Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016

Pogonina-Cramling (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 2 out of 2. Four players (Koneru, Zhukova, Dzagnidze, Ju) have half a point less.

Results of the 2nd round

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

Standings after 2 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	2
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	1½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	1½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	1½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	1
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	0
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	0

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B83"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "97"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.     Kh1 Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f4 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 e5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rf2 Rfc8 15.   Rd2 b6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. f5 Bc6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Nc1   Nf6 22. Nd3 Na6 23. Nf2 Nc5 24. b3 Rab8 25. Kg1 Qc7 26. h3 Rd7 27. Ng4 Qd8 28.   Qe3 Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Qf6 30. Be2 Rbd8 31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qh4 33. g3 Qh5 34. Kg2   f6 35. Nd5 Rb7 36. Qf3 Qe8 37. Qe2 Rc8 38. g4 Kh8 39. h4 h6 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. Rh3   Ra8 42. Rd1 Qd8 43. Rg3 Nd7 44. g5 Kh7 45. gxh6 Kxh6 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg8     Rd3 Nf8 49. Rdg3 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A57"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "66"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 g6 6. Bxc4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15.   Nc3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bd5 21.   Ba6 Bxb2 22. Nxe6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rf5 24. Nd8 Rf8 25. Nc6 Rf6 26. Re2 Ba3 27. Bb7   Raf8 28. Nxa7 R6f7 29. Nb5 Rxb7 30. Nxa3 Ra8 31. Rd3 Rba7 32. Rb2 Rxa3 33. Rxa3   Rxa3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E53"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "126"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.     dxc5 Bxc5 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Ne2 Ba3     Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Bb1 a6 17. Ned4 h6 18. Rc2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Rc8   Qd2 Bd7 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Nf4 Qc5 26. a4 Bc6 27.     Qb2 Be8 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33.   Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rxb3 35. Rxf7 Rb4 36. a5 Rb5 37. h4 Kg6 38. Rd7 Kf6 39. Kg3 g6     Kf4 Rxa5 41. Rxb7 Rf5+ 42. Kg3 Re5 43. Ra7 a5 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Kf4 Rf5+ 46.     Kxe4 Rxf2 47. g3 Rf5 48. g4 Rb5 49. Kf3 Rc5 50. e4 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rh3 52. Ra7+   Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Kf6 Rxg4 57. e5 Rf4+ 58. Kxg6   Kf8 59. Rxa5 Ke7 60. Ra6 Rf1 61. Kxh6 Re1 62. e6 Rxe6+ 63. Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A40"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "87"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O     exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1   Bg7 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Nc4 Nc7 17. a4 b6 18. e4 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Ne8 20. Qg3 Qe7 21.   Rb3 Rd8 22. Re3 Bd4 23. Ree1 Nf6 24. e5 Nh5 25. Qg4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 dxe5 27. Rxd4   cxd4 28. fxe5 d3 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Re4 Rc8 32. d6 Rd8 33. Qxd3 Nf4 34.   Qd4 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Qe6 36. Rf4 Re8 37. Rf6 Qd7 38. h5 Qc6+ 39. Kh2 Qc5 40. Qxc5   bxc5 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. e6 fxe6 43. d7 Rd8 44. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "76"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.     Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. h4 Bd7 14.   Rh3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Rb3 Ba4 19. Rxb6 Bxd1 20.   Rbb1 Rhc8 21. Na5 Ba4 22. Rb7+ Kf8 23. f4 Nd3 24. Rc3 Nc5 25. Rb2 Nxe4 26. Ra3   Be8 27. Bd3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nb3 Rc3 30. Ra5 Nf6 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Nb7 Rb8 33.   Rxa7 Nd5 34. g3 Rc7 35. Kd2 Ne7 36. g4 fxg4 37. Be4 f5 38. Bc2 Nc6 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.6"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Ne5 cxd4 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.     e4 Nf6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c3 e6 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qb3   Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 O-O 17. Kh1 Nc2 18. Bf4 Nxa1 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Qxb8   Rxb8 21. Rxa1 Kf8 22. Bf1 Rb4 23. a3 Ra4 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Kf3 Kd6 26. Bd3 h6 27.   Bc2 Rd4 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. Bb3 Nd5+ 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rc4 Rb5 33. Rd4   Kc6 34. Ra4 Rb3+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 f5 37. h4 g5 38. h5 Kd5 39. Ra5+ Kd6 40.   Ra7 Ke5 41. Rh7 Ra2 42. Rxh6 g4+ 43. Kg2 Rxa3 44. Rg6 Ra7 45. h6 Rh7 46. f3 Kd6     fxg4 fxg4 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

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

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