Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 9th round

Khademalsharieh-Stefanova (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Dzagnidze and Zhao lead with 6.5 points, Khademalsharieh and Ju are on 6.

Results of the 9th round

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

Standings after 9 rounds

GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	6½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	6½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	6
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	6
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	4½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	3½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	3½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	3½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	3½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	3
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	2

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.1"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D00"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "76"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. Bg5 Nf6 3. e3 c6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. Ne2 Nbd7 6. f3 Bh5 7. g4 Bg6 8. Nbc3     e5 9. Bxg6 hxg6 10. Qd2 Qa5 11. e4 Bb4 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. a3 Nb6     Rd1 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 17. Nxc3 O-O-O 18. b3 Rh3 19. O-O e4 20. Rd2 Rdh8   Nd1 exf3 22. Rdf2 R8h4 23. Ne3 f5 24. Rxf3 Rxh2 25. gxf5 g5 26. Rg3 Rh1+   Kf2 Rf4+ 28. Ke2 Rhxf1 29. Nxf1 f6 30. Ne3 Rxd4 31. Rg4 Rxg4 32. Nxg4 Nd7   Ke3 Kc7 34. Kd4 Kd6 35. Ne3 Nb6 36. Ng4 Nd7 37. Ne3 Nb6 38. Ng4 Nd7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.2"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "75"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 dxc4 5. e3 a6 6. a4 c5 7. Bxc4 Nc6 8. O-O     cxd4 9. exd4 Be7 10. Bg5 O-O 11. Qd2 Qa5 12. Rfd1 Rd8 13. Rac1 Bd7 14. Qe2 Be8     Bxf6 Bxf6 16. d5 exd5 17. Nxd5 Rd6 18. b3 h6 19. h3 Rad8 20. Nxf6+ Rxf6 21.     Rxd8 Qxd8 22. Rd1 Qc8 23. Ne5 Nxe5 24. Qxe5 Kf8 25. Re1 Qd8 26. Qe4 g6 27. Qxb7   Kg7 28. Qe7 Qxe7 29. Rxe7 Kf8 30. Ra7 Rd6 31. Rxa6 Rd1+ 32. Kh2 h5 33. Ra7 h4     a5 Rd2 35. f3 f5 36. Rc7 g5 37. a6 Bh5 38. Kg1 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.3"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "135"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nbd2 c5 6. b3 cxd4 7. exd4 Nc6 8. Bb2     Be7 9. Rc1 O-O 10. Bd3 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. d5 Nb4 13. Bb1 e4 14. Nxe4 Nxe4 15.   Bxe4 Nxa2 16. Ra1 Bb4+ 17. Kf1 Nc3 18. Bxh7+ Kxh7 19. Qd3+ Kg8 20. Bxc3 Bxc3     Qxc3 b5 22. Nd4 bxc4 23. Nc6 Qd6 24. Re1 Be6 25. Qxc4 Rac8 26. dxe6 Rxc6   exf7+ Rxf7 28. Re8+ Kh7 29. Qe4+ Qg6 30. Qh4+ Qh6 31. Qxh6+ Kxh6 32. g3 a5   Kg2 Rc2 34. Rf1 a4 35. Re3 Ra2 36. Rf3 Ra7 37. Rb1 a3 38. Rbb3 Rxf2+ 39.     Rxf2 a2 40. Rb6+ g6 41. Rf1 a1=Q 42. Rxa1 Rxa1 43. h4 Ra2+ 44. Kh3 Ra3 45. Rb4   Rc3 46. Kg4 Ra3 47. Re4 Rb3 48. Kf4 Rb6 49. Re3 Kh5 50. Re5+ Kh6 51. g4 Ra6 52.   Kf3 Rb6 53. Re8 Rb3+ 54. Kf4 Rb4+ 55. Re4 Rb6 56. Ke5 Ra6 57. Kd5 Ra5+ 58. Ke6   Ra6+ 59. Kf7 Ra7+ 60. Kf8 Ra8+ 61. Kf7 Ra7+ 62. Kf6 Ra6+ 63. Re6 Ra4 64. g5+   Kh5 65. Re7 Rf4+ 66. Kg7 Rxh4 67. Re6 Kxg5 68. Rxg6+ 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.4"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A87"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "76"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 f5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nf3 g6 4. g3 Bg7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Qe8 8. b3 e5   dxe5 dxe5 10. Ba3 Rf7 11. e4 f4 12. Qc2 Nc6 13. Ng5 Rd7 14. Nd5 Nd4 15. Qb2     Nh5 16. Rad1 c6 17. Nc3 Rd8 18. Ne2 fxg3 19. fxg3 Bg4 20. Nxd4 Bxd1 21. Nde6   Rd7 22. Nc5 Rd4 23. Nce6 Bg4 24. Nc7 Qd8 25. Nge6 Qd7 26. Nxd4 Qxc7 27. Nf3 Rd8     Qf2 Nf6 29. Qxa7 Nxe4 30. Qe3 Bxf3 31. Rxf3 Nd6 32. Bxd6 Qxd6 33. Kh1 Qd2   Qb6 e4 35. Rf2 Qd3 36. Rf1 e3 37. Re1 Qd2 38. Bf1 Rf8 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.5"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D31"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "91"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e3 b5 6. Bd2 c6 7. a4 a5 8. axb5     Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O     Nd2 Qc7 16. f3 e5 17. Qc2 Rfe8 18. Rfc1 exd4 19. exd4 Qf4 20. Nf1 Ra7 21.     Qd1 Rc8 22. Ra2 Nb6 23. c5 Nbd5 24. Rca1 Rca8 25. Bb5 Nc7 26. Ba4 Bd5 27. Bc1   Qh4 28. Re2 Bc4 29. Re5 Rd8 30. Be3 Ne6 31. Ng3 Nd5 32. Bf2 Nc3 33. Qe1 Nxa4     Rxa4 Qf6 35. Ne4 Qg6 36. Nd6 Bb3 37. Ra1 h5 38. Qe3 a4 39. f4 Nc7 40. Rg5     Qe6 41. Qg3 Qh6 42. Nf5 Qh8 43. Rxh5 Ne6 44. Rxh8+ Kxh8 45. Qh4+ Kg8 46. Ne7+   1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.21"]   [Round "9.6"]   [White "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "84"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Qb3     Bb7 9. Bxf6 Bxf6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Bd3 c5 12. dxc5 Nd7 13. Na4 Bc6 14. Bb5 Bxb5     Qxb5 a6 16. Qe2 bxc5 17. O-O Qa5 18. Qc2 Rab8 19. Rad1 c4 20. Nd4 Rfc8 21.     Nf5 Ne5 22. Rd4 Nd3 23. Rg4 h5 24. Rg3 Qc7 25. Qd1 g6 26. Nc3 Rd8 27. Qf3 Qe5     e4 d4 29. Nd5 Rxd5 30. exd5 Rxb2 31. d6 Nf4 32. Qa8+ Kh7 33. Qf8 Ne2+ 34.     Kh1 Nxg3+ 35. Nxg3 Qe6 36. Qa8 Qxd6 37. Ne4 Qe6 38. f4 Re2 39. Nxf6+ Qxf6 40.   f5 Qxf5 41. Kg1 Qe6 42. Qf8 Qe3+ 0-1

Pairings of the 10th round

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

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