Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016

Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alena L'Ami)

Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 2.5 out of 3, while Zhukova, Koneru, Dzagnidze and Ju are on 2.

Results of the 3rd round

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

Standings after 3 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	2
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	2
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	2
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	1½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	1
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D85"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "68"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.     Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4   g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. h4 Rac8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Re1 Qc2 20. Nxg5 Bxe2     Rxe2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nc4 23. e5 Rfd8 24. d6 exd6 25. exd6 Rd7 26. Re7 Rxe7   dxe7 Bf6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ne4 Bb2 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 b5 32. Rb1 Bf6 33.     Rxb5 Bxe7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     bxc3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e4 Qd6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nxc4   Nxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. cxd4 Qc6 18. Ba2 Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2   Rxa3 21. Bxe6 Rxa1 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Kd3 a6 25. f4 b5 26. d5 a5     e5 b4 28. Kc4 Rc8+ 29. Kd4 Ra8 30. Kc4 Rc8+ 31. Kd4 Ra8 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.     dxe4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Na5 Nc5     Nf5 Bf8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. c4 bxc4 21.     Qxc4 c5 22. bxc5 Rac8 23. Be3 Nxc5 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rab1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ne6     Qa4 Nc5 28. Qc4 Ne6 29. Qa4 Nc5 30. Qa5 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Ne6 33.     Qd5 Qxd5 34. exd5 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Bc5 39.   Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. f4 Bb6 42. Be4 Bc5 43. Bf3 Bb6 44. Be4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.     bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qh5   Nf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. Rae1 Be7     fxe6 fxe6 22. d5 exd5 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Rf4 Kd8 25. g3 Bh3 26. gxh4 Kd7 27.     Rf7 Re8 28. h5 Be6 29. Rg7 Rf8 30. h6 Kd6 31. h7 Bf6 32. Rg6 Be5 33. Bf5 Rxf5     Rxe6+ 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3     Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. dxc5   Bxc5 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Ba6 Bd6 17. Nd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Bb7     b4 Ne4 22. Ba6 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qc2 Qd5 27.     g4 Nf6 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. f3 Qg5 30. Qe2 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. f4 Ng3 33. Qa6 Qd5     Qc8+ Kh7 35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Qd7 Nf6 40.     Qxd5 Nxd5 41. e4 Nxf4 42. Rc7 f5 43. Nd7 Rf7 44. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.6"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D00"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "39"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ne5     Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. c4 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1   Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf3   1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

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

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