Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 8th round

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Dzagnidze-Harika (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Dzagnidze is leading with 6.5 out of 8, while Pogonina, Ju and Zhao share 2nd with 5.5. Today is a free day.

Results of the 8th round

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

Standings after 8 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	6½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	5½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	5½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	5
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	3½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	3
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	3
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	3
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	2½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.1"]   [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A09"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "78"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. h3     Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. g5 Nh5 14. h4 Qe7 15. a4   bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. a5 Rab8 18. Na4 e5 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxa6 f5     Be2 e4 23. Qc3 f4 24. Qe5 Qf7 25. Rf1 Rfe8 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qc2 f3 28. Bd1     Nf4 29. exf4 e3 30. fxe3 Qxf4 31. Bxf3 Rxe3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf3 33. Re1 Rf1 34. Qd3   Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Qg4 36. Qd4 Re8+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Qxc5 Re2 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.2"]   [White "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D39"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "87"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4     Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. O-O   Nb6 15. Bb3 e5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. f3 Rad8 18. Qe3 Bf5 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8     f4 Bd3 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Ng3 exf4 24. Qxf4 Bg6 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. c4 Qf8 27.     Qxb7 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 a5 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nd2 a4 33. Bd1   Re6 34. Nf3 Rc6 35. Nd2 Re6 36. Nf3 Rc6 37. Rd4 Bb1 38. a3 Rxc4 39. Kg1 Rc3 40.   Bxa4 Rxa3 41. Be8 Bg6 42. h4 Ra8 43. Bb5 Ra5 44. Be2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.3"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "127"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3     Qc8 9. Re1 Rd8 10. Nbd2 Bh3 11. Bh1 h6 12. Rc1 e6 13. Rc2 Qd7 14. Qa1 Qe7 15.   cxd5 cxd5 16. Rec1 Nc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nf3 Ne8 21.   Qd4 Nd6 22. Ne5 h5 23. f4 Rdc8 24. Qb4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.   Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. Nd4 a6 31. b4 Kf7 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 b6     Nd6+ Kf8 35. e4 dxe4 36. dxe4 Nc6 37. e5 Nb4 38. a3 Nc2 39. a4 fxe5 40.     fxe5 Nb4 41. Nc4 Ke7 42. Nxb6 Kd8 43. Ke3 g5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Kc7 46. a5   Nc2+ 47. Kf2 Nd4 48. Nc4 Kb8 49. Nd6 Ka7 50. Bb7 Nb3 51. a6 Nc5 52. Nc8+ Kb8     Nd6 Ka7 54. Ke3 Nxa6 55. Bf3 Bxf3 56. Kxf3 Nb4 57. Ne8 Nd3 58. Ke4 Ne1 59.     Kf4 Nd3+ 60. Ke4 Ne1 61. Ng7 Ng2 62. Nxe6 Nxh4 63. Nf8 Kb7 64. e6 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.4"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D41"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "36"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.     Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. a3 Qb3 15.   Nd2 Qb6 16. Nf3 Qb3 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nf3 Qb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.5"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "126"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Bd6 8. d3     Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 c6 11. Nc4 Bb8 12. b3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 d6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15.   d4 Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. e4 Qb5 21. Qe2   d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. dxe5 Bb6 25. Rcd1 Qc6 26. Nd5 Rfe8 27. Nf4 Bf5     Rd6 Qc2 29. Rd2 Qc6 30. Rd6 Qc2 31. Rd2 Qc6 32. b4 Qa4 33. a3 Qb3 34. Nd5     Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Nxb6 axb6 37. Bd4 Bf5 38. Qb5 Re6 39. Kg2 Rc6 40. Re3 Qd1     Bc3 Qc2 42. Be1 Qb1 43. Qd5 Rc1 44. Qd2 Be4+ 45. Kg1 Bc6 46. Qe2 Bd5 47.     Qd2 Rd1 48. Qc3 b5 49. Re2 Qf5 50. e6 fxe6 51. Qe3 Bc4 52. Rb2 Qh3 53. Re2 Bxe2     Qxe2 Rb1 55. f3 Qf5 56. Kg2 Rb3 57. Bf2 Rxa3 58. f4 Qd5+ 59. Kh3 Ra2 60.     Qe3 Rb2 61. Qe1 Kf7 62. g4 Qf3+ 63. Bg3 h5 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.6"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E67"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "89"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3     Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. Ndb5 h5 15.   Rad1 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Bd4 h4 18. f4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxc5   dxc5 22. Qf2 g5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ra6 25. d6 cxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6   gxf4 28. gxf4 Qf5 29. Re4 Bf8 30. Rd3 Re6 31. Rh3 Rg6 32. Qf3 Rg4 33. e6 fxe6     Re5 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6 36. Rxe6 Rg6 37. Rg3 Kf7 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. f5 Qh6+ 40.     Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Bf1 Bg7 42. Qxb7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qg3 Qa1 45. Rd6 1-0

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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