Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016

Zhao-Koneru (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

This very high level women’s event has started yesterday in Tehran, Iran. The participants are:

Koneru, Humpy	IND	GM	1987	2583
Ju, Wenjun	CHN	GM	1991	2558
Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	GM	1987	2529
Cramling, Pia	SWE	GM	1963	2521
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	GM	1991	2511
Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	GM	1979	2509
Zhao, Xue	CHN	GM	1985	2506
Gunina, Valentina	RUS	GM	1989	2496
Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	IM	1987	2485
Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	GM	1979	2484
Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	WGM	1985	2454
Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat	IRI	IM	1997	2403

Results of the first round

GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	½	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	0 – 1	GM	Koneru Humpy	2583
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	1 – 0	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	½	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	0 – 1	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	0 – 1	GM	Ju Wenjun	2558

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.1"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "92"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. e4 Bg7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Ne2 Nf6 7. Bg2 O-O 8.     Nbc3 d6 9. O-O Bd7 10. h3 Rc8 11. Kh1 Qa5 12. Nf4 b5 13. Bd2 b4 14. Ncd5 Nxd5     exd5 Ne5 16. a3 Nc4 17. Nd3 Qc7 18. axb4 Nxd2 19. Qxd2 Qxc2 20. Qxc2 Rxc2   Rxa7 Bb5 22. Rd1 Bf6 23. f4 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 Rxb2 25. Rc7 Ra8 26. Rc1 Raa2 27.     Bf3 Rxb4 28. h4 Bd4 29. Rcd1 Bf2 30. Kg2 Rbb2 31. Kh3 Bc5 32. Rh1 h5 33. f5   gxf5 34. Bxh5 e6 35. dxe6 fxe6 36. g4 fxg4+ 37. Bxg4 Kf7 38. h5 Ra3 39. Rxa3   Bxa3 40. Rf1+ Ke7 41. h6 Rb8 42. Kh4 Bb2 43. Kh5 Bh8 44. Rc1 Rg8 45. Rc4 Rd8     Kg6 Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.2"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 e6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Be2     Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qb3 Re8 12. O-O c6 13. Rfd1 Nd7 14. Rac1 Nf8     Rd2 Be7 16. Qa4 Nd7 17. b4 b5 18. Qb3 a5 19. a3 Nb6 20. Ne1 Nc4 21. Ra2 Bd6   Rca1 Qh4 23. g3 Qe7 24. Nd3 Bc8 25. Nd1 Bf5 26. Nc5 a4 27. Qc3 g5 28. Qe1     g4 29. Nc3 h5 30. h4 gxh3 31. Bxh5 Qg5 32. Bf3 Bxg3 33. Nd1 Be5+ 34. Kh1 Bxd4     Rc1 Kh8 36. Nc3 Be5 37. Ne2 Rg8 38. Nd4 Bxd4 39. exd4 Rae8 40. Qc3 Qf4 41.     Rf1 Rg2 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.3"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E09"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "71"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 e6 5. Bg2 Nbd7 6. O-O Be7 7. Nbd2 O-O 8. Qc2     b6 9. e4 Bb7 10. e5 Ne8 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. Re1 Rc8 13. Qb3 Ba6 14. Nf1 Nb8 15.   Bd2 Nc6 16. Rac1 Bc4 17. Qd1 Bd3 18. Re3 Bc4 19. a3 Kh8 20. Rec3 f6 21. b3 Bxa3     bxc4 Bxc1 23. Qxc1 Nb4 24. Qa3 a5 25. cxd5 Nc7 26. dxe6 Qe7 27. Qb3 Ncd5   Rxc8 Rxc8 29. Ne3 Nxe3 30. fxe3 Nc2 31. d5 fxe5 32. Nxe5 Qf6 33. Nf7+ Kg8   d6 a4 35. d7 Ra8 36. Qxc2 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.4"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E12"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "169"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 Nbd7 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Be2 c5 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. O-O Bc6 13. Qc2 Qb6 14. Rfd1 Rac8     Nh4 Rfe8 16. Nf5 Bf8 17. Bf3 Qb7 18. Qb1 h6 19. Bh4 g6 20. Bxf6 Nxf6 21.     