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Monday Quiz

By Yelena Dembo | November 26, 2012 - 13:36 |January 4, 2013 Exercises, Quiz

Both most important events – the Women’s World Championship and FIDE Grand Prix in Tashkent – have rest days. So, here is a nice quiz for you 🙂

White to move and win

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 4

By Yelena Dembo | November 25, 2012 - 18:28 |November 25, 2012 Tournaments

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Before the 4th round Morozevich was leading the event with 2.5 points. Now he leads with 3, 2nd to 4th are Karjakin, Mamedyarov and Wang Hao.

Today’s pairings

Morozevich-Mamedyarov

Kasimdzhanov-Karjakin 1/2

Caruana-Gelfand 1-0

Leko-Dominguez 1/2

Svidler-Ponomariov 1-0

Kamsky-Wang Hao 0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "0-1"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [PlyCount "116"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:07:16"]  [BlackClock "0:22:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Qxd4 8.  Bxb4 Qxe5 9. Nd2 Qb5 10. Ba3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Nc6 12. Rc1 O-O-O 13. Nxc4 Kb8 14. b3  Nd4 15. Qb2 Bc6 16. f3 h5 17. h4 e5 18. e4 Bd7 19. Kf2 Be6 20. Ne3 Nd7 21. Rhe1  f6 22. f4 Qb6 23. Kg1 Rdg8 24. Qf2 g5 25. hxg5 fxg5 26. fxe5 h4 27. Nf5 Bxf5  28. exf5 hxg3 29. Qe3 Nxf5 30. Qxb6 Nxb6 31. e6 Re8 32. Bb2 Rh6 33. Rc5 Nh4 34.  Be5 Na8 35. Bxg3 Nxg2 36. Kxg2 Rhxe6 37. Rxe6 Rxe6 38. Kf3 Rg6 39. Kg4 b5 40.  a4 bxa4 41. bxa4 Rb6 42. Kxg5 Rb4 43. a5 Rb5 44. Rxb5+ axb5 45. Kf5 Kb7 46. Ke6  b4 47. Be1 b3 48. Bc3 Kc6 49. Ke7 Kb5 50. Ke6 Kc4 51. Be5 c5 52. Kd6 Kb4 53.  Kc6 c4 54. a6 c3 55. Bxc3+ Kxc3 56. Kb7 b2 57. Kxa8 b1=Q 58. a7 Kb4 0-1

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [PlyCount "50"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:14:34"]  [BlackClock "1:09:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8.  Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nd3 Bd6 12. Nd2 b5 13. b3 Bb7 14. Bb2  Rhc8 15. Bf3 Bxf3 16. Nxf3 Nc5 17. Nxc5 Rxc5 18. a4 bxa4 19. Rxa4 Rc2 20. Bxf6+  Kxf6 21. Rfa1 Be5 22. Nxe5 Kxe5 23. g3 Rb2 24. Rxa6 Rxa6 25. Rxa6 Rxb3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:37:00"]  [BlackClock "0:26:00"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. e5 Ne4 7. Bd3 c5 8. Nf3  cxd4 9. Nxd4 Nd7 10. Bf4 Qh4 11. g3 Qh5 12. O-O g5 13. cxd5 gxf4 14. dxe6 Nxc3  15. exd7 fxg3 16. hxg3 Bxd7 17. bxc3 Rac8 18. Bf5 Bxc3 19. Bxd7 Bxa1 20. Bxc8  Bxd4 21. Bxb7 Qxe5 22. Kg2 Rb8 23. Rb1 Kg7 24. Qd3 Qf6 25. Qe2 Re8 26. Qg4+ Kf8  27. Bf3 Qg6 28. Qxd4 Qxb1 29. Qh8+ Ke7 30. Qe5+ Kf8 31. Qh8+ Ke7 32. Qe5+  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [PlyCount "87"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "1:39:00"]  [BlackClock "0:57:00"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 O-O 8.  Bg5 Nd4 9. Qd2 Nxb3 10. axb3 Re8 11. f3 h6 12. Bf4 d5 13. O-O-O d4 14. Kb1 Be6  15. Nb5 Qe7 16. g4 Rad8 17. h4 c6 18. Na3 Bc7 19. Nc4 Bxf4 20. Qxf4 Qc5 21. g5  Nh5 22. Qh2 Bxc4 23. Bxc4 b5 24. Bd3 Qe5 25. Rdg1 Qxh2 26. Rxh2 g6 27. Rg4 Ng7  28. gxh6 Nh5 29. f4 Kh7 30. e5 Kxh6 31. b4 Kg7 32. Rf2 Kf8 33. f5 gxf5 34. Rg5  Ng7 35. h5 Re6 36. Rfg2 Ne8 37. Rxf5 Rd7 38. Rf1 Rh6 39. e6 Re7 40. exf7 Nf6  41. Rg6 Rxg6 42. hxg6 Nh5 43. Rh1 Re5 44. Be2 1-0

