Team World wins Kazakhstan vs The World match 73-55
Team World defeated Kazakhstan 38.5-25.5 in Blitz to win the match overall 73-55. The Junior girls, IM Nurgyul Salimova (BUL) and WFM Afruza Khamdamova (UZB) are the top scorers for team World - 6.5/8 each. Afruza also remained the only undefeated player out of the 16 in the Blitz event. The second-highest scorer of the team is GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) 5.5/8. GM Harika Dronavalli scored 4.5/8 and India's latest WGM Savitha Shri B 4/8. Team World's biggest margin victories were by 6.5-1.5 in match no.3 and 7. The winning team received US$ 30000, while the runner-up $20000 along with a trophy each. Harika and Savitha won $5000 and $2500 each. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Blitz: World vs Kazakhstan: 38.5 - 25.5
Team World and Kazakhstan traded wins in the first four matches. Then World won fifth, sixth and seventh match before finishing the event with a 4-4 draw in the eighth match.
The total prize fund is US$ 50000. The winning team receives $30000, $20000 equally shared by the women players, $10000 equally shared by the youth players. The final part of the match will take place on Wednesday, 19th April in a Blitz event. The time control will be 3 minutes + 2 seconds increment.
Replay Blitz Match 1-8 games
Blitz Match 1-8 results
| Round 1 on 2023/04/19 at 10-00 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | World | Kazakhstan | 5½ | : | 2½ |
| Round 2 on 2023/04/19 at 10-25 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | World | 5 | : | 3 |
| Round 3 on 2023/04/19 at 10-50 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | World | Kazakhstan | 6½ | : | 1½ |
| Round 4 on 2023/04/19 at 11-15 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | World | 4½ | : | 3½ |
| Round 5 on 2023/04/19 at 12-00 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | World | Kazakhstan | 5 | : | 3 |
| Round 6 on 2023/04/19 at 12-25 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | World | 3½ | : | 4½ |
| Round 7 on 2023/04/19 at 12-50 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | World | Kazakhstan | 6½ | : | 1½ |
| Round 8 on 2023/04/19 at 13-15 | |||||
| No. | Team | Team | Res. | : | Res. |
| 1 | Kazakhstan | World | 4 | : | 4 |
Final standings in Blitz
| Rk. | SNo | Team | Games | + | = | - | TB1 |
| 1 | 1 | World | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 38,5 |
| 2 | 2 | Kazakhstan | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 25,5 |
Links
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Team World wins the Rapid event against Kazakhstan 34.5-29.5
@ 19/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Kazakhstan vs World Day 1: Team World leads 18.5-13.5
@ 18/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |
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Harika and Savitha set to battle in Kazakhstan vs World, a team match starting today
@ 17/04/2023 by Shahid Ahmed (en) |