FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 18, 2021

Round Three, Game 1

Results

Goryachkina-Badelka 1-0
Pogonina-Stefanova 0.5-0.5
Kashlinskaya-Galliamova 1-0
Danielian-Saduakassova 0.5-0.5
Dzagnidze-Yip 0-1
Garifullina-Shuvalova 0.5-0.5
Mammadova-Paehtz 0.5-0.5
Guichard-Muzychuk,A. 0-1
Muzychuk, M.-Ushenina 0.5-0.5
Cramling-Kosteniuk 0-1
Batsiashvili-Zawadzka 1-0
Gunina-Harika 1-0
Tan-Sebag 1-0
Mammadzada-Khademalsharieh 0.5-0.5
Assaubayeva-Khotenashvili 0.5-0.5
Munguntuul-Lagno 0-1

In the women’s group the main favourite Aleksandra Goryachkina is still on 100% having defeated Olga Badelka with White. Today she played a solid Catalan opening, achieving a small positional plus after the opening. Later in the game she opened the a-file and penetrated into her opponent’s position with her heavy pieces, winning a pawn and converting in the endgame.

Joining her on 100% is the older of the two very strong Muzychuk sisters, Anna. Today’s win over Pauline Guichard – with Black - gives her very good chances to qualify for the fourth round.

Other important results this afternoon include Kashlinskaya-Galliamova (1-0), Dzagnidze-Yip (0-1), Cramling-Kosteniuk (0-1), Gunina-Harika (1-0), Tan-Sebag (1-0) and Munguntuul-Lagno (0-1).

Selected Games

Game 1, July 18
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Badelka, Olga
E05 Catalan, open, Classical line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Be7 5.Nf3 O-O 6.O-O dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 c5 9.dxc5 Bxc5 10.Nbd2 b5 11.Ng5 Ra7 12.Nde4 Nxe4 13.Nxe4 Bd4 14.Ng5 g6 15.axb5 axb5 16.Rxa7 Bxa7 17.Ne4 Bd4 18.Bh6 Bg7 19.Bxg7 Kxg7 20.Qc3+ f6 21.Qb4 Qb6 22.Nd6 Bd7 23.Rd1 Qc7 24.Ra1 Rd8 25.Nb7 Rf8 26.Ra8 Bc6 27.Bxc6 Qxc6 28.Qe7+ Kg8 29.Nc5 Qe8 30.Qxe6+ Qxe6 31.Nxe6 Rc8 32.Kf1 b4 33.Ke1 Kf7 34.Nd4 Rd8 35.Nc2 c3 36.bxc3 bxc3 37.Ra3 Rc8 38.Ra7+ Ke6 39.Rxh7 Nc6 40.Rb7 Kd5 41.Ne3+ Kc5 42.Rb3 Kd4 43.Rb5 Ne5 44.Nc2+ Kc4 45.Na3+ Kd4 46.Kd1 Ra8 47.Rb3 g5 48.Kc2 Rh8 49.h4 gxh4 50.Rb4+ Kd5 51.gxh4 Ra8 52.Kb3 Nc6 53.Rb5+ Ke4 54.Nc2 Rc8 55.f3+ Kf4 56.Rc5 Rb8+ 57.Kxc3 Ne5 58.Rd5 Rh8 59.Rd4+ Kg3 60.Ne3 Ra8 61.Nf5+ Kf2 62.Re4 Rh8 63.Kd4 Rh5 64.Ng7 Rh7 65.Ne8 Ng6 66.Nxf6 Rxh4 67.Ng4+ Ke1 68.Ke3 Rh8 69.Re6 Nh4 70.Kf4 Rf8+ 71.Kg5 Ng2 72.Nf6 Ra8 73.f4 Kf2 74.f5 Ne3 75.Ng4+ 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Kashlinskaya, Alina – Galliamova, Alisa
D52 QGD

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.Bg5 Nbd7 6.e3 h6 7.Bh4 g5 8.Bg3 Nh5 9.Qc2 Nxg3 10.hxg3 Bg7 11.O-O-O Qe7 12.Kb1 O-O 13.Be2 Rd8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Bxe5 16.Rxh6 Bg7 17.Rh5 b5 18.cxb5 Bd7 19.f4 gxf4 20.gxf4 cxb5 21.Rdh1 f5 22.g4 b4 23.Nb5 Rac8 24.Qd2 b3 25.Nd4 bxa2+ 26.Ka1 Rc7 27.gxf5 e5 28.fxe5 Qxe5 29.Bf3 Be8 30.Rg5 Rb8 31.Rhg1 Kh7 32.f6 Qxf6 33.Qh2+ 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Dzagnidze, Nana – Yip, Carissa
E60 King’s Indian, Fianchetto variation

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O O-O 5.d4 d6 6.c4 Bf5 7.Nh4 Be4 8.f3 Bc6 9.Nc3 e5 10.Be3 Bd7 11.Qd2 exd4 12.Bxd4 h6 13.e4 Nc6 14.Be3 Kh7 15.Rad1 Re8 16.Kh1 a6 17.f4 b5 18.e5 dxe5 19.Nd5 Ng4 20.f5 e4 21.fxg6+ fxg6 22.Rf7 Nce5 23.Rxg7+ Kxg7 24.Bd4 Bc6 25.Bxe4 Nf6 26.Bg2 bxc4 27.Ne3 Kh7 28.Qf2 Bxg2+ 29.Kxg2 Qd6 30.Bc3 Qc6+ 31.Kg1 Ne4 32.Qf4 Ng5 33.Qf1 Nef3+ 34.Nxf3 Nxf3+ 35.Kf2 Rf8 36.Ke2 Nd4+ 0-1

Position after Black’s 21….fxg6. What is much better than White’s 22.Rf7?



Game 1, July 18
Guichard, Pauline – Muzychuk, Anna
D10 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.b3 Bb4 6.Bb2 Ne4 7.Qc2 Qa5 8.Ne2 Be7 9.a3 Nxc3 10.Nxc3 Nd7 11.b4 Qc7 12.cxd5 cxd5 13.Bd3 Nf6 14.Rc1 Qd8 15.e4 dxe4 16.Nxe4 Bd7 17.O-O Rc8 18.Qe2 Bc6 19.d5 Bxd5 20.Bb5+ Kf8 21.Nxf6 Bxf6 22.Rxc8 Qxc8 23.Rc1 Qd8 24.Bxf6 gxf6 25.Qe3 a6 26.Bf1 h5 27.h4 Kg7 28.Be2 Qd6 29.Rc3 Qe5 30.Qd2 Rh6 31.Bf3 Bxf3 32.Rxf3 Rg6 33.g3 Rg4 34.Rd3 Re4 35.Kh2 Re2 36.Qf4 Qxf4 37.gxf4 Rxf2+ 38.Kg3 Rf1 39.Rd7 Ra1 40.Rxb7 Rxa3+ 41.Kg2 Kg6 42.b5 a5 43.b6 Rb3 44.Ra7 Kf5 45.Rxa5+ 0-1

Game 1, July 18
Cramling, Pia – Kostenkiuk, Alexandra
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 Nf6 3.c4 e6 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Bg5 h6 6.Bxf6 Qxf6 7.Qa4+ Nc6 8.e3 O-O 9.Rc1 Rd8 10.Be2 dxc4 11.Bxc4 e5 12.dxe5 Qg6 13.O-O Bh3 14.Ne1 Nxe5 15.Be2 c5 16.Qc2 Qxc2 17.Rxc2 Bf5 18.e4 Be6 19.Nf3 Nc6 20.a3 Ba5 21.Nd1 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Bd3 Bb3 24.Rc5 b6 25.Rc6 Rac8 26.Rxc8 Rxc8 27.f3 Bd2 28.Kf2 Bc1 29.Ke2 a6 30.Rf2 b5 31.f4 Re8 32.Rf3 Bd5 33.Kf2 Bxe4 34.Bxe4 Rxe4 35.g3 f5 36.h4 Kf7 37.a4 bxa4 38.Ra3 a5 39.Rxa4 Bd2 40.Kf3 Bb4 41.g4 Re1 42.Ra1 fxg4+ 43.Kxg4 d3 44.h5 d2 45.Kf5 Be7 0-1

Game 1, July 18
Gunina, Valentina – Harika, Dronavalli
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a4 Bg4 9.c3 Na5 10.Ba2 b4 11.d3 Rb8 12.Nbd2 c5 13.Nf1 O-O 14.Ne3 b3 15.Nxg4 Nxg4 16.Bb1 Re8 17.Qe2 Qc7 18.Nd2 Nf6 19.Nf1 Bf8 20.Bg5 Nd7 21.Ne3 Nb6 22.Qg4 Kh8 23.Nf5 f6 24.Bd2 Qf7 25.h4 g6 26.Ng3 Qe6 27.Qe2 Rb7 28.f4 Qg8 29.Rf1 Nc8 30.h5 Nc6 31.d4 c4 32.hxg6 hxg6 33.fxe5 fxe5 34.Nh5 Bg7 35.Bg5 exd4 36.Nf6 Qe6 37.cxd4 Rf8 38.e5 dxe5 39.d5 Nd4 40.Qe4 Qxf6 41.Bxf6 Bxf6 42.Qxg6 Rbf7 43.Rxf6 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Tan, Zhongyi – Sebag, Marie
B94 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 Nbd7 7.f4 Qc7 8.Qf3 g6 9.O-O-O Bg7 10.g4 h6 11.Bh4 e5 12.Nb3 exf4 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Nb6 15.Qxf4 Nh7 16.Bh6 Be5 17.Qd2 Bg4 18.Be2 Bxc3 19.bxc3 Bxe2 20.Qxe2 O-O-O 21.Bf4 Na4 22.Rd4 Nxc3 23.Qd3 b5 24.Bxd6 Ne2+ 25.Kb2 Nf4 26.Qd2 Rxd6 27.Rxd6 Ne6 28.Qd5 Kb8 29.Rxa6 1-0

Game 1, July 18
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag – Lagno, Kateryna
C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.d3 Bc5 5.Nbd2 O-O 6.O-O Re8 7.Nc4 d5 8.Bxc6 bxc6 9.Ncxe5 dxe4 10.dxe4 Qxd1 11.Rxd1 Nxe4 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.fxe3 c5 14.Rd3 f6 15.Nc6 a5 16.Ra3 a4 17.b4 Bd7 18.b5 Re6 19.c4 Bxc6 20.bxc6 Rxc6 21.h3 Rb6 22.Rd1 Rb4 23.Rd7 Rxc4 24.Rxc7 Rc3 25.Rxc3 Nxc3 26.Rxc5 Nxa2 27.Rc4 a3 28.Nd4 h5 29.h4 Kh7 30.Kh2 Kg6 31.Kg3 Re8 32.Kf3 Ra8 33.Kg3 Ra7 34.Kf3 Kf7 35.Nc2 Ke6 36.Re4+ Kf7 37.Rc4 Ra5 38.Nd4 Ra6 39.Rc7+ Kg6 40.Rc4 Ra5 41.Nc2 Nc1 42.Nxa3 Nb3 43.Rc3 Rxa3 44.Kg3 Kf5 45.Kh3 Ke4 46.Kh2 f5 47.Kh3 f4 48.exf4 Kd4 49.Rg3 Kc4 50.Rxg7 Nd2+ 51.Kh2 Nf1+ 52.Kg1 Ne3 53.Rg5 Ng4 54.Kf1 Kd3 55.g3 Ra1+ 56.Kg2 Ra2+ 57.Kg1 Ke3 58.Rb5 Kf3 59.Rb3+ Ne3 60.f5 Re2 61.f6 Kxg3 62.Rb1 Rf2 63.Re1 Ng4 0-1

[Hans Jung]

The answer to whats much better than 22.Rf7? is 22. Bf4 (attacking something) 22.Rf7 is an automatic move (my terminology - masters often say it plays itself) I tell my students dont play automatic moves - look first. In truth there is alot going on in that position but by looking first you would discover that. The computers first choice 22.Bc5 is not easy to decipher but 22.Bf4 is obvious after a few seconds thought.

