FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chengdu 2016 3rd round

Ju-Harika (Photo taken from the official site)

Koneru and Harika lead the event with 2.5 points.

Results of the 3rd round

GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2454	1 – 0	GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2545
GM	Zhao Xue	2510	0 – 1	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2512
WGM	Girya Olga	2444	0 – 1	GM	Koneru Humpy	2575
WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2495	½ – ½	GM	Muzychuk Anna	2545
IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2487	½ – ½	GM	Cramling Pia	2463
GM	Ju Wenjun	2578	½ – ½	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2526

Standings after 3 rounds

GM	Harika Dronavalli	2526	IND	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2575	IND	2½
GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2454	GEO	2
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2512	BUL	2
GM	Ju Wenjun	2578	CHN	1½
GM	Cramling Pia	2463	SWE	1½
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2545	UKR	1½
GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2545	UKR	1
WGM	Girya Olga	2444	RUS	1
WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2495	CHN	1
IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2487	GEO	1
GM	Zhao Xue	2510	CHN	½

Games of the round

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]   [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]   [Result "1-0"]   [PlyCount "111"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [BlackClock "0:12:48"]         Nf3 {q} c5 {q} 2. c4 {q} g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. e4 Nc6 6. Nc2 Nf6 7.     Nc3 d6 8. Be2 O-O 9. Be3 Be6 10. f3 {[%clk 1:09]} Rc8 11. Qd2 Nd7 12. Rc1 a6     O-O Qa5 14. b4 Qd8 15. Nd5 f5 16. b5 Nce5 17. Nd4 Nc5 18. Nxe6 Nxe6 19. Nb6     Rc5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bxc5 Nxc5 22. Nd5 e6 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc2 b6 25. Rcd1 Nf7     Nd4 Qf6 27. f4 Bh6 28. Qe3 Kh8 29. Qf3 Ne4 30. Nc6 Rg8 31. Bd3 Nc5 32. Be2     Qb2 33. Nd4 Rg6 34. Qe3 Ne4 35. Qb3 Qxb3 36. axb3 e5 37. Nxf5 Bxf4 38. Bd3 Nc3     Ra1 Rg5 40. g3 Kg8 41. h4 Rg4 42. Kh2 e4 43. Bxe4 Bxg3+ 44. Nxg3 Nxe4 45.     Nxe4 Rxh4+ 46. Kg3 Rxe4 47. Rae1 Ng5 48. Rxe4 Nxe4+ 49. Kf4 Nc5 50. Rd1 Nb7 51.   Ke4 Nc5+ 52. Kd5 Nxb3 53. Kc6 a4 54. Kxb6 a3 55. Kc7 Na5 56. b6 1-0

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "0-1"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:01:00"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. a4 e6 6. g3 Bb4 7. Bg2 Nbd7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Qc2 a5 10. Bf4 dxc4 11. e4 b6 {[%clk 1:27]} 12. Rfd1 Re8 13. h3 Bf8 14.   g4 Ba6 15. g5 Nh5 16. Bh2 Qe7 17. h4 f6 18. Bh3 g6 19. gxf6 Ndxf6 20. Ne5 Qb7     b3 c5 22. d5 exd5 23. exd5 cxb3 24. Qxb3 Bd6 25. Be6+ Kg7 26. Rab1 Rab8 27.     Qb2 Qc7 28. Re1 c4 29. Kf1 Nxd5 30. Nxd5 c3+ 31. Kg2 Bb7 32. Qb3 Rxe6 33. Kg1   Bxd5 34. Qxd5 Rbe8 35. Qd4 Nf6 36. Rb5 c2 37. Qb2 Bxe5 0-1

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Girya, Olga"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "0-1"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:29:31"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3     cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Ndc5 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Bd7 13. Be2 Na4 14. cxd5   exd5 15. Bd3 Nac5 16. f3 {[%clk 1:24]} Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nc5 18. Qe3 Ne6 19. Rab1   b6 20. Bg3 Nxd4 21. Qxd4 Rc8 22. Rfd1 Be6 23. Rb4 Rc5 24. Qd3 Qc7 25. Rc1 Rc8     Ra4 b5 27. Rb4 Qa5 28. Qb1 a6 29. Be1 Qc7 30. f4 Qd7 31. Rd4 Bf5 32. Qb2     Be4 33. Bf2 R5c6 34. Rd2 Qg4 35. Be3 h5 36. Rf2 Rc4 37. a3 a5 38. Qe2 d4 39.   Bd2 Qxe2 40. Rxe2 Bd3 41. Ree1 dxc3 42. Be3 b4 0-1

