Last chance saloon for Maryia Muzychuck

Hou Yifan has reached within half a point of being crowned women world chess champion for the third time.

The seventh game ended in a 81 move draw. Not the longest game of chess ever played, as implied in the headline.

https://lviv2016.fide.com/2016/03/12/the-longest-game-ended-in-a-draw/

The longest World Chess Championship game in history remains Korchnoi v Karpov 1978 a 124 move draw.

Carlsen and Anand came close in their recent clash in 2014 reaching move 122.

https://www.chessdom.com/carlsen-and-anand-come-close-to-breaking-the-record-for-longest-world-championship-game/  

With 2 rounds to go Maryia needs to win both these last two rounds to tie.

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