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...siashvili_Nino Black first states her intentions towards the white king with the rook lift 19...Rb6. Then she follows with the dynamic pawn lever e3. However the surprising reward is on the long diagonal with the queen sacrifice on g2! (setting up the double discovered check Nf4 and then Nh3 checkmate.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 19, 2021

Round Three, Game 2

Results

Goryachkina-Badelka 0.5-0.5
Lagno-Munguntuul 0.5-0.5
Muzychuk-Guichard 0.5-0.5
Dzagnidze-Yip 1-0
Harika-Gunina 0.5-0.5
Tan-Sebag 1-0
Saduakassova-Danielian 1-0
Kashlinskaya-Galliamova 0.5-0.5
Khademalsharieh-Mammadzada 1-0
Batsiashvili-Zawadzka 1-0
Shuvalov-Garifullina 0.5-0.5
Mammadova-Paehtz 0-1
Kosteniuk-Cramling 0.5-0.5
Assaubayeva-Khotenashvili 0.5-0.5
Stefanova-Pogonina 1-0

Top seeds in the women's section, Aleksandra Goryachkina and Kateryna Lagno, both made draws to qualify for Round 4

Matches moving to Tie-Break Tomorrow

Dzagnidze-Yip
Garifullina-Shuvalova
Muzychuk, M.-Ushenina
Assaubayeva-Khotenashvili

(4 matches)

Selected Games

Game 2, July 19
Stefanova, Antoaneta – Pogonina, Natalija
C26 Vienna, Falkbeer variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nf6 3.d4 exd4 4.Qxd4 Nc6 5.Qd3 Bb4 6.Bd2 O-O 7.O-O-O Re8 8.Nge2 Bf8 9.f4 d6 10.h3 a5 11.g4 a4 12.a3 b5 13.Qxb5 Na5 14.Ng3 Bb7 15.Nd5 Bc6 16.Qd3 Nd7 17.Bb4 Bb7 18.Qd2 c6 19.Ne3 c5 20.Bc3 Nc6 21.Nef5 Nd4 22.Nxd4 cxd4 23.Qxd4 Nc5 24.Bg2 Qc7 25.Rhe1 Ne6 26.Qe3 Rac8 27.f5 Nc5 28.Qd4 d5 29.Nh5 dxe4 30.Nf6+ Kh8 31.Nxe8 Rxe8 32.Kb1 Kg8 33.Bf1 Rc8 34.Bb5 Qb6 35.Bc4 Qc7 36.Ba2 h6 37.h4 Qf4 38.Rg1 Rc7 39.Qd8 e3 40.Rdf1 Qh2 41.Bxg7 Rc8 42.Qf6 Nb3 43.Bxb3 axb3 44.Bxf8 bxc2+ 45.Ka1 Rxf8 46.g5 h5 47.g6 Bg2 48.Rc1 e2 49.Qg5 Bf1 50.gxf7+ Kxf7 51.Qg6+ Ke7 52.Qe6+ Kd8 53.Rg7 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Saduakassova, Dinara – Danielian, Elina
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 c6 4.O-O Bf5 5.d3 Nbd7 6.Nbd2 e5 7.e4 dxe4 8.dxe4 Bg6 9.Qe1 Bc5 10.Nc4 Qe7 11.Nh4 O-O 12.Bd2 Qe6 13.b3 b5 14.Nb2 Bd4 15.c3 Bb6 16.Kh1 Rfe8 17.Qe2 Rad8 18.Rad1 Nc5 19.f3 Qe7 20.Be3 Ne6 21.Nd3 Nd7 22.Nb4 Nb8 23.Bh3 Nc5 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Rd1 Rd6 26.Kg2 Qd8 27.Rxd6 Qxd6 28.Bf5 a5 29.Nd3 Nba6 30.Bc8 Nxd3 31.Bxb6 Nac5 32.Qe3 a4 33.Bxc5 Nxc5 34.b4 Nd3 35.Bb7 f6 36.Bxc6 Nb2 37.Bd5+ Bf7 38.Nf5 Qc7 39.Qc5 Qd7 40.Nd6 Bxd5 41.Qxd5+ Kf8 42.Nxb5 Qxd5 43.exd5 Ke7 44.Kf2 h5 45.Ke2 f5 46.Na3 Kd6 47.c4 e4 48.fxe4 fxe4 49.Nb5+ Ke5 50.d6 Ke6 51.c5 Nc4 52.c6 a3 53.Kf2 g5 54.h3 g4 55.h4 Nb6 56.Ke3 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Yip, Carissa – Dzagnidze, Nana
B56 Sicilian Defence

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 h6 6.Bc4 e6 7.f4 Qc7 8.Bb3 a6 9.f5 e5 10.Nf3 Nbd7 11.g4 Qc6 12.Qe2 Nc5 13.g5 hxg5 14.Bxg5 Ncxe4 15.Ba4 b5 16.Nxb5 Bd7 17.Nxd6+ Qxd6 18.Bxd7+ Qxd7 19.Bxf6 Nxf6 20.Nxe5 Bb4+ 21.c3 Qe7 22.cxb4 Qxb4+ 23.Kf1 O-O 24.Re1 Rfe8 25.Rg1 Rab8 26.Rg3 Rb5 27.Re3 Qf4+ 28.Qf3 Qd4 29.Nd3 Rd8 30.h3 Rdd5 31.a4 Qxa4 32.Ne5 Rxb2 33.Ng4 Qb5+ 34.Kg1 Rxf5 35.Qa8+ Kh7 36.Nxf6+ Rxf6 37.Qe4+ Rg6+ 38.Rg3 Qc5+ 39.Re3 Qc1+ 40.Re1 Qd2 41.Qh4+ Rh6 42.Qe4+ g6 43.Rg2 Qxg2+ 0-1

Game 2, July 19
Paehtz, Elisabeth – Mammadova, Guinar
C45 Scotch, Schmidt variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.Bd3 d5 7.Qe2 dxe4 8.Nc3 Bb4 9.Bxe4 Bxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxe4 11.Qxe4+ Qe7 12.Qxe7+ Kxe7 13.Bf4 Bf5 14.O-O-O Rhc8 15.Rhe1+ Be6 16.Rd4 Kf8 17.Ra4 a6 18.g3 Ra7 19.Be3 Raa8 20.c4 f6 21.Kb2 Rcb8+ 22.Kc3 Kf7 23.Ra5 Re8 24.Rc5 Bd7 25.Rd1 Re7 26.Rb1 g5 27.Ra5 Bc8 28.Rh1 Kg6 29.h4 g4 30.Rd1 Be6 31.Re1 Bd7 32.Rd1 Be6 33.Bf4 Kf7 34.Rc5 Bd7 35.Bxc7 Be8 36.Bf4 a5 37.Be3 a4 38.a3 Re4 39.Rf5 Ke6 40.Rf4 Bg6 41.Rxe4+ Bxe4 42.Bf4 h5 43.Rd4 Bf3 44.Kb4 Ra7 45.Rd8 Be4 46.Kc3 Ke7 47.Rh8 Bg6 48.Be3 Rb7 49.Ra8 Rb1 50.Rxa4 Ra1 51.Kb2 Re1 52.Ra7+ Ke8 53.Rc7 Re2 54.Rxc6 Rxc2+ 55.Kb3 Re2 56.Rxf6 Bf7 57.a4 Re1 58.a5 Rb1+ 59.Kc3 Ra1 60.a6 Ke7 61.Rb6 Be8 62.Rh6 Bf7 63.a7 Be8 64.Kb2 Ra4 65.Kb3 Ra1 66.Bc5+ 1-0

Game 2, July 19
Zawadzka, Jolanta – Batsiashvili, Nino
C77 Ruy Lopez, Four Knights variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bxc6+ bxc6 7.d4 exd4 8.Nxd4 c5 9.Nc6 Qd7 10.Na5 Be7 11.O-O O-O 12.Re1 Rb8 13.Rb1 Bb7 14.Qd3 Ba8 15.Qxa6 d5 16.exd5 Nxd5 17.Qd3 Bf6 18.Ne4 Bd4 19.Bd2 Rb6 20.c3 f5 21.cxd4 fxe4 22.Qc4 Qf5 23.Rf1 Rg6 24.g3 cxd4 25.Qxd4 Qf3 26.Qc4 Kh8 27.Qc5 e3 28.Nc4 Qg2+ 0-1

Game 2, July 19
Sebag, Marie – Tan, Zhongyi
C49 Four Knights game

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.Bb5 Bb4 5.O-O O-O 6.d3 Bxc3 7.bxc3 d6 8.Bg5 Ne7 9.Nh4 Ne8 10.Bc4 Be6 11.Bb3 a5 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4 Bxb3 14.Bxe7 Qxe7 15.cxb3 g6 16.Qd2 Ng7 17.Raf1 d5 18.exd5 Qc5+ 19.d4 Qxd5 20.c4 Qd6 21.Nf3 Rae8 22.c5 Qd5 23.Qxa5 Re2 24.Qb5 Rxa2 25.Qc4 Rd8 26.Re1 Ne6 27.Rh4 Qxc4 28.bxc4 Rc2 29.d5 Nxc5 30.Ng5 h6 31.Rxh6 Rxc4 32.h4 Rf8 33.Re7 Ne4 34.Ne6 Nf6 35.Rh8+ Kxh8 36.Nxf8 Kg8 37.Nd7 Nxd5 38.Re5 c6 39.h5 gxh5 40.Rg5+ Kh7 41.Rxh5+ Kg6 42.Rh8 f6 43.Rb8 b5 44.Rb7 Rc2 45.Nb8 b4 46.Na6 c5 47.Rb5 Nc3 48.Rb6 Ne4 49.Rb5 f5 50.Kh2 Kg5 51.Kh3 Rc1 52.Kh2 Kg4 53.Nxc5 Rxc5 54.Rxb4 Rc2 55.Ra4 Re2 56.Ra8 Nf6 57.Rf8 Kg5 58.Kg3 Re3+ 59.Kf2 Ng4+ 60.Kf1 Kf4 61.Rh8 Ra3 62.Rh4 Ra1+ 63.Ke2 Kg3 64.Rh5 Ra5 0-1

