THE RESULTS OF THE 9TH ROUND - STILL VERY TIGHT!

The 9th round was very long and full of tough fights. Although the first moves in the leaders' games let us assume that the competitors will win those games, the leaders managed to turn the games to their favor at the end.
All the games of this round were won by white.

The results of the 9th round:

Round 9 Taimla - Wu 0 : 1
Round 9 Karlsson - Savrasova 0 : 1
Round 9 Oll - Chingin 0 : 1
Round 9 Purk - Iio 0 : 1
Round 9 Okabe - Sushkov 0 : 1
Round 9 Kozhin - Yamaguchi 0 : 1

The standings after the 9th round (points, Berger):

Wu, Di Chi 7 (27,50)
Yamaguchi, Y. Jap 7 (25,00)
Chingin, K. Rus 6  (23,75)
Sushkov, V. Rus 6 (20,50)
Savrasova, Y. Rus 5  (25,50)
Taimla, T. Est 5 (18,00)
Purk, A. Est 4  (17,25)
Karlsson, S. Swe 3  (15,00)
Okabe, H. Jap 3 (8,50)
Iio, Y. Jap 2  (7,25)
Kozhin, M. Rus 2 (9,00)
Oll, A. Est 1  (2) 3,2 ... Read next »

THE 8TH ROUND RESULTS - YAMAGUCHI AND WU ARE LEADING

First of all it should be mentioned that the pairs of 8th and 10th rounds were swapped because referees discovered that the 10th round pairing contained the game Purk vs Oll. By the principle of AT games, the players from same country should not meet in last three rounds, therefore the swap of rounds was made by referees.

In the central fight of the round, Yamaguchi won his game against Sushkov and gained leadership with pleasant Berger coefficient. Wu Di shares the first place, having also 6 points from 8 games.

The results of the 8th round:

Round 8 Kozhin - Wu 0 : 1
Round 8 Sushkov - Yamaguchi 0 : 1
Round 8 Savrasova - Iio 1 : 0
Round 8 Karlsson - Taimla 1 : 0
Round 8 Purk - Oll 1 : 0
Round 8 Chingin - Okabe 1 : 0

The standings after the 8th round (points, Berger):

Yamaguchi, Y. Jap 6 (20,00)
Wu, Di Chi 6 (19,50)
Chingin, K. Rus 5  (20,25)
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The 7th rounds brought the situation that never happened in the history of World Championships before - 4 players are having 5 points from 7 games and one player is just half a point behind them! For sure we can say this is the most even WC ever!

The results of the 7th round:

Round 7 Oll - Kozhin 1 : 0
Round 7 Purk - Karlsson 1 : 0
Round 7 Iio - Sushkov 0 : 1
Round 7 Okabe - Taimla 0 : 1
Round 7 Savrasova - Chingin 0 : 1
Round 7 Yamaguchi - Wu 0 : 1

The standings after the 7th round (points, Berger):

Wu, Di Chi 5 (15,50)
Sushkov, V. Rus 5 (14,50)
Taimla, T. Est 5 (14,00)
Yamaguchi, Y. Jap 5 (13,00)
Chingin, K. Rus 4  (14,75)
Savrasova, Y. Rus 3  (16,50)
Purk, A. Est 3  (11,75)
Okabe, H. Jap 3 (6,00)
Karlsson, S. Swe 2  (8,00)
Kozhin, M. Rus 2 (6,00)
Iio, Y. Jap 1  (2,75)
Oll, A. Est 1  (2,75)

Tomorrows pairs are:

Round 8 Karlsson - Wu
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TATYANA KRAYEVA IS THE WOMEN WORLD CHAMPION! CONGRATULATIONS!!

The final round of the Women World Championship was very exciting. Both Krayeva and Sorokina had the chances to get the champion title. Sorokina lost the last round game to Metreveli while Krayeva won against Yang with a beautiful overline capture and therefore Krayeva got the clear 1-point lead by the end of the tournament.

 

The results of the final round:

Round 7 Rachitskaya - Melnik 1 : 0
Round 7 Kovalenko - Litvinenko 0.5 : 0.5
Round 7 Yang - Krayeva 0 : 1
Round 7 Metreveli - Sorokina 1 : 0

Krayeva, T. Rus 6  (18,75)
Sorokina, O. Rus 5  (14,25)
Metreveli, I. Rus 5 (12,50)
Yang, H. CT 4 (9,00)
Rachitskaya, V. Rus 3 (6,50)
Litvinenko, L. Rus 1  (3,75)
Kovalenko, M. Rus 1  (1,75)
Melnik, L. Rus 1 (1,50)

The game records are available here:
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