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🏆 World Blitz Championship (Women) (2016)

  PARTICIPANTS (sorted by highest achieved rating; click on name to see player's games)
Humpy Koneru, Anna Muzychuk, Wenjun Ju, Aleksandra Goryachkina, Xue Zhao, Nana Dzagnidze, Kateryna Lagno, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Zhongyi Tan, Antoaneta Stefanova, Valentina Gunina, Harika Dronavalli, Chen Zhu, Nino Batsiashvili, Alina Kashlinskaya, Dinara Saduakassova, Anna Ushenina, Lela Javakhishvili, Natalia Zhukova, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Elisabeth Paehtz, Zhansaya Abdumalik, Inna Gaponenko, Meri Arabidze, Le Thao Nguyen Pham, Sofio Gvetadze, Daria Charochkina, Maka Purtseladze, Jana Krivec, Mahri Geldiyeva, Julia Elizabeth Sloan, Bahar Hallaeva, Vlada Sviridova, Jemal Ovezdurdyyeva

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Blitz Championship (Women) (2016)

The 2016 FIDE Women's World Blitz Championship was a 17-round Swiss open held in the Ali Bin Hamad Al Attiya Arena of Doha, Qatar from 29-30 December, with the participation of 34 players, including defending champion Anna Muzychuk. Prize fund: $40,000, with $10,000 to the winner. Time control: 3 minutes per player for all moves, with 2 seconds added per move from move 1. No playoffs if players finished with the same number of points. Tournament director: Mohamad Al-Modiahki. Chief arbiter: Ashot Vardapetyan, assisted by Anastasia Sorokina.

Anna Muzychuk won again with 13/17.

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Previous: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2014) (there was no event in 2015). Next: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2017). See also World Rapid Championship (Women) (2016), World Blitz Championship (2016) and World Rapid Championship (2016)

 page 1 of 12; games 1-25 of 288  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. A Muzychuk vs L Javakhishvili  ½-½952016World Blitz Championship (Women)B30 Sicilian
2. C Zhu vs Lagno  ½-½922016World Blitz Championship (Women)D80 Grunfeld
3. V Gunina vs D Charochkina  1-0262016World Blitz Championship (Women)A84 Dutch
4. Goryachkina vs A Stefanova  0-1622016World Blitz Championship (Women)A40 Queen's Pawn Game
5. W Ju vs N Batsiashvili  1-0492016World Blitz Championship (Women)A88 Dutch, Leningrad, Main Variation with c6
6. Z Abdumalik vs Z Tan  0-1962016World Blitz Championship (Women)B06 Robatsch
7. E Paehtz vs S Khademalsharieh  0-1772016World Blitz Championship (Women)C50 Giuoco Piano
8. M Purtseladze vs X Zhao  0-1432016World Blitz Championship (Women)A04 Reti Opening
9. Koneru vs D Saduakassova  ½-½542016World Blitz Championship (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
10. A Kashlinskaya vs H Dronavalli  0-1282016World Blitz Championship (Women)E67 King's Indian, Fianchetto
11. N Dzagnidze vs S Gvetadze  1-0442016World Blitz Championship (Women)A04 Reti Opening
12. M Geldiyeva vs Kosteniuk  ½-½562016World Blitz Championship (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
13. A Ushenina vs V Sviridova  ½-½1112016World Blitz Championship (Women)A06 Reti Opening
14. J Sloan vs M Arabidze 0-1562016World Blitz Championship (Women)E11 Bogo-Indian Defense
15. I Gaponenko vs J Krivec  1-0162016World Blitz Championship (Women)C60 Ruy Lopez
16. B Hallaeva vs N Zhukova  0-11072016World Blitz Championship (Women)C02 French, Advance
17. L Pham vs J Ovezdurdyyeva  1-0272016World Blitz Championship (Women)D78 Neo-Grunfeld, 6.O-O c6
18. M Arabidze vs V Gunina 0-1422016World Blitz Championship (Women)A30 English, Symmetrical
19. A Stefanova vs N Dzagnidze  1-0452016World Blitz Championship (Women)A46 Queen's Pawn Game
20. N Zhukova vs W Ju  0-1302016World Blitz Championship (Women)D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation
21. Z Tan vs I Gaponenko  1-0432016World Blitz Championship (Women)D30 Queen's Gambit Declined
22. X Zhao vs L Pham  1-0712016World Blitz Championship (Women)A13 English
23. H Dronavalli vs S Khademalsharieh  1-0362016World Blitz Championship (Women)A45 Queen's Pawn Game
24. D Saduakassova vs A Muzychuk  ½-½782016World Blitz Championship (Women)E60 King's Indian Defense
25. Lagno vs M Geldiyeva  1-0542016World Blitz Championship (Women)C01 French, Exchange
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Kibitzer's Corner
Aug-03-17
Premium Chessgames Member
  Tabanus: I updated the standings table. Four games have wrong result (slips sent). One game is missing: Hallaeva - Abdumalik 0-1 (rd. 14).

And kudos to Anna the world blitz champion 2016.

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