printed a Match Preview forward of the match.
Schedule
Stream
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=faAN5yoqM70
Annotations by WGM Petra Papp
https://lichess.org/research/5bQdsZ7u/Z2kiATn7#0
Match Rating
Recap
The second leg of the match started right now in Chongqing, Tan’s hometown – and the sport led to an unlucky method for her. The sport began with a Sicilian, however the two relaxation days gave Tan sufficient time to be prepared with a distinct strategy to her earlier Sicilian video games, with 2…Nc6 as a substitute of e6.
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The handshake.
Picture: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
The 2 gamers entered a Rossolimo line, and for a giant a part of the sport, Tan confirmed distinctive play and managed to regulate the sport. Ju determined to sacrifice a pawn for higher piece exercise.
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Ju sacrificed a pawn for higher piece exercise.
Picture: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
However Tan was in a position to keep in management, and the sport gave the impression to be heading for a draw. Nonetheless, Ju’s sturdy endgame play, and a foul choice by Tan had been sufficient to resolve the ultimate outcome. 34. Ne4! is way much less concerning the g-pawn than about an necessary positional concept – forcing to trade Tan’s sturdy dark-squared bishop for her personal – an concept which she neglected by enjoying Bb7.
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Tan neglected the concept of 34. Ne4.
Picture: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
This left Tan together with her light-squared bishop closely restricted by her personal pawns, and Ju with a a lot stronger knight and a major benefit to transform.
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The endgame was hopeless for Tan.
Picture: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
Certainly, Ju was in a position to win the sport a couple of strikes later, and is now just one.5 factors away from successful the match. Tan has to shut an enormous hole to get again into the match.
5-2 for Ju, just one.5 factors away from defending her title.
Picture: Anna Shtourman / FIDE