Game 2, July 19
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Mammadzada, Gunay
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 g6 6.O-O Bg7 7.a4 Ne4 8.Nc3 Nd6 9.e4 Bg4 10.Be3 Na6 11.h3 Bxf3 12.Qxf3 Qb6 13.a5 Qd8 14.Qe2 O-O 15.Rfd1 Nc7 16.f4 Qd7 17.Bf2 f5 18.e5 Ndb5 19.Nxb5 cxb5 20.d5 Na6 21.d6 e6 22.Qf3 Rfb8 23.b3 cxb3 24.Qxb3 Rc8 25.Rac1 Kf7 26.Qf3 Rcb8 27.g4 Kg8 28.gxf5 gxf5 29.Rd3 Kh8 30.Rdc3 Qf7 31.Kh1 Qe8 32.Rc7 Nb4 33.Qg3 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 20, 2021

Round Three

Tie-Breaks

Results

Dzagnidze-Yip 2-0
Garifullina-Shuvalova 1.5-2.5
Muzychuk, M.-Ushenina 3.5-2.5
Assaubayeva-Khotenashvili 3-1

Round Four Matches

Goryachkina-Stefanova
Kashlinskaya-Saduakassova
Dzagnidze-Shuvalova
Paehtz-Muzychuk, A.
Muzychuk, M.-Kosteniuk
Batsiashvili-Gunina
Tan-Khademalsharieh
Assaubayeva-Lagno

(8 matches)

Games resume on Thursday

Selected Games

Game 1, July 20
Yip, Carissa – Dzagnidze, Nana
B18 Caro-Kann, Classical, Maroczy Attack

1.e4 c6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Bf5 5.Ng3 Bg6 6.f4 e6 7.Nf3 Bd6 8.Bd3 Ne7 9.O-O Nd7 10.Ne5 O-O 11.Nc4 Bc7 12.f5 Nxf5 13.Nxf5 exf5 14.Bxf5 Qh4 15.Bh3 Nb6 16.Ne5 Bxc2 17.Qd2 Bg6 18.Nf3 Qe4 19.Qf2 Nd5 20.Bd2 Nf4 21.Bxf4 Qxf4 22.Rfe1 Rfe8 23.g3 Qf6 24.Bg2 Bb6 25.Rad1 Bh5 26.Rd3 Bxf3 27.Bxf3 Rxe1+ 28.Qxe1 Bxd4+ 29.Kg2 g6 30.Qb4 Bb6 31.Rd7 Rb8 32.a4 Qf5 33.Qd2 Qe5 34.Bd1 Qe4+ 35.Kh3 Qe6+ 36.Kg2 Re8 37.b4 Re7 38.Rd3 Kg7 39.a5 Bc7 40.Bf3 a6 41.Qd1 Qf6 42.Qd2 Re6 43.Qc2 Rd6 44.Rb3 Rd4 45.Be2 Be5 46.Rf3 Qd6 47.Kh3 Qd7+ 48.Kg2 Rxb4 49.Qc5 Qd6 50.Qe3 Rb2 51.Qf2 Qd5 52.Kh3 Bd4 53.Rxf7+ Qxf7 54.Qxd4+ Qf6 55.Qd7+ Kh6 56.Qd1 Qf5+ 57.Bg4 Qc2 58.Qg1 Qf2 59.Qc1+ Rd2 60.Qh1 c5 61.Bf3 c4 62.Bxb7 Qf5+ 63.g4 Rd3+ 64.Kg2 Qxg4+ 65.Kf2 Qf4+ 66.Kg2 Qd2+ 0-1

Game 2, July 20
Dzagnidze, Nana – Yip, Carissa
D02 Queen’s Pawn game

1.Nf3 d5 2.d4 e6 3.c4 Ne7 4.Nc3 g6 5.Bg5 Bg7 6.Qd2 h6 7.Bf4 g5 8.Bg3 Nf5 9.e3 h5 10.h3 c6 11.Be5 f6 12.Bh2 g4 13.Ng1 Nd7 14.Bd3 Nh4 15.Kf1 Kf7 16.Bg3 Ng6 17.hxg4 hxg4 18.Rxh8 Qxh8 19.cxd5 cxd5 20.Nb5 f5 21.Nc7 Rb8 22.Nb5 Ra8 23.Nc7 Rb8 24.Nb5 a6 25.Bxb8 Nxb8 26.Nd6+ Kf6 27.Nxc8 Qxc8 28.Rc1 Nc6 29.g3 Bf8 30.Qc3 Bd6 31.Bxa6 Qh8 32.Bxb7 Nb4 33.a3 Na2 34.Qc6 Nxc1 35.Qxd6 Qh1 36.Ba6 Qe4 37.Qb4 Qh1 38.Qd2 Nb3 39.Qc3 Na1 40.b4 Nh8 41.Qxa1 Nf7 42.Ke2 Ng5 43.Qe1 Nh3 44.Nxh3 Qf3+ 45.Kd2 gxh3 46.Be2 Qg2 47.Bf1 Qh1 48.Bxh3 Qxh3 49.b5 Qh7 50.b6 Qb7 51.Qb1 Kg5 52.a4 Kg4 53.Qb5 Kf3 54.a5 Kxf2 55.a6 Qe7 56.b7 Qa3 57.Qe2+ Kxg3 58.b8=Q+ 1-0

Game 1, July 20
Garifullina, Leya – Shuvalova, Polina
C43 Petrov, Modern Attack, symmetrical variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.d4 Nxe4 4.Bd3 d5 5.Nxe5 Nd7 6.Nxd7 Bxd7 7.O-O Bd6 8.Nc3 Nxc3 9.bxc3 O-O 10.Qh5 f5 11.Re1 c6 12.Bg5 Qc7 13.Re3 g6 14.Qh4 Rae8 15.Rae1 Rxe3 16.Rxe3 Rf7 17.Bf6 Bxh2+ 18.Kf1 Bd6 19.g4 Qc8 20.c4 Qf8 21.g5 Be7 22.Bxe7 Rxe7 23.cxd5 Rxe3 24.fxe3 cxd5 25.Qf4 Bc6 26.c4 Qa3 27.Be2 Qe7 28.Bf3 dxc4 29.d5 Bb5 30.d6 c3+ 31.Kf2 Qg7 32.Bd5+ Kf8 33.Qb4 Qd7 34.Bb3 Bc6 35.Be6 Qxe6 36.d7+ Kg7 37.Qxc3+ Kf7 38.d8=N+ 1-0

Final Position



Game 2, July 20
Shuvalova, Polina – Garifullina, Leya
B22 Sicilian, Alapin

1.e4 c5 2.c3 d5 3.exd5 Qxd5 4.d4 Nf6 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.Na3 Bg4 7.Bc4 Bxf3 8.gxf3 Qh5 9.dxc5 Qxc5 10.Be3 Qh5 11.Nb5 Qe5 12.f4 Qb8 13.Qb3 e6 14.f5 a6 15.fxe6 fxe6 16.Bxe6 Be7 17.Nd4 Nxd4 18.Bxd4 Qf4 19.Be3 Qf3 20.Rg1 Kf8 21.Rd1 Re8 22.Qa4 h5 23.h3 b5 24.Qxa6 b4 25.Rd3 bxc3 26.bxc3 Ra8 27.Qb5 Qe4 28.Bb3 Rc8 29.Ke2 g6 30.Rd4 Qf5 31.Qxf5 gxf5 32.Rf4 Rxc3 33.Rxf5 Rc6 34.Bd4 Rd6 35.Be5 Ra6 36.Rg6 Ke8 37.Bxf6 1-0

Game 3, July 20
Garifullina, Leya – Shuvalova, Polina
C88 Ruy Lopez, Closed, anti-Marshall

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 O-O 8.a4 Bb7 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 Qd7 11.c3 Rfe8 12.Nf1 h6 13.Ng3 Bf8 14.d4 Rad8 15.axb5 axb5 16.d5 Ne7 17.Qe2 c6 18.dxc6 Bxc6 19.h3 Ng6 20.Qe3 Ra8 21.Rxa8 Rxa8 22.Rd1 Qb7 23.Bc2 Re8 24.Qe1 Nf4 25.Nh2 d5 26.f3 b4 27.Ng4 Nxg4 28.hxg4 bxc3 29.bxc3 Bc5+ 30.Be3 Qa7 31.Bf2 dxe4 32.Bxe4 Bxe4 33.Nxe4 Bxf2+ 34.Qxf2 Qc7 35.g3 Nh3+ 0-1

Game 1, July 20
Muzychuk, Mariya – Ushenina, Anna
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nxc3 6.dxc3 Be7 7.Be3 Nc6 8.Qd2 Be6 9.O-O-O Qd7 10.h3 h6 11.Kb1 Bf6 12.g4 O-O-O 13.Nd4 Nxd4 14.Bxd4 Kb8 15.Bxf6 gxf6 16.Bd3 h5 17.f3 Qc6 18.Be2 hxg4 19.fxg4 f5 20.gxf5 Bxf5 21.h4 Be4 22.Rh2 d5 23.h5 Rdg8 24.Rf1 f5 25.Bd3 Qe6 26.b3 a6 27.Kb2 Rg3 28.Rf4 Qe5 29.Rfh4 Bxd3 30.cxd3 Qe3 31.Qxe3 Rxe3 32.Kc2 Rf3 33.R4h3 Rf4 34.h6 Rh7 35.Kd2 c6 36.Ke3 Rg4 37.Rh5 Kc7 38.Rxf5 Rg6 39.Rfh5 Rf6 40.d4 Kd6 41.R5h3 a5 42.a4 b6 43.Kd3 Rg6 44.b4 Rf6 45.bxa5 bxa5 46.c4 Rg6 47.Rh1 Rf6 48.cxd5 cxd5 49.Rb1 Kc6 50.Rc1+ Kd6 51.Rc5 Rfxh6 52.Rxh6+ Rxh6 53.Rxa5 Rh3+ 54.Kc2 Ke6 55.Rc5 Kd6 56.a5 Rh4 57.Kc3 Rh3+ 58.Kb4 Rd3 59.a6 Rxd4+ 60.Kb5 Rd2 61.Rc6+ Kd7 62.a7 Rb2+ 63.Kc5 Ra2 64.Rh6 Kc7 65.Rh7+ Kc8 66.Kb6 Rb2+ 67.Kc6 Rc2+ 68.Kd6 Ra2 69.Rc7+ Kd8 70.Rb7 Ra6+ 71.Kxd5 Kc8 72.Rb8+ Kc7 73.a8=Q 1-0

