{"id":9449,"date":"2023-04-17T11:12:44","date_gmt":"2023-04-17T11:12:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www1090.fide.com\/?p=9449"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:17:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:17:42","slug":"team-world-takes-the-lead-against-kazakhstans-top-women","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/team-world-takes-the-lead-against-kazakhstans-top-women\/","title":{"rendered":"Team World takes the lead against Kazakhstan\u2019s top women"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Team World takes the lead after the first day of the match between top women players from Kazakhstan and the rest of the world\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>

In a clash of chess titans, the top women players from Kazakhstan and the rest of the world faced off in Astana\u2019s International Financial Centre.<\/p>

The event was opened by\u00a0Askhat Oralov<\/strong>, Kazakhstan\u2019s minister of culture and sports, who greeted the players and participants on behalf of the government. Oralov noted the importance of the chess events held in Kazakhstan in conjunction with the match for the title of World Champion and highlighted his country\u2019s commitment to further investing in chess.<\/p>

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\u201cThe players gathered here today are an example for the younger generation and I am sure many young players will join the ranks and that there will be a huge number of people in our country taking up chess\u201d, Oralov said.<\/p>

Speaking on behalf of FIDE, the organisation\u2019s CEO, GM\u00a0Emil Sutovsky<\/strong>\u00a0praised Kazakhstan and the country\u2019s chess federation for their support in organising the world championship match as well as in organising additional events.<\/p>

\u201cThis match is a logical continuation of what Kazakhstan is doing in chess. We see the country as an important hub for FIDE. We see this event as an opportunity to raise awareness about women\u2019s chess in general, but also to motivate younger women in Kazakhstan to look into chess.\u201d<\/p>

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Sutovsky stressed FIDE\u2019s support for Women\u2019s chess: \u201cMany people talk, but few people do. FIDE really cares about women. FIDE will continue to do all it can to promote women\u2019s sports. Chess is for all, and a lot of people are looking towards us as an example, and this event today testifies to that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>

The event features some of the strongest women players in the world, including Bibisara Assaubayeva, Harika Dronavalli, Zhansaya Abdumalik and Nana Dzagnidze, as well as the four-time world champion Hou Yifan.\u00a0<\/p>

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The first four rounds of the match were played today. Team World won three rounds, while Kazakhstan prevailed in just one:<\/p>

Round results<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

World<\/strong><\/p><\/td>

Kazakhstan<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr>

R1<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td>

3\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

R2<\/p><\/td>

5\u00bd<\/p><\/td>

2\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

R3<\/p><\/td>

5<\/p><\/td>

3<\/p><\/td><\/tr>

R4<\/p><\/td>

3\u00bd<\/p><\/td>

4\u00bd<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>


Team World leads with 18\u00bd points, while team Kazakhstan has 13\u00bd points.<\/p>

The most successful player in Team World following day one is India\u2019s Harika Dronavalli, who scored two victories and made two draws. On the Kazakhstani side, their top performing player is Alua Nurmanova, who plays on board six and has three victories and one defeat.<\/p>

Four-time women world champion Hou Yifan, who came out of chess retirement for this event, suffered a loss in round three at the hands of Bibisara Assaubayeva, despite playing with White pieces.<\/p>

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There are four more rounds to go.<\/p>

Altogether, the event will feature eight rounds in the round-robin system, with each player having 15 minutes plus 10 seconds increment per move.<\/p>

You can follow the games and check out results\u00a0here:
worldchampionship.fide.com\/kazakhstanvstheworld<\/a><\/p>

The results will be published\u00a0here<\/a>\u00a0and on the official website.<\/p>

Text: Milan Dinic<\/p>

Photos: Steve Bonhage<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Team World takes the lead after the first day of the match between top women players from Kazakhstan and the rest of the world\u00a0 In a clash of chess titans, the top women players from Kazakhstan and the rest of the world faced off in Astana\u2019s International Financial Centre. The event was opened by\u00a0Askhat Oralov, Kazakhstan\u2019s minister of culture and sports, who greeted the players and participants on behalf of the government. Oralov noted the importance of the chess events held in Kazakhstan in conjunction with the match for the title of World Champion and highlighted his country\u2019s commitment to further investing in chess. \u201cThe players gathered here today are an example for the younger generation and I am sure many young players will join the ranks and that there will be a huge number of people in our country taking up chess\u201d, Oralov said. Speaking on behalf of FIDE, the organisation\u2019s CEO, GM\u00a0Emil Sutovsky\u00a0praised Kazakhstan and the country\u2019s chess federation for their support in organising the world championship match as well as in organising additional events. \u201cThis match is a logical continuation of what Kazakhstan is doing in chess. We see the country as an important hub for FIDE. We see this event as an opportunity to raise awareness about women\u2019s chess in general, but also to motivate younger women in Kazakhstan to look into chess.\u201d Sutovsky stressed FIDE\u2019s support for Women\u2019s chess: \u201cMany people talk, but few people do. FIDE really cares about women. FIDE will continue to do all it can to promote women\u2019s sports. Chess is for all, and a lot of people are looking towards us as an example, and this event today testifies to that.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 The event features some of the strongest women players in the world, including Bibisara Assaubayeva, Harika Dronavalli, Zhansaya Abdumalik and Nana Dzagnidze, as well as the four-time world champion Hou Yifan.\u00a0 The first four rounds of the match were played today. Team World won three rounds, while Kazakhstan prevailed in just one: Round results World Kazakhstan R1 4\u00bd 3\u00bd R2 5\u00bd 2\u00bd R3 5 3 R4 3\u00bd 4\u00bd Team World leads with 18\u00bd points, while team Kazakhstan has 13\u00bd points. The most successful player in Team World following day one is India\u2019s Harika Dronavalli, who scored two victories and made two draws. On the Kazakhstani side, their top performing player is Alua Nurmanova, who plays on board six and has three victories and one defeat. Four-time women world champion Hou Yifan, who came out of chess retirement for this event, suffered a loss in round three at the hands of Bibisara Assaubayeva, despite playing with White pieces. There are four more rounds to go. Altogether, the event will feature eight rounds in the round-robin system, with each player having 15 minutes plus 10 seconds increment per move. You can follow the games and check out results\u00a0here:worldchampionship.fide.com\/kazakhstanvstheworld The results will be published\u00a0here\u00a0and on the official website. Text: Milan Dinic Photos: Steve Bonhage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":9451,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[12,41],"regular":[],"sticky-post":[],"class_list":["post-9449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-chess-news","tag-kazakhstan","tag-tournaments"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9449"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9449\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9454,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9449\/revisions\/9454"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9449"},{"taxonomy":"regular","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regular?post=9449"},{"taxonomy":"sticky-post","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fide.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/sticky-post?post=9449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}