Khiva Women’s Candidates: Goryachkina draws first blood
Well rested and prepared after the free day, the four candidates returned this afternoon to the playing venue to dispute the third of the four match games. Two of Uzbekistan’s top female players, elegantly dressed in the traditional national-style Uzbekistan attire, performed the ceremonial first moves. WGM Nilufar Yakubbaeva, Uzbekistan’s number one female player, three-time national […]