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  • FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

    FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

    July 11, 2021

    First Round Pairings
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    FIDE World Cup Sochi 2021 Women Round 1
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    No Player 1 Country Rating Player 2 Country Rating
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    1 Tokhirjonova, G USA 2344 Lujan, C. ARG 2346
    2 Badelka, O. BLR 2418 Ovezdurdiyeva, TKM 2061
    3 Azhar, P. MAS 2046 Matnadze, A. ESP 2421
    4 Paramzina, A. RUS 2256 Kulkarni, B. IND 2391
    5 Maltsevskaya, A. RUS 2390 Ouellet, M. CAN 2257
    6 Mamedjarova, T. AZE 2309 Verdezoto, A. ECU 2013
    7 Hoang,s T. HUN 2404 Frayna, J. PHI 2179
    8 Vargas, G. PAR 2170 Danielian, E. ARM 2407
    9 Kulon, K. POL 2363 Yu, J. USA 2316
    10 Afonasieva, A. RUS 2323 Peng, Z. NED 2358
    11 Buksa, N. UKR 2413 Latreche, S ALG 2076
    12 Sultana, S. BAN 2009 Yip, C. USA 2430
    13 Jiminez, Z. MEX 2189 Garifullina, L. RUS 2399
    14 Brunello, M. ITA 2379 Munkhzul, T. MGL 2278
    15 Narva, M. EST 2276 Mammadova, G. AZE 2382
    16 Salimova, N. BUL 2395 Fernandez, I. PER 2191
    17 Atalik, E. TUR 2439 Verdezoto, A. ECU 2013
    18 La Madrid, T. VEN 2072 Guichard, P. FRA 2413
    19 Abrahamyan, T. USA 2358 Radeva, V. BUL 2335
    20 Majdan, J. POL 2339 Gaponenko, I UKR 2357
    21 Cyfka, K. POL 2417 Demchenko, S. CAN 2071
    22 Moaataz, A. EGY 2015 Ushenina, A. UKR 2429
    23 Gomez, M. COL 2201 Socko, M. POL 2393
    24 Cori T, D. PER 2388 Yakubbaeva, N. UZB 2273
    25 Ryjanova, J. AUS 2299 Tsolakidou, S. GRE 2379
    26 Zawadzka, J. POL 2403 Alboredo, J. BRA 2182
    27 Gunina, V. RUS 2436 February, J. RSA 1863
    28 Barrera, J. CHI 2083 Sukandar, I. INA 2413
    29 Aulia, M INA 2360 Schneider, J. GER 2321
    30 Alinasab, M. IRI 2317 Kadioglu, B. TUR 2362
    31 Drastik, P AUS 1835 Sebag, M. FRA 2438
    32 Wafa, S. EGY 2182 Unuk, L. SLO 2404
    33 Padmini, R. IND 2370 Fataliyebva, U. AZE 2301
    34 Llanes, Y. CUB 2262 Assaubayeva, B. KAZ 2389
    35 Vaishali, R. IND 2393 Zhou, Q. CAN 2229
    36 Mungunuul, B. MGL 2428 Omonova, U. UZB 2035
    37 Mezioud, A. ALG 2071 Osmak, I. UKR 2418
    38 Injac, T. SRB 2355 Belenkaya, D. RUS 2341
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  • #2
    FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

    July 11, 2021

    First Round Pairings

    These players have a first round bye:

    Goryachkina, A.
    Pogonina, N.
    Stefanova, A.
    Kashlinskaya, A.
    Galliamova, A.
    Bulmaga, I.
    Saduakassova, D.
    Dzagnidze, N.
    Girya, O.
    Shuvalova, P.
    Javakhishvili, L.
    Paehtz, E.
    Muzychuk, A.
    Muzychuk, M.
    Cramling, P.
    Kosteniuk, A.
    Batsiashvili, N.
    Bodnaruk, A.
    Harika, D.
    Tan, Z.
    Mammadzada, G.
    Khademalsharieh, S.
    Abdumalik, Z.
    Khotenashvili, B.
    Lagno, K.

    Schedule


    Day 3, Round 1, Game 1 (July 12)
    Day 4, Round 1, Game 2 (July 13)
    Day 5, Round 1 Tie-break (July 14)
    Day 6, Round 2, Game 1 (July 15)
    Day 7, Round 2, Game 2 (July 16)
    Day 8, Round 2, Tie-break (July 17)
    Day 9, Round 3, Game 1 (July 18)
    Day 10, Round 3, Game 2 (July 19)
    Day 11, Round 3, Tie-break (July 20)
    Day 12 Free Day (July 21)
    Day 13, Round 4, Game 1 (July 22)
    Day 14, Round 4, Game 2 (July 23)
    Day 15, Round 4, Tie-break (July 24)
    Day 16, Round 5, Game 1 (July 25)
    Day 17, Round 5, Game 2 (July 26)
    Day 18, Round 5, Tie-break (July 27)
    Day 19 Free Day (July 28)
    Day 20, Round 6, Game 1 (July 29)
    Day 21, Round 6, Game 2 (July 30)
    Day 22 Round 6, Tie-break (July 31)
    Day 23, Final, Game 1 (August 1)
    Day 24, Final, Game 2 (August 2)
    Day 25, Final, Tie-break (August 3)

    Games start at 3 PM Sochi time or 8 AM Montreal/Toronto time
    Last edited by Wayne Komer; Monday, 12th July, 2021, 12:02 AM.

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    • #3
      https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...-Ushenina_Anna First upset. Ouch! What a turnaround.

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      • #4
        FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

        July 12, 2021

        Round One


        The commentator is Aleksandr Shimanov. He is a 29-year-old GM from Russia.

        Game 1, July 12, 2021
        Gunina, Valentina – February, Jesse Nikki
        E09 Catalan, Closed, main line

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 O-O 6.O-O c6 7.Nbd2 Nbd7 8.Qc2 Qc7 9.e4 dxe4 10.Nxe4 Nxe4 11.Qxe4 Nf6 12.Qe2 Rd8 13.Bf4 Bd6 14.Ne5 c5 15.dxc5 Qxc5 16.Rad1 Rb8 17.Rd2 b6 18.Nc6 e5 19.Be3 Bg4 20.Bxc5 Bxe2 21.Bxd6 Bxf1 22.Kxf1 1-0

        Valentina Gunina wins a miniature in one of the first games of the Women's #FIDEWorldCup to finish. Jesse will have a chance to hit back tomorrow to force a playoff on Wednesday:

        Game 1, July 12
        Moaataz, Ayah – Ushenina, Anna
        A13 English Opening, Agincourt variation

        1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Nf3 dxc4 4.Bg2 a6 5.a4 Nc6 6.Na3 e5 7.Nxc4 e4 8.Ng1 Be6 9.b3 b5 10.Ne3 Nd4 11.Bxe4 Nf6 12.Bc2 Bb4 13.Bb2 O-O 14.f4 Re8 15.axb5 Nxc2+ 16.Qxc2 Bd5 17.Ra4 Be4 18.Qc1 a5 19.Rxb4 axb4 20.Nf3 Rb8 21.Be5 Rxb5 22.O-O Rb7 23.Ng5 Bd5 24.Qb2 h6 25.Nf3 Bxf3 26.exf3 Re6 27.Rc1 Qd3 28.Kf2 Ne8 29.Rc5 f6 30.Rd5 Qa6 31.Bd4 Nd6 32.f5 Re7 33.Bxf6 gxf6 34.Rd4 Nxf5 35.Rd8+ Kf7 36.Qc2 Ng7 37.Qh7 c5 38.f4 Rbd7 39.Qg8+ Kg6 40.f5+ Kh5 41.Qh7 1-0

        Ex-Women's World Champion Anna Ushenina loses to Egypt's Ayah Moaataz after 39.Qg8+! catches her king in a mating net!

        Game 1, July 12
        Sultana, Sharmin Shirin – Yip, Carissa
        A45 Queen’s Pawn game

        1.d4 Nf6 2.Bf4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 Bg7 5.h4 h5 6.Nf3 a6 7.Ne5 Nbd7 8.Be2 c5 9.Qd2 e6 10.f3 b5 11.a3 Bb7 12.dxc5 Nxc5 13.a4 b4 14.Nd1 Qa5 15.Nf2 Nfd7 16.Nfd3 Nxd3+ 17.Nxd3 Nc5 18.Ne5 Rd8 19.O-O O-O 20.Rfd1 Rc8 21.Qe1 Qd8 22.a5 Nd7 23.Nd3 Rxc2 24.Nxb4 Rxb2 25.Nxa6 Qe7 26.Rab1 Rc8 27.Rxb2 Bxb2 28.Rb1 Bc3 29.Qf1 Bc6 30.Bc7 Qxh4 31.Bb5 Ne5 32.Bd6 Bxb5 33.Qxb5 Qg3 34.Bxe5 Bxe5 35.Qd3 Qh2+ 36.Kf1 Bg3 0-1

        Game 1, July 12
        Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra – Ouellet, Maili-Jade
        A14 English, Neo-Catalan decline

        1.c4 e6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Nf6 4.Nf3 Be7 5.O-O O-O 6.Qc2 c5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.Nc3 Nc6 9.b3 b6 10.Nxd5 Qxd5 11.Ng5 Qxg5 12.Bxc6 Rb8 13.Be4 f5 14.d4 Qg6 15.Bf4 Bb7 16.Bxb7 Rxb7 17.Rad1 Qf7 18.dxc5 Bxc5 19.Be5 Qe7 20.Qd3 Rc8 21.Qa6 Rf8 22.Rd3 Rd7 23.Rfd1 Rxd3 24.Qxd3 Re8 25.h4 h6 26.e3 Rf8 27.Qc4 a5 28.Qd3 Qb7 29.Qc4 Re8 30.Qb5 Re7 31.Rd8+ Kf7 32.Qe2 Kg6 33.h5+ Kf7 34.Ba1 Rd7 35.Qb2 Bf8 36.Rxd7+ Qxd7 37.Qc2 Bd6 38.Bd4 b5 39.Qb2 Kg8 40.Qd2 Qc7 41.Bc3 b4 42.Bd4 Qc6 43.Qe2 Kf8 44.Qd1 Kg8 45.Bb2 Kf8 46.g4 fxg4 47.Qxg4 Qd7 48.Qf3+ Kg8 49.Qa8+ Bf8 50.Bd4 Qb5 51.Qf3 Qd3 52.Kg2 Qb5 53.Qe4 Qg5+ 54.Kf1 Qxh5 55.Qxe6+ Kh8 56.Be5 Kh7 57.Kg2 Qg5+ 58.Bg3 h5 59.Qe8 Be7 60.f4 Qd5+ 61.Kh2 Bf6 62.Bf2 Qf3 63.Kg1 h4 64.f5 Qxf5 65.Qc6 h3 66.Bg3 Qg4 67.Qc2+ Kh8 68.Kh2 Qe6 69.Qc5 Be7 1-0

        Game 1, July 12
        Abrahamyan, Tatev – Radeva, Viktoria
        B43 Sicilian, Kan

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 b5 9.g4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a3 h6 14.g6 f5 15.Qh3 Be7 16.O-O-O Bf6 17.Bd2 Nc5 18.Rhe1 O-O 19.exf5 Nxd3+ 20.Qxd3 exf5 21.Qxf5 Kh8 22.Qd3 Rfe8 23.Ne2 Qf3 24.Ng3 Rec8 25.Kb1 a5 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qh5 28.Bxa5 Qxh2 29.Rxd6 Qh4 30.Bd8 Qxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Rxd8 32.Rxf6 b4 33.Rf7 bxa3 34.bxa3 Rxa3 35.Qe5 Rg8 36.f5 Raa8 37.f6 1-0