Game 2, July 20
Ushenina, Anna – Muzychuk, Mariya
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 c6 5.e3 Nbd7 6.Qc2 Bd6 7.Bd3 O-O 8.O-O dxc4 9.Bxc4 b5 10.Bd3 Bb7 11.e4 e5 12.Bg5 exd4 13.Nxd4 Qb8 14.Kh1 Bf4 15.Bh4 Re8 16.Nde2 b4 17.Nxf4 Qxf4 18.Bg3 Qg5 19.f4 Qa5 20.Na4 Ba6 21.Bxa6 Qxa6 22.e5 Nd5 23.Rfe1 N7b6 24.Nc5 Qc4 25.Qf2 Ne7 26.Rac1 Qxa2 27.f5 Nbd5 28.h4 h5 29.Rf1 Nxf5 30.Qxf5 Ne3 31.Qxh5 Nxf1 32.Rxf1 Qc4 33.Qf5 Re7 34.Ne4 Rd8 35.Nd6 Qe6 36.Qf4 Qg6 37.Nf5 Rb7 38.Qf3 a5 39.h5 Qh7 40.Bh4 Rdd7 41.e6 Rd5 42.exf7+ Rxf7 43.Ne7+ Kh8 44.Qxf7 Qxh5 45.Qg8# 1-0

Game 3, July 20
Ushenina, Anna – Muzychuk, Mariya
E04 Catalan, open

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.g3 dxc4 5.Bg2 a6 6.O-O Nc6 7.Nbd2 b5 8.Ne5 Nxe5 9.Bxa8 Qxd4 10.Ne4 Qb6 11.Be3 c5 12.a4 Be7 13.axb5 axb5 14.Nxf6+ Bxf6 15.Qd2 b4 16.Bg5 O-O 17.Bxf6 gxf6 18.Qh6 Ng6 19.Rfc1 Ba6 20.Bf3 Rb8 21.h4 c3 22.bxc3 b3 23.Rab1 Qa5 24.Rb2 Qd8 25.Ra1 Bc4 26.Qe3 Qd6 27.Ra5 Ne5 28.Be4 Rc8 29.h5 f5 30.Qg5+ Kf8 31.Qh6+ Kg8 32.Bxf5 Qd1+ 33.Kg2 exf5 34.Qg5+ Kf8 35.Rd2 Bd5+ 36.f3 Bxf3+ 37.exf3 Qxf3+ 38.Kg1 Qg4 39.Qxg4 fxg4 40.Rd5 Nf3+ 41.Kf2 Rb8 42.Ra1 b2 43.Rb1 Rb3 44.Ke2 c4 45.Rc5 Rxc3 46.Rxb2 Nd4+ 47.Kf2 Rf3+ 48.Kg2 c3 49.Rb7 Nf5 50.Kh2 h6 51.Rb4 Nxg3 52.Rxg4 Nf5 53.Rgc4 Rf2+ 54.Kg1 Rd2 1-0

Game 4, July 20
Muzychuk, Mariya – Ushenina, Anna
C42 Petrov, Nimzowitsch Attack

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.Nc3 Nf6 6.d4 g6 7.Bc4 d5 8.Qe2+ Be6 9.Bb3 c6 10.Bg5 Bg7 11.h4 h6 12.Bf4 Nbd7 13.O-O-O Kf8 14.Ne5 Nxe5 15.dxe5 Nd7 16.h5 g5 17.Bg3 b5 18.f4 Nc5 19.Rhf1 gxf4 20.Bxf4 a5 21.Qf2 Nxb3+ 22.cxb3 Qe7 23.Qb6 Rc8 24.Qxa5 Kg8 25.Qb6 b4 26.Na4 c5 27.Qd6 Qxd6 28.exd6 d4 29.Rd2 c4 30.bxc4 Rxc4+ 31.Rc2 Rxc2+ 32.Kxc2 Kh7 33.Kd2 Bxa2 34.Nc5 Bf6 35.Bxh6 Kxh6 36.Rxf6+ Kg7 37.Rf5 Be6 38.Rg5+ Kh6 39.Nxe6 fxe6 40.Re5 Rd8 41.Rxe6+ Kxh5 42.Kd3 Rg8 43.d7 Rd8 44.Rd6 Kg5 45.Kxd4 Kf5 46.Kd5 b3 47.Kc6 1-0

Game 5, July 20
Muzychuk, Mariya – Ushenina, Anna
B85 Sicilian, Scheveningen, Classical main line

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Be2 Nf6 8.O-O Be7 9.f4 d6 10.Qe1 O-O 11.Kh1 Nxd4 12.Bxd4 b5 13.a3 Bb7 14.Qg3 Rad8 15.Rae1 Rd7 16.Bd3 Qd8 17.Qh3 g6 18.f5 e5 19.Be3 Nh5 20.Bh6 Re8 21.Nd5 Bxd5 22.exd5 Bf6 23.Qg4 Bg7 24.fxg6 fxg6 25.Bxg6 hxg6 26.Qxg6 Nf4 27.Rxf4 Ree7 28.Bxg7 Rxg7 29.Qe6+ Kh7 30.Rf3 Rg6 31.Rf7+ Rxf7 32.Qxf7+ Kh6 33.Re3 Qf6 34.Rh3+ Kg5 35.Rg3+ Kh6 36.Rxg6+ Qxg6 37.Qxg6+ Kxg6 38.Kg1 Kf5 39.h4 Ke4 40.h5 Kf5 41.g4+ Kg5 42.Kf2 Kf6 43.h6 Kg6 44.g5 Kh7 45.Ke3 Kg6 46.Ke4 Kh7 47.b3 a5 48.c4 b4 49.axb4 1-0

Game 3, July 20
Assaubayeva, Bibisara – Khotenashvili, Bela
D31 QGD, Janowski variation

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 a6 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Qb3 Nc6 6.Nf3 Nf6 7.Bg5 Be6 8.e3 Be7 9.Bxf6 gxf6 10.a3 Rg8 11.Qc2 Rg7 12.g3 Qd7 13.Bd3 h6 14.Nh4 Bf8 15.Ne2 Bd6 16.Nf4 Bxf4 17.gxf4 Qd6 18.Nf5 Bxf5 19.Bxf5 Ne7 20.Bh3 Qc6 21.Qd2 Qb5 22.O-O-O Nc8 23.Rhg1 Rxg1 24.Rxg1 Nb6 25.Qc2 Qc4 26.Qxc4 dxc4 27.Rg8+ Ke7 28.Rxa8 Nxa8 29.Bc8 Nb6 30.Bxb7 a5 31.Kc2 Ke6 32.Bf3 Kd6 33.Bh5 Ke6 34.Kc3 Na4+ 35.Kxc4 Nxb2+ 36.Kb5 Nd3 37.Kxa5 Nxf2 38.Kb5 Kd6 39.a4 Ne4 40.a5 Nc3+ 41.Ka6 c5 42.dxc5+ Kc6 43.Bxf7 Ne4 44.Be8+ Kxc5 45.Bg6 Nd6 46.Ka7 Kc6 47.Kb8 Kb5 48.Kc7 Kc5 49.a6 Nb5+ 50.Kb7 Nd6+ 51.Kb8 1-0

Game 4, July 20
Khotenashvili, Bela – Assaubayeva, Bibisara
D76 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 g6 3.c4 Bg7 4.d4 O-O 5.Bg2 Nc6 6.O-O d5 7.cxd5 Nxd5 8.e3 Nb6 9.Nc3 e5 10.d5 Nb4 11.e4 c6 12.a3 Na6 13.Re1 Nc7 14.Be3 cxd5 15.Bxb6 axb6 16.exd5 Bg4 17.Qb3 Bxf3 18.Bxf3 Ne8 19.Na4 b5 20.Qxb5 Nd6 21.Qb3 Nf5 22.Bg2 Nd4 23.Qd1 Rc8 24.Rc1 Qa5 25.Rxc8 Rxc8 26.Nc3 f5 27.Qd2 Qb6 28.b4 e4 29.Na4 Qb5 30.Nc5 b6 31.Ne6 Qxd5 32.Nxd4 Qxd4 33.Qa2+ Kh8 34.Qe6 Rd8 35.Bf1 Qf6 36.Qa2 Qb2 37.Qe6 Qf6 38.Qc4 Qc3 39.Rc1 Qxc4 40.Rxc4 Bb2 41.Rc6 Bxa3 42.Rxb6 Rd2 43.Bc4 Rb2 44.b5 Bc5 45.Rc6 Bxf2+ 46.Kf1 Bd4 47.Rd6 Bc5 48.Rc6 Bd4 49.h4 Rb1+ 50.Kg2 Rb2+ 51.Kf1 Rb1+ 52.Ke2 Rb2+ 53.Kd1 Bf2 54.h5 gxh5 55.Rf6 e3 56.Rxf5 Rd2+ 57.Kc1 e2 0-1

[Hans Jung]

Rd 4 Game 1 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...Dzagnidze_Nana Game of the round. Simple and elegant.

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 22, 2021

Round Four, 1/8 Final

Game One

Results

Goryachkina-Stefanova 0-1
Kashlinskaya-Saduakassova 0.5-0.5
Dzagnidze-Shuvalova 0-1
Paehtz-Muzychuk, A. 0.5-0.5
Muzychuk, M.-Kosteniuk 0.5-0.5
Batsiashvili-Gunina 0.5-0.5
Tan-Khademalsharieh 0.5-0.5
Assaubayeva-Lagno 0.5-0.5

Selected Games

Game 1, July 22
Stefanova, Antoaneta – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack, Yugoslav variation

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 e6 6.c4 Nbd7 7.cxd5 exd5 8.Nc3 Bd6 9.Ne1 O-O 10.f3 Be6 11.Nd3 Re8 12.Nf4 Nf8 13.Nxe6 Nxe6 14.Be3 c5 15.dxc5 Bxc5 16.Bxc5 Nxc5 17.Qd2 d4 18.Nb5 d3 19.exd3 Qb6 20.d4 Qxb5 21.dxc5 Rad8 22.Qc3 Nd5 23.Qa3 Ne3 24.Rf2 Nc4 25.Qc3 Re3 26.Qc2 Qxc5 27.Rc1 Red3 28.Kh1 b5 29.b3 h5 30.bxc4 b4 31.Qe2 Rc3 32.Re1 Rxc4 33.Bf1 Rc3 34.Kg2 h4 35.gxh4 Rd6 36.Kh1 Re6 37.Qd2 Rxe1 38.Qxe1 Re3 39.Qd2 Qe7 40.Qd4 Re1 41.Kg2 a5 42.Rc2 Qe6 43.Bd3 g6 44.h5 gxh5 45.Qd8+ Kg7 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qxh5 1-0

Women's top seed Aleksandra Goryachkina will now have to win on demand tomorrow after losing to Antoaneta Stefanova!

