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| Jan-24-20 | | jphamlore: Especially with 4 and not 2 rapid games, I think the superior rapid player will grind down the weaker. |
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Jan-24-20
 | | Sokrates: I agree with you, <Count>, that Ju Wenjun is likely to win the tie-breaker. They can't play on forever, a winner has to be found, but regardless of the tie-breaker, I think both women have great honour of this match; it offered exciting fighting games and a constant tension in the match stand. Both players had their moments of triumph, and although AG probably loses in the end, she can walk away with her head held high. Ju will by no means be an undeserved winner - she is a great world champion. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: How can AG be so easily discarded? In these high tension events, sometimes youth will triumph. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: Game 1, AG had a better position and more time but they drifted to a draw.
JWJ will be glad to have survived but she's spent one of her whites. |
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Jan-24-20
 | | MissScarlett: These text commentaries really bring the match alive. |
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Jan-24-20
 | | offramp: On my computer I am watching the third rapid game, and listening to the cricket from Port Elizabeth on Radio2000 (start delayed: rain) AND I have <The Super Inframan> on the telly! JACKPOT! |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: WJW wins game 3 of the rapids, AG must win game 4 to continue. She has white and an open position ... |
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| Jan-24-20 | | chessmoron: Goryachkina should be very proud. |
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Jan-24-20
| | Sokrates: AG in a slightly better endgame position, but enough to win - it would be on a very close margin. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: JWJ holds the draw as both players are reduced to playing on increment.
She holds her title.
Congrats AG for a spirited challenge! |
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Jan-24-20
 | | Octavia: well done, Wenjun Ju !!! |
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Jan-24-20
| | Sokrates: Yes of course, Ju Wenjun is the winner, congratulations are absolutely in order. She is a worthy world champion, indisputably. I feel a bit sorry for AG, though. She was so close - you couldn't get closer, in fact. But this was a great match that gave honour to the players and lots of prestige to the world championship of women. Well done, both of them. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | dumbgai: < you couldn't get closer, in fact.> I’m still waiting for the day when a world championship match (women’s or overall) is decided with a draw in an Armageddon game. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: In the post game interview JWJ stated she felt she was lost in game 1 of the Rapid playoff. That's how close it came ... |
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Jan-24-20
 | | Check It Out: Congrats Ju Wenjun! A great match full of ups and downs. |
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Jan-24-20
| | MissScarlett: Is anyone out there prepared to admit they'd never heard of Goryachkina before this match began? Copy and co-sign below:
User: MissScarlett |
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| Jan-24-20 | | JimNorCal: Copy and co-sign below:
User: MissScarlett
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| Jan-24-20 | | botvinnik64: A great match, plenty of ups and downs, mistakes heartaches. Yes, this chess fan had heard of AG (well) before this match: she has been playing in the strongest Open tournaments she can find for the last 5-6 years. My feeling going into this match was that this experience in Open company gave her a real shot against a very strong Champ. Congratulations WenJu! You survived. In chess that's often enough. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | notyetagm: <MissScarlett: Is anyone out there prepared to admit they'd never heard of Goryachkina before this match began?> She dominated the FIDE Candidates (Women) (2019). FIDE Candidates (Women) (2019)/Aleksandra Goryachkina She went <+6 =7 -0> in the first 13 rounds to win the tournament running away and then lost her last game which meant nothing. |
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| Jan-24-20 | | dumbgai: Yeah AG has shot up the world rankings with lots of excellent results. She will definitely be back in the future. As of right now I would consider her the favorite to win the candidates tournament. |
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| Jan-25-20 | | Tal1949: I am still surprised that Ju defended her title. She was outplayed in Shanghai in the first half and looked to be playing scrambling, defensive chess. Her openings and middle game were very lackluster for a world champ. The turning point was when Gorya missed the strong continuation in game nine (27..Qb4) and suddenly the match was lost. Really it was just those critical moments where the game is hanging in the air is all that counts. She was that close. Fischer, Kasparov and Carlsen seize that moment- the rest miss it. Gorya lost game 9 and 10 and it was all over. Once it got to the rapids- not surprising there- Ju is a better player in that format. |
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| Jun-13-20 | | jith1207: So, is it WJW or JWJ? |
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Jul-23-20
 | | carpovius: <MissScarlett: Is anyone out there prepared to admit they'd never heard of Goryachkina before this match began?> I prepare to admit that'd never heard about Ju before this match began. Who's she/he, who taught it to play chess, when and where??? |
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Jul-23-20
 | | WannaBe: <jith1207> Ju is the family name. http://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?... <carpovius> The title of this page on top says Women's Championship, and you are not sure if she/he?! She won in 2018, so she (Ju) is 2x champion. |
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| Jul-23-20 | | JimNorCal: "So, is it WJW or JWJ?"
Ju Wen Jun is where the JWJ is coming from. Since Ju is her surname/lastname I guess Euro cultures could call her WJJ |
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