  [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Tan, Zhongyi"]   [Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "80"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:43:17"]         d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. Nf3 O-O 6. O-O d6 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5   dxe5 dxe5 10. e4 Nc6 11. Nd5 Qd7 12. Ba3 Re8 13. exf5 e4 14. Ng5 Qxf5 15.     Nxc7 Qxg5 16. Nxe8 Nxe8 17. Bxe4 {[%clk 1:09]} Bh3 18. Re1 Nf6 19. Bxc6 bxc6     Qf3 Rc8 21. Bb2 Bg4 22. Qd3 Bf5 23. h4 Qg4 24. Qd4 Qxd4 25. Bxd4 Rc7 26.     Rad1 Kf7 27. Be5 Re7 28. Bc3 Rxe1+ 29. Rxe1 h5 30. Bb4 Ne4 31. f3 Bd4+ 32. Kg2   Nc5 33. Bd2 Nd3 34. Re2 c5 35. a3 Bb2 36. Bg5 Bxa3 37. Re7+ Kg8 38. Re8+ Kf7     Re7+ Kg8 40. Re8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [BlackClock "0:12:48"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 dxc4 4. Na3 Nf6 5. Nxc4 c5 6. e3 Nc6 {[%clk 1:18]} 7.     Nce5 Nxe5 8. dxe5 Qxd1+ 9. Kxd1 Ng4 10. Bb5+ Bd7 11. Bxd7+ Kxd7 12. Ke2 f6 13.   Rd1+ Kc6 14. exf6 gxf6 15. b4 b6 16. bxc5 bxc5 17. h3 Ne5 18. Nxe5+ fxe5 19.   Bb2 Bd6 20. Rd2 Rhg8 21. g3 Rg7 22. Rad1 Bc7 23. Rc1 Rb8 24. Rc4 Rb4 25. Rxb4   cxb4 26. Kf3 h5 27. Rc2+ Kb6 28. Ke4 Rg5 29. a3 a5 30. a4 Bd6 31. Rc8 Kb7 32.   Re8 Rg6 33. Rh8 Rg7 34. Rxh5 Rc7 35. Bxe5 Rc5 36. Rh7+ Kc6 37. Bxd6 Kxd6 38. f4   Kc6 39. Rh8 Kc7 40. Rh7+ Kc6 41. Rh8 Kc7 42. Rh7+ 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.04"]   [Round "3.6"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "156"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:24:36"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. b4 Qe7 8. Bb2 g6   Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O O-O {[%clk 1:22]} 11. Na4 Rb8 12. Qd2 Ne8 13. e4 dxe4 14.     Bxe4 Nef6 15. Bd3 Nd5 16. a3 Qd8 17. Rfe1 Qc7 18. g3 Ra8 19. Rac1 Rd8 20. Re2   Ra7 21. h4 a5 22. b5 cxb5 23. Bxb5 Nb8 24. Nc3 Nxc3 25. Qxc3 Bd7 26. a4 Nc6 27.   Qc4 Raa8 28. Rd1 Ne7 29. Bc1 Bc6 30. Bf4 Qd7 31. Ne5 Qd5 32. Qxd5 Rxd5 33. Bc4   Rdd8 34. Bg5 Bxe5 35. Rxe5 Rd7 36. Bxe7 Rxe7 37. Bb5 Rd7 38. Re3 Rad8 39. Bxc6   bxc6 40. Rb3 Rxd4 41. Rxd4 Rxd4 42. Rb6 Rxa4 43. Rxc6 Rc4 44. Rc8+ Kg7 45. c6   Kf6 46. Ra8 Rxc6 47. Rxa5 Rc4 48. Kg2 h5 49. Ra7 Rc8 50. Rb7 Re8 51. Ra7 Re7     Ra6 Rb7 53. Rc6 Kf5 54. Rc5+ e5 55. Ra5 f6 56. Rc5 Rd7 57. Ra5 Rd2 58. Rb5     Ke6 59. Rb6+ Rd6 60. Rb4 Ra6 61. Rc4 Kd5 62. Rb4 e4 63. Rb8 Rc6 64. Rg8 f5 65.   Ra8 Rd6 66. Ra4 Ke5 67. Kf1 Rc6 68. Kg2 Rd6 69. Kf1 Rf6 70. Ra5+ Kd4 71. Ra4+   Kd3 72. Ra3+ Kd2 73. Ra2+ Kc3 74. Ke2 Rd6 75. Ke3 Rd3+ 76. Ke2 Rd6 77. Ke3 Rd3+     Ke2 Rd6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2545	–	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2526
GM	Cramling Pia	2463	–	GM	Ju Wenjun	2578
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2545	–	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2487
GM	Koneru Humpy	2575	–	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2495
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2512	–	WGM	Girya Olga	2444
GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2454	–	GM	Zhao Xue	2510

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