Game 1, July 22
Saduakassova, Dinara – Kashlinskaya, Alina
D38 QGD, Ragozin variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 d5 4.Nc3 Bb4 5.Qa4+ Nc6 6.e3 O-O 7.Bd2 dxc4 8.Bxc4 Bd6 9.Qc2 a6 10.O-O b5 11.Be2 Bb7 12.Rad1 Qe7 13.a3 Rac8 14.Rfe1 h6 15.h3 e5 16.Bd3 exd4 17.exd4 Qd8 18.Ne4 Nb8 19.Ne5 Nxe4 20.Bxe4 Bxe4 21.Qxe4 Nd7 22.Nc6 Qf6 23.Bc3 Rfe8 24.Qxe8+ Rxe8 25.Rxe8+ Kh7 26.Ne5 Nb6 27.Ng4 Qg6 28.d5 h5 29.Ne3 Qg5 30.Bd4 Nxd5 31.h4 Qxh4 32.Nxd5 Qh2+ 33.Kf1 Qh1+ 34.Ke2 Qxg2 35.Ne3 Qc6 36.Rd8 Be7 37.Rd5 Qg6 38.Rh1 h4 39.Rd7 Qe4 40.Rg1 g5 41.f3 Qe6 42.Rxc7 Qd6 43.Rgc1 h3 44.Rxe7 Qxe7 45.Rh1 Kg6 46.Rxh3 f5 47.Kf2 Qd7 48.Bc3 Qa7 49.Ke2 Qe7 50.Kd3 Qb7 51.Kd2 Qd7+ 52.Kc2 Qe6 53.Nf1 a5 54.Nd2 Qb6 55.b4 a4 56.Rh8 Qe6 57.Rb8 Qd7 58.Rb6+ Kh5 59.Rf6 Qd5 60.Rf8 Qe6 61.Rh8+ Kg6 62.Rb8 Qd7 63.Rg8+ Kh6 64.Rg7 Qe6 65.Rc7 g4 66.fxg4 fxg4 67.Rc5 g3 68.Bd4 Qa2+ 69.Kd1 Qxa3 70.Ke2 Qxb4 71.Be3+ Kg6 72.Rg5+ Kf7 73.Rxg3 a3 74.Rf3+ Ke8 75.Rf4 Qb2 76.Bd4 Qc2 77.Rf3 b4 78.Rb3 Qc7 79.Kd3 Qa5 80.Kc4 a2 81.Rxb4 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 22
Shuvalova, Polina – Dzagnidze, Nana
B51 Sicilian, Canal-Sokolsky Attack

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Nd7 4.d4 cxd4 5.Qxd4 a6 6.Bxd7+ Bxd7 7.c4 Bg4 8.Nc3 Bxf3 9.gxf3 e6 10.Be3 Rc8 11.O-O-O Ne7 12.f4 Nc6 13.Qb6 Qxb6 14.Bxb6 Nb8 15.b3 Nd7 16.Ba5 Be7 17.Kc2 g6 18.Rhe1 h5 19.a4 h4 20.h3 Rc6 21.Bb4 Rh5 22.a5 Nf6 23.Re2 g5 24.e5 dxe5 25.Bxe7 Kxe7 26.fxe5 Nd7 27.Rd4 Rh6 28.b4 Rh8 29.c5 Rc7 30.Kb3 Nb8 31.Ne4 Nc6 32.Rd6 g4 33.Nf6 gxh3 34.f4 Rhc8 35.Rh2 Nxa5+ 36.bxa5 Rxc5 37.Rd7+ Kf8 38.Rxb7 Rc3+ 39.Ka2 Rc2+ 40.Rb2 Rxh2 41.Rxh2 Rc3 42.Rd2 Kg7 43.Rd8 Kg6 44.Rh8 Rc5 45.Rxh4 Rxa5+ 46.Kb3 Rb5+ 47.Kc4 Ra5 48.Kb4 Rb5+ 49.Kc4 Ra5 50.Rxh3 Ra4+ 51.Kc5 Rxf4 52.Ra3 Kf5 53.Nd7 Rf1 54.Kd6 Rd1+ 55.Ke7 Rxd7+ 56.Kxd7 Kxe5 57.Kc6 f5 58.Kc5 f4 59.Kc4 Ke4 60.Kc3 Ke3 61.Kc2+ Ke2 62.Rxa6 e5 63.Re6 f3 64.Rxe5+ Kf1 65.Kd2 f2 66.Rf5 1-0

Game 1, July 22
Muzychuk, Anna – Paehtz, Elisabeth
B60 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 d6 6.Bg5 g6 7.Bxf6 exf6 8.Bb5 Bd7 9.Nde2 Be6 10.Qd2 Bg7 11.Rd1 O-O 12.Qxd6 Qb6 13.O-O f5 14.exf5 Bxf5 15.Bd3 Bxd3 16.cxd3 Qxb2 17.Rb1 Qd2 18.Rfd1 Qh6 19.Rxb7 Be5 20.Qxc6 Qxh2+ 21.Kf1 Rac8 22.Qd5 Bxc3 23.Rxa7 Rcd8 24.Rd7 Rxd7 25.Qxd7 Qh1+ 26.Ng1 Qh5 27.Nf3 Bf6 28.Kg1 Qa5 29.a4 Ra8 30.g3 Qxa4 31.Qxa4 Rxa4 32.Kg2 Kf8 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 22
Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Muzychuk, Mariya
B44 English, Sicilian Szen

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.c4 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bb4 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 e5 9.O-O O-O 10.h3 Be7 11.Be3 d6 12.Qf3 Be6 13.Rfd1 Qb8 14.b3 Rd8 15.Be2 Qb7 16.Qg3 Kh8 17.Rac1 Qb4 18.Rd3 Rd7 19.Bf3 Rad8 20.Rcd1 a5 21.Bd2 Qa3 22.Bc1 Qb4 23.Bd2 Qa3 24.Bg4 Nxg4 25.hxg4 a4 26.Nxa4 Bxc4 27.bxc4 Qxa4 28.Rc1 Qxa2 29.Qh2 Kg8 30.g5 Rb7 31.Qh5 Rb3 32.Rxb3 Qxb3 33.Be3 Qb7 34.g3 Qd7 35.Kg2 Qe6 36.Rh1 Qg6 37.Qg4 h6 38.Rh5 d5 39.cxd5 cxd5 40.exd5 Rxd5 41.Kh3 e4 42.Rh4 Re5 43.Qc8+ Kh7 44.Qg4 Qe6 45.Qxe6 Rxe6 46.Rg4 Kg8 47.gxh6 g6 48.Rf4 g5 49.Rf5 Rxh6+ 50.Kg4 f6 51.Rb5 Kf7 52.Kf5 Rh1 53.Kxe4 Kg6 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 22
Gunina, Valentina – Batsiashvili, Nino
C78 Ruy Lopez, Moeller Defence

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Bc5 6.c3 O-O 7.d4 Ba7 8.Bg5 h6 9.Bh4 d6 10.Bxc6 bxc6 11.dxe5 dxe5 12.Nxe5 Qe7 13.Bg3 Nxe4 14.Nxc6 Qg5 15.Nxa7 Rxa7 16.Qd4 Nxg3 17.hxg3 c5 18.Qf4 Qxf4 19.gxf4 Rd8 20.Na3 Be6 21.Rfe1 Rad7 22.b3 Rd2 23.Re5 Rd1+ 24.Rxd1 Rxd1+ 25.Kh2 Rd2 26.f5 Bd7 27.f3 Rxa2 28.Nc4 Rc2 29.Rd5 Be8 30.Nd6 Bc6 31.Rxc5 Bxf3 32.Kg3 Bxg2 33.Rc8+ Kh7 34.Nxf7 g5 35.Rc7 Bd5 36.Nxg5+ Kg8 37.Nf3 a5 38.Nd4 Rb2 39.f6 Bxb3 40.Nf5 Rc2 41.Nxh6+ Kh8 42.Rc8+ Kh7 43.f7 Bxf7 44.Nxf7 a4 45.Ng5+ Kg6 46.Ne4 a3 47.Kf4 Rc1 48.Rc6+ Kg7 49.Ra6 Ra1 50.Ke3 a2 51.Ke2 Kh7 52.Ra7+ Kg6 53.Ra5 Kg7 54.Ra6 Kh7 55.Nf6+ Kg7 56.Ne4 Kh7 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 22
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat – Tan, Zhongyi
A33 English, symmetrical, Geller variation

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nc3 c5 3.Nf3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.g3 Qb6 7.Ndb5 Bc5 8.Bg2 a6 9.Nd6+ Ke7 10.Nde4 Nxe4 11.Nxe4 Bb4+ 12.Bd2 Bxd2+ 13.Qxd2 Qb4 14.c5 Qxd2+ 15.Nxd2 Rb8 16.Rc1 Rd8 17.a3 a5 18.f4 b5 19.cxb6 Rxb6 20.Bxc6 Rxc6 21.Rxc6 dxc6 22.Nc4 Rd5 23.Nb6 Rb5 24.Na4 e5 25.O-O exf4 26.gxf4 g5 27.Rc1 Kd6 28.fxg5 Rxg5+ 29.Kf2 Rb5 30.Rc4 Be6 31.Rd4+ Ke7 32.Rh4 h5 33.Rf4 Rd5 34.Ke1 Rb5 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 22
Lagno, Kateryna – Assaubayeva, Bibisara
B96 Sicilian, Najdorf

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.Bg5 e6 7.f4 h6 8.Bh4 Qb6 9.Qd2 Qxb2 10.Rb1 Qa3 11.Be2 Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.e5 dxe5 14.fxe5 Nd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.O-O Bc5+ 17.Kh1 Qe3 18.Qa5 O-O 19.Bd3 Bd4 20.Rbe1 Bb6 21.Qa4 Qd4 22.Qxc6 Qxh4 23.Qxb6 Be6 24.Qe3 Rab8 25.a3 Rfc8 26.Rf4 Qd8 27.Ref1 Rb2 28.Qa7 Qc7 29.Qxa6 Rd8 30.Re1 Qc3 31.Rff1 Ra2 32.a4 Qd4 33.a5 Qc3 34.Qb6 Qxa5 35.Qe3 1/2-1/2

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...uvalova_Polina Right back atchya! Classic KIA Bxh6! Tactics, tactics, tactics, you've got to watch for tactics!

[Hans Jung]

https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...niuk_Alexandra Another dilly! White had a dream position but went astray and as we all know Kosteniuk is a great fighter!

[Hans Jung]

Goryachkina a big comeback win and a lovely attack (Nh5 and f5 and then knight sacrifice on f6).
Gunina - look at those knights.
Oh, those Russians!

