Norway Chess Women R8: Humpy regains her sole lead, Vaishali beats Wenjun in Armageddon
GM Koneru Humpy bounced back by defeating IM Sara Khadem (ESP) in Round 8 of 2nd Norway Chess Women. This is the second time Humpy won against Sara in Classical at this event. This win moved Humpy to the top of the standings with a score of 13.5/24. GM R Vaishali won Armageddon against the five-time Women's World Champion, GM Wenjun Ju (CHN). GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) defeated GM Tingjie Lei (CHN) in Armageddon again. Both Wenjun and Anna are at 12.5/24 each. Today is the last rest day. Round 9 starts tomorrow Thursday 5th June from 5 p.m. local time, 8:30 p.m. IST. Apart from youtube, there is also a live broadcast on Sony Liv. Photo: Norway Chess / Michal Walusza
Humpy bounces back
GM R Vaishali scored her first-ever win against the five-time Women's World Champion, GM Wenjun Ju (CHN). Since it was Armageddon, it is not rated, still a first-ever win against Wenjun has to be a special one for her. The win also helped GM Koneru Humpy to have a full point lead, going into the last two rounds.
Sara - Humpy: 0-3
GM Koneru Humpy (2543) defeated IM Sara Khadem (ESP, 2449) for the second time in a Classical battle at this event.
Anna - Tingije: 1.5-1
GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR, 2535) drew her Classical battle against GM Tingjie Lei (CHN, 2552).
Armageddon
In an advantageous position, Tingjie made an unforced error 25...Rxf3 26.gxf3 shifted things completely in favor of Anna. Instead, 25...Bg4 would have maintained the firm grip for Black. The game continued 26...Bxh4 27.f4 and White went on to win the game.
Vaishali - Wenjun: 1.5-1
GM R Vaishali (2481) played a solid draw in the Ruy Lopez Berlin against the five-time Women's World Champion, GM Wenjun Ju (CHN, 2580).
Armageddon
Wenjun opted for the Berlin again in Armageddon. She deviated on 13th move when she played 13...c6 instead of 13...Bg5 which she played in the Classical.
Black completely ignored White's threats and played 32...bxa4? 33.f5+- Rxb2?? 34.fxe6 Rxc2 35.exf7+ Kg7 36.Rf1 Qe7 37.Rxg6+! and it's over. 32...Kg7 33.f5 Bxf5 34.Bxf5 h6 is what Black had to play to stay in the game.
Replay live stream
Round 8 results
Standings after Round 8
Round 9 pairings
R Vaishali - Sara Khadem
Wenjun Ju - Anna Muzychuk
Tingjie Lei - Koneru Humpy
Format
6 players will take part in the Tournament.
The Tournament is a double-round event with Armageddon.
The Tournament consists of 10 rounds.
Berger tables will be used for the pairings.
Time Control
Each player will have 120 minutes on the clock with an increment of 10 seconds starting from move 41. The time control for the Armageddon game: white has 10 minutes and black has 7 minutes with an increment for both players of 1 second per move, starting from move 41.
Draw by Mutual Agreement
Players are not allowed to agree to a draw until at least 30 moves have been made by each player. This rule does not apply to Armageddon games.
Armageddon
If the classical game is drawn, an Armageddon game will be played. It shall start within 20 minutes of the conclusion of the classical game. The player with White pieces will continue with White in Armageddon. If the Armageddon game is drawn, black will win.
Points
Players will get the following points per round:
Win in the classical game: 3 points
Loss in the classical game: 0 points
Draw in the classical game & win Armageddon: 1½ points
Draw in the classical game & loss Armageddon: 1 point
Schedule
From 26th May to 6th June, every day game starts at 5 p.m. local time and 8:30 p.m. IST. Rest days are on Friday 30th May and Wednesday 4th June.
Prize money
Prize Money The total prize fund of the Tournament is 1690000 NOK. Distribution of Prize money occurs as followed:
1st - NOK 700000
2nd - NOK 350000
3rd - NOK 200000
4th - NOK 170000
5th - NOK 150000
6th - NOK 120000
Watch the tournaments live at the venue:
Venue: Finansparken. For ticket info, visit here.
Ticket prices per day:
Adults: 200 NOK
Children and youth (under 18): 100 NOK
Family: 400 NOK
Links
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