Game 2 GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Muzychuk, Mariya [1-0] 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 6 d4 b5 7 Bb3 d5 8 dxe5 Be6 9 Be3 Be7 10 c3 O-O 11 Nbd2 Qd7 12 Bc2 Nxd2 13 Qxd2 Bg4 14 Bf4 Bxf3 15 gxf3 Rad8 16 […]
Peaceful start at the Women’s World Championship

Game 1 GM Muzychuk, Mariya vs GM Hou, Yifan [1/2-1/2] The first game of the Women’s World Championship Match between Maria Muzychuk and Hou Yifan finished in a draw after 31 moves and 3 hours of play. Hou Yifan had black pieces and decided to switch from Sicilian, which has been played in the last […]
Women’s World Championship to begin tomorrow

http://www.lviv2016.fide.com Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger, Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016 […]
Battle of the Chess Queens

Mariya Muzychuk (Ukrainian player, born September 21, 1992) is the 15th Women’s World Champion. Maria was born in the family of professional chess trainers, Natalia and Oleh Muzychuk. She started playing chess at age of 2 and participated in the first chess tournament at age of 5. Maria has an older sister, Anna Muzychuk, who […]
100+ point gap entering the WWC

Who will win the Women’s World Championship match 2016? Hou Yifan of China Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine Latest live chess ratings before the Women’s World Championship (2700chess.com). Is it too much of an uphill climb for Mariya Muzychuk or can she shock the entire world by beating Hou Yifan? 1 Hou Yifan 2667.4 −5.6 […]
Can the underdog champ defend her crown?

Who will win the Women’s World Championship match 2016? Hou Yifan of China Mariya Muzychuk of Ukraine Chess queen Maria Muzychuk’s opponent Hou Yifan of China has already arrived in western city of Lviv to participate in a world chess match. The press service of the Lviv city hall told Ukrinform. “Contender for gold […]
Hou Yifan arrived in Lviv for Women’s World Championship match

Former women’s world champion and current challenger for the title Hou Yifan has arrived to Lviv, Ukraine, to play the World Championship Match 2016 against the reigning queen Mariya Muzychuk. Hou Yifan arrived with her mother and with trainer GM Vladimir Chuchelov. They were met at the airport by Deputy Mayor of Lviv for Andrei […]
Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016

Women’s World Chess Championship Match 2016 between the current World Champion Maria Muzychuk of Ukraine and her challenger Hou Yifan of China (former World Champion 2010-2012, 2013-2015) will take place in Lviv, Ukraine, on March 1-18, 2016. The first game is scheduled to start at 3 pm local time on 2nd of March 2016 in […]
IM Artur Frolov wins 1st Lviv Tradition Tournament 2016

The 1st Lviv Chess Tradition Tournament 2016 was a 12-player IM-group round robin tournament, which took place from January 25-31, at the Hotel Nton, in the splendid city of Lviv, situated in western Ukraine. The event was a second category closed tournament, valid for FIDE rating and norms. Ukrainian IM Artur Frolov emerged a solo winner with 8/11 points, leaving […]
Lviv will host the match between Maria Muzychuk and Hou Yifan in 2016

The world’s best female chess player will be named in Lviv The city will host the match between Maria Muzychuk and Hou Yifan in 2016 Tetiana Kozyrieva 16 November, 2015 The women’s championship match, pitting current champion Maria Muzychuk from Lviv against Chinese contender Hou Yifan, will start in Lviv on March 1, 2016. Under […]