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The 6th Women’s FIDE Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar Round 2

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This was another round of very exciting fight! Sebag was the first to win in a true Sicilian game with lots of sacrifices!

Black played 22…axb3 and won in 6 moves!

Danielian’s game was also full of sacrifices:

White played 30.Nc5 in order to try to open the position up.

And another example from the same game:

White sacrificed a Rook – 39.Rxc7 in order to lure the Black Q away from defending the f5-pawn.

The results of 2nd round

GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
GM Danielian Elina 2454 1 – 0 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 0 – 1 GM Sebag Marie 2489
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
GM Zhu Chen 2495 ½ – ½ GM Cramling Pia 2516
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 – 0 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363

Thus, Dzagnidze and Danielian are on 2