FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Chengdu 2016 4th round

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Koneru (Photo taken from the official site)

Koneru won the 3rd game in a row and is leading with 3.5 points. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 4th round

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

Standings after 4 rounds

GM	Koneru Humpy	2575	IND	3½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2526	IND	3
GM	Khotenashvili Bela	2454	GEO	2½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2512	BUL	2½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2578	CHN	2½
GM	Muzychuk Anna	2545	UKR	2
GM	Cramling Pia	2463	SWE	1½
WGM	Girya Olga	2444	RUS	1½
IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2487	GEO	1½
GM	Muzychuk Mariya	2545	UKR	1½
GM	Zhao Xue	2510	CHN	1
WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2495	CHN	1

Games of the round

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.6"]   [White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:20:40"]   [BlackClock "1:30:00"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8.     Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 O-O 13. g3 a5 14. h4 a4 15.   b3 Be6 16. Nxf6+ Qxf6 17. Bg2 Qd8 18. O-O Qb6 19. Qd3 Qc5 20. Rfd1 Rfd8 21. Rd2   axb3 22. axb3 Rxa1+ 23. Nxa1 Qd4 24. Nc2 Qxd3 25. Rxd3 Kf8 26. Rd1 Na5 27. Nxb4   Rb8 28. Nc2 Rxb3 29. Rxd6 Nxc4 30. Rd1 Rb2 31. Ne1 f6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.2"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "0-1"]   [PlyCount "114"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:19:41"]   [BlackClock "1:30:00"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 c5 5. O-O e6 6. Nc3 Be7 7. d4 cxd4 8. Qxd4     O-O 9. Rd1 d6 10. b3 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Nc5 12. Qe3 a6 13. h3 Qc7 14. Rac1 Rfe8 15.   Nd4 Rac8 16. Bxb7 Qxb7 17. Qf3 Nce4 18. Nxe4 Nxe4 19. Nc2 b5 20. Ne3 f5 21. Rc2   Rf8 22. Bb2 Bg5 23. Ng2 d5 24. Nf4 Rfe8 25. Nxe6 Rxe6 26. Qxf5 Rd6 27. c5 g6     Qf3 Nxc5 29. h4 Be7 30. Qg4 h5 31. Qf4 d4 32. Rxd4 Rf6 33. Qe3 Rcf8 34. Rf4     Rxf4 35. gxf4 Qe4 36. Qxe4 Nxe4 37. Rc6 Kf7 38. f3 Ng3 39. e4 Ne2+ 40. Kf2 Nxf4     Kg3 Nd3 42. Bc3 Nc1 43. Bb2 Nd3 44. Bc3 Ra8 45. Rc7 Ke6 46. e5 b4 47. Ba1     a5 48. Rc6+ Kf5 49. Rc7 Re8 50. Ra7 g5 51. hxg5 Bxg5 52. Rxa5 h4+ 53. Kg2 Nf4+     Kf2 h3 55. e6+ Kg6 56. Kg3 Bh4+ 57. Kh2 Rd8 0-1

  [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.3"]   [White "Muzychuk, Anna"]   [Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "0:28:32"]   [BlackClock "1:30:00"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.     Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Rab1 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Rfc1   Qb4 15. a3 Qa5 16. f3 Nd7 17. a4 Qb4 18. Nd5 Qxd2 19. Bxd2 Bxd5 20. exd5 Bd4+     Kf1 a5 22. Bd3 h5 23. Re1 Bf6 24. g3 Kg7 25. f4 Re8 26. Bc2 b6 27. Re2 Nc5   Rbe1 Ra7 29. Kg2 Rg8 30. h3 Kf8 31. h4 Kg7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.4"]   [White "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Black "Tan, Zhongyi"]   [Result "1-0"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "1:30:00"]   [BlackClock "0:06:54"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c6 7. a4 O-O 8. Ba3     Re8 9. cxd5 cxd5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Bd3 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. Nxe5 Rxe5 14. O-O Qc7     c4 Rh5 16. f4 dxc4 17. Bxc4 Qb6 18. Qd2 Ne4 19. Qd4 Qxd4 20. exd4 Bd7 21.     Rfe1 Re8 22. d5 Rh6 23. a5 Rf6 24. g3 h5 25. Bd3 Nd6 26. Rxe8+ Bxe8 27. Rc1 Bb5     Bb1 Bd7 29. Rc7 Bg4 30. h4 Bf5 31. Bxd6 Bxb1 32. Bb4 Rf5 33. d6 Rd5 34. d7     1-0

   [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.5"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Girya, Olga"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "79"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "1:30:00"]   [BlackClock "0:04:56"]         c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 Bg4 4. Qb3 Qb6 5. Ne5 Be6 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. Nxc4 Qa6 8.     d3 Nf6 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. Bd2 Bd5 11. e4 Bxc4 12. dxc4 e5 13. b4 Qb6 14. a3 a5 15.   c5 Qc7 16. Ra2 Be7 17. Bc3 O-O 18. Nd2 axb4 19. Bxb4 b6 20. cxb6 Nxb6 21. Bxe7   Qxe7 22. Qxc6 Nbd7 23. Qc3 Rfc8 24. Qa1 Ra4 25. O-O Rca8 26. Rc1 Rxa3 27. Rxa3   Rxa3 28. Rc8+ Nf8 29. Qb2 Rd3 30. Bf1 Rd8 31. Rxd8 Qxd8 32. Nf3 Nxe4 33. Qxe5   Nd2 34. Nxd2 Qxd2 35. Kg2 Qb4 36. Qd5 Qe7 37. Bc4 Qf6 38. h4 g6 39. h5 Kg7 40.   hxg6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series"]   [Site "Cheng Du"]   [Date "2016.07.05"]   [Round "4.1"]   [White "Khotenashvili, Bela"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [PlyCount "95"]   [EventDate "2016.??.??"]   [WhiteClock "1:30:00"]   [BlackClock "0:07:53"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 c5 5. Bxb4 cxb4 6. Bg2 O-O 7. e4 d6 8. Ne2     e5 9. O-O Qb6 10. h3 Re8 11. Qd3 Nc6 12. d5 Nb8 13. a3 Na6 14. Qb3 Bd7 15. Nd2   Rec8 16. Kh2 bxa3 17. Qxa3 Nb4 18. Rac1 Be8 19. Bf3 a5 20. Bg4 Nxg4+ 21. hxg4   f6 22. Kg2 Na6 23. Ra1 Nc5 24. Rfc1 Ra6 25. Ra2 a4 26. Qf3 Bd7 27. Rc3 Qd8 28.   Nc1 Qe8 29. Qd1 b5 30. cxb5 Bxb5 31. b4 axb3 32. Rxa6 Bxa6 33. Ncxb3 Nd3 34.   Rxc8 Qxc8 35. Qa1 h6 36. f3 Qb7 37. Qg1 Qc7 38. Qa1 Qb7 39. Qg1 Bb5 40. Nc1 Nb4     Ncb3 Qc7 42. Qa1 Qc2 43. Qa5 Qd3 44. Qxb4 Qe2+ 45. Kg1 Qe1+ 46. Kh2 Qf2+   Kh1 Qe1+ 48. Kh2 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 5th round

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

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