        Game 1, July 12
        Cyfka, Karina – Demchenko, Svitlana
        E16 Queen’s Indian, Capablanca variation

        1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.g3 Bb7 6.Bg2 O-O 7.O-O d5 8.cxd5 exd5 9.Ne5 Nbd7 10.Ndf3 Bd6 11.Bg5 Qe8 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Rc1 Qe6 14.Qd3 Rfe8 15.Rfe1 c5 16.Bf4 h6 17.Bxd6 Qxd6 18.dxc5 bxc5 19.Nd2 Rab8 20.b3 Ne5 21.Qc2 Ba6 22.h3 Rbc8 23.f4 Nd7 24.e4 Qg6 25.Kh2 d4 26.e5 Bd3 27.Qb2 f6 28.e6 Nb6 29.Qa3 Qf5 30.Nf3 g5 31.fxg5 hxg5 32.e7 Be4 33.Qxa7 Bxf3 34.Qxb6 Bxg2 35.Kxg2 Qd5+ 36.Kg1 Rc6 37.Qb5 Qf3 38.Kh2 Qf2+ 39.Kh1 Qf3+ 40.Kh2 Qf2+ 41.Kh1 Qf3+ 42.Kh2 1/2-1/2

        Game 1, July 12
        Valshali, R. – Zhou, Qiyu
        C78 Ruy Lopez, Archangel variation

        1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O b5 6.Bb3 Bc5 7.a4 Rb8 8.c3 d6 9.d4 Bb6 10.a5 Ba7 11.Be3 Bg4 12.Nbd2 O-O 13.h3 Bh5 14.Qe1 Re8 15.d5 Bxe3 16.Qxe3 Ne7 17.c4 b4 18.c5 Nd7 19.cxd6 cxd6 20.Ba4 Rb7 21.Nc4 Qb8 22.Bc6 Rc7 23.Nxd6 Rd8 24.Rac1 Nf6 25.Qb6 Bxf3 26.gxf3 Ng6 27.Qxb8 Rxb8 28.Ba4 Rxc1 29.Rxc1 Nf4 30.Rc6 Nxh3+ 31.Kf1 Ra8 32.Bb5 axb5 33.a6 Nf4 34.Rc8+ Rxc8 35.Nxc8 Ne8 36.d6 Ne6 37.a7 N8c7 38.dxc7 Nxc7 39.Nb6 Kf8 40.a8=Q+ Nxa8 41.Nxa8 Ke7 42.Nc7 Kd6 43.Na6 b3 44.Nb4 Kc5 45.Nd5 f5 46.Ke2 f4 47.Nc7 Kc4 48.Ne6 h5 49.Nf8 g5 50.Nd7 Kd4 51.Nf6 g4 52.fxg4 hxg4 53.Nxg4 Kxe4 54.f3+ Kd4 55.Nf6 Kc4 56.Ne4 Kd4 57.Nd2 b4 58.Nxb3+ Kc4 59.Nd2+ Kd4 60.Ne4 Kc4 61.Kd2 Kd4 62.b3 1-0

        Game 1, July 12
        Kulon, Klaudia – Yu, Jennifer
        B26 Sicilian, Closed

        1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 g6 4.Bg2 Bg7 5.d3 d6 6.Be3 Rb8 7.Qd2 b5 8.Nge2 Nd4 9.O-O b4 10.Nd1 e5 11.Nc1 Ne7 12.c3 bxc3 13.bxc3 Ne6 14.f4 exf4 15.gxf4 f5 16.Ne2 O-O 17.Bf2 Ba6 18.Bh4 Qd7 19.Ne3 fxe4 20.Bxe4 d5 21.Bxe7 dxe4 22.Bxf8 Rxf8 23.Rad1 exd3 24.c4 Nd4 25.Ng3 Bb7 26.Qxd3 Nf3+ 27.Rxf3 Qxd3 28.Rxd3 Bxf3 29.Nef5 Bg4 30.Nxg7 Kxg7 31.Rd5 Rxf4 32.Rxc5 Be6 33.Rc7+ Rf7 34.Rc6 Bh3 35.Rd6 Rf4 36.c5 h5 37.Rd1 Rc4 38.Rd5 Rc2 39.Rd3 Rxc5 40.Ra3 a5 41.Ne4 Rc1+ 42.Kf2 Rc2+ 43.Kg3 Bf1 44.h3 h4+ 45.Kf4 Bg2 46.Rxa5 Rc4 47.Re5 Ra4 48.Re8 Kf7 49.Re5 Kf8 50.Re6 Kg7 51.Re8 Rxa2 52.Ng5 Ra4+ 53.Ke5 Ra5+ 54.Kf4 Bd5 55.Rd8 Ra4+ 56.Ke5 Bb3 57.Ne4 Ra5+ 58.Kf4 Be6 59.Ng5 Bf5 60.Rb8 Ra4+ 61.Ke5 Ra3 62.Kf4 Ra7 63.Nf3 Kf6 64.Rb6+ Be6 65.Nd4 g5+ 66.Ke4 Re7 67.Nf5 Ra7 68.Nd4 Re7 69.Nf5 Ra7 70.Nd4 1/2-1/2

        Game 1, July 12
        Skripchenko, Almira – Wafa, Shahenda
        B31 Sicilian, Nimzowitsch-Rossolimo Attack

        1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.O-O Bg7 5.Nc3 e5 6.a3 Nge7 7.b4 cxb4 8.axb4 O-O 9.Bc4 d6 10.b5 Nd4 11.Nxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Qb6 14.Ba3 Be6 15.Bxe6 fxe6 16.Qg4 Rf6 17.Qg3 e5 18.Qd3 Qc7 19.c3 dxc3 20.dxc3 a5 21.Rab1 Rc8 22.b6 Qc4 23.Rfd1 Bf8 24.f3 Qxd3 25.Rxd3 Rc6 26.Rd5 Rxc3 27.Rxa5 Rc6 28.Ra8 Kg7 29.Rb8 Rf7 30.Kf1 Kf6 31.Bc1 h6 32.Be3 Ke6 33.Rd1 g5 34.h3 Rc3 35.Kf2 Rc2+ 36.Kg1 Rc3 37.Bf2 Rc6 38.Ra1 d5 39.exd5+ Kxd5 40.Ra5+ Kc4 41.Rxe5 Bd6 42.Re4+ Kb5 43.Rbe8 Rc1+ 44.Re1 Rxe1+ 45.Rxe1 Re7 46.Rb1+ Kc6 47.Rc1+ Kb5 48.Kf1 Re5 49.g3 Rf5 50.Kg2 Rd5 51.Rc2 Be5 52.Rc7 Ka6 53.Rc5 Rxc5 54.Bxc5 h5 55.Be3 Bf6 56.Kf2 Kb5 57.Ke2 Kc4 58.g4 hxg4 59.hxg4 Kd5 60.Kd3 Bd8 61.Bd2 Bf6 62.f4 gxf4 63.Bxf4 Bd8 64.Bc7 Bg5 65.Bg3 Bd8 66.Bf2 Ke5 67.Bg3+ Kd5 68.Bc7 Bg5 69.Ke2 Ke4 70.Kf2 Be3+ 71.Kg2 Bg5 72.Kh3 Kf3 73.Be5 Bd8 74.Bd4 Bg5 75.Bg7 Bd8 76.Be5 Bg5 77.Bg3 Bd8 1/2-1/2

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        • #5
          FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

          July 13, 2021

          Round One


          Game 2, July 13
          February, Jesse Nikki – Gunina, Valentina
          B13 Caro-Kann, Exchange variation

          1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.exd5 cxd5 4.Bd3 Nf6 5.h3 Nc6 6.c3 e5 7.dxe5 Nxe5 8.Qe2 Ne4 9.Bb5+ Bd7 10.Bxd7+ Kxd7 11.Nf3 Nxf3+ 12.Qxf3 Qf6 13.Qxf6 gxf6 14.Be3 Re8 15.O-O Rg8 16.Rd1 Kc6 17.Nd2 Ng5 18.Kf1 b6 19.Nb3 Bc5 20.Nd4+ Bxd4 21.Rxd4 Ne4 22.Rad1 Re5 23.c4 dxc4 24.Rxc4+ Kb5 25.Rdd4 Rge8 26.Rb4+ Kc6 27.Rbc4+ Kb5 28.Rb4+ Kc6 29.Rbc4+ Kb5 30.Rb4+ Kc6 31.Rbc4+ 1/2-1/2

          Position after Black’s 29…Kb5



          Jesse February needed to defeat 500+ points higher rated Valentina Gunina on demand. An impossible task? Well, in this position, where she took a draw (?!) the computer gives White a +3 advantage!

          Game 2, July 13
          Ouellet, Maili-Jade – Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra
          D11 QGD Slav

          1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 Nbd7 6.b3 b6 7.O-O Bb7 8.Bb2 dxc4 9.bxc4 c5 10.Nbd2 cxd4 11.exd4 Be7 12.Qe2 O-O 13.Rac1 Re8 14.Rfd1 Qc7 15.Nf1 Bf8 16.Ng3 Rad8 17.Ne5 Nxe5 18.dxe5 Nd7 19.Bb1 g6 20.Be4 Ba6 21.f4 Nc5 22.Bd4 Rd7 23.Be3 Rxd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rd8 25.Rxd8 Qxd8 26.Bc2 f5 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Ne4 Nxe4 29.Bxe4 Bc5 30.Bd3 Kf7 31.Bxc5 bxc5 32.g3 Qd4+ 33.Kf1 Bb7 34.Ke1 Bc6 35.Bc2 Kf6 36.Bd3 Qg1+ 37.Kd2 Qa1 38.Bc2 Qd4+ 39.Ke1 Qg1+ 40.Kd2 Qd4+ 41.Kc1 Qa1+ 42.Bb1 Qc3+ 43.Bc2 Qa1+ 44.Kd2 Qd4+ 45.Qd3 e5 46.Qxd4 exd4 47.Ke2 Bd7 48.Be4 Be6 49.Bd3 Bf5 50.Bxf5 gxf5 51.Kd3 h5 52.h4 Ke6 53.Kc2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

          Maltsevskaya goes on to Round Two

          Game 2, July 13
          Yu, Jennifer – Kulon, Klaudia
          A52 Budapest, Rubinstein variation

          1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e5 3.dxe5 Ng4 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.Nf3 Bb4+ 6.Nbd2 Qe7 7.a3 Ngxe5 8.Nxe5 Nxe5 9.e3 Bc5 10.Be2 d6 11.Qc2 a5 12.Nb3 Bb6 13.O-O-O O-O 14.Nd4 Qf6 15.h4 Bxd4 16.Rxd4 Bf5 17.Bg5 Bxc2 18.Bxf6 Bf5 19.Bxe5 dxe5 20.Rd5 f6 21.Rhd1 Be6 22.R5d2 Kf7 23.f4 exf4 24.exf4 Ke7 25.Bf3 c6 26.Re1 Kf7 27.Rd6 Rfe8 28.c5 a4 29.Kd2 Ra5 30.Bd1 Rb5 31.Bxa4 Rxb2+ 32.Kc1 Rb1+ 33.Kxb1 Bf5+ 34.Kb2 Rxe1 35.Bd1 Be6 36.Rd4 Rh1 37.h5 Bd5 38.g4 f5 39.gxf5 Kf6 40.a4 Kxf5 41.Bc2+ Kf6 42.Bxh7 Rxh5 43.Bc2 Be6 44.Rb4 Bc8 45.Rc4 Be6 46.Rb4 Bc8 47.Rc4 Rh3 48.Rd4 Ke7 49.Re4+ Kd8 50.Re5 Rh4 51.Rg5 Rxf4 52.Rxg7 Rc4 53.Rg5 Be6 54.Bb3 Rb4 55.Rg3 Ke7 56.Ka3 Rxb3+ 57.Rxb3 Bxb3 58.Kxb3 Ke6 59.Kb4 Kd5 60.Ka5 Kxc5 1/2-1/2

