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Who will win 2010 Women's World Chess Championship?

Who will win 2010 Women's World Chess Championship?

Asked by: growthy in Sports » Other
Settled on 12/25/2010 08:27 Settled by growthy
Winning option:u, Yifan (CHN) Hou Yifan is world champion!

After being pushed into an unexpected tie-break, young Hou Yifan pulled herself together and won the 4-game rapid match with a convincing 3-1 score.

Predictions
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)
4.2% →
Koneru, Humpy (IND)
4.0% →
Hou, Yifan (CHN)
46.7% →
Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS)
3.3% →
Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO)
3.0% →
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)
2.7% →
Muzychuk, Anna (SLO)
2.0% →
Cramling, Pia (SWE)
2.0% →
Harika, Dronavalli (IND)
1.7% →
Ju, Wenjun (CHN)
1.3% →
Lahno, Kateryna (UKR)
1.3% →
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU)
1.3% →
Other
Other
26.5% →

Background

The Women's World Chess Championship is being held at Hatay, Turkey, from December 2nd to 25th. It is a 64-player knockout tournament, with two-game mini-matches qualifying a player to the next round, until the final and 6th round, which is a four-game match to determine the champion. In the event of a draw after the two tournament time-control games, there will be a rapid game tie-breaker, followed by a possible blitz playoff, and finally an armageddon blitz game. The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, and a 30-second increment per move as of the first move. The games are held daily at 3 PM local time (2 PM Paris / 8 AM New York / 5 AM Los Angeles).

Official tournament page: http://wwcc2010.tsf.org.tr/

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   growthy

Ruan strikes back! Tiebreaks ahead
It seemed like Hou Yifan's victory was in the cards. Her early blow in the second game taking a 1.5-0.5 lead seemed decisive, and though Lufei Ruan obtained a significant edge in the third game, it ended in a draw. In the last, Ruan needed a win at all costs to force a tiebreak, and Ms. Nerves of Steel did it again and pulled off the victory!
This victory has set the stage for a very tense tiebreak where one can no longer speak of edges or favorites. In fact the momentum is with Lufei, with her incredible tie-break record, and having struck the last blow. If anything, she will play with a slight psychological edge if anything.

Please note that the organizers announced a last-minute change in the schedule, and the tiebreaks will be held three hours earlier than originally announced, and the games will start at 12 PM local time (11 AM Paris / 5 AM New York).

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