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Saturday Quiz 9.3.19

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Black to play

The solution: 26…Nc3! 27.Nxd4 [27.Bxc3 dxc3 28.Nd4 cxb2+ (28…Rxb2) 29.Ka2 (29.Rxb2 Rxb2 30.Nxe6 Rb1+ 31.Ka2 R8b2#) 29…Rxa3+ 30.Kxa3 Qa6+] 27…Rxb2 28.Rxb2 [28.Qf8+ Rxf8] 28…Qa2+! [28…Qa2+ 29.Rxa2 Rb1#] 0-1

FIDE Women’s World Team Championship 2019 1st round

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Results of the 1st round

1   Armenia Rtg – 10   Egypt Rtg 4 : 0
IM
Mkrtchian, Lilit
2390 – WGM
Wafa, Shahenda
2175 1 – 0
WFM
Sargsyan, Anna M.
2340 – WGM
Wafa, Shrook
2166 1 – 0
WIM
Gevorgyan, Maria
2264 – WIM
Moaataz, Ayah
2036 1 – 0
WIM
Ghukasyan, Siranush
2221 – WIM
Elansary, Eman
1944 1 – 0
2   Russia Rtg – 9   Kazakhstan Rtg 3 : 1
GM
Lagno, Kateryna
2559 – IM
Abdumalik, Zhansaya
2469 1 – 0
GM
Kosteniuk, Alexandra
2545 – IM
Saduakassova, Dinara
2462 ½ – ½
GM
Gunina, Valentina
2515 – FM
Assaubayeva, Bibisara
2374 ½ – ½
GM
Goryachkina, Aleksandra
2504 – IM
Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan
2295 1 – 0
3   India Rtg – 8   Georgia Rtg 2 : 2
IM
Karavade, Eesha
2357 – GM
Khotenashvili, Bela
2474 ½ – ½
WGM
Soumya, Swaminathan
2401 – IM
Arabdize, Meri
2392 1 – 0
IM
Padmini, Rout
2332 – GM
Batsiashvili, Nino
2454 0 – 1
WGM
Kulkarni, Bhakti
2322 – IM
Melia, Salome
2385 ½ – ½
4   China Rtg – 7   Hungary Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Tan, Zhongyi
2513 – GM
Hoang, Thanh Trang
2454 1 – 0
WGM
Huang, Qian
2441 – IM
Gara, Anita
2384 1 – 0
GM
Lei, Tingjie
2477 – WGM
Gara, Ticia
2324 1 – 0
WGM
Ding, Yixin
2432 – WIM
Havanecz, Bianka
2270 ½ – ½
5   United States of America Rtg – 6   Ukraine Rtg 2 : 2
WGM
Abrahamyan, Tatev
2377 – GM
Muzychuk, Mariya
2560 0 – 1
FM
Yip, Carissa
2279 – GM
Ushenina, Anna
2443 1 – 0
WGM
Foisor, Sabina-Francesca
2276 – IM
Gaponenko, Inna
2427 ½ – ½
WCM
Wu, Rochelle
2120 – IM
Buksa, Nataliya
2416 ½ – ½

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FIDE World Team Championship 2019 1st round

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The 1st round was played yesterday.

Results of the 1st round

1   India Rtg – 10   Sweden Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Adhiban, B.
2683 – GM
Grandelius, Nils
2694 1 – 0
GM
Sasikiran, Krishnan
2678 – GM
Blomqvist, Erik
2488 ½ – ½
GM
Ganguly, Surya Shekhar
2633 – GM
Smith, Axel
2487 1 – 0
GM
Sethuraman, S.P.
2637 – IM
Johansson, Linus
2479 1 – 0
2   Iran Rtg – 9   Russia Rtg 1½:2½
GM
Maghsoodloo, Parham
2673 – GM
Karjakin, Sergey
2753 ½ – ½
GM
Idani, Pouya
2604 – GM
Nepomniachtchi, Ian
2771 ½ – ½
GM
Tabatabaei, M.Amin
2600 – GM
Andreikin, Dmitry
2725 ½ – ½
GM
Firouzja, Alireza
2657 – GM
Artemiev, Vladislav
2736 0 – 1
3   Egypt Rtg – 8   United States of America Rtg 1 : 3
GM
Amin, Bassem
2709 – GM
Swiercz, Dariusz
2655 0 – 1
GM
Adly, Ahmed
2611 – GM
Sevian, Samuel
2642 ½ – ½
IM
Fawzy, Adham
2461 – GM
Onischuk, Alexander
2647 ½ – ½
GM
Hesham, Abdelrahman
2450 – GM
Izoria, Zviad
2603 0 – 1
4   China Rtg – 7   Azerbaijan Rtg 3½: ½
GM
Ding, Liren
2812 – GM
Mamedov, Rauf
2701 1 – 0
GM
Yu, Yangyi
2761 – GM
Guseinov, Gadir
2664 1 – 0
GM
Wei, Yi
2733 – GM
Safarli, Eltaj
2662 1 – 0
GM
Bu, Xiangzhi
2731 – GM
Abasov, Nijat
2627 ½ – ½
5   England Rtg – 6   Kazakhstan Rtg 2½:1½
GM
Adams, Michael
2708 – GM
Jumabayev, Rinat
2609 0 – 1
GM
Mcshane, Luke J
2661 – GM
Ismagambetov, Anuar
2545 ½ – ½
GM
Howell, David W L
2693 – IM
Makhnev, Denis
2476 1 – 0
GM
Jones, Gawain C B
2681 – GM
Kostenko, Petr
2466 1 – 0

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