          The players head to tie-breaks tomorrow

          Game 2, July 13
          Yip, Carissa – Sultana, Sharmin Shirin
          A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

          1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 Bf5 4.O-O c6 5.b3 Nbd7 6.Bb2 h6 7.c4 e6 8.d4 Be7 9.Nc3 O-O 10.Nd2 Qa5 11.e4 dxe4 12.Ncxe4 Rad8 13.a3 e5 14.b4 Qc7 15.Qf3 Bg4 16.Qb3 exd4 17.Bxd4 a5 18.Rfe1 Rfe8 19.Qb2 Bf5 20.Rad1 axb4 21.axb4 Bg4 22.Ra1 Ra8 23.b5 c5 24.Bc3 Be6 25.f4 Red8 26.Nf2 Bf8 27.Qc2 Rxa1 28.Rxa1 g6 29.Ra7 Rb8 30.Nfe4 Ng4 31.Bb2 Bg7 32.Bxg7 Kxg7 33.Qc3+ Ngf6 34.Nxf6 Nxf6 35.Ne4 Qd8 36.b6 Qd4+ 37.Qxd4 cxd4 38.Nxf6 Kxf6 39.c5 Rd8 40.Bxb7 d3 41.Bf3 d2 42.Ra1 Bb3 43.b7 Ke6 44.c6 Kd6 45.Ra8 1-0

          Carissa goes on to the second round

          Game 2, July 13
          Abrahamyan, Tatev – Radeva, Viktoria
          B43 Sicilian, Kan

          1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Bd3 Nf6 7.f4 d6 8.Qf3 b5 9.g4 Nc6 10.Nxc6 Qxc6 11.g5 Nd7 12.Be3 Bb7 13.a3 h6 14.g6 f5 15.Qh3 Be7 16.O-O-O Bf6 17.Bd2 Nc5 18.Rhe1 O-O 19.exf5 Nxd3+ 20.Qxd3 exf5 21.Qxf5 Kh8 22.Qd3 Rfe8 23.Ne2 Qf3 24.Ng3 Rec8 25.Kb1 a5 26.Ne4 Bxe4 27.Qxe4 Qh5 28.Bxa5 Qxh2 29.Rxd6 Qh4 30.Bd8 Qxe1+ 31.Qxe1 Rxd8 32.Rxf6 b4 33.Rf7 bxa3 34.bxa3 Rxa3 35.Qe5 Rg8 36.f5 Raa8 37.f6 1-0

          Game 2, July 13
          Ushenina, Anna – Moaataz, Ayah
          D35 QGD, Exchange (Tartakower System)

          1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 Be7 6.e3 c6 7.Bd3 Nbd7 8.Nge2 a5 9.Qc2 O-O 10.O-O Re8 11.f3 Nf8 12.Rad1 h6 13.Bh4 Ne6 14.Kh1 b5 15.Bf2 Ba6 16.e4 b4 17.Na4 Bxd3 18.Qxd3 dxe4 19.fxe4 Qb8 20.Qc2 Qb5 21.Ng3 Ng5 22.b3 Bf8 23.e5 Nd5 24.Bg1 Rac8 25.Qf5 Qb7 26.Rd2 Rcd8 27.Rc2 Rc8 28.Qg4 Red8 29.h4 Ne6 30.Ne4 Kh8 31.Rf3 Rd7 32.Rg3 g6 33.h5 g5 34.Rf3 Qc7 35.Rc1 Qd8 36.Nb2 Nef4 37.Nc4 Kg8 38.Rxf4 Nxf4 39.Qxd7 Nxh5 40.Qxd8 Rxd8 41.Rc2 Rd5 42.g4 1-0

          Players go to tie-breaks tomorrow

          Game 2, July 13
          Demchenko, Svitlana – Cyfka, Karina
          C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

          1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Bf4 O-O 8.Qd2 Nd7 9.Bc4 Nf6 10.O-O-O Bg4 11.Qd3 Qd7 12.h3 Bf5 13.Qf1 d5 14.Bb5 c6 15.Bd3 c5 16.Kb1 c4 17.Bxc4 Qa4 18.Nd4 Bxc2+ 19.Nxc2 dxc4 20.Qe2 Rfe8 21.Qf3 Qb5 22.Rhe1 Bf8 23.Nd4 Qd5 24.Qxd5 Nxd5 25.Bg3 Bc5 26.Nf5 Nf6 27.f3 Rxe1 28.Rxe1 Re8 29.Rxe8+ Nxe8 30.Bf4 f6 31.a4 Kf7 32.Kc2 Ke6 33.Ng3 f5 34.b3 Bd6 35.Ne2 Bxf4 36.Nxf4+ Ke5 37.g3 g5 38.Ne2 Nd6 39.Nd4 h5 40.a5 g4 41.hxg4 fxg4 42.bxc4 Nxc4 43.a6 bxa6 44.Kd3 Kd5 45.fxg4 hxg4 46.Nf5 a5 47.Ne7+ Kc5 48.Kc2 a4 49.Nf5 Kd5 50.Nh6 Ne3+ 51.Kb2 Kc4 52.Ka3 Kb5 53.Nf7 a6 54.Nd6+ Kc5 55.Nf7 Kb5 56.Nd6+ Ka5 57.Nb7+ Kb6 58.Nd6 Nd1 59.Kxa4 Nxc3+ 60.Kb3 Ne2 61.Nc4+ Kb5 62.Ne5 Nxg3 63.Nxg4 Ne4 64.Ne3 a5 65.Nc2 Nd2+ 66.Ka2 Ka4 67.Nd4 Ne4 68.Nc6 Kb5 69.Nxa5 Kxa5 1/2-1/2

          Players go on to tie-breaks

          Game 2, July 13
          Zhou, Qiyu – Vaishali, R
          B23 Sicilian, Closed

          1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nd4 4.Nf3 e6 5.O-O a6 6.Bd3 Nc6 7.b3 d6 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Re1 Be7 10.e5 dxe5 11.Nxe5 Nxe5 12.Rxe5 Bd7 13.Qe2 Qc7 14.Rg5 Rg8 15.h3 h6 16.Rg3 g5 17.Ne4 Nd5 18.Qh5 Rg6 19.Re1 O-O-O 20.Nc3 Nf4 21.Qd1 Rgg8 22.Ne2 Bd6 23.Re3 Nd5 24.Rf3 f5 25.Nc3 Nf4 26.Ne2 e5 27.Nxf4 gxf4 28.Bc4 e4 29.Bxg8 Rxg8 30.Rc3 f3 31.Rxf3 exf3 32.Qxf3 f4 0-1

          Vaishali goes on to second round

          Tie-break matches tomorrow

          Hoang-Frayna
          Kulon-Yu
          Buksa-Latreche
          Narva-Mammadova
          Salimova-Fernandez
          La Madrid-Guichard
          Cyfka-Demchenko
          Moaataz-Ushenina
          Skripchenko-Wafa

          Nine matches

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          • #6
            FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

            July 14, 2021

            First Round


            Tie-Breaks

            Hoang-Frayna 2.5-1.5
            Kulon-Yu 1-3
            Buksa-Latreche 2.5-1.5
            Narva-Mammadova 3.5-4.5
            Salimova-Fernandez 2.5-1.5
            La Madrid-Guichard 1.5-2.5
            Cyfka-Demchenko 3.5-2.5
            Moaataz-Ushenina 1.5-2.5
            Skripchenko-Wafa 4-2


            Round Two Matches

            Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Tohkirjonova, Gutrukhbegim
            Badelka, Olga – Matnadze, Ana
            Pogonina, Natalija – Kulkarni Bhakti
            Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra – Stefanova, Antoaneta
            Kashlinskaya, Alina – Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa
            Hoang, Thanh Trang – Galliamova, Alisa
            Bulmaga, Irina – Danielian, Elina
            Yu, Jennifer – Saduakassova, Dinara
            Dzagnidze, Nana – Peng, Zhaoqin
            Buksa, Nataliya – Yip, Carissa
            Girya, Olga – Garifullina, Leya
            Munkhzul, Turmunkh – Shuvalova, Polina
            Javakhishvili, Lela – Mammadova, Gulnar
            Salimova, Nurgyul – Paehtz, Elisabeth
            Atalik, Ekaterina – Guichard, Pauline
            Abrahamyan, Tatev - Muzychuk, Anna
            Muzychuk, Mariya – Gaponenko, Inna
            Cyfka, Karina – Ushenina, Anna
            Cramling, Pia – Socko, Monika
            Cori, T., Deysi – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
            Batsiashvili, Nino – Tsolakidou, Stavroula
            Zawadzka, Jolanta – Bodnaruk, Anastasia
            Gunina, Valentina – Sukandar, Irine, Kharisma
            Aulia, Medina Warda – Harika, Dronavalli
            Tan, Zhongyi – Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre
            Skripchenko, Almira – Sebag, Marie
            Mammadzada Gunay – Unuk, Laura
            Padmni, Rout – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
            Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Assaubayeva, Bibisara
            Vaishali, R. – Khotenashvili, Bela
            Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Osmak, Iulija
            Injac, Teodora – Lagno, Kateryna

            32 matches

            Svitlana Demchenko’s Tie-Break Games

            Game 3, July 14
            25+10
            Demchenko, Svitlana – Cyfka, Karina
            B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

            1.e4 c5 2.c3 e6 3.Nf3 a6 4.d4 d5 5.Nbd2 Nc6 6.exd5 exd5 7.Bd3 c4 8.Bc2 Qe7+ 9.Qe2 Qxe2+ 10.Kxe2 Bd6 11.Nf1 Nge7 12.Ne3 h6 13.b3 b5 14.a4 Rb8 15.axb5 axb5 16.Ba3 Bxa3 17.Rxa3 b4 18.cxb4 Nxb4 19.bxc4 Nxc2 20.Nxc2 dxc4 21.Ne3 Be6 22.Rc1 O-O 23.Ne5 Rb2+ 24.Ke1 Rc8 25.N5xc4 Rb4 26.Rac3 Rd8 27.Ne5 Rbxd4 28.Nc6 Nxc6 29.Rxc6 Ra4 30.R6c2 g5 31.Rd2 Rb8 32.f3 Kg7 33.Kf2 Rab4 34.Rc7 Rb2 35.Rcc2 Rxc2 36.Rxc2 Ra8 37.Rc3 Ra2+ 38.Rc2 Ra8 39.Rc3 Ra2+ 1/2-1/2

            Game 4, July 14
            25+10
            Cyfka, Karina – Demchenko, Svitlana
            E14 Queen’s Indian, Bogo-Indian

