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Hou Yifan draws first blood

Hou Yifan won the second game of the Women’s World Championship Match and after 2 games the score is 1, 5:0,5 in her favor. The first two moves of the second game were the same as in the first round but on the third move Hou Yifan moved her bishop one square further forward and…

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Valeriy Sushkevych and Yaroslav Hrybalskyi made first symbolic moves in the second round

On March 3rd, the second game of Women’s World Chess Championship Match has begun in Potocki Palace between World Champion Mariya Muzychuk and a challenger Hou Yifan. The first moves 1.e4 e5 were made by Valeriy Sushkevych, the President of the National Paralympic Committee, and Yaroslav Hrybalskyi, the Head of Lviv Regional Department of the…

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Peaceful start of the Women’s World Championship Match

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

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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Opening Сeremony of the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match

For the first time in the history of Ukraine Lviv hosts the most remarkable chess event – FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match. The World Champion Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) will ‘fight’ for golden chess crown against the challenger, Hou Yifan (China) on March 1-18, 2016. Lviv Opera House “For the first time in the history…

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Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan have attended the first players’ meeting

On 29th of February, a day before the opening ceremony of the Women’s World Chess Championship Match, Mariya Muzychuk and Hou Yifan, a number of officials and team members together with a Chief Arbiter of the Match Carol Jarecki inspected the playing venue: Potocki Palace. The players performed the usual checks: they tested their chairs,…

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Lviv Mayor wished a happy birthday to Hou Yifan

Lviv Mayor Andriy Sadovyi wished a happy birthday to Hou Yifan, a Chinese Grandmaster, who takes part in Women’s World Chess Championship Match in Lviv. Mayor and Hou Yifan have met at Leopolis Hotel. Andriy Sadovyi presented a coin depicting King Danylo and Lviv sweets to Chinese chess player. Hou Yifan today, onFebruary 27th, celebrates…

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Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan comes to Lviv

For the first time in the history of independent Ukraine the most remarkable chess event will take place in Lviv – FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match. According to the organizers, the Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan and her team arrive to Lviv on February 24th, 2016. ‘It is expected the Chinese grandmaster Hou Yifan to…

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WWCCM Opening Ceremony will take place in Lviv Opera House

The opening ceremony of FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match will be held on March 1st in Lviv Opera House. “We invite nearly thousand of people to the opening ceremony. These are the teams of both players – Mariya’s and Hou’s, the representatives of FIDE and international chess society, Chess Federation of Ukraine, Ukrainian grandmasters,…

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General information about the Match

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger, Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016 in…

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