Day: March 2, 2016

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Peaceful start of the Women’s World Championship Match

Mar 02 2016

The first game of the Women’s World Championship Match between Maria Muzychuk and Hou Yifan finished in a draw after 31 moves and 3 hours of play. Hou Yifan had black pieces and decided to switch from Sicilian, which has been played in the last game between opponents in Monaco, and chose 1…e5. Soon Italian…

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The first game of the Match has started

Mar 02 2016

On March 2nd, 2016 the first game of Women’s World Chess Championship Match has started. Mayor of Lviv Andriy Sadovyi and one of the most promissing young players of Ukraine 6-year-old Kalyna Furmanova made the first move, e2-e4, with the white pieces. ‘The Women’s World Chess Championship Match has begun – this year chess queen…

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