March 16 - April 7, 2015
Sochi Russia
player's contract here:
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N..._players_1.pdf
FWIW, I emailed Yuanling to make sure she's seen this. She has until February 4 to inform them if she's playing.
March 16 - April 7, 2015
Sochi Russia
player's contract here:
http://www.fide.com/images/stories/N..._players_1.pdf
FWIW, I emailed Yuanling to make sure she's seen this. She has until February 4 to inform them if she's playing.
Last edited by John Upper; 01-26-2015 at 11:16 PM. Reason: deadline
Of course Yuanling is playing! I thought this was made clear n my report. If not, sorry for the confusion.
Well, Hal's FIDE Report ( http://www.chesscanada.info/forum/sh...5855#post25855 )
does mention that the CFC was able to *appoint* our representative (Yuanling) but it wasn't all that clear that she was not only appointed
but has accepted to participate...
Yes, Good luck to Yanling!
Yuanling was a little lucky to win the first game, and seemed to get blown away in the second game.
The playoffs (rapids) are Wednesday 8.00 am Toronto time. http://sochi2015.fide.com/
Yuanling lost the first playoff game, and tied the second, so she is out.
Thanks for the update. With ChessTalk down, I was happy to see this here. Congratulations to Yuanling - she played well in the first game (which went back and forth)
and gave it her all.
You are right about the second game - it was clear White was looking for (and got) a bit of a blow out [makes me leery of ever playing 1. ... f5 against d4! ]
I think Yuanling was outmatched but she forced her opponent to dig really deep!