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I have a collection of over 40 thousand examples. It is very important to study these themes as the middlegame is where most players get into time pressure or just cannot find a plan.
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Women World Teams Championship 2013 4th round
Russia, China and Ukraine share 1st-3rd places with 7 match points while Russia has 12.5, China – 12 and Ukraine 10 board points. Yesterday the round was again a dramatic one as Ukraine came close to drawing with Turkey but Sop didn’t win a winning endgame against a much higher rated Gaponenko.
Results of the 4th round
4.1 10 INDIA 2 – 2 7 GEORGIA
1 IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387 1 : 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554
2 WGM Padmini Rout 2316 0 : 1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499
3 WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387 ½ : ½ IM Javakhishvilli Lela 2464
4 WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283 ½ : ½ IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437
4.2 8 USA 2 – 2 6 FRANCE
1 IM Zatonskih Anna 2474 ½ : ½ IM Millet Sophie 2401
2 IM Krush Irina 2448 1 : 0 WGM Maisuradze Nino 2330
3 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300 ½ : ½ WGM Safranska Anda 2328
4 WGM Foisor Sabina 2323 0 : 1 IM Collas Silvia 2282
4.3 9 RUSSIA 2 – 2 5 CHINA
1 IM Gunina Valentina 2505 1 : 0 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505
2 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 : 0 WGM Huang Qian 2476
3 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475 0 : 1 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471
4 IM Galliamova Alisa 2459 0 : 1 WGM Guo Qi 2435
4.4 1 UKRAINE 2½ – 1½ 4 TURKEY
1 GM Ushenina Anna 2477 1 : 0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341
2 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479 ½ : ½ WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252
3 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471 ½ : ½ WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025
4 IM Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna 2421 ½ : ½ WFM Sop Selen 2028
4.5 2 ROMANIA 2 – 2 3 KAZAKHSTAN
1 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2401 0 : 1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344
2 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354 1 : 0 WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265
3 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336 ½ : ½ WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353
4 WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281 ½ : ½ WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187
View the photo gallery of the round here.
Some interesting games of the round
Pairings by board of today’s round
5.1 3 KAZAKHSTAN – 10 INDIA
1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344 : IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387
2 WGM Saduakassova Dinara 2353 : WGM Padmini Rout 2316
3 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272 : WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
4 WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187 : WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283
5.2 4 TURKEY – 2 ROMANIA
1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341 : WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354
2 WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252 : WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336
3 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025 : WGM Lami Alina 2353
4 WFM Sop Selen 2028 : WGM Voicu-Jagodzinsky Carmen 2281
5.3 5 CHINA – 1 UKRAINE
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505 : GM Lagno Kateryna 2547
2 WGM Huang Qian 2476 : GM Ushenina Anna 2477
3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471 : IM Muzychuk Mariya 2479
4 WGM Guo Qi 2435 : GM Zhukova Natalia 2471
5.4 6 FRANCE – 9 RUSSIA
1 IM Millet Sophie 2401 : IM Gunina Valentina 2505
2 WGM Safranska Anda 2328 : GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
3 IM Collas Silvia 2282 : WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475
4 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266 : WGM Girya Olga 2440
5.5 7 GEORGIA – 8 USA
1 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2499 : IM Zatonskih Anna 2474
2 IM JavaKhishvilli Lela 2464 : IM Krush Irina 2448
3 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437 : WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300
4 IM Melia Salome 2419 : WIM Ni Viktorija 2263
Watch the live games here.
Thursday Quiz
Women World Teams Championship 2013 3rd round
The Russian team is leading the event after winning 4-0 against Turkey. Russia has 10.5 points, China has 10, Ukraine and Georgia share 3rd-4th with 7.5.
Results of the 3rd round
3.1 2 ROMANIA 2 – 2 10 INDIA
1 IM Foisor Cristina Adela 2401 ½ : ½ IM Karavade Eesha Sanjay 2387
2 WGM Bulmaga Irina 2354 1 : 0 IM Mohota Nisha 2325
3 WGM Cosma Elena Luminita 2336 ½ : ½ WGM Gomes Mary Ann 2387
4 WGM Lami Alina 2353 0 : 1 WGM Swaminathan Soumya 2283
3.2 3 KAZAKHSTAN 1½ – 2½ 1 UKRAINE
1 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2344 0 : 1 GM Lagno Kateryna 2547
2 WIM Dauletova Gulmira 2265 ½ : ½ GM Ushenina Anna 2477
3 WIM Davletbayeva Madina 2272 0 : 1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2471
4 WIM Abdumalik Zansaya 2187 1 : 0 IM Yanovska-Gaponenko Inna 2421
3.3 4 TURKEY 0 – 4 9 RUSSIA
1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2341 0 : 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
2 WGM Ozturk Kubra 2252 0 : 1 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2475
3 WCM Cemhan Kardelen 2025 0 : 1 IM Galliamova Alisa 2459
4 WCM Kaya Emel 1995 0 : 1 WGM Girya Olga 2440
3.4 5 CHINA 3½ – ½ 8 USA
1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2505 1 : 0 IM Zatonskih Anna 2474
2 WGM Huang Qian 2476 ½ : ½ IM Krush Irina 2448
3 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2471 1 : 0 WGM Abrahamyan Tatev 2300
4 IM Shen Yang 2415 1 : 0 WGM Foisor Sabina 2323
3.5 6 FRANCE ½ – 3½ 7 GEORGIA
1 IM Millet Sophie 2401 0 : 1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2554
2 WGM Maisurasze Nino 2330 0 : 1 IM JavaKhishvilli Lela 2464
3 IM Collas Silvia 2282 ½ : ½ IM Khurtsidze Nino 2437
4 WIM Benmesbah Natacha 2266 0 : 1 IM Melia Salome 2419
You can view the photo gallery here.
Some interesting games of the round
View the live games here.