            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Bb4+ 4.Nbd2 b6 5.a3 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 Bb7 7.e3 Ne4 8.Qc2 O-O 9.Be2 d6 10.O-O Nd7 11.b4 f5 12.Bb2 Ng5 13.Ne1 f4 14.exf4 Rxf4 15.f3 Qe7 16.Rd1 e5 17.d5 h6 18.Nd3 Rf7 19.Nf2 Raf8 20.Bc1 Bc8 21.Kh1 Nf6 22.Bd3 e4 23.fxe4 Nfxe4 24.Nxe4 Nxe4 25.Rxf7 Qxf7 26.Kg1 Qf2+ 27.Qxf2 Nxf2 28.Rd2 Nxd3 29.Rxd3 Bg4 30.Re3 Bh5 31.h3 Bg6 32.Bb2 Rf4 33.Re7 Rf7 34.Re3 Rf4 35.Re7 Rf7 36.Re3 1/2-1/2

            Game 5, July 14
            10+10
            Cyfka, Karina – Demcnenko, Svilana
            A46 Queen’s Pawn, Fianchetto (Lasker)

            1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Nbd7 5.O-O Bd6 6.c4 c6 7.Qc2 O-O 8.b3 Ne4 9.Bb2 Qe7 10.Nbd2 f5 11.Ne5 c5 12.e3 b6 13.Ndf3 Bb7 14.Rfd1 Rac8 15.Qe2 Ba6 16.Rac1 Ndf6 17.h3 Rfd8 18.Ne1 Nd7 19.Kh2 Bb8 20.f3 Nef6 21.Qf2 Bb7 22.N1d3 dxc4 23.bxc4 Qe8 24.Kg1 h6 25.g4 Nf8 26.Nf4 g5 27.Nfd3 Ng6 28.dxc5 bxc5 29.Nxg6 Qxg6 30.Nxc5 Rxd1+ 31.Rxd1 Rxc5 32.Rd8+ Ne8 33.Rxb8 Ba6 34.Qd2 Rc8 35.Rxc8 Bxc8 36.Qd4 Kf7 37.Qxa7+ Kg8 38.Qd4 f4 39.exf4 gxf4 40.Qxf4 Qb1+ 41.Qc1 Qxa2 42.Qc3 Qb1+ 43.Kh2 Qg6 44.c5 Kf7 45.c6 Nc7 46.f4 h5 47.Qe5 Ne8 48.Be4 Qh6 49.g5 Qg7 50.Qxg7+ Nxg7 51.Bxg7 Kxg7 52.Kg3 Ba6 53.Kf2 Kf7 54.Ke3 Ke7 55.Kd4 Kd6 56.g6 Ke7 57.Ke5 1-0

            Game 6, July 14
            10+10
            Demchenko, Svitlana – Cyfka, Karina
            C47 Four Knights, Scotch variation

            1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bb4 6.Nxc6 bxc6 7.Bd3 d5 8.exd5 cxd5 9.O-O O-O 10.Bg5 c6 11.Qf3 Bd6 12.h3 Rb8 13.Rab1 h6 14.Bh4 Rb4 15.Bg3 Qc7 16.a3 Rb8 17.Ne2 Nh7 18.h4 Nf6 19.Bf4 Ng4 20.Qg3 Bxf4 21.Nxf4 Qd6 22.h5 Bd7 23.c4 Rfe8 24.cxd5 cxd5 25.Rfd1 d4 26.b4 Rbc8 27.Be2 Nf6 28.Bd3 Ne4 29.Bxe4 Rxe4 30.Ne2 Qf6 31.Qd3 Bf5 32.Qf3 Rxe2 33.Qxe2 Bxb1 34.Rxb1 Rd8 35.Rd1 Qf5 36.Rd3 Qe6 37.Qd1 Qe5 38.a4 Qd6 39.Qb3 Qe5 40.Qd1 Qd6 41.b5 Qb4 42.Kh2 Qd6+ 43.g3 Qe5 44.Re3 Qf5 45.Kg1 d3 46.Qd2 Qd5 47.f3 Qc4 48.Kg2 Qd5 49.g4 Qc4 50.Kg3 Qc7+ 51.f4 Qc2 52.Qa5 Qc8 53.Qd2 Qc2 54.Qa5 Qc8 55.Qd2 1/2-1/2

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            • #7
              FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

              July 14, 2021

              First Round Tie-Breaks


              From the official commentary:


              https://worldcup.fide.com/news/tpost...-galaxy-centre

              In the Women’s Cup most of the clear favourites are advancing to the second round in good fashion, where again they will be joined by the 25 top seeds including several world-class female players.

              One of the most memorable matches, and a very close win for the favourite, was the tie-break between WGM Shahenda Wafa (2106) from Egypt against French WGM and top-player Almira Skripchenko (2411).

              The match went back and forth for both players and actually Wafa had some great opportunities to advance to the second round but finally it will be Skripchenko who will face her Olympic colleague Marie Sebag tomorrow.

              Game 3, July 14
              Wafa, Shahenda – Skripchenko, Almira
              C75 Ruy Lopez, Modern Steinitz Defence

              1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 d6 5.c3 Bd7 6.d4 g6 7.Bg5 f6 8.Be3 Nh6 9.h3 Nf7 10.d5 Ne7 11.c4 Bg7 12.Nc3 O-O 13.Bxd7 Qxd7 14.g4 f5 15.gxf5 gxf5 16.Qc2 Kh8 17.O-O-O f4 18.Bd2 b5 19.cxb5 axb5 20.Kb1 b4 21.Ne2 c5 22.dxc6 Nxc6 23.Qb3 Rfb8 24.Nc1 Ra7 25.h4 Bf6 26.Rdg1 Bd8 27.Ng5 Nd4 28.Qd1 Qc6 29.f3 Qa6 30.Bxf4 Rc8 31.Nxf7+ Rxf7 32.Be3 Bb6 33.Bxd4 Bxd4 34.Qb3 Rcf8 35.Rf1 Rg7 36.Nd3 Rg2 37.h5 Rd2 38.Rd1 Rg2 39.h6 Qa7 40.Qe6 Rg6 41.Qc4 Rg2 42.Rc1 b3 43.a3 Ra8 44.Rh2 Rg3 45.Qe6 Rf8 46.Qxd6 Rgxf3 47.Nxe5 Rf1 48.Rh1 R1f2 49.Nd3 R2f6 50.Qd5 Be3 51.Rce1 Bxh6 52.e5 Rg6 53.e6 Qe7 54.Qxb3 Bg7 55.Nb4 Rg2 56.Rxh7+ Kg8 57.Rxg7+ Rxg7 58.Nc6 Qb7 59.Qd5 Rf2 60.e7+ Kh7 61.Qh5+ 1-0

              Game 4, July 14
              Skripchenko, Almira – Wafa, Shahenda
              A08 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

              1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 c5 4.O-O Nc6 5.d3 e5 6.Nbd2 Be7 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 O-O 9.c3 Be6 10.Qe2 Qc7 11.Re1 a6 12.Ng5 Bg4 13.Bf3 Bxf3 14.Ngxf3 b5 15.Nh4 Rfe8 16.Nf1 g6 17.Bg5 Nh5 18.Bxe7 Qxe7 19.Nf5 Qf8 20.N5e3 Nf6 21.Qf3 Qe7 22.a4 b4 23.Nc4 Rad8 24.Nfe3 Qe6 25.Rad1 Ne7 26.Kg2 Kg7 27.a5 h5 28.h4 Ng4 29.Nxg4 hxg4 30.Qe2 Ng8 31.Nb6 Qb3 32.Nd5 bxc3 33.bxc3 Qb7 34.Qxg4 Ne7 35.c4 Nxd5 36.cxd5 Qb4 37.h5 Qxa5 38.hxg6 fxg6 39.Rh1 Qc7 40.Qg5 Rh8 41.d6 Qf7 42.Rxh8 Rxh8 43.d7 Qe6 44.d8=Q Qh3+ 45.Kf3 Rxd8 46.Qxe5+ 1-0

              Game 5, July 14
              Skripchenko, Almira – Wafa, Shahenda
              A04 Reti, Dutch

              1.Nf3 f5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 g6 4.d3 Bg7 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.e4 d6 7.c3 e5 8.Qb3+ Kh8 9.Ng5 Qe7 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Bxb7 Ng4 12.Nge4 Nd7 13.Bxa8 Rxa8 14.h3 Ngf6 15.Qa3 Qe6 16.g4 Bxe4 17.dxe4 Nc5 18.f3 Nd3+ 19.Ke2 Nf4+ 20.Kd1 d5 21.Kc2 Qc6 22.g5 Nd7 23.h4 Nc5 24.Nb3 Ncd3 25.Bxf4 Nxf4 26.Qc5 Qa6 27.Rad1 Qe2+ 28.Rd2 Qxf3 29.Re1 Rd8 30.Qxc7 Rf8 31.Nc5 d4 32.Kb3 Ng2 33.Ree2 Nf4 34.Rf2 Qh3 35.a3 a6 36.Qd6 a5 37.a4 Qc8 38.cxd4 Rd8 39.Qb6 Nh3 40.Rf7 exd4 41.Rxg7 Kxg7 42.Ne6+ 1-0

              Game 6, July 14
              Wafa, Shahenda – Skripchenko, Almira
              B01 Scandinavian Defence

              1.e4 d5 2.exd5 Qxd5 3.d4 c6 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.Be2 Bg4 6.c4 Qd8 7.O-O e6 8.Nc3 Be7 9.h3 Bh5 10.Be3 O-O 11.Ne5 Bxe2 12.Qxe2 Nbd7 13.f4 Bb4 14.Bf2 Qa5 15.Rac1 Rac8 16.a3 Bxc3 17.Rxc3 Qc7 18.g4 Ne8 19.g5 Nd6 20.d5 Nf5 21.Rd1 Nxe5 22.fxe5 cxd5 23.cxd5 Qe7 24.Qg4 Rxc3 25.d6 Qd7 26.bxc3 b6 27.Qb4 Rc8 28.c4 h5 29.c5 bxc5 30.Bxc5 Qc6 31.Bxa7 Qf3 32.Qd2 Qxh3 33.Qg2 Qxa3 34.Bf2 Qb3 35.Ra1 Kh7 36.Re1 Kg6 37.Qh2 Qf3 38.Qg2 Qb3 39.Qe4 Rc4 40.Qe2 Rg4+ 41.Kf1 Qh3# 0-1

              Comment


              • #8
                Plenty of well played endgames in this round. (round 2, game 1)

                Comment


                • #9
                  FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

                  July 15, 2021

                  Round Two, Game One


                  Results

                  Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Tohkirjonova, Gutrukhbegim 1-0
                  Badelka, Olga – Matnadze, Ana 0.5-0.5
                  Pogonina, Natalija – Kulkarni Bhakti 0.5-0.5
                  Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra – Stefanova, Antoaneta 0.5-0.5
                  Kashlinskaya, Alina – Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa 0.5-0.5
                  Hoang, Thanh Trang – Galliamova, Alisa 0-1
                  Bulmaga, Irina – Danielian, Elina 0-1
                  Yu, Jennifer – Saduakassova, Dinara 0-1
                  Dzagnidze, Nana – Peng, Zhaoqin 1-0
                  Buksa, Nataliya – Yip, Carissa 0-1
                  Girya, Olga – Garifullina, Leya 0.5-0.5
                  Munkhzul, Turmunkh – Shuvalova, Polina 0-1
                  Javakhishvili, Lela – Mammadova, Gulnar 0.5-0.5
                  Salimova, Nurgyul – Paehtz, Elisabeth 0.5-0.5
                  Atalik, Ekaterina – Guichard, Pauline 0-1
                  Abrahamyan, Tatev - Muzychuk, Anna 0-1
                  Muzychuk, Mariya – Gaponenko, Inna 0.5-0.5
                  Cyfka, Karina – Ushenina, Anna 0-1
                  Cramling, Pia – Socko, Monika 0.5-0.5
                  Cori, T., Deysi – Kosteniuk, Alexandra 0-1
                  Batsiashvili, Nino – Tsolakidou, Stavroula 0.5-0.5
                  Zawadzka, Jolanta – Bodnaruk, Anastasia 1-0
                  Gunina, Valentina – Sukandar, Irine, Kharisma 1-0
                  Aulia, Medina Warda – Harika, Dronavalli 0-1
                  Tan, Zhongyi – Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre 0.5-0.5
                  Skripchenko, Almira – Sebag, Marie 0.5-0.5
                  Mammadzada, Gunay – Unuk, Laura 0.5-0.5
                  Padmni, Rout – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat 0.5-0.5
                  Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Assaubayeva, Bibisara 0-1
                  Vaishali, R. – Khotenashvili, Bela 0-1
                  Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Osmak, Iulija 1-0
                  Injac, Teodora – Lagno, Kateryna 0.5-0.5


                  One of the candidates to win the women’s world cup outright is India’s top female grand master Harika Dronavalli (2515). Seeded straight into the second round, she was paired today with WIM Medina Warda Aulia (2360) from Indonesia.

