Georgian women create history; beat China to win first ever World Championship
Tuesday, 28 April 2015 – 7:30pm IST Updated: Tuesday, 28 April 2015 – 7:36pm IST
Place: Mumbai | Agency: dna webdesk
Georgia’s female chess team became world champions after winning the final game in the World Women’s Team Chess Championship against home team China.
The Chinese were beaten 2.5 to 1.5, which ensured that Georgia were world champions for the first ever time in their history. Georgia scored 17 points in the competition and won every game except a draw against Russia.
They defeated Egypt, Poland, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, USA, India and Armenia en-route to the title. Beating China was their eight win in a row in the tournament. Bela Khotenashvili, Lela Javakhishvili, Salome Melia, Meri Arabidze and Nino Batsiashvili were the title winning team which has created history for Georgian sport.
In 1992, 1994, 1996 and 2008, Georgia’s female team won the Chess Olympiads, a biennial chess tournament in which teams from all over the world compete. As for the World Championship tournament, the best result for the Georgian team was third place, which the team achieved in 2013 in Astana, Kazakhstan. Georgia will also host the European Woman’s Individual Championship, 2015, in May.
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