Athletistic/Chess. Today, August 21, in the city of Baku (Azerbaijan), the decisive matches of the final of the Women’s Chess World Cup ended. In the final, the Russian chess player Alexandra Goryachkina and the representative of Bulgaria Nurgyul Salimova met. In the second game of the tie-break, the Russian won.
Goryachkina played with white pieces. At the end of the game, the Russian had an additional pawn, which allowed her to bring her advantage to victory. After a long struggle, Salimova quit on the 105th move. The final score of the final match was 2.5: 1.5 in favor of Goryachkina.
It should be noted that at the first Women’s Chess World Cup, which was held in 2021, Alexandra Goryachkina took second place. In this final, she lost to Alexandra Kosteniuk, an ex-Russian who now represents Switzerland.
- Muzychuk became the bronze medalist of the Chess World Cup
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