Women's
World Chess Championship
Elista, 21st May – 8th June 2004
Friday, June 4th, 2004 – After her sensational first-round victory with
the black pieces Bulgarian WGM Antoaneta won the second game as well, grinding
down her opponent Russian WGM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya in 67 moves of a Queen's
Gambit Declined.
With this second win Stefanova has taken a 2-0 lead in this six-game final
to the Women's World Chess Championship. Tomorrow Kovalevskaya badly needs to
win her second white game to remain in contention.
All six games will be played on consecutive days without interruption. You
can watch them live on the FIDE
web site or on the Playchess.com
server.
In
a press conference after the game Stefanova looked quite exhausted, explaining
this to the journalists, with three weeks of continuous play. Asked about the
fact that she was wearing the same outfit as in game one the Bulgarian player
said, "I am not superstitious. It is important for me to feel comfortable,
that’s all." And in reply to a question whether she had ever imagined
coming so close to the world championship title she said, "I think all
the participants were dreaming about this at the start of the tournament. I
always intend to win and this explains everything."
Full coverage of the event, including reports, games and videos, is to be
found on the special FIDE web site,
including annotations of
the second game by GM Yuri Yakovich. The pictures on this page are brought
to you by courtesy of FIDE.
Click here to replay
and download the game
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