Saturday, March 09, 2019

Carissa Yip suffers first loss in World Team Championship





Carissa Yip suffers first loss

in World Team Championship
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After scoring 2.5 points in the first three rounds, Carissa Yip suffered her first loss on Friday, March 8, in round 4 of the women's division of the World Team Championship in Astana, Kazakhstan. The 15-year-old WIM and former Wachusett CC and Boylston CC champion from Andover, Mass., lost on board 3 to 15-year-old WFM Bibisara Assaubayeva of Kazakstan. Carissa's team mates, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan lost on board 1, WGM Katerina Nemcova won on board 2, and WGM Sabina-Francesca Foisor drew on board 4, giving Kazakhstan a 2.5-1.5 win against the United States.
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