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 23, 2021

Round Four, 1/8 Final

Game Two

Results

Stevanova-Goryachkina 0-1
Saduakassova-Kashlinskaya 0.5-0.5
Shuvalova-Dzagnidze 0-1
Muzychuk, A. – Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0
Kosteniuk-Muzychuk, M. 1-0
Gunina-Batsiashvili 1-0
Khademalsharieh-Tan 0-1
Lagno-Assaubayeva 0.5-0.5

Going Home

Paehtz
Muzychuk, M.
Batsiashvili
Khademalsharieh

Going to Tie-Breaks tomorrow

Stefanova-Goryachkina
Saduakassova-Kashlinskaya
Shuvalova-Dzagnidze
Lagno-Assaubayeva

Selected Games

Game 2, July 23
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Stefanova, Antoaneta
D45 QGD, Semi-Slav, Accelerated Meran

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 a6 5.e3 e6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 O-O 9.O-O Bd6 10.Re1 Re8 11.Qc2 h6 12.h3 b6 13.Rad1 Qc7 14.e4 dxc4 15.bxc4 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Nxe5 Bxe5 18.Ne2 Bd6 19.Be3 Nd7 20.f4 Bc5 21.Bxc5 Nxc5 22.e5 b5 23.Ng3 Nxd3 24.Rxd3 bxc4 25.Rde3 Qb6 26.Kh2 c5 27.Nh5 Kh8 28.Rg3 Rg8 29.f5 Rb8 30.e6 f6 31.Qc1 Qc7 32.Nxf6 Qxg3+ 33.Kxg3 gxf6+ 34.Kh2 Kh7 35.Qc3 Bb7 36.Re2 Rg5 37.Qxf6 Rbg8 38.g4 h5 39.e7 hxg4 40.Qxg5 1-0

Game 2, July 23
Dzagnidze, Nana – Shuvalova, Polina
A07 Reti, King’s Indian Attack

1.Nf3 Nf6 2.g3 d5 3.Bg2 e6 4.O-O Be7 5.d3 O-O 6.Nbd2 a5 7.e4 a4 8.e5 Nfd7 9.a3 c5 10.c4 Nc6 11.Re1 Re8 12.h4 h6 13.Qe2 Nb6 14.Nf1 dxc4 15.dxc4 Nd4 16.Nxd4 Qxd4 17.Bxh6 Bd7 18.Rac1 gxh6 19.Red1 f5 20.Rxd4 cxd4 21.Rd1 Bc5 22.g4 Kf7 23.Ng3 Rg8 24.gxf5 exf5 25.Qh5+ Kg7 26.e6 Bxe6 27.Nxf5+ 1-0

Game 2, July 23
Paehtz, Elisabeth – Muzychuk, Anna
C25 Vienna, Paulsen variation

1.e4 e5 2.Nc3 Nc6 3.g3 Bc5 4.Bg2 a6 5.d3 d6 6.Nge2 Be6 7.h3 Qd7 8.Nd5 f5 9.c3 fxe4 10.dxe4 Nge7 11.Qd3 O-O 12.Be3 Bxe3 13.Qxe3 Rae8 14.h4 Nd8 15.O-O Nxd5 16.exd5 Bh3 17.Rad1 Nf7 18.Kh2 Bxg2 19.Kxg2 Qa4 20.Nc1 Nh6 21.Qe2 Ng4 22.b3 Qd7 23.f3 Nf6 24.Qd3 Rf7 25.Ne2 Rfe7 26.Qc4 e4 27.Nf4 exf3+ 28.Rxf3 Ng4 29.Ne6 Ne5 30.Rdf1 Nxf3 31.Rxf3 b5 32.Qd3 Rxe6 33.dxe6 Qxe6 34.Rf2 Qe4+ 35.Qxe4 Rxe4 36.Kf3 d5 37.Rd2 c6 38.b4 Rc4 39.Rd3 h5 40.Ke2 Kh7 41.Rf3 g5 42.hxg5 Kg6 43.Kd3 Kxg5 44.Rf8 Rg4 45.Rg8+ Kf5 46.Rf8+ Ke5 47.Re8+ Kd6 48.Re3 c5 49.bxc5+ Kxc5 50.Kc2 Re4 51.Rf3 Re2+ 52.Kb3 a5 53.Rf8 a4+ 54.Ka3 Re3 55.Rc8+ Kb6 56.Rb8+ Ka6 57.Ra8+ Kb6 58.Rb8+ Kc7 59.Rxb5 Kc6 60.Kxa4 Rxc3 61.Rb3 Rc2 62.Ka3 Kc5 63.Rf3 Kc4 64.Rf5 d4 65.Rxh5 d3 66.Rh8 d2 67.Rc8+ Kd3 68.Rd8+ Ke2 69.Re8+ Kd1 70.Kb4 Kc1 71.Rd8 Rxa2 0-1

Game 2, July 23
Muzychuk, Mariya – Kosteniuk, Alexandra
C53 Giuoco Piano

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 O-O 6.O-O d5 7.exd5 Nxd5 8.Re1 Bg4 9.h3 Bh5 10.Nbd2 Nb6 11.Bb3 Kh8 12.Ne4 Bd6 13.g4 Bg6 14.Ng3 Nd7 15.Bc2 a5 16.h4 h6 17.h5 Bh7 18.g5 f5 19.gxh6 gxh6 20.Bxh6 Rg8 21.Bb3 Qf6 22.Bxg8 Rxg8 23.Bg5 Rxg5 24.Nxg5 Qxg5 25.Kf1 Nf6 26.Qf3 Ng4 27.Qg2 e4 28.d4 Nd8 29.c4 Ne6 30.c5 Bf8 31.Rad1 Nf4 32.Qh1 Bg8 33.Nxe4 Bc4+ 34.Kg1 fxe4 0-1

Game 2, July 23
Batsiashvili, Nino – Gunina, Valentina
D11 QGD Slav

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 dxc4 7.Nxf5 exf5 8.e3 Nbd7 9.Bxc4 Nb6 10.Bb3 Qd7 11.Qf3 Be7 12.Bd2 g6 13.Rd1 O-O 14.O-O Bb4 15.a3 Bxc3 16.Bxc3 Nbd5 17.Bd2 Ne4 18.Bc1 Rfe8 19.Qg2 Nef6 20.Rfe1 Re7 21.Re2 Rae8 22.Rde1 Qc7 23.f3 Qb6 24.Ba2 h5 25.Kh1 Qb5 26.Bb1 Qc4 27.Bc2 Nc7 28.Rd1 Ne6 29.Rf2 Nc7 30.Re2 Nb5 31.Bd3 Qb3 32.Bc2 Qd5 33.Bd3 a6 34.Rc2 Qd6 35.Qf2 Nc7 36.Rf1 Ne6 37.Bc4 b5 38.Ba2 Nc7 39.e4 fxe4 40.fxe4 Nxe4 41.Qf3 Nd5 42.Bf4 Qf6 43.Be5 Qxf3+ 44.Rxf3 Re6 45.h4 Rd8 46.Re2 f5 47.Kg1 c5 48.Bb1 cxd4 49.Bxd4 Ng5 50.hxg5 Rxe2 51.Ba2 Kf8 52.Rd3 Ke8 53.Kf1 Nf4 54.gxf4 Re4 55.Rc3 Rexd4 56.Rc7 Rxf4+ 57.Ke2 Re4+ 58.Kf3 Rd3+ 59.Kf2 Rd6 60.Rc8+ Kd7 61.Ra8 h4 62.Ra7+ Kc8 63.Rg7 h3 64.Rh7 h2 65.Bb1 Rd2+ 66.Kf3 Re1 0-1

Game 2, July 23
Tan, Zhongyi – Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat
E00 Catalan Opening

1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.g3 Bb4+ 5.Bd2 a5 6.Qc2 O-O 7.Bg2 c5 8.cxd5 cxd4 9.Nxd4 Qb6 10.e3 exd5 11.O-O Nc6 12.Nxc6 bxc6 13.Rc1 Rb8 14.b3 Bxd2 15.Nxd2 Bd7 16.a4 Rfc8 17.Qc5 Qd8 18.Qd6 Rb4 19.Rc5 Ne8 20.Qe5 f6 21.Qc3 Nd6 22.Qd3 Qb6 23.Rac1 Be6 24.R5c3 Kh8 25.Bf1 Bd7 26.Nc4 Nxc4 27.bxc4 d4 28.exd4 Rxa4 29.c5 Qc7 30.d5 cxd5 31.c6 Be6 32.Re1 Bg8 33.Bh3 Rb8 34.Bd7 Rab4 35.h4 a4 36.h5 d4 37.Rc2 Bf7 38.h6 Bg6 39.Rce2 gxh6 40.Bf5 Rg8 41.Bxg6 Rb3 42.Qf5 hxg6 43.Qxf6+ Qg7 44.Qd6 d3 45.Re7 Qb2 46.Qf4 1-0

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 24, 2021

Round Four, 1/8 Final

Tie-Breaks

Results

Stefanova-Goryachkina 0-2
Saduakassova-Kashlinskaya 3-1
Shuvalova-Dzagnidze 1.5-2.5
Lagno-Assaubayeva 1.5-0.5

Round Five ¼ Final Matches

Goryachkina-Saduakassova
Dzagnidze-Muzychuk, A.
Kosteniuk-Gunina
Tan-Lagno

Selected Games

Game 1, July 24
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Stefanova, Antoaneta
D30 QGD

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 e6 4.Nbd2 f5 5.g3 Nd7 6.Bg2 Nh6 7.b3 Nf7 8.a4 a5 9.Qc2 Qf6 10.e3 g5 11.Bb2 Bd6 12.h4 g4 13.Ng1 O-O 14.Ne2 b6 15.O-O Ba6 16.Rfc1 Rac8 17.Qd1 Qe7 18.Rc2 Nf6 19.Rac1 Nh5 20.Nf4 Nxf4 21.exf4 Bb4 22.Bc3 h5 23.Bxb4 Qxb4 24.Qe1 Rfe8 25.Qe3 c5 26.dxc5 bxc5 27.cxd5 exd5 28.Qc3 Qxc3 29.Rxc3 Re2 30.Nf1 d4 31.Rxc5 Rd8 32.Rxf5 Bc8 33.Rd5 Be6 34.Rxd8+ Nxd8 35.Rd1 Bxb3 36.Rxd4 Ne6 37.Bd5 Bxd5 38.Rxd5 Ra2 39.f5 Ng7 40.Rxa5 Ne8 41.Ne3 Nf6 42.Re5 Rxa4 43.Nd5 Nh7 44.f6 Kf7 45.Rxh5 Nxf6 46.Rf5 Ke6 47.Rxf6+ Kxd5 48.Rf4 Rxf4 49.gxf4 Ke4 50.h5 1-0

