Mariya Muzychuk: Our goal is to be among prize winners Mariya Muzychuk won her 9th round game and helped her team achieve victory against Azerbaijan, but the highlight of her day came a little later: Susan Polgar, a former World Champion herself, presented Mariya with the “Caissa” Cup, the award for Female Player of the […]
Mariya Muzychuk wins Caissa Award
The Women’s Commission (WOM) of the World Chess Federation is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2015 Caissa award is Ms. Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine). She is 23 years old and has already achieved a number of significant results. 2015 was a very successful year for Maria. Some of her key highlights include: Winning […]
Mariya Muzychuk wins Caissa Award
The Women’s Commission (WOM) of the World Chess Federation is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2015 Caissa award is Ms. Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine). She is 23 years old and has already achieved a number of significant results. 2015 was a very successful year for Maria. Some of her key highlights include: – Winning the 2015 Women’s […]
Muzychuk sisters to compete in Batumi Women’s Grand Prix
http://batumi2016.fide.com/ FIDE ID Name Fed. Title Rating* 14114550 Muzychuk, Mariya UKR GM 2561 4128125 Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2557 14111330 Muzychuk, Anna UKR GM 2555 13601903 Dzagnidze, Nana GEO GM 2535 5015197 Harika, Dronavalli IND GM 2515 8601283 Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2504 4167570 Gunina, Valentina RUS GM 2497 13602640 Khotenashvili, Bela GEO GM […]
Hou Yifan regains Women’s World Championship title
Players Title NAT Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Total Hou, Yifan gm CHN 2673 ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 . 6 Muzychuk, Mariya gm UKR 2554 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 . 3 Replay game 9 GM Hou, Yifan vs GM […]
Hou Yifan leads 5-3 with 2 to play vs Mariya Muzychuk
Replay game 8 GM Muzychuk, Mariya vs GM Hou, Yifan [1/2-1/2] After 8 games (of 10), Hou Yifan has a commanding 5-3 lead. It is a must win for Muzychuk in the final two games to get the match to the playoff. Muzychuk vs Hou Yifan 1 d4 Nf6 2 Nf3 e6 3 g3 d5 […]
Game 7 drawn, Mariya needs 2.5 pts in final 3 to even match
With this draw, Hou Yifan maintains a +2 score. Mariya needs to score 2.5 points in the next 3 games just to tie the match! Game 7 GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Muzychuk, Mariya [1/2-1/2] Hou Yifan – Mariya Muzychuk 1 e4 e5 2 Nf3 Nc6 3 Bb5 a6 4 Ba4 Nf6 5 O-O Nxe4 […]
Game 5 drawn, Hou Yifan maintains +1
GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Muzychuk, Mariya [1/2-1/2] 1 c4 c6 2 Nf3 d5 3 g3 g6 4 Bg2 Bg7 5 Qa4 dxc4 6 Qxc4 e5 7 d3 Ne7 8 O-O Na6 9 Bd2 O-O 10 Qc1 Nf5 11 Na3 Nd4 12 Re1 Bg4 13 Nxd4 exd4 14 Bh6 Re8 15 Bxg7 Kxg7 16 Qd2 Qd7 […]
Wild draw in game 4 between Hou Yifan & Mariya Muzychuk
Replay game 4 GM Hou, Yifan vs GM Muzychuk, Mariya [1/2-1/2] 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 c3 Be7 10 Bc2 Bg4 11 h3 Bh5 12 g4 Bg6 13 Nd4 Nxd4 14 cxd4 h5 15 f3 […]