Ng3 Bg7 22. Rd2 h5 23. Nge2 d4 24. Bxc6 Rxc6 25. exd4 Bh6 26. d5 Rd6 27. f4   Nxd5 28. Nxd5 Rxd5 29. Qc2 Rxd2 30. Qxd2 Qe4 31. Kf1 Qf5 32. Rc4 Bg7 33. Qc2   Qf6 34. Rxc5 Qxb2 35. Qxb2 Bxb2 36. Ra5 Re7 37. Ra6 Kg7 38. f5 Be5 39. fxg6   fxg6 40. h3 Rf7+ 41. Ke1 h4 42. Ra4 Bd6 43. Kd2 Bc5 44. Nf4 Bb6 45. Nd3 g5 46.   Rg4 Rf5 47. Ke2 Kg6 48. Rc4 Rd5 49. Rc8 Ra5 50. Rc3 Kf5 51. Kf3 Rd5 52. Rb3 Rd4     Rb5+ Kf6 54. Rb3 Ke6 55. Rc3 Kd6 56. Rb3 Kd5 57. Ne1 Rf4+ 58. Ke2 Rf2+ 59.     Kd3 Ke6 60. Rb5 Kf6 61. Rd5 Bc7 62. Rc5 Bg3 63. Ra5 Bb8 64. Ra6+ Kf5 65. Ke3   Rb2 66. Ra5+ Kg6 67. Kf3 Bg3 68. Nd3 Rd2 69. Rd5 Kf6 70. a4 Bc7 71. Nb4 Rb2 72.   Nd3 Ra2 73. Nc5 Ra3+ 74. Rd3 Ra2 75. Ne4+ Kf5 76. Rd5+ Be5 77. Nc5 Ra3+ 78. Ke2   Ra2+ 79. Kf3 Ra3+ 80. Ke2 Ra2+ 81. Kf3 Ra3+ 82. Kf2 Ra2+ 83. Ke3 Ra3+ 84. Ke2   Ra2+ 85. Kf3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.5"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "176"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Qc2 c5 6. dxc5 d4 7. Nb5 e5 8. Nxe5     a6 9. Na3 O-O 10. Nd3 Bxc5 11. g3 Re8 12. Bg2 Bf8 13. O-O Nc6 14. Qd1 Bf5 15.   Nc2 h6 16. Bd2 Qd7 17. Nf4 Be4 18. Bxe4 Nxe4 19. f3 Nxd2 20. Qxd2 Rad8 21. Rad1   Qc8 22. Kg2 Bc5 23. Rfe1 a5 24. Nd3 Ba7 25. Rc1 Rd7 26. b4 axb4 27. Ncxb4 Nxb4     Qxb4 Rde7 29. Rc2 Re3 30. c5 Qd7 31. Nf2 Qd5 32. Rd1 Rxe2 33. Rxd4 Qxd4 34.     Qxd4 Rxc2 35. Kh3 Bxc5 36. Qd7 Ree2 37. Ne4 h5 38. Kh4 Rxh2+ 39. Kg5 Bf8 40. a4   b6 41. Kf4 Rc4 42. Kg5 Rb4 43. Qe8 Rb3 44. Kf4 Rc2 45. g4 hxg4 46. Kxg4 Rg2+     Kf4 Rg6 48. Qd7 Rh6 49. Kg3 Rg6+ 50. Kf2 Rb4 51. Ke3 Re6 52. Kf2 Re5 53.     Kg3 Re7 54. Qc6 Ra7 55. Nc3 Ra5 56. Qe8 Rd4 57. Kf2 Rc4 58. Ne4 Rcxa4 59. Qc6   Ra2+ 60. Kg3 Rb2 61. Qd7 Re5 62. Qd4 Rbb5 63. Qd8 Re6 64. Kf2 Rf5 65. Ng3 Rfe5     Ne4 b5 67. Qd3 b4 68. Qc2 Rb5 69. Qb3 Rc6 70. Kg3 Ra5 71. Kf4 Ra3 72. Qd5     Re6 73. Qh5 Be7 74. Qb5 Ra8 75. Qb7 Rd8 76. Kg3 Re5 77. Kf2 Bf8 78. Qc7 Red5     Qb7 Rf5 80. Kg2 Rd3 81. Qb8 Rdxf3 82. Ng3 Rf2+ 83. Kg1 R5f3 84. Qb7 b3 85.     Ne4 Rc2 86. Nd2 Rd3 87. Nf1 Bc5+ 88. Kh1 Rh3+ 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.11"]   [Round "1.6"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A33"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "106"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 e6 6. a3 Bc5 7. Nb3 Bb6 8. c5     Bc7 9. g3 O-O 10. Bg2 b6 11. O-O Be5 12. Bf4 Bxf4 13. gxf4 Rb8 14. Rb1 Ba6 15.   Bf3 Qc8 16. Re1 Ne7 17. cxb6 axb6 18. Rc1 Qd8 19. e3 Nf5 20. Nd4 Nh4 21. Bh1   Bb7 22. Bxb7 Rxb7 23. Qe2 Rc7 24. Nf3 Nxf3+ 25. Qxf3 d5 26. Red1 Qd7 27. Qe2   Rfc8 28. f3 h6 29. Rd4 Rc4 30. Rxc4 Rxc4 31. Na2 Rxc1+ 32. Nxc1 Ne8 33. Nb3 Nd6     Nd4 f6 35. b3 e5 36. fxe5 fxe5 37. Nc2 Qf7 38. Ne1 Nf5 39. Ng2 d4 40. e4     Nd6 41. Qd3 Qc7 42. Kf2 Qc1 43. f4 exf4 44. Qxd4 Qc2+ 45. Kf3 Qxb3+ 46. Kxf4   Qh3 47. Qf2 Qxh2+ 48. Ke3 Qh3+ 49. Kd4 Qxa3 50. Kd5 Ne8 51. e5 Nc7+ 52. Kc6   Qc3+ 53. Kb7 Qxe5 0-1

Standings after the 1st round

GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	1
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	1
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	1
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	1
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	0
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	0
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	0
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	0

Pairings of the 2nd round

IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	–	GM	Ju Wenjun	2558
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	–	GM	Cramling Pia	2521
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	–	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	–	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	–	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	–	GM	Zhao Xue	2506

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