                  After an offbeat Ruy Lopez variation with Black, Harika played the strong pawn advance 13.e5 opening up the position, and went on to win a nice technical game.

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Harika, Dronavalli – Aulia, Medina Warda
                  C70 Ruy Lopez, Taimanov variation

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 b5 5.Bb3 Na5 6.O-O d6 7.d4 exd4 8.Re1 Nxb3 9.axb3 c5 10.c3 d3 11.Qxd3 Be7 12.c4 b4 13.e5 Be6 14.exd6 Qxd6 15.Qe4 Ra7 16.Bf4 Qb6 17.Ne5 Nf6 18.Qc6+ Qxc6 19.Nxc6 Ra8 20.Nd2 Bf8 21.Nb8 a5 22.Nf3 Nh5 23.Bc7 Be7 24.Rxa5 Rxa5 25.Bxa5 Bd6 26.Rd1 Be7 27.Nc6 f6 28.Bb6 g5 29.Re1 Ng7 30.Nxe7 Kxe7 31.Bxc5+ Kf7 32.Nd4 Rb8 33.Nb5 Kg6 34.Bd6 Rb7 35.Bf8 Bd7 36.Nd6 Ra7 37.Bxg7 Kxg7 38.Re7+ Kg6 39.f3 Ra1+ 40.Kf2 Bf5 41.Nxf5 Kxf5 42.g4+ Kg6 43.Rb7 Rb1 44.Rxb4 Rxb2+ 45.Kg3 h5 46.gxh5+ Kxh5 47.Rb5 Rc2 48.h4 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Saduakassova, Dinara – Yu, Jennifer
                  D24 QGA

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 dxc4 5.e3 c5 6.Bxc4 Nc6 7.O-O a6 8.Qe2 b5 9.Bb3 Bb7 10.Rd1 Qc7 11.d5 exd5 12.Nxd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Be7 14.a4 b4 15.e4 O-O 16.Be3 Rad8 17.Rac1 Na5 18.h3 Bxd5 19.Rxd5 Rxd5 20.exd5 Rd8 21.Qxa6 Rxd5 22.Nd2 h6 23.Qa8+ Rd8 24.Qe4 Qd7 25.Qg4 Qxa4 26.Bxh6 Bf6 27.Rxc5 Nb3 28.Ne4 Bxb2 29.Rc8 Qa1+ 30.Kh2 Rxc8 31.Qxc8+ Kh7 32.Bf4 Qd1 33.Qf5+ Kg8 34.Qc8+ Kh7 35.Ng5+ Kg6 36.Qb7 f6 37.Qe4+ f5 38.Qe8+ 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Yip, Carissa – Buksa, Nataliya
                  B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

                  1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.O-O-O Be7 9.f4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e5 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b4 13.exf6 bxc3 14.Bxc3 Bxf6 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Rhe1 Rb8 17.Kb1 Bc6 18.c4 Ba4 19.Rc1 Qc5 20.g4 h6 21.h4 Ke7 22.Qc3 Bc6 23.Rcd1 Rhg8 24.g5 hxg5 25.fxg5 fxg5 26.Rf1 f5 27.Rde1 Kd6 28.hxg5 Rxg5 29.Bxf5 Kc7 30.Bc2 Rg4 31.Bb3 Be4+ 32.Ka1 a5 33.Bd1 Rg2 34.Rxe4 Rbxb2 35.Qxb2 Rxb2 36.Kxb2 Qb4+ 37.Bb3 a4 38.Rd1 axb3 39.axb3 Qa5 40.c5 Kb8 41.b4 Qb5 42.Kb3 Kc8 43.Red4 d5 44.cxd6 Kd7 45.Rc4 Qh5 46.Rc7+ Kd8 47.Rd2 e5 48.d7 Qf3+ 49.Kb2 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Muzychuk, Anna – Abrahamyan, Tatev
                  C19 French, Winawer, Advance, Smyslov variation

                  1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.e5 c5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.bxc3 Ne7 7.a4 Qc7 8.Nf3 h6 9.h4 b6 10.Bb5+ Bd7 11.Be2 Nbc6 12.O-O O-O 13.Bf4 f5 14.exf6 Qxf4 15.fxe7 Rf7 16.Bb5 Rxe7 17.Bxc6 Bxc6 18.Ne5 Be8 19.a5 Rc8 20.axb6 axb6 21.g3 Qf5 22.Re1 Rec7 23.Re3 b5 24.dxc5 Rxc5 25.Qd4 R5c7 26.Ra6 Qxc2 27.Rxe6 Bf7 28.Rd6 Ra8 29.Kg2 Kh7 30.Rf3 Bh5 31.g4 Ra4 32.Qb6 Bxg4 33.Qxc7 Bxf3+ 34.Nxf3 Rg4+ 35.Kh3 Qf5 36.Rf6 Rxh4+ 37.Kxh4 Qxf6+ 38.Kg3 Qg6+ 39.Kh2 Qh5+ 40.Kg2 b4 41.cxb4 Qg4+ 42.Qg3 Qxb4 43.Qh4 Qd6 44.Qg4 Qg6 45.Kh3 Qf6 46.Qh5 Qe6+ 47.Kg3 Kg8 48.Qe5 Kf7 49.Qf4+ Qf6 50.Qc7+ Kg8 51.Qb8+ Kh7 52.Qe5 Qg6+ 53.Kf4 Qc6 54.Qf5+ Kg8 55.Nd4 Qc7+ 56.Kg4 Qc4 57.Qe5 Kh7 58.Qf4 Qf1 59.Kf5 Qe1 60.Qe3 Qb1+ 61.Ke5 Qa2 62.Qf3 Kh8 63.Ke6 Kh7 64.Qf5+ Kh8 65.Kd6 Qa6+ 66.Kxd5 Qb7+ 67.Ke5 Qc7+ 68.Ke4 Qe7+ 69.Kf3 Qb7+ 70.Kg3 Qc7+ 71.Qf4 Qe7 72.Nf3 Qe6 73.Ne5 Qb3+ 74.Kh2 Qe6 75.Qe4 Kg8 76.Qc4 Qxc4 77.Nxc4 Kf7 78.Kg3 Kf6 79.Kf4 g6 80.Ne3 g5+ 81.Ke4 h5 82.Nf5 Kg6 83.Ne3 Kf6 84.Nf1 Kg6 85.Ke5 g4 86.Kf4 Kf6 87.Ne3 Kg6 88.Nxg4 1-0

                  Final Position



                  Game 1, July 15
                  Ushenina, Anna – Cyfka, Karina
                  E01 Catalan, Closed

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 Bxd2+ 6.Qxd2 O-O 7.Nf3 c6 8.O-O Nbd7 9.Ne5 dxc4 10.Nxc4 Qe7 11.Nc3 Rd8 12.Rfd1 Nb6 13.Ne5 Nfd7 14.Nf3 Nf6 15.Qc2 Bd7 16.e4 c5 17.e5 Ne8 18.Ne4 c4 19.Neg5 f5 20.exf6 gxf6 21.Ne4 Bc6 22.Re1 Ng7 23.Rad1 Qf7 24.Qc1 Rac8 25.h4 Kh8 26.a3 Rc7 27.g4 Bxe4 28.Rxe4 Nd5 29.Rde1 c3 30.h5 Rc6 31.h6 Ne8 32.g5 Rdc8 33.Bh3 Nec7 34.Rg4 Rg8 35.Rg3 Nb5 36.a4 Nbc7 37.bxc3 Rxc3 38.Qd2 Qh5 39.Bg4 Qe8 40.Rc1 Rxc1+ 41.Qxc1 b5 42.axb5 Nxb5 43.Qe1 Nbc7 44.gxf6 Qf7 45.Qe5 Qxf6 46.Qxf6+ Nxf6 47.Ne5 Rf8 48.Be2 Ng8 49.Rg7 Nd5 50.Bd3 Nxh6 51.Rxh7+ Kg8 52.Rxh6 Rf4 53.Rxe6 Rxd4 54.Rd6 Kf8 55.Bc4 Rd1+ 56.Kh2 Nc3 57.Rxd1 Nxd1 58.Kg3 a5 59.Kf3 Nb2 60.Be2 Na4 61.Nc4 Nc5 62.Nxa5 Ke7 63.Kf4 Kf6 64.Bc4 Nd7 65.Nc6 Nb6 66.Ne5 Nc8 67.Ng4+ Ke7 68.Ke5 Nb6 69.Bb5 Nc8 70.Ne3 Kf7 71.Nd5 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Cori T., Deysi
                  C02 French, Advance, Paulsen Attack

                  1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.e5 c5 4.c3 Nc6 5.Nf3 Nh6 6.Bxh6 gxh6 7.Be2 Qb6 8.Qd2 Bg7 9.O-O O-O 10.Na3 cxd4 11.cxd4 f6 12.exf6 Rxf6 13.Nc2 Bd7 14.b4 Rf7 15.a4 Raf8 16.Ra3 Ne7 17.Ne3 Rf4 18.Nc2 Kh8 19.g3 R4f7 20.Bd1 Nf5 21.Ne5 Bxe5 22.dxe5 Rg7 23.b5 Qc7 24.Re1 Qc5 25.Rc3 Qb6 26.Rf3 Rc8 27.Be2 h5 28.Bd3 Nd4 29.Nxd4 Qxd4 30.Rf4 Qc5 31.Kg2 Kg8 32.Rf6 Qa3 33.Re3 Qxa4 34.Ref3 a5 35.Qh6 Qb4 36.R3f4 Qa3 37.Rf3 Qc5 38.Qxh5 Be8 39.Bxh7+ Rxh7 40.Qg4+ Rg7 41.Qxe6+ 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Assaubayeva, Bibisara – Abdumalik, Zhansaya
                  D43 QGD, Semi-Slav

                  1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.e3 Nd7 8.Rc1 g6 9.Bd3 dxc4 10.Bxc4 Bg7 11.O-O O-O 12.e4 Qe7 13.Qe2 b5 14.Bd3 Bb7 15.e5 c5 16.Be4 Bxe4 17.Qxe4 Rab8 18.d5 exd5 19.Nxd5 Qe6 20.Rfe1 c4 21.b4 f5 22.Qd4 Nb6 23.Nf4 Qc6 24.Rcd1 c3 25.Qe3 g5 26.Nh5 c2 27.Rd6 Qc4 28.Rg6 Rb7 29.e6 Kh7 30.e7 Kxg6 31.exf8=Q Bxf8 32.Ne5+ Kxh5 33.Nxc4 Re7 34.Ne5 1-0

                  Game 1, July 15
                  Osmak, Iulija – Munguntuul, Batkhuyag
                  C84 Ruy Lopez, Closed

                  1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 b5 6.Bb3 Be7 7.O-O O-O 8.d3 d6 9.a3 h6 10.h3 Re8 11.Be3 Bb7 12.Nd5 Nxd5 13.Bxd5 Na5 14.Ba2 c5 15.b4 Nc6 16.c3 Qd7 17.Nh2 Nd8 18.bxc5 dxc5 19.Ng4 Bg5 20.Bxc5 Qc6 21.Be3 Qxc3 22.Qe2 Rc8 23.Rfc1 Qa5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Qe3 Ne6 26.Nxe5 Qxa3 27.Rxc8 Bxc8 28.Nxf7 Qb2 29.Rc1 Kxf7 30.Rc7+ Kg6 31.Bxe6 Bxe6 32.Rc5 Qa1+ 33.Rc1 Qf6 34.Rc6 Kh7 35.Rxa6 b4 36.d4 Rb8 37.d5 b3 38.Qe1 b2 39.Qb1 Qc3 40.Rc6 Qa5 41.e5+ Kg8 42.Rxe6 Qa1 0-1

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                  • #10
                    The game that caught mu eye this round (rd 2, game 2) is Abdumalik-Assaubayeva. After an exchange of witty tactics White enters a nice combo where she sheds her b pawn in front of her king position in order to force a win of bishop and knight for the rook and enter a winning endgame.

