Russia - China Match : Round 3

Russia - China match from 18-27 September in Ninbo,China.

Round 3 yesterday saw both team draws their games in both section ( women and men). However the women saw two desicive games whereas in the men section, all 5 games ended in a draw. The overall score now is 15-15.

Round 3

Men

Bu Xiangzhi vs EvgenyAlekseev 1/2 - 1/2

Evgeny Tomashevsky vs Wang Hao 1/2 - 1/2

Ni Hua vs Dmitry Jakovenko 1/2 - 1/2

Enersto Inarkiev vs Li Chao 1/2 - 1/2

Peter Svidler vs Wang Yue 1/2 - 1/2

Score : 2.5 - 2.5

Women

Huang Qian vs Natalia Pogonina 0-1

Shen Yang vs Ekatarina Kovaleskaya 1/2 -1/2

Kosintseva Nadezda vs Ruan Lufei 1/2 - 1/2

Kosintseva Tatiana vs Xu Yuhua 0-1

Zhao Xue vs Ekatarina Korbut 1/2 - 1/2

score : 2.5 - 2.5

Round 3 Overall score : 5 - 5

Match Score : 15 - 15

Selected Game

Huang Qian - Natalia Pogonina (photo right) [A59]
Russia - China Match, Round 3, 20.09.2008

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.e4 Bxf1 8.Kxf1 d6 9.g3 Bg7 10.Kg2 0–0 11.Nf3 Nbd7 12.h3 Qb6 13.Re1 Rfb8 14.Re2 Qa6 15.Qc2 Ne8 16.Re1 Nc7 17.Bd2 Ne5 18.Nxe5 Bxe5 19.a4 Qb7 20.Ra2 Qb3 21.Qxb3 Rxb3 22.Nd1 Na6 23.Re3 Rb7 24.a5 Rab8 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Rxc3 Rb5 27.Rc4 Kf8 28.Kf3 e6 29.dxe6 fxe6 30.Ra3 Ke7 31.Raa4 Rf8+ 32.Kg2 d5 33.Rc2 d4 34.f4 e5 35.fxe5 Ke6 36.Nf2 Kxe5 37.Rac4 Rxa5 38.Nd3+ Kxe4 39.Nf4 Rb8 40.Re2+ Kf5 41.Rf2 Ke5 42.Re2+ Kd6 43.h4 Nc7 44.Kh3 Rb3 45.Rc1 Rab5 46.Rce1 d3 47.Rd2 c4 48.Rc1 R5b4 49.Rc3 Nd5 50.Nxd5 Kxd5 51.Rxb3 Rxb3 52.Kg4 Ke4 53.Rd1 Rxb2 0–1

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