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The 3rd round was again very interesting! Zhu Chen won against Stefanova very quickly and nicely after white moved to a3 with the wrong knight. Here is the game –
[Event "Stefanova-Zhu Chen"]
[Site "Doha, QTR"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[CBBWhiteId "*"]
[CBBBlackId "*"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq – 0 1"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. b4 Bg7 4. Bb2 O-O 5. g3 c6 6. Qb3 d5 7. d3 a5 8. a3 dxc4
9. dxc4 axb4 10. axb4 Rxa1 11. Bxa1 Na6 12. Nfd2 Be6 13. Bc3 b5 14. Bg2 bxc4
15. Nxc4 Nd5 16. Bxg7 Kxg7 17. b5 Nc5 18. Qb2+ Nf6 19. Nba3 cxb5 20. Qxb5 Nd3+
21. Kf1 Ne5 22. Ne3 Qd6 23. Qb2 Rb8 24. Qa1 Qxa3 0-1
Chiburdanidze scored the first win – Black King remained in the middle, got in danger there, tried to hide on the queenside but didnt find any shelter there either. The game ended on move 48. Watch this interesting game yourself –
[Event "Chiburdanidze-Xu Yuhua"]
[Site "Doha, QTR"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[CBBWhiteId "*"]
[CBBBlackId "*"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq – 0 1"]
1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3
c4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Bxb8 Bxc3 12. bxc3 Rxb8 13. Qf3 Bg6 14. h4 gxh4
15. Qf4 b5 16. a3 Rb6 17. Be2 Re6 18. Rxh4 Ne4 19. Rc1 h5 20. Bf3 Kf8 21. Nxe4
Bxe4 22. Rxh5 Rxh5 23. Bxh5 Rf6 24. Qg5 Qd6 25. Ra1 Rf5 26. Qh4 Bxg2 27. Bg4
Rf6 28. Ke2 Be4 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qh4 Bd3+ 31. Kd2 Kd8 32. Be2 Bf5 33. Rg1 Kc7
34. Rg8 Be4 35. Re8 Re6 36. Ra8 Kb7 37. Qh8 Qc7 38. Bh5 Ra6 39. Rf8 Bg6 40.
Bxg6 Rxg6 41. Qh5 Qd7 42. Qf3 Rg7 43. Qf4 Rh7 44. Qb8+ Ka6 45. Rd8 1-0
Fierro played a very nice endgame against Dzagnidze which she eventually won.
[Event "Fierro-Dzagnidze"]
[Site "Doha, QTR"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[CBBWhiteId "*"]
[CBBBlackId "*"]
[Result "1-0"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq – 0 1"]
1. c4 e5 2. g3 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e4 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nge2 Nh6 7. O-O O-O 8. d3
f5 9. Nd5 Be6 10. Rb1 Qd7 11. b4 Nd8 12. b5 Kh8 13. a4 Ng8 14. exf5 Bxf5 15.
Ne3 Bh3 16. d4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 e4 18. Nc3 Nf6 19. Ned5 Nxd5 20. cxd5 Qf5 21. Be3
c6 22. dxc6 bxc6 23. f3 exf3+ 24. Rxf3 Qxf3+ 25. Qxf3 Rxf3 26. Kxf3 c5 27. Ne2
Ne6 28. dxc5 dxc5 29. a5 Rf8+ 30. Ke4 Re8 31. Kd3 Be5 32. Nf4 Bxf4 33. Bxf4 g5
34. Be5+ Kg8 35. b6 axb6 36. axb6 Nd8 37. Bc7 Kf7 38. Bxd8 Rxd8+ 39. Kc4 Ke7
40. b7 Rb8 1-0
And finally the game of the leader of the event – Danielian. Black had a very good position after the opening, then she was much better but allowed the exchange sacrifice (by playing 17…Ne4) and white could have a winning after further complications – 21.Bc4, but instead went for the losing 21.Rxd7.
[Event "Munguntuul-Danielian"]
[Site "Doha, QTR"]
[Date "2011.02.24"]
[Round "3"]
[White ""]
[Black ""]
[CBBWhiteId "*"]
[CBBBlackId "*"]
[Result "0-1"]
[Setup "1"]
[FEN "rnbqkbnr/pppppppp/8/8/8/8/PPPPPPPP/RNBQKBNR w KQkq – 0 1"]
1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 Be7 8. Qd2
O-O 9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. O-O-O Qa5 11. Bxc5 Nxc5 12. h4 Bd7 13. Rh3 b5 14. f5 exf5
15. Rg3 Ne7 16. Kb1 b4 17. Nxd5 Ne4 18. Qh6 Ng6 19. Rxg6 fxg6 20. Ne7+ Kf7 21.
Rxd7 Rad8 22. e6+ Kxe6 23. Bc4+ Kxd7 24. Qxg7 Ke8 25. Kc1 Qc5 26. Nd5 Rxd5 27.
Bxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxa7 Rf6 29. Qb8+ Ke7 30. Qxb4+ Rd6 31. b3 h6 32. a4 g5 33. hxg5
hxg5 34. a5 g4 35. Nh4 Kf6 36. g3 Qe5 0-1
Pictures of the leaders
Results of 3rd round
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 1 – 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Cramling Pia 2516 ½ – ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2607
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 0 – 1 GM Zhu Chen 2495
GM Sebag Marie 2489 ½ – ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 1 – 0 GM Xu Yuhua 2484
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 0 – 1 GM Danielian Elina 2454
Pairings of round 4
1GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 – GM Danielian Elina 2454
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 – IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 – GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502
GM Zhu Chen 2495 – GM Sebag Marie 2489
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 – GM Cramling Pia 2516