This was another round of very exciting fight! Sebag was the first to win in a true Sicilian game with lots of sacrifices!
Black played 22…axb3 and won in 6 moves!
Danielian’s game was also full of sacrifices:
White played 30.Nc5 in order to try to open the position up.
And another example from the same game:
White sacrificed a Rook – 39.Rxc7 in order to lure the Black Q away from defending the f5-pawn.
The results of 2nd round
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
GM Danielian Elina 2454 1 – 0 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 0 – 1 GM Sebag Marie 2489
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
GM Zhu Chen 2495 ½ – ½ GM Cramling Pia 2516
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 – 0 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363
Thus, Dzagnidze and Danielian are on 2 out of 2.
Pairings of the 3rd round
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Cramling Pia 2516 – GM Koneru Humpy 2607
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 – GM Zhu Chen 2495
GM Sebag Marie 2489 – IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 – GM Xu Yuhua 2484
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 – GM Danielian Elina 2454
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