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.5"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "110"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:03:28"]  [BlackClock "0:43:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. Bf4 Qb6 6. e3 Qxb2 7. Bb5+ Bd7 8.  Bxd7+ Nbxd7 9. Nge2 Qa3 10. Rb1 b6 11. O-O a6 12. Bc7 e6 13. Bxb6 Bd6 14. Rb3  Bxh2+ 15. Kh1 Qe7 16. g3 Ng4 17. Bc5 Qf6 18. Nf4 Nxf2+ 19. Rxf2 Bxg3 20. Rfb2  Qh4+ 21. Kg1 Nxc5 22. dxc5 Bxf4 23. exf4 Qxf4 24. Ne2 Qc7 25. Qd4 O-O 26. Rb7  Qa5 27. Kf2 Rac8 28. Rc2 Rc6 29. Nc1 Qd8 30. Nd3 Qc8 31. Re7 Qd8 32. Rb7 Qc8  33. Rb3 e5 34. Nxe5 Qf5+ 35. Ke1 Qxc2 36. Nxc6 Qxa2 37. Re3 a5 38. Qxd5 Qc2 39.  Re2 Qc1+ 40. Kf2 Qf4+ 41. Qf3 Qh4+ 42. Kf1 a4 43. Ne7+ Kh8 44. Nf5 Qf6 45. Rf2  Qe5 46. Rc2 a3 47. c6 Rc8 48. Kg2 h6 49. Ng3 Qe8 50. c7 a2 51. Rxa2 Rxc7 52.  Ra8 Rc2+ 53. Kg1 Rc1+ 54. Kg2 Rc2+ 55. Kg1 Rc1+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "4.6"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [PlyCount "117"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:06:10"]  [BlackClock "0:05:43"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. Re1 Nd4 6. Nxd4 cxd4 7. d3 a6 8.  Ba4 b5 9. Bb3 Bb7 10. Nd2 Nc6 11. f4 Na5 12. Bd5 Be7 13. Bxb7 Nxb7 14. Nf3 Qb6  15. Qe2 Na5 16. Qf2 Bc5 17. a3 b4 18. axb4 Bxb4 19. Rf1 Bc5 20. f5 f6 21. fxe6  dxe6 22. b4 Bxb4 23. Rb1 Qc5 24. Nxd4 e5 25. Ne6 Qxf2+ 26. Kxf2 Kf7 27. Rxb4  Kxe6 28. Rb6+ Kd7 29. Bd2 Nc6 30. Rb7+ Ke6 31. Rxg7 a5 32. Ra1 Rhb8 33. Ra2 h5  34. Rc7 Rc8 35. Rb7 Rcb8 36. Rh7 Rh8 37. Rxh8 Rxh8 38. Rb2 Ra8 39. c3 Rb8 40.  Rxb8 Nxb8 41. Bc1 Nd7 42. Ba3 f5 43. exf5+ Kxf5 44. c4 e4 45. Ke3 exd3 46. Kxd3  Ne5+ 47. Kd4 Ke6 48. c5 Nc6+ 49. Kc4 Ne5+ 50. Kd4 Nc6+ 51. Ke4 Ne5 52. Bb2 Nc4  53. Bc3 a4 54. h4 a3 55. c6 a2 56. Kf4 Nd6 57. Ba1 Kd5 58. c7 Kc6 59. Kg5 1-0

Khanty Mansiysk Semi-final tie-break

By Yelena Dembo | November 25, 2012 - 11:55 |November 25, 2012 Tournaments

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Ushenina won the first game of the tie-break.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "39.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "1-0"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [PlyCount "61"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:00:18"]  [BlackClock "0:10:38"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 e5 7. Nge2 c6 8. Qd2  Nbd7 9. O-O-O a6 10. h4 b5 11. h5 Qc7 12. hxg6 fxg6 13. g4 b4 14. Na4 exd4 15.  Nxd4 Ne5 16. c5 d5 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Nxc8 Qxc8 19. Qh2 b3 20. axb3 Nxf3 21. Nxf3  Rxb3 22. e5 Rxe3 23. exf6 h5 24. fxg7 Rfxf3 25. Be2 Rh3 26. Qf2 Rxh1 27. Rxh1  Qe8 28. Bd1 Kxg7 29. gxh5 Qe7 30. hxg6 Qxc5+ 31. Kb1 1-0