Game 2, July 24
Stefanova, Antoaneta – Goryachkina, Aleksandra
D78 Neo-Grunfeld

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 g6 3.Bg2 Bg7 4.O-O Nf6 5.d4 O-O 6.c4 c6 7.Qb3 a5 8.Rd1 a4 9.Qb4 dxc4 10.Qxc4 Qd5 11.Qb4 Qd6 12.Qe1 Bf5 13.Nc3 Ne4 14.Nh4 Nxc3 15.bxc3 Be6 16.e4 Bc4 17.f4 f5 18.e5 Qd7 19.Ba3 Na6 20.Nf3 Nc7 21.Nd2 Bd5 22.Bf1 b5 23.c4 bxc4 24.Nxc4 Rfb8 25.Bc5 Bxc4 26.Bxc4+ Nd5 27.Rab1 Bf8 28.Rxb8 Rxb8 29.Rb1 Qd8 30.Rxb8 Qxb8 31.Qb4 Qxb4 32.Bxb4 e6 33.Bxf8 Kxf8 34.Kf2 Ke7 35.Ke2 Kd7 36.Kd3 Ne7 37.Kc3 h6 38.Kb4 g5 39.fxg5 hxg5 40.Kxa4 c5 41.dxc5 Ng6 42.Kb5 Nxe5 43.Be2 f4 44.gxf4 gxf4 45.h4 f3 46.Bf1 Kc7 47.h5 Ng4 48.a4 e5 49.a5 e4 50.Bh3 e3 51.a6 e2 52.a7 Kb7 53.c6+ Kxa7 54.c7 Kb7 55.Bxg4 Kxc7 56.Bxf3 e1=Q 0-1

Game 1, July 24
Saduakassova, Dinara – Kashlinskaya, Alina
E01 Catalan, Closed

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.g3 d5 4.Bg2 Bb4+ 5.Nd2 O-O 6.Nf3 dxc4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.O-O e5 10.Nxc4 e4 11.Rd1 Qe7 12.Ng5 Bxc5 13.Be3 Bf5 14.Bxc5 Qxc5 15.Ne3 Qxc2 16.Nxc2 Rad8 17.Ne3 Bg6 18.Nh3 h6 19.Nf4 Bh7 20.h4 g5 21.hxg5 hxg5 22.Nh3 Nd4 23.Nxg5 Nxe2+ 24.Kf1 Nd4 25.Rd2 Nf3 26.Rxd8 Rxd8 27.Nxf3 exf3 28.Bxf3 Rd2 29.b3 Ne4 30.Ke1 Rb2 31.Nc4 Rc2 32.Ne3 Rb2 33.Nd1 Rc2 34.Be2 Bg6 35.Ne3 Rb2 36.Nc4 Rc2 37.Bd3 Rc3 38.Ne5 Bh7 39.Rd1 Rc5 40.Ng4 Kg7 41.Bxe4 Bxe4 42.Ne3 Bf3 43.Rd4 Rc1+ 44.Kd2 Ra1 45.Ra4 a6 46.Nc2 Rd1+ 47.Ke3 Bc6 48.Rg4+ Kf6 49.Nd4 Bd7 50.Rf4+ Kg7 51.Nf5+ Bxf5 52.Rxf5 Ra1 53.Ra5 Rd1 54.Rc5 Ra1 55.Rc2 Re1+ 56.Kd4 Re6 57.f4 Rg6 58.Rc7 Rb6 59.Kc4 Kg6 60.a4 a5 61.Rc5 Rb4+ 62.Kc3 Re4 63.Rxa5 Re3+ 64.Kc4 Rxg3 65.Rb5 Rg4 66.Rxb7 Rxf4+ 67.Kc3 Rf3+ 68.Kd4 Rf4+ 69.Ke3 Rf1 70.a5 Ra1 71.b4 f5 72.Rb8 Kg5 73.Rg8+ Kf6 74.Kd4 f4 75.Rf8+ Kg5 76.Kc5 Kg4 77.Kb6 f3 78.b5 Kg3 79.a6 f2 80.a7 Ra4 81.Rxf2 Kxf2 82.Kb7 1-0

Game 2, July 24
Kashlinskaya, Alina – Saduakassova, Dinara
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 h6 13.b4 Qe7 14.Be2 d4 15.e4 e5 16.c5 O-O 17.O-O Be6 18.Nc4 Rfd8 19.Bd3 Rac8 20.Rac1 Bxc4 21.Qxc4 b6 22.cxb6 axb6 23.Qa6 Qa7 24.Rfd1 Qb8 25.g3 Ne7 26.a4 Rc3 27.a5 bxa5 28.bxa5 Qc7 29.Rb1 Nc6 30.Rb6 Rc5 31.Ra1 Rd7 32.Rb5 Rc3 33.Rd5 Kh7 34.Qb5 Rd8 35.Rxd8 Qxd8 36.a6 Na7 37.Qb1 Qc7 38.Kg2 h5 39.Qb7 Qc6 40.Qxa7 Rxd3 41.Qxf7 Qxe4+ 42.Kg1 Rb3 43.Qxb3 1-0

Game 3, July 24
Kashlinskaya, Alina – Saduakassova, Dinara
E36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 c5 7.dxc5 O-O 8.Nf3 Nc6 9.e3 Ne4 10.Qc2 Qa5+ 11.Nd2 f5 12.cxd5 exd5 13.Be2 Qxc5 14.Qxc5 Nxc5 15.b4 Na4 16.Bd1 Nb6 17.Bb2 Be6 18.Nf3 Nc4 19.Bc3 f4 20.b5 Ne7 21.Nd4 Bd7 22.exf4 Nf5 23.Nxf5 Rxf5 24.Bg4 Re8+ 25.Kd1 Rf7 26.Bxd7 Rxd7 27.Re1 Rf8 28.Bb4 Rc8 29.Rc1 d4 30.f5 Kf7 31.Re4 Rcc7 32.g4 Rd5 33.a4 Nb2+ 34.Kd2 Rxc1 35.Kxc1 Nd3+ 36.Kd2 Nxb4 37.f4 a6 38.bxa6 Nxa6 39.Re6 Nc5 40.Rb6 d3 41.Rb4 b6 42.h3 h5 43.gxh5 Kf6 44.Rxb6+ Kxf5 45.Rb5 Kxf4 46.Rb4+ Ne4+ 47.Kd1 Ke3 48.Rb3 Rxh5 49.Ra3 Rxh3 50.Kc1 Ke2 0-1

Game 4, July 24
Saduakassova, Dinara – Kashlinskaya, Alina
A31 English, symmetrical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nf3 cxd4 4.Nxd4 e5 5.Nb5 d5 6.cxd5 a6 7.N5c3 Bc5 8.e3 O-O 9.Be2 b5 10.Nd2 Bb7 11.Nde4 Nxe4 12.Nxe4 Bb6 13.O-O f5 14.Nc3 Nd7 15.e4 f4 16.Bg4 Rf6 17.a4 b4 18.a5 Ba7 19.Na4 Bd4 20.Bd2 Nf8 21.Bxb4 Rh6 22.Ra3 Ng6 23.Bc5 Qg5 24.Be6+ Kh8 25.Qg4 Qd8 26.Bxd4 exd4 27.Nc5 Bc8 28.b4 Bxe6 29.Nxe6 Qe7 30.Rh3 Ne5 31.Qxf4 Rxh3 32.Qxe5 Rd3 33.d6 Qa7 34.Qd5 h6 35.d7 1-0

Game 1, July 24
Dzagnidze, Nana – Shuvalova, Polina
D32 QGD, Tarrasch Defence

1.c4 e6 2.Nc3 d5 3.d4 c5 4.cxd5 exd5 5.Nf3 Nc6 6.dxc5 d4 7.Na4 Bxc5 8.Nxc5 Qa5+ 9.Bd2 Qxc5 10.e3 dxe3 11.Bxe3 Qb4+ 12.Qd2 Qxd2+ 13.Bxd2 Nf6 14.Bb5 O-O 15.O-O Be6 16.Bxc6 bxc6 17.Rfc1 Rfc8 18.Nd4 Bd7 19.Nb3 Ne4 20.Bf4 a5 21.f3 a4 22.fxe4 axb3 23.axb3 Rxa1 24.Rxa1 h6 25.Bd6 Be6 26.b4 Rd8 27.e5 Bc4 28.Ra7 Re8 29.Rc7 Bd5 30.Kf2 Ra8 31.Bc5 Ra1 32.Bd4 Rd1 33.Bc3 Rc1 34.Ke3 Rc2 35.Kd4 Rxg2 36.Kc5 Be4 37.Rc8+ Kh7 38.Rxc6 Bxc6 39.Kxc6 f5 40.exf6 gxf6 41.b5 f5 42.b6 f4 43.b7 Rg8 44.Kc7 f3 45.Bd4 Rg7+ 46.Bxg7 f2 47.b8=Q f1=Q 48.Qh8+ Kg6 49.Qxh6+ Kf7 50.Qf6+ 1-0

Game 2, July 24
Shuvalova, Polina – Dzagnidze, Nana
B91 Sicilian, Najdorf, Zagreb variation

1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 a6 6.g3 e5 7.Nb3 Be7 8.Bg5 Nbd7 9.a4 b6 10.Bc4 Bb7 11.Nd2 O-O 12.O-O Rc8 13.Qe2 Nc5 14.Rfd1 Ne6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Rac1 Bg5 17.Kg2 b5 18.axb5 axb5 19.Nxb5 Bxd2 20.Rxd2 Rxc4 21.Qxc4 Qg5 22.Rcd1 Qg4 23.Nxd6 Nf4+ 24.Kg1 Ba8 25.Nxf7 Bd5 26.Rxd5 Nh3+ 27.Kg2 Nf4+ 28.Kf1 Qh3+ 29.Ke1 Ng2+ 30.Kd2 Qe6 31.Ng5 1-0

Game 3, July 24
Dzagnidze, Nana – Shuvalova, Polina
A13 Reti, Nimzowitsch-Larsen Attack

1.c4 Nf6 2.Nf3 e6 3.b3 d5 4.Bb2 c5 5.e3 Nc6 6.cxd5 exd5 7.Bb5 Bd6 8.h3 O-O 9.O-O Bd7 10.d4 a6 11.Be2 cxd4 12.Nxd4 Qe7 13.Nxc6 bxc6 14.Nd2 c5 15.Rc1 a5 16.Nf3 Be6 17.Bb5 Rab8 18.Qe2 Ne4 19.Rfd1 Rb6 20.a4 f6 21.Bc3 Nxc3 22.Rxc3 Bf7 23.Qd2 Rd8 24.Rd3 Bc7 25.Qxa5 Bh5 26.Qd2 Rbd6 27.Qc3 f5 28.Kf1 Bxf3 29.gxf3 Kh8 30.Qxc5 Bb6 31.Qb4 d4 32.a5 Ba7 33.Rxd4 Bxd4 34.Rxd4 Qc7 35.Rxd6 Rxd6 36.Bc4 f4 37.e4 Rd1+ 38.Ke2 Rd8 39.a6 Qe5 40.Qb6 Rf8 41.Qb4 Rd8 42.Qb6 Rf8 43.a7 h6 44.Bd5 Qb2+ 45.Kf1 Qa1+ 46.Kg2 Kh7 47.a8=Q Rxa8 48.Bxa8 Qxa8 49.b4 h5 50.b5 1-0

Game 1, July 24
Assaubayeva, Bibisara – Lagno, Kateryna
E60 King’s Indian Defence