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                    • #11
                      FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

                      July 16, 2021

                      Round Two, Game Two


                      Game 2, July 16

                      Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Tokhirjonova, Gulruk.
                      D02 Queen’s Pawn game, Chigorin variation

                      1.d4 Nc6 2.Nf3 d5 3.Bf4 Bf5 4.e3 Nb4 5.Na3 e6 6.Be2 Be7 7.c3 Nc6 8.Qa4 Bxa3 9.Qxa3 Nge7 10.O-O O-O 11.b4 Ng6 12.Bg3 a6 13.Qb2 Qe7 14.a3 Rfd8 15.c4 h5 16.h3 h4 17.Bh2 dxc4 18.Bxc4 Na7 19.Rac1 Nc8 20.Rfe1 Nd6 21.Bf1 Be4 22.Nd2 Bc6 23.Nc4 f5 24.Bxd6 cxd6 25.Nb6 Rab8 26.a4 Be8 27.Rc3 d5 28.Rec1 e5 29.Rc5 Bf7 30.dxe5 Nxe5 31.a5 Qf6 32.Qd4 Qe6 33.Qxh4 g6 34.Rc7 Re8 35.b5 axb5 36.Bxb5 Red8 37.Rxb7 Kg7 38.Rxb8 Rxb8 39.Qd4 Kg8 40.f4 Nc4 41.Nxc4 Rxb5 42.Ne5 Be8 43.Rc7 Qd6 44.Qa7 Kf8 45.Rh7 Qf6 46.Rf7+ Bxf7 47.Nd7+ Kg7 48.Nxf6 Rb1+ 49.Kh2 Kxf6 50.a6 Be8 51.Qd4+ Ke7 52.Qe5+ Kd8 53.a7 1-0

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Pogonina, Natalija – Kulkarni Bhakti
                      A48 King’s Indian Defence

                      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.d4 g6 3.b3 Bg7 4.Bb2 O-O 5.e3 d6 6.Be2 Nbd7 7.O-O e5 8.dxe5 Ng4 9.c4 Ngxe5 10.Nxe5 Nxe5 11.Nc3 Nc6 12.Qd2 Be6 13.Rad1 f5 14.f4 Qf6 15.Bf3 Rfe8 16.Rb1 Kh8 17.Nd5 Qf7 18.b4 Rac8 19.Rfe1 Bxb2 20.Qxb2+ Qg7 21.Qa3 Ra8 22.b5 Nd8 23.b6 Bxd5 24.Bxd5 cxb6 25.Rxb6 axb6 26.Qxa8 b5 27.Qc8 b4 28.Qb8 Qc3 29.Kf2 Qf6 30.Re2 Qh4+ 31.Kg1 Qe7 32.Qa7 Ne6 33.Bxe6 Qxe6 34.Qa4 Rc8 35.Qxb4 Rxc4 36.Qxb7 Rc1+ 37.Kf2 Qf6 38.Qb2 Qxb2 39.Rxb2 Kg7 40.Rb7+ Kf6 41.Rxh7 Rc2+ 42.Kf3 Rxa2 43.h3 Ra1 44.g4 d5 45.g5+ Ke6 46.Rg7 Ra3 47.Rxg6+ Ke7 48.Ke2 Ra2+ 49.Kd3 Ra3+ 50.Kd4 Ra4+ 51.Kxd5 Re4 52.Rf6 Rxe3 53.Rxf5 Rxh3 54.g6 Rg3 55.Rf7+ Ke8 56.f5 Re3 57.Ra7 Kf8 58.f6 1-0

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Yu, Jennifer – Saduakassova, Dinara
                      C50 Giuoco Piano

                      1.e4 e5 2.Bc4 Nf6 3.d3 Nc6 4.Nf3 Bc5 5.O-O d6 6.c3 a6 7.a4 Ba7 8.Re1 h6 9.Be3 Bxe3 10.Rxe3 O-O 11.Nbd2 Re8 12.b4 Nh5 13.d4 Nf4 14.Nf1 exd4 15.cxd4 Bg4 16.Ng3 d5 17.exd5 Ne7 18.h3 Bd7 19.Ne5 Nexd5 20.Nxf7 Qh4 21.Rxe8+ Rxe8 22.Ne5 Be6 23.Qf3 Rf8 24.Qe4 Qf6 25.Nd3 c6 26.Nxf4 Nxf4 27.Nh5 Qf7 28.Qxf4 Bxc4 29.Qxf7+ Bxf7 30.Ng3 Rd8 31.Rd1 Bb3 32.Rd3 Bxa4 33.Nh5 Bc2 34.Rc3 Bb1 35.Rb3 Bg6 36.Nf4 Bf7 37.Rd3 g5 38.Ne2 Bc4 39.Rd2 Bxe2 40.Rxe2 Rxd4 41.Rb2 Kf7 42.g3 Ke6 43.Kg2 Kf5 44.Kf3 h5 45.Ke3 Rc4 46.Kd3 b5 47.Ra2 Rxb4 48.Rxa6 c5 49.Rc6 Rd4+ 50.Ke3 Re4+ 51.Kd3 Re5 52.Rh6 c4+ 53.Kd4 Re2 54.f3 Rd2+ 55.Ke3 Rd3+ 56.Ke2 b4 57.Rc6 Rc3 58.Rc5+ Kf6 59.Kd2 Rxf3 60.Rxc4 Rxg3 61.Rxb4 Rxh3 62.Ke2 h4 63.Kf2 Rg3 64.Ra4 Kg6 65.Rb4 Kh5 66.Ra4 Rb3 67.Ra5 Rb4 68.Kf3 Rf4+ 69.Kg2 Kg4 70.Ra3 Rb4 71.Ra2 h3+ 72.Kh2 Kh4 73.Ra8 Rb2+ 74.Kg1 g4 75.Ra4 Re2 76.Rb4 Kg3 77.Rb3+ Kf4 78.Rb4+ Kf3 79.Rb3+ Re3 80.Rb1 Kg3 81.Kh1 Rf3 82.Rc1 Re3 83.Kg1 Kf4 84.Rf1+ Rf3 85.Ra1 g3 86.Ra4+ Ke3 87.Ra3+ Ke2 88.Ra2+ Kd1 89.Ra1+ Kc2 90.Ra2+ Kb1 91.Re2 Rc3 0-1

                      Final Position



                      Game 2, July 16
                      Buksa, Nataliya – Yip, Carissa
                      B56 Sicilian Defence

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.f3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Be3 Be6 9.Nd5 Rc8 10.c4 Bxd5 11.cxd5 Na5 12.Nd2 Qc7 13.Kf2 b6 14.Qa4+ Kf8 15.b4 Nb7 16.Qxa7 Nxd5 17.exd5 f5 18.Ba6 f4 19.Bxb6 Qc3 20.Ke2 e4 21.fxe4 Bg5 22.Rhd1 f3+ 23.Nxf3 Qb2+ 24.Kf1 Qb1 1-0

                      Nataliya Buksa pulls off one of the first comeback wins of the day to take her match to tiebreaks tomorrow!

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Abrahamyan, Tatev – Muzychuk, Anna
                      C54 Giuoco Piano

                      1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 d6 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 a6 8.O-O Qe7 9.Nbd2 Ba7 10.a4 g5 11.Bg3 Nh7 12.Re1 h5 13.h4 g4 14.Nh2 Nf8 15.Nhf1 Ng6 16.Ne3 Bxe3 17.fxe3 Nxh4 18.Rf1 Rh7 19.b4 Ng6 20.b5 Na5 21.bxa6 bxa6 22.Bd5 c6 23.Ba2 Qg5 24.Qe2 h4 25.Be1 g3 26.Nf3 Qh6 27.Rb1 Nb7 28.d4 Nd8 29.dxe5 dxe5 30.Rd1 Bg4 31.Rd6 h3 32.Bxg3 hxg2 33.Rfd1 Qh1+ 34.Kf2 Nh4 35.Bxh4 Qxh4+ 36.Nxh4 Bxe2 37.Kxe2 Rxh4 38.Kf3 Rb8 39.R6d2 Rh3+ 40.Kf2 Rh4 41.Bc4 a5 42.Kf3 Rh1 43.Kxg2 Rxd1 44.Rxd1 Rb2+ 45.Kf3 Rc2 46.Rd3 Ke7 47.Bb3 Rb2 48.Bc4 Nb7 49.Rd1 Nd6 50.Bd3 Rb3 51.Ke2 Rxc3 52.Kd2 Ra3 53.Rc1 Rxa4 54.Rxc6 Nxe4+ 55.Kc2 Nd6 56.Rc5 e4 57.Ba6 Ra3 58.Kb2 Rxe3 59.Rxa5 Ke6 60.Kc2 f5 61.Kd2 f4 62.Be2 Rg3 0-1

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Muzychuk, Mariya – Gaponenko, Inna
                      C47 QGD, Semi-Slav, neo-Meran

                      1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c6 4.e3 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nbd7 6.Bd3 dxc4 7.Bxc4 b5 8.Bd3 b4 9.Na4 c5 10.O-O Bb7 11.dxc5 Bxc5 12.Nxc5 Nxc5 13.Bb5+ Ke7 14.Qe2 Qb6 15.b3 Nce4 16.Bb2 Nd5 17.Bc4 Ndc3 18.Qc2 Rad8 19.a3 a5 20.axb4 axb4 21.Nd4 e5 22.Bxc3 Nxc3 23.Ne2 Nxe2+ 24.Qxe2 Ra8 25.Qh5 Qf6 26.Rxa8 Rxa8 27.Qxh7 g6 28.Qh3 Ra2 29.Qg4 Rd2 30.Bd5 Qb6 31.Qh4+ Kd6 32.Qf6+ Kc5 33.Rc1+ 1-0

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Cori T., Deysi – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
                      A05 Reti Opening

