Yes it was pure drama! awesome for the spectators.
Women's World Chess Championship - Iran 2017
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Anna strikes back! What a fun game.
Go Anna!
Can I say that Stefanova is gorgeous?
Mar 1, 2017
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Gina666 wrote:
interesting read. let's go somewhere else for our holidays
Mar 2, 2017
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the fourth classical game was drawn so the score is 2-2, tiebreaks tomorrow so here is a reminder of the format:
If the match score is tied, the winner is determined by an accelerating tiebreak system: two rapid games of 25 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If the score remains equal, the players proceed to another two games with a slightly faster time control – 10 minutes + 10 seconds per move. If these games do not determine the winner as well, then there are two blitz games: 5 minutes + 3 seconds per move. Finally, if the score is still even, there is an Armageddon game: White has five minutes, Black has four minutes, and a three-second increment per move after the move 61.
Thanks Charlotte for the breakdown of the play format. If I understand things rightly, in the women's world championship, there is no competition of getting through rounds to play the incumbent; rather, each time the championship is played, all players - including the previous world champ - have to make it through the successive rounds to the final. So, unlike the men's world title, you get a more frequent change of world champ? I.e. the previous champ has to defend her title, as it were, through a competition of successive rounds and not merely a match against a single qualified challenger? Or have I got it all wrong?
(BTW totally disagree with macer75's statement. The Muzychuk sisters, on the other hand, are definitely chess eye-candy (oops, did I just say that?! 
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Mar 2, 2017
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ed1975 wrote:
Thanks Charlotte for the breakdown of the play format. If I understand things rightly, in the women's world championship, there is no competition of getting through rounds to play the incumbent; rather, each time the championship is played, all players - including the previous world champ - have to make it through the successive rounds to the final. So, unlike the men's world title, you get a more frequent change of world champ? I.e. the previous champ has to defend her title, as it were, through a competition of successive rounds and not merely a match against a single qualified challenger? Or have I got it all wrong?
You're welcome Ed, just sorry i'm going to miss it tomorrow, i'm working 
The women's championship alternates in format. The next one is a head to head match of ten classical games between the winner of this tournament and Ju Wenjun, who has qualified for it by winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-2016, it will be held in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_2018
Charlotte wrote:
ed1975 wrote:
Thanks Charlotte for the breakdown of the play format. If I understand things rightly, in the women's world championship, there is no competition of getting through rounds to play the incumbent; rather, each time the championship is played, all players - including the previous world champ - have to make it through the successive rounds to the final. So, unlike the men's world title, you get a more frequent change of world champ? I.e. the previous champ has to defend her title, as it were, through a competition of successive rounds and not merely a match against a single qualified challenger? Or have I got it all wrong?
You're welcome Ed, just sorry i'm going to miss it tomorrow, i'm working
The women's championship alternates in format. The next one is a head to head match of ten classical games between the winner of this tournament and Ju Wenjun, who has qualified for it by winning the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015-2016, it will be held in Russia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_2018
And all of this mess with formats is why Hou Yifan isn't playing... well, that and the fact that she doesn't want to play against female players.
Tie breaks today!
Wow! Anna lost.
long may the new champion reign!
Harika had an easy win, lady must be torn inside
it looked like they both had only the 3 second time increment towards the end robbie, understandable she missed it! there's a good article about both matches here:
https://www.chess.com/news/muzychuk-cruises-to-final-tan-zhongyi-wins-armageddon-5325