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.f3 c5 4.d5 d6 5.e4 e6 6.Nc3 Bg7 7.Nge2 exd5 8.cxd5 a6 9.a4 Nbd7 10.Ng3 Nh5 11.Nxh5 gxh5 12.Be3 f5 13.Be2 O-O 14.exf5 Ne5 15.O-O Bxf5 16.Ne4 Bxe4 17.fxe4 Qh4 18.Qc2 Ng4 19.Bxg4 Qxg4 20.Rxf8+ Rxf8 21.Rf1 Re8 22.Bf4 Bd4+ 23.Kh1 Rf8 24.g3 h4 25.Qd1 Qg6 26.Qe2 h3 27.Re1 b5 28.axb5 axb5 29.b3 h5 30.Qf3 Re8 31.Qd3 Kh7 32.Qf3 Re7 33.Qd3 b4 34.Qf3 Bc3 35.Rf1 Qxe4 36.Qxe4+ Rxe4 37.Bxd6 Rd4 38.Bxc5 Rxd5 39.Be7 Rd2 40.Rb1 Kg6 41.Bc5 Re2 42.Rg1 Rb2 43.Bd6 Kf5 44.Rf1+ Ke6 45.Bc5 Rxb3 46.Bxb4 Bxb4 47.Rg1 Bc5 48.Re1+ Kf5 49.Rf1+ Kg6 50.Rc1 Rb2 51.Ra1 Bd4 52.Rd1 Be5 53.Re1 Bb8 54.Rg1 Kf5 55.Rf1+ Kg4 56.Ra1 h4 57.Ra4+ Kf3 58.Ra3+ Kf2 59.Ra1 hxg3 60.hxg3 Kxg3 61.Ra3+ Kg4 62.Ra4+ Bf4 63.Ra1 Rc2 64.Rg1+ Bg3 65.Rb1 Re2 66.Ra1 Re3 67.Rb1 Be1 68.Rb7 Bc3 69.Rb1 Be5 70.Rg1+ Kf3 71.Rf1+ Ke2 72.Rb1 Rd3 73.Rc1 Rb3 74.Rc2+ Kd1 75.Rf2 Ke1 76.Rf5 Re3 77.Rf7 Ke2 78.Rb7 Ra3 79.Rb1 Ra2 80.Rc1 Rb2 81.Ra1 Rc2 82.Rb1 Kf3 83.Rf1+ Kg4 84.Rg1+ Kf5 85.Rf1+ Bf4 86.Rb1 Bc1 87.Rb5+ Kg4 88.Rb4+ Kf3 89.Rb7 Bf4 90.Rb1 Be3 91.Rf1+ Kg4 92.Re1 Bc5 93.Rf1 Be3 94.Re1 Rc3 95.Rf1 Kg3 96.Re1 Rb3 97.Rf1 Bf4 98.Rd1 Rb2 99.Rd3+ Kg4 100.Rd1 Rh2+ 101.Kg1 Re2 102.Kh1 Be3 103.Rf1 Kg5 104.Rf3 Kg4 105.Rf1 Kh4 106.Rf7 Re1+ 107.Kh2 Bg1+ 0-1

Final Position

[Wayne Komer]

FIDE World Cup Women Sochi 2021

July 25, 2021

Round Five, 1/4 Final

Results

Goryachkina-Saduakassova 0.5-0.5
Dzagnidze-Muzychuk, A. 0.5-0.5
Kosteniuk-Gunina 1-0
Tan-Lagno 0.5-0.5

All the Games

Game 1, July 25
Goryachkina, Aleksandra – Saduakassova, Dinara
E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical, Noa variation, main line

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 d5 5.a3 Bxc3+ 6.Qxc3 Ne4 7.Qc2 c5 8.dxc5 Nc6 9.Nf3 Qa5+ 10.Bd2 Qxc5 11.e3 Nxd2 12.Nxd2 dxc4 13.Bxc4 Qe7 14.O-O O-O 15.b4 Bd7 16.b5 Ne5 17.Be2 f6 18.Qe4 Be8 19.f4 Bg6 20.Qb4 Qxb4 21.axb4 Bd3 22.Kf2 Bxe2 23.Kxe2 Nf7 24.Ne4 b6 25.Rfd1 f5 26.Nf2 e5 27.Rd7 Rfe8 28.g3 exf4 29.gxf4 Rec8 30.Ra2 h6 31.Nd3 Rd8 32.Rxd8+ Rxd8 33.Rxa7 Nd6 34.Rc7 Nxb5 35.Rc6 g5 36.Ne5 gxf4 37.Rg6+ Kh7 38.exf4 Rd4 39.Rxb6 Rxb4 40.Kd2 Rd4+ 41.Ke3 Re4+ 42.Kd3 Rd4+ 43.Ke3 1/2-1/2

Dinara Saduakassova makes a draw with Black against Aleksandra Goryachkina — something no-one else had managed in the last 9 games!

Game 1, July 25
Dzagnidze, Nana – Muzychuk, Anna
B22 Sicilian, Alapin’s variation

1.Nf3 c5 2.e4 Nc6 3.c3 Nf6 4.e5 Nd5 5.Bc4 Nb6 6.Bb3 d5 7.exd6 Qxd6 8.d4 cxd4 9.cxd4 Be6 10.Nc3 Bxb3 11.Qxb3 e6 12.O-O Be7 13.Rd1 O-O 14.d5 Nxd5 15.Nxd5 exd5 16.Rxd5 Qb4 17.Qxb4 Nxb4 18.Rb5 b6 19.a3 Nd3 20.Be3 Rac8 21.a4 Bc5 22.Rd1 Rfd8 23.Kf1 Bxe3 24.fxe3 g6 25.a5 bxa5 26.Rxa5 Nxb2 27.Rxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rxa7 Re8 29.e4 Nc4 30.Rc7 Rxe4 31.Rxf7 Ne3+ 32.Kf2 Kxf7 33.Ng5+ Kg7 34.Nxe4 1/2-1/2

Game 1, July 25
Kosteniuk, Alexandra – Gunina, Valentina
B10 Caro-Kann, Two Knights variation

1.e4 c6 2.Nc3 d5 3.Nf3 dxe4 4.Nxe4 Nf6 5.Qe2 Nxe4 6.Qxe4 Nd7 7.Bc4 Nf6 8.Ne5 e6 9.Qf4 b5 10.Be2 Bd6 11.d4 O-O 12.Qg3 Ne4 13.Qd3 f5 14.Nxc6 Qc7 15.Ne5 a5 16.f3 Nf6 17.O-O Ba6 18.Bf4 Rfd8 19.h4 Nh5 20.Bh2 f4 21.Qb3 Re8 22.Ng4 a4 23.Qd3 e5 24.Rfe1 Ng3 25.Bxg3 fxg3 26.Qf5 Bc8 27.Qh5 Bxg4 28.Qxg4 a3 29.bxa3 Rf8 30.Qe4 Ra4 31.Bd3 g6 32.Qd5+ Kg7 33.Re4 Rxd4 34.Rxd4 Bc5 35.Kf1 Bxd4 36.Re1 Bc3 37.Re3 Rd8 38.Qe6 Rd4 39.Ke2 Rxh4 40.f4 Rxf4 41.Rf3 Qa7 42.Qd5 Kh6 43.Rxf4 exf4 44.Kf3 Kg7 45.Kxf4 Qf2+ 46.Kg4 h5+ 47.Kh3 Qg1 48.Kxg3 Qe1+ 49.Kf3 Qd1+ 50.Ke3 Kh6 51.Qe4 Qg1+ 52.Kf3 Qd1+ 53.Qe2 Qa1 54.Qe3+ g5 55.Qe6+ Bf6 56.Qf5 Kg7 57.Qd7+ Kf8 58.Qxb5 Qd1+ 59.Ke4 Qg4+ 60.Kd5 Be7 61.Be4 Qf4 62.Qd7 Qf7+ 63.Qe6 Bxa3 64.Qxf7+ Kxf7 65.c4 Ke7 66.Bf5 g4 67.c5 Kd8 68.Kc6 Ke7 69.Kb6 Kf6 70.Bd7 Ke7 71.Bf5 Kd8 72.g3 Bb2 73.Kb7 Be5 74.a4 Bc7 75.c6 Bxg3 76.a5 1-0

Alexandra Kosteniuk grabs the only win on Day 1 of the Women's #FIDEWorldCup quarterfinals after Valentina Gunina missed a win around the time control and then overpressed afterwards!

Game 1, July 25
Tan, Zhongyi – Lagno, Kateryna
D86 Grunfeld, Exchange, Classical variation

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 Nxd5 5.e4 Nxc3 6.bxc3 Bg7 7.Bc4 c5 8.Ne2 cxd4 9.cxd4 Nc6 10.Be3 Qa5+ 11.Bd2 Qa3 12.O-O O-O 13.Rb1 Bg4 14.d5 Qc5 15.Bd3 Ne5 16.Bb4 Qc7 17.h3 Nxd3 18.Qxd3 Bxe2 19.Qxe2 Rfc8 20.Qe3 Qd7 21.Rfd1 Be5 22.f4 Bd6 23.e5 Bxb4 24.Rxb4 b6 25.f5 Qxf5 26.Rh4 f6 27.exf6 Qxf6 28.Re4 Rc3 29.Qe1 Rc7 30.Re6 Qf7 31.Qe5 Rac8 32.Re1 Rd7 33.Qg5 Qf5 34.Qxf5 gxf5 35.Rxe7 Rxd5 36.Rxa7 Rd6 37.Re5 Rf6 38.Kf2 Rg6 39.Kf3 Rg7 40.Rxg7+ Kxg7 41.Rxf5 Ra8 42.Rb5 Rxa2 43.Rxb6 Ra3+ 44.Kg4 Ra4+ 45.Kg3 Ra3+ 46.Kh2 Ra2 47.h4 h5 48.Re6 Ra4 49.Kg3 Rg4+ 50.Kh3 Ra4 51.Re2 Kg6 52.g3 Rb4 53.Kg2 Rb3 54.Kf2 Ra3 55.Re6+ Kg7 56.Re3 Ra8 57.Rd3 Kh6 58.Kf3 Rf8+ 59.Ke4 Re8+ 60.Kf5 Rf8+ 61.Ke6 Rg8 62.Kf7 Rg7+ 63.Kf8 Rg4 64.Rf3 Rg6 65.Re3 Rg4 66.Kf7 Rg7+ 67.Kf6 Rg6+ 68.Kf5 Rg4 69.Rd3 Kh7 70.Rd7+ Kh6 71.Rd6+ Kh7 72.Rd7+ Kh6 73.Rd6+ 1/2-1/2

Kateryna Lagno may be in some trouble in a hyper-sharp Grünfeld!

[Hans Jung]

A good fight in Kosteniuk - Gunina as expected.

[Hans Jung]

Game 2 https://www.chessbomb.com/arena/2021...niuk_Alexandra What a tussle!