                      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 c5 3.Bg2 Nc6 4.O-O e5 5.d3 d5 6.c4 Be7 7.Bg5 dxc4 8.dxc4 Qxd1 9.Rxd1 Be6 10.Nc3 Bxc4 11.Bxf6 gxf6 12.e3 Be6 13.Nd5 Rc8 14.Nd2 b6 15.Ne4 f5 16.Nec3 O-O 17.Bf1 Bd8 18.Nb5 Kg7 19.a3 Bg5 20.Nbc7 f4 21.Ba6 fxe3 22.h4 exf2+ 23.Kxf2 Bh6 24.Bxc8 Bxc8 25.Nf6 Kxf6 26.Rd6+ Kg7 27.Rxc6 Rd8 28.Re1 Rd2+ 29.Re2 Rxe2+ 30.Kxe2 Bg4+ 31.Kf2 Bc1 32.Ne8+ Kf8 33.Nf6 Be6 34.Nxh7+ Ke7 35.Rc7+ Kd6 36.Rxa7 e4 37.Nf6 Ke5 38.Nd7+ Kd4 39.Nxb6 Kd3 40.Ra8 e3+ 41.Kf3 Bxb2 42.Rd8+ Bd4 43.Na4 Kc2 44.h5 Bc4 45.h6 e2 46.Re8 Kd2 47.h7 Bd5+ 48.Kf4 Be6 0-1

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Assaubayeva, Bibisara
                      B23 Sicilian, Closed

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nc3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd2 g6 6.b3 Bh6 7.f4 f5 8.Bb2 Nf6 9.Bd3 Qa5 10.exf5 Bxf5 11.Nge2 O-O-O 12.O-O-O Rhe8 13.Kb1 e5 14.Bxf5+ gxf5 15.Qd3 exf4 16.Qh3 Bg5 17.Rhf1 Re3 18.Rf3 Rde8 19.Nc1 Kb8 20.Rxd6 Qc5 21.Rd3 Nd4 22.b4 Rxf3 23.gxf3 Qxb4 24.a3 Qc4 25.Rxd4 Qxd4 26.Ne4 Qg1 27.Nxf6 Bxf6 28.Bxf6 Qe3 29.Bb2 a6 30.Qh5 Rd8 31.h4 Ka8 32.Qg5 Re8 33.Qg2 Qe1 34.Qg5 Qe3 35.Qh5 Rd8 36.Nb3 Qg1+ 37.Bc1 Qd1 38.Qxh7 Qxf3 39.Qxf5 Qh1 40.Qf6 Rc8 41.Nd4 Qd1 42.Qxf4 Rc4 43.Qf8+ Ka7 44.Qf2 Ka8 45.Nb3 Qh1 46.h5 Rc8 47.h6 Qe4 48.Qd2 Qh4 49.Qd3 Rd8 50.Qf5 Qh1 51.Kb2 Re8 52.Qg6 Rc8 53.Be3 Qh2 54.Bd4 1-0

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Injac, Teodora – Lagno, Kateryna
                      E97 King’s Indian, Orthodox, Aronin-Taimanov variation

                      1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.d4 O-O 6.Be2 e5 7.O-O Nc6 8.d5 Ne7 9.Bg5 Nh5 10.Re1 a5 11.Rc1 b6 12.a3 h6 13.Bd2 f5 14.exf5 Nxf5 15.Bd3 Qe7 16.a4 Qf7 17.Ne4 Nf4 18.Bxf4 exf4 19.Nc3 Bxc3 20.Rxc3 Bd7 21.b3 Rae8 22.Rc2 Qf6 23.h3 Rxe1+ 24.Qxe1 Re8 25.Re2 Rxe2 26.Qxe2 Kf7 27.Qd2 Nh4 28.Nxh4 Qxh4 29.Be4 Qf6 30.Qd3 Kg7 31.Kf1 Be8 32.Kg1 Qe5 33.Qf3 Bd7 34.Qd3 Qf6 35.Qf3 h5 36.Kh2 Qe5 37.Bc2 Qd4 38.Kg1 Kh6 39.Kh2 Qe5 40.Kg1 Kg7 41.Kh2 Be8 42.Kg1 Bf7 43.Kh2 g5 44.Kg1 Kf8 45.Kf1 Ke7 46.Qe4 Qxe4 47.Bxe4 Kf6 48.Ke2 Ke5 49.Kd3 Be8 50.f3 Bd7 51.Bg6 g4 52.h4 g3 53.Ke2 Kf6 54.Be4 Be8 55.Kd3 Ke5 56.Bh7 c6 57.Be4 cxd5 58.Bxd5 Bg6+ 59.Kd2 Kd4 60.Be6 Be8 61.Bd5 Ke5 62.Kd3 Bg6+ 63.Kd2 Kf6 64.Bc6 Bf5 65.Be8 Bh3 66.Bxh5 Bxg2 67.Ke2 Bh3 68.Bg4 Bxg4 69.fxg4 g2 70.Kf2 f3 71.Kg1 Ke5 72.Kf2 Kf4 73.g5 Kf5 74.Kg1 Kg4 75.Kh2 Kh5 76.Kg1 0-1

                      Game 2, July 16
                      Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Osmak, Iulija
                      B84 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical

                      1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Be2 e6 7.O-O Nbd7 8.a4 b6 9.f4 Bb7 10.Bf3 Qc7 11.Kh1 Rc8 12.Qe2 Qc4 13.Qxc4 Rxc4 14.Be3 e5 15.Nb3 Be7 16.Nd2 Rc8 17.Rac1 exf4 18.Bxf4 Ne5 19.Be2 O-O 20.Rfe1 Rfe8 21.h3 h6 22.Be3 Nfd7 23.Kh2 Bg5 24.Bxg5 hxg5 25.Nf3 f6 26.Rcd1 Nf7 27.Nd4 Nc5 28.Bg4 Rcd8 29.Bf5 a5 30.Ndb5 Re7 31.b3 Kf8 32.Rd4 Ne6 33.Bxe6 Rxe6 34.Nc7 Re5 35.N3d5 Rc8 36.c4 Bxd5 37.Nxd5 Rb8 38.Red1 Rb7 39.Rb1 Nd8 40.Nc3 Ke7 41.Rbd1 Re6 42.Rd5 Kd7 43.Kg1 Rb8 44.e5 fxe5 45.Ne4 Nb7 46.Nxg5 Re7 47.Ne4 Re6 48.Ng5 Rg6 49.Rxe5 Rh8 50.Kh2 Nc5 51.Red5 Rf8 52.Nf3 Kc7 53.Rb1 Re8 54.Rb2 Re3 55.Nd4 Kd7 56.Nf3 Kc8 57.Nd4 Kd7 58.Nf3 Rf6 59.Rg5 Rf7 60.Rd5 Rf6 61.Rg5 g6 62.h4 Nxb3 63.Rb5 Nc5 64.Rxb6 Nxa4 65.Rb7+ Ke6 66.R2b5 Nc5 67.Ng5+ Kf5 68.Rxa5 Rc3 69.Rb4 Kg4 70.Nf3 Rc2 71.Ra3 Rf4 72.Rb8 Ne4 73.Rg8 Rf6 74.Ng5 Nd2 75.Rg3+ Kf4 76.Nh3+ Ke5 77.R3xg6 Rf7 78.Re8+ Kf5 79.Rxd6 Rg7 80.Rd5+ Kf6 81.Rf8+ Ke7 82.Rf2 Nf1+ 83.Kg1 Ne3 84.Re5+ Kd6 85.Rxe3 Rxc4 86.h5 Rh4 87.Rf6+ Kd5 88.h6 Rh7 89.Ng5 R7xh6 90.Rxh6 Rxh6 91.Kf2 1-0

                      Final Position



                      (to be continued)

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                      • #12
                        FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

                        July 16, 2021

                        Round Two, Game Two



                        Results of Game Two
                        '-
                        - Match Results Round Two
                        -
                        Board Player 1 Player 2 Game 1 Game 2
                        - - - - -
                        1 Goryachkina, Aleksandra Tokhirjonova, Gulrukhbegim 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        2 Lagno, Kateryna Injac, Teodora 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        3 Muzychuk, Mariya Gaponenko, Inna 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        4 Muzychuk, Anna Abrahamyan, Tatev 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        5 Dzagnidze, Nana Peng, Zhaoqin 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        6 Harika, Dronavalli Aulia, Medina Warda 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        7 Tan, Zhongyi Yildiz Kadioglu, Betul Cemre 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        8 Saduakassova, Dinara Yu, Jennifer 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        9 Kashlinskaya, Alina Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        10 Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat Padmini, Rout 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2
                        11 Batsiashvili, Nino Tsolakidou, Stavroula 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        12 Shuvalova, Polina Munkhzul, Turmunkh 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        13 Javakhishvili, Lela Mammadova, Gulnar 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2
                        14 Kosteniuk, Alexandra Cori T., Deysi 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        15 Abdumalik, Zhansaya Assaubayeva, Bibisara 0 - 1 1 - 0
                        16 Stefanova, Antoaneta Maltsevskaya, Aleksandra 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        17 Pogonina, Natalija Kulkarni Bhakti 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        18 Khotenashvili, Bela Vaishali R 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        19 Cramling, Pia Socko, Monika 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2
                        20 Paehtz, Elisabeth Salimova, Nurgyul 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2
                        21 Girya, Olga Garifullina, Leya 1/2 -1/2 0 - 1
                        22 Bodnaruk, Anastasia Zawadzka, Jolanta 0 - 1 0 - 1
                        23 Mammadzada, Gunay Unuk, Laura 1/2 -1/2 1 - 0
                        24 Galliamova, Alisa Hoang, Thanh Trang 1 - 0 1/2 -1/2
                        25 Bulmaga, Irina Danielian, Elina 0 - 1 0 - 1
                        26 Sebag, Marie Skripchenko, Almira 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2
                        27 Gunina, Valentina Sukandar, Irine Kharisma 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        28 Yip, Carissa Buksa, Nataliya 1 - 0 0 - 1
                        29 Atalik, Ekaterina Guichard, Pauline 0 - 1 1/2 -1/2
                        30 Ushenina, Anna Cyfka, Karina 1 - 0 1/2 -1/2
                        31 Munguntuul, Batkhuyag Osmak, Iulija 1 - 0 1 - 0
                        32 Matnadze, Ana Badelka, Olga 1/2 -1/2 1/2 -1/2

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                        • #13
                          In rd 2 game 3 Carissa Yip readjusted herself and used her avalanche of extra pawns to break thru against Buksa. This turned out to be the decisive game of the match as her opponent blundered horribly in an equal position in game 4. Do or die in the Sicilian.
                          Last edited by Hans Jung; Saturday, 17th July, 2021, 12:10 PM.

