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World Blitz Championship (Women) Tournament

Nana Dzagnidze16.5/21(+14 -2 =5)[games]
Valentina Gunina16/21(+15 -4 =2)[games]
Wenjun Ju14/21(+11 -4 =6)[games]
Kateryna Lagno14/21(+11 -4 =6)[games]
Pia Cramling13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Zhongyi Tan13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Alexandra Kosteniuk13.5/21(+12 -6 =3)[games]
Zhansaya Abdumalik13.5/21(+10 -4 =7)[games]
Klaudia Kulon13.5/21(+11 -5 =5)[games]
Gunay Mammadzada13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Anna Ushenina13/21(+9 -4 =8)[games]
Natalia Zhukova13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Elina Danielian13/21(+12 -7 =2)[games]
Aleksandra Goryachkina12.5/21(+8 -4 =9)[games]
Lela Javakhishvili12.5/21(+10 -6 =5)[games]
Tingjie Lei12.5/21(+9 -5 =7)[games]
Elisabeth Paehtz12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Bella Khotenashvili12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Thanh Trang Hoang12.5/21(+11 -7 =3)[games]
Marta Michna12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Padmini Rout12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Anastasia Bodnaruk12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Nino Batsiashvili12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Almira Skripchenko12/21(+8 -5 =8)[games]
Yang Shen12/21(+8 -5 =8)[games]
Le Thao Nguyen Pham12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Marie Sebag12/21(+10 -7 =4)[games]
Chen Zhu12/21(+9 -6 =6)[games]
Daria Voit11.5/21(+10 -8 =3)[games]
Marina Korneva11.5/21(+9 -7 =5)[games]
Qi Guo11.5/21(+7 -5 =9)[games]
Irina Krush11.5/21(+8 -6 =7)[games]
* (100 players total; 68 players not shown. Click here for longer list.)

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
World Blitz Championship (Women) (2017)

The 2017 Women's World Blitz Championship was a 21-round Swiss open held 29-30 December in the Apex Convention Center in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, right after the World Rapid Championship (Women) (2017). Time control: 3 minutes per player per game, with 2 seconds added per move from move 1. If there was a tie for 1st place, the top 2 players according to the first eligible tiebreak criterion would play a playoff match of two 3+2 games, and if still tied, an Armageddon game. Prize fund: $250,000, with $80,000 to the winner. Tournament director: Geoffrey Borg. Chief arbiter: Panagiotis Nikolopoulos.

Georgian Nana Dzagnidze won with 16.5/21.

Official site: http://riyadh2017.fide.com/
Regulations: https://www.fide.com/FIDE/handbook/...
Chess-Results: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr323...
Chess.com: https://www.chess.com/news/view/car...
ChessBase: https://en.chessbase.com/post/magnu...
Chess24: https://chess24.com/en/watch/live-t...
TWIC: https://theweekinchess.com/chessnew...
FIDE: https://ratings.fide.com/tournament...

Previous: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2016). Next: World Blitz Championship (Women) (2018). See also World Blitz Championship (2017) and World Rapid Championship (2017)

 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 183  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. P Rout vs Lagno  ½-½622017World Blitz Championship (Women)C50 Giuoco Piano
2. W Ju vs A Zozulia  ½-½452017World Blitz Championship (Women)E62 King's Indian, Fianchetto
3. Q Guo vs H Dronavalli  ½-½352017World Blitz Championship (Women)E16 Queen's Indian
4. M Sebag vs A Bivol  ½-½512017World Blitz Championship (Women)C03 French, Tarrasch
5. Y Shen vs A Ushenina  ½-½762017World Blitz Championship (Women)D12 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav
6. S Gvetadze vs I Krush  ½-½352017World Blitz Championship (Women)A07 King's Indian Attack
7. P Papp vs E Atalik  ½-½572017World Blitz Championship (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
8. D Daulyte-Cornette vs I K Sukandar  ½-½412017World Blitz Championship (Women)C45 Scotch Game
9. D Saduakassova vs B Kovanova  ½-½442017World Blitz Championship (Women)E32 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
10. K Kulon vs U Fataliyeva  ½-½1162017World Blitz Championship (Women)A13 English
11. K Cyfka vs B Assaubayeva  ½-½522017World Blitz Championship (Women)C46 Three Knights
12. C Zhu vs Z Tan  ½-½332017World Blitz Championship (Women)B06 Robatsch
13. D Charochkina vs T Lei  ½-½572017World Blitz Championship (Women)D44 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav
14. L Galojan vs Goryachkina  ½-½412017World Blitz Championship (Women)D54 Queen's Gambit Declined, Anti-Neo-Orthodox Variation
15. Z Abdumalik vs I Charkhalashvili  ½-½702017World Blitz Championship (Women)B18 Caro-Kann, Classical
16. S Vijayalakshmi vs A Skripchenko  ½-½332017World Blitz Championship (Women)A04 Reti Opening
17. A Ushenina vs Q Guo  ½-½562017World Blitz Championship (Women)D02 Queen's Pawn Game
18. I Krush vs Y Shen  ½-½372017World Blitz Championship (Women)A22 English
19. U Fataliyeva vs D Saduakassova  ½-½762017World Blitz Championship (Women)C45 Scotch Game
20. B Kovanova vs K Cyfka  ½-½452017World Blitz Championship (Women)A05 Reti Opening
21. Y Ding vs J Zawadzka  ½-½502017World Blitz Championship (Women)B20 Sicilian
22. N Dzagnidze vs A Savina  ½-½452017World Blitz Championship (Women)E64 King's Indian, Fianchetto, Yugoslav System
23. L Pham vs T T Hoang  ½-½172017World Blitz Championship (Women)A80 Dutch
24. I Gaponenko vs T Batchimeg  ½-½512017World Blitz Championship (Women)C69 Ruy Lopez, Exchange, Gligoric Variation
25. P Rout vs Z Abdumalik  ½-½772017World Blitz Championship (Women)A49 King's Indian, Fianchetto without c4
 page 1 of 8; games 1-25 of 183  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Dec-29-17  PhilFeeley: After day 1, Pia Cramling in the lead! Wouldn't it be neat if she won, to go with the other Old Guy winning the rapid.
Dec-30-17  siamesedream: Congratulations to Blitz Women World Champion 2017 <Nana Dzagnidze>!
Dec-30-17  Sokrates: Congratulations to the true world champions, Hou Yifan and the Muzychuk sisters who bravely stayed out of this fake championship. None of the women here are worthy of any title.
Jan-08-18  dumbgai: <Sokrates> is right.
Jan-09-18  JimNorCal: one eighty

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