Second game

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.25"]  [Round "5.2"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A12"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "237"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. c4 c6 2. Nf3 d5 3. d4 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. Be2 e6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 Bd6 8. Bb2  Qc7 9. h3 Bh5 10. Nbd2 O-O 11. Rc1 Qb8 12. Nh4 Bxe2 13. Qxe2 Ne4 14. Nxe4 dxe4  15. d5 f5 16. dxe6 Ne5 17. Rcd1 Nd3 18. Rxd3 exd3 19. Qxd3 Be5 20. Ba3 Qd8 21.  Qxd8 Rfxd8 22. Nxf5 Re8 23. e7 Bf6 24. Rd1 g6 25. Nh6+ Kg7 26. Ng4 Bxe7 27. Rd7  Kf8 28. Nh6 b5 29. Bd6 bxc4 30. bxc4 Kg7 31. Bxe7 Kxh6 32. g4 Kg7 33. Bg5+ Kg8  34. Bf6 a5 35. Rg7+ Kf8 36. Rxh7 Rab8 37. Bd4 Rb1+ 38. Kg2 Rc1 39. c5 Rc2 40.  a3 Ra2 41. h4 Re7 42. Rh8+ Kf7 43. h5 gxh5 44. gxh5 Re6 45. Rh7+ Kg8 46. Rg7+  Kf8 47. Ra7 Kg8 48. Rxa5 Rh6 49. Ra8+ Kf7 50. Rh8 Rxh8 51. Bxh8 Rxa3 52. Bd4  Ra2 53. Kg3 Rc2 54. f3 Rc1 55. e4 Rh1 56. Kg4 Rh2 57. Be3 Re2 58. Bf4 Rg2+ 59.  Bg3 Rc2 60. Bd6 Rg2+ 61. Kf5 Rg1 62. e5 Rh1 63. e6+ Kg7 64. Be5+ Kf8 65. Bd6+  Kg7 66. e7 Kf7 67. Kg5 Rg1+ 68. Kh6 Rg2 69. f4 Ke8 70. f5 Kf7 71. f6 Rg4 72.  Kh7 Rg5 73. h6 Rg4 74. Be5 Rg2 75. Bd4 Rg4 76. Be3 Rg2 77. Kh8 Rg4 78. h7 Rg6  79. Bd2 Rg2 80. Bh6 Re2 81. Bg7 Re1 82. Bh6 Re2 83. Bf4 Re4 84. Bh6 Re2 85. Bg5  Re4 86. Bd2 Re2 87. Ba5 Re4 88. Bc3 Re6 89. Bd2 Re4 90. Bh6 Re6 91. Bf8 Re4 92.  Bg7 Re2 93. Bh6 Re4 94. Bg5 Re6 95. Bh6 Re4 96. Bd2 Re6 97. Bf4 Re4 98. Bd6 Re2  99. Bf4 Re4 100. Bg3 Re6 101. Bd6 Re4 102. Bg3 Re3 103. Bh4 Re2 104. Bg5 Re4  105. Bc1 Re6 106. Bh6 Re4 107. Bg5 Re2 108. Bh6 Re4 109. Bd2 Re6 110. Bc3 Re4  111. Bd2 Re6 112. Ba5 Re4 113. Bc7 Re6 114. Bd6 Re4 115. Bc7 Re2 116. Bd6 Re4  117. Bg3 Re6 118. Bf4 Re4 119. Bh6 1/2-1/2

Thus Ushenina is in the final and will be playing ex-world champion Stefanova!

Second game will start shortly. Follow it on-line on http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/houdini.html

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 3

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2012 - 16:22 |November 25, 2012 Tournaments

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So far Morozevich is a sole leader with 2 out of 2.