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                          • #14
                            FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

                            July 17, 2021

                            Round Two Tie-Breaks


                            Results

                            Matnadze-Badelka 4-5
                            Yip-Buksa 3-1
                            Mammadova-Javakhshivili 3-1
                            Paehtz-Salimova 4.5-3.5
                            Socko-Cramling 2.5-3.5
                            Sebag-Skripchenko 3.5-2.5
                            Khademalsharieh-Padmini 3-1
                            Assaubayeva-Abdumalik 2.5-1.5

                            (8 matches)

                            Third Round Pairings

                            Goryachkina-Badelka
                            Pogonina-Stefanova
                            Kashlinskaya-Galliamova
                            Danielian-Saduakassova
                            Dzagnidze-Yip
                            Garifullina-Shuvalova
                            Mammadova-Paehtz
                            Guichard-Muzychuk,A.
                            Muzychuk, M.-Ushenina
                            Cramling-Kosteniuk
                            Batsiashvili-Zawadzka
                            Gunina-Harika
                            Tan-Sebag
                            Mammadzada-Khademalsharieh
                            Assaubayeva-Khotenashvili
                            Munguntuul-Lagno

                            (16 matches)

                            Selected Round Two Games

                            Game 9, July 17
                            Armageddon
                            Badelka, Olga – Matnadze, Ana
                            D35 AGD, Exchange, position line

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Bg5 c6 6.e3 Nbd7 7.Bd3 Be7 8.Qc2 Nf8 9.O-O-O Ne6 10.Bxf6 Bxf6 11.f4 b6 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.Kb1 c5 14.Bb5+ Kf8 15.dxc5 bxc5 16.Bc4 d4 17.Bxe6 fxe6 18.exd4 Bxf3 19.gxf3 cxd4 20.Ne4 Qd5 21.Rd3 Rd8 22.Re1 Kf7 23.Qa4 Rhe8 24.Red1 Qf5 25.Qxa7+ Kg8 26.Qc7 Rf8 27.Rg1 Kh8 28.a4 Ra8 29.Qc6 Qxf4 30.Rc1 e5 31.Qc5 Rfe8 32.a5 Be7 33.Qd5 Rac8 34.Rg1 Rb8 35.Rb3 Rbd8 36.Qb5 Bf8 37.a6 d3 38.Rxd3 Rb8 39.Qa4 Qf7 40.Rc1 Ra8 41.Qa2 Qe7 42.Qa4 Qe6 43.Rc4 Rxa6 44.Qb3 Rb6 45.Rb4 Rxb4 46.Qxe6 Rxe6 47.Rd8 Re7 48.Rc8 Kg8 49.Nd6 Rbb7 50.Ne4 Rb6 51.Nc5 Rbe6 52.Re8 Kf7 53.Nb7 Kxe8 54.Na5 Kf7 55.Nc4 1-0

                            Game 3, July 17
                            Yip, Carissa – Buksa, Nataliya
                            B48 Sicilian, Taimanov variation

                            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qf3 Nf6 8.O-O-O Ne5 9.Qg3 b5 10.f4 Neg4 11.Bd2 b4 12.Na4 h5 13.Bd3 d5 14.e5 Ne4 15.Bxe4 dxe4 16.h3 Nh6 17.Bxb4 Bxb4 18.Qxg7 Rg8 19.Qxh6 Bd7 20.f5 Bf8 21.Qxh5 Bxa4 22.fxe6 O-O-O 23.Qe2 Qb6 24.exf7 Rg6 25.Qc4+ Bc6 26.Ne6 Rxe6 27.Qxe6+ Kb7 28.Qb3 Qxb3 29.axb3 Rc8 30.e6 Be7 31.Rhe1 Rh8 32.Kb1 Kc8 33.Rd4 Rh6 34.Rdxe4 Bxe4 35.Rxe4 Rf6 36.g4 Kd8 37.b4 Bf8 38.Ka2 Rf3 39.h4 Ke7 40.g5 Rf5 41.Kb3 Bg7 42.c3 Bf8 43.Kc4 Bg7 44.Kd3 Bf8 45.c4 Bg7 46.c5 Rf3+ 47.Re3 Rf4 48.Re4 Rf3+ 49.Ke2 Rb3 50.h5 Bxb2 51.Rc4 Be5 52.c6 Bc7 53.Rd4 Rb2+ 54.Kd1 1-0

                            Game 7, July 17
                            Paehtz, Elisabeth – Salimova, Nurgyul
                            A06 Reti Opening

                            1.Nf3 d5 2.e3 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Nbd7 5.b3 Bd6 6.g3 O-O 7.Bg2 c6 8.d4 b6 9.O-O Ba6 10.Re1 dxc4 11.bxc4 Bxc4 12.Nd2 Ba6 13.Qa4 Bb7 14.Bxc6 Bxc6 15.Qxc6 Bb4 16.Qc4 Qe7 17.Bb2 Rac8 18.Qb3 Rfd8 19.a3 Bd6 20.Nc4 Bb8 21.a4 Nd5 22.Ba3 Qg5 23.Ne4 Qg6 24.Ncd6 Bxd6 25.Nxd6 Rc3 26.Qb5 Nf8 27.e4 Nf6 28.Bb4 Rc2 29.Qd3 Rc6 30.Qe2 Ne8 31.Nb5 a6 32.d5 Rcc8 33.Nc3 a5 34.Bxf8 Kxf8 35.Nb5 Kg8 36.Rad1 h5 37.d6 Rc5 38.e5 h4 39.Qf3 hxg3 40.hxg3 f6 41.Qb7 fxe5 42.Qe7 Qf6 43.Qb7 Rc2 44.Rf1 Rb2 45.d7 Qf7 46.dxe8=Q+ Qxe8 47.Rxd8 Qxd8 48.Qc6 Qf6 49.Qe4 Rb4 50.Qe3 Rxa4 51.Qxb6 e4 52.Qe3 Rb4 53.Nd6 Qe5 54.Rd1 a4 55.Qd2 Rb2 56.Qd4 Qh5 57.Nxe4 a3 58.Rc1 Rb8 59.Qd6 Rf8 60.Qxa3 Qf5 61.Qe3 Qh3 62.Re1 Rf5 63.Ng5 Qh6 64.Qxe6+ Qxe6 65.Nxe6 g5 66.Kg2 g4 67.Nf4 1-0

                            Game 5, July 17
                            Socko, Monika – Cramling, Pia
                            E01 Catalan, Closed

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Qc2 b6 7.Nf3 Bb7 8.O-O a5 9.b3 Be7 10.Bb2 Na6 11.Rac1 Rc8 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Qf5 c5 14.Rfd1 Qe8 15.dxc5 Nxc5 16.Ng5 g6 17.Qb1 Ne6 18.Nxe6 fxe6 19.Nf3 Ne4 20.Bd4 Bc5 21.Qb2 Qe7 22.Qa1 Ba6 23.Bxc5 bxc5 24.Re1 a4 25.Qe5 Rf5 26.Qb2 Qd6 27.Nh4 Rf7 28.Bxe4 dxe4 29.Red1 Qb6 30.Qe5 c4 31.e3 axb3 32.axb3 cxb3 33.Rxc8+ Bxc8 34.Qxe4 b2 35.Qc2 Rc7 36.Qb1 Bb7 37.Nxg6 Qc6 38.e4 Qxe4 39.Rd8+ Kf7 40.Ne5+ Kg7 0-1

                            Game 6, July 17
                            Sebag, Marie – Skripchenko, Almira
                            C41 Philidor, Improved Hanham variation

                            1.e4 d6 2.d4 Nf6 3.Nc3 e5 4.Nf3 Nbd7 5.Bc4 Be7 6.O-O O-O 7.a4 a6 8.a5 h6 9.h3 exd4 10.Nxd4 Ne5 11.Ba2 c5 12.Nde2 Be6 13.Nf4 Bxa2 14.Rxa2 Nc6 15.Nfd5 Re8 16.Bf4 Bf8 17.Nxf6+ Qxf6 18.Nd5 Qe6 19.Ra4 Rac8 20.c3 Ne7 21.Nb6 Rcd8 22.Qf3 Nc8 23.Nd5 Ne7 24.Nc7 Qd7 25.Nxe8 Qxa4 26.Nxd6 Qb3 27.e5 Ng6 28.Bg3 Nxe5 29.Qxb7 Qxb7 30.Nxb7 Rb8 31.Bxe5 Rxb7 32.c4 Rb4 33.Rd1 f6 34.Bc3 Rxc4 35.f3 Ra4 36.Rd8 Kf7 37.Ra8 Bd6 38.Kf2 Be5 39.Bxe5 fxe5 40.Ra7+ Kf8 41.Rxa6 Rb4 42.Rb6 Ra4 43.a6 Kf7 44.Ke3 c4 45.g4 Ra2 46.Ke4 Ra5 47.h4 Kg8 48.Kf5 Kh7 49.h5 Rc5 50.a7 Ra5 51.Rb7 Ra6 52.Kxe5 Ra4 53.Kd4 Ra6 54.Kxc4 1-0

                            Game 4, July 17
                            Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Padmini, Rout
                            D85 Grunfeld, Modern Exchange variation

                            1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Nf3 O-O 8.Be2 b6 9.Be3 Bb7 10.Qc2 c5 11.d5 Qd6 12.Rd1 e5 13.Nd2 Nd7 14.Nc4 Qe7 15.O-O f5 16.exf5 gxf5 17.f4 e4 18.Bf2 Qf6 19.Be1 a6 20.a4 b5 21.Na5 Qb6 22.c4 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Nf6 24.Nxb7 Qxb7 25.Bc3 Bxc3 26.Qxc3 b4 27.Qe3 Qb6 28.Qh3 Ne8 29.g4 Nd6 30.gxf5 Nxf5 31.Bg4 Nd4 32.Be6+ Kh8 33.f5 Qd6 34.Qh6 Nxf5 35.Rxf5 Rxf5 36.Rg1 Qf8 37.Qh3 Rf3 38.Qg2 h6 39.d6 Rd8 40.d7 Rf6 41.Qxe4 Qe7 42.Rg6 Rxd7 43.Rg8# 1-0

                            Game 4, July 17
                            Abdumalik, Zhansaya – Assaubayeva, Bibisara
                            B90 Sicilian, Najdorf, Adams Attack

                            1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.h3 e5 7.Nde2 b5 8.Ng3 Qc7 9.Bd3 Nbd7 10.O-O g6 11.a4 b4 12.Na2 Rb8 13.c3 bxc3 14.Nxc3 Bg7 15.Qe2 Nc5 16.Bc4 O-O 17.Bg5 Be6 18.Bxe6 fxe6 19.Qc4 Rxb2 20.Be3 Nfd7 21.a5 Qb8 22.Rab1 Qb3 23.Qxb3 Rxb3 24.Rxb3 Nxb3 25.Rd1 Nd4 26.Nce2 Nb5 27.Rc1 Nb8 28.h4 d5 29.h5 d4 30.Bd2 Kf7 31.Rc4 Rd8 32.Nc1 Nd6 33.Rc7+ Rd7 34.hxg6+ hxg6 35.Rc5 Bf6 36.Nd3 Nb5 37.Rc8 Rd8 38.Nxe5+ Kg7 39.Rc5 Bxe5 40.Rxe5 Rd6 41.Rg5 Nd7 42.Nh5+ Kf7 43.Nf4 e5 44.Nd3 Re6 45.Rg4 Rc6 46.Nb4 Re6 47.Rh4 Nc5 48.Nd5 Nb3 49.Bb4 Rc6 50.Rh7+ Kg8 51.Rd7 Nc5 52.Rd8+ Kf7 53.f3 g5 54.Bd2 g4 55.Kf2 gxf3 56.Kxf3 d3 57.Nb4 Nd4+ 58.Ke3 Rg6 59.Rxd4 exd4+ 60.Kxd4 Nb3+ 61.Kxd3 Nxa5 62.g4 Nb7 63.Kd4 a5 64.Nd3 Rd6+ 65.Ke3 a4 66.Bb4 Rh6 67.g5 Rh1 68.Nf4 Rc1 69.Kd4 Nd8 70.g6+ Kg7 71.Kd3 Nc6 72.Bc3+ Kg8 73.Bb2 Rg1 74.Ke2 Rg3 75.Kf2 a3 76.Ba1 Rb3 77.Nd5 Rb1 78.Bc3 a2 79.Nf6+ Kg7 0-1

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                            • #15
                              Rd3 game 1 Carissa Yip is on fire with a win as black against top 5 in world Dzagnidze. She finishes with a queen and knight tango.

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