Women's World Championship: Semi-Finals, Day 2
Friday, November 16, 2018 at 5:39PM
Dennis Monokroussos in Ju Wenjun, Women's World Championship

As expected, defending women's champ Ju Wenjun clinched a spot in the finals of the Women's (Knockout) World Championship by drawing Alexandra Kosteniuk in the second game of their mini-match, having beaten her with the black pieces in the first game. As for the second semi, between Mariya Muzychuk and Kateryna Lagno, they're off to tiebreaks tomorrow. Today's game was longer and more interesting than yesterday's short draw in the 5.Re1 Berlin, but the point was split all the same.

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