The pairings are:

Gelfand-Morozevich 1/2

Karjakin-Wang Hao 1/2

Mamedyarov-Svidler 1-0

Ponomariov-Leko 1/2

Dominguez-Kasimdzhanov 1/2

Caruana-Kamsky 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Segery Karjakin"]  [Black "Wang Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C10"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "138"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6  8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc3  Qd6 15. Ne5 b5 16. c5 Qd5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. f3 Qd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd5 21.  Qd3 Rb8 22. Qc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Qc4 Bg7 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5  Qf6 28. Ba4 Rb2 29. Bb3 Qh4 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. f4 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Rf2 33. Qc4 Rxf1+  34. Rxf1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h5 36. g3 Be5 37. Re1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. a4 f6 40. Rd1  Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Kg2 a6 43. Bxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Bf1 Rxc5 46. Rd2 Rc1  47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bb5 c5 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Rd5 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 h4 52. Rxc5 hxg3 53.  hxg3 Kg4 54. a5 Kxg3 55. a6 Ra5 56. Rd5 g5 57. Bc4 Ra4 58. Bb5 Ra5 59. Bc4 Ra4  60. Bb5 Ra2+ 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Bc4 f5 63. Rd5 Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Bb8 65. Be6 f4 66.  Kd3 g4 67. Ke4 f3 68. Kf5 Ba7 69. Kg5 f2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D94"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5  9. b3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ne6 15. Nd2 Qc7  16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. g4 Bc8  22. Bc1 Nf6 23. Qa2 h6 24. Ne5 g5 25. Bf5 Nd8 26. Bd3 gxf4 27. exf4 Nd7 28. Nf3  Ne6 29. Ne2 Qb7 30. Be3 Qa6 31. Qb2 Nef8 32. Ng3 e6 33. Nh5 Bh8 34. f5 Nf6 35.  Bxh6 Ne4 36. f6 Nxf6 37. Ne5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qf2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qa1+ 41.  Kg2 f5 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd2 Kf7 45. Qd8 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kh4  Qe1+ 48. Ng3 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "99"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15.  d4 exd4 16. Bxb4 Ndxb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd4 Nf4 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.  f3 Bd5 22. Rad1 g5 23. Rd2 Bg8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb8 26. Ba2 a5 27. b4  axb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Ne3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 h5 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Nf5 Rc3 33. Rxc3  Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc3 35. h4 Kh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. fxg4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kf6  40. Kd4 Nd1 41. Kd5 Nf2 42. Ne3 c5 43. Nc4 Nxg4 44. Kxc5 Nh2 45. Kd4 g4 46. Ke3  g3 47. Nd2 Nf1+ 48. Nxf1 g2 49. Kf2 gxf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "37"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3  O-O 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15.  Qg3 Nc5 16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bh6 Ne6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D94"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O b6 8. b4  dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. bxc5 Bf8  15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Nxd7 Rxc3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxe8  Be4 21. Qg4 Bd5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 a6 24. h3 Kf8 25. Bd7 Bd6 26. e4 Bc5 27.  Rdd1 Bxe4 28. Rac1 Bb4 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. a5 Ke7 32. Bc8 Bb2 33. Rc5  Bd3 34. Bb7 Bb5 35. Rc8 Be5 36. Ra8 Bc7 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Ra7 Kd6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D91"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.  e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 Qd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O a6 15.  Qb2 c5 16. dxc5 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. Bg3 Qxc5 19. Rd7 Bc8 20. Rc7 Ra7 21. Rxa7  Nxa7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf3 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb4 Bb7 26. f3 Qd7 27. e4 Ra8  28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. h3 f6 30. Qa5 Bc6 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

Khanty Mansiysk Round 5/game 2

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2012 - 11:00 |November 24, 2012 Tournaments

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Photos of the remaining players

Today we have the 2nd game and the pairs are:

Harika-Stefanova (Stefanova leads 1-0, so Harika has to win by force in order to get to tie-breaks) – the game ended in a draw, so Stefanova is in the final.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "38.1"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2512"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:08:30"]  [BlackClock "0:44:19"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. b4 e5  9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 g6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. a4 Nf8 13. Ra3 Ne6 14. b5 O-O 15. bxc6  bxc6 16. Na2 h5 17. h3 Nh7 18. Bd2 f5 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Qb1 f4 21. Qb6 fxe3 22.  Bxe3 Qxb6 23. cxb6 Nxd4 24. b7 Bxb7 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxb7 Bxf2+ 27. Kd1 a5 28.  Nc1 Ra7 29. Rb3 Ng5 30. Rf1 Ne6 31. Nd6 Nc5 32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Ne8 Rc8 34. Nd6 Rc7  35. Ne8 Rc8 36. Nd6 1/2-1/2

Ju Wenjun-Ushenina (1/2 in the first round, so all is possible :)) 1/2 again, proceeding to tie-breaks tomorrow.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "38.2"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "35"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:37:58"]  [BlackClock "0:34:34"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3  Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7  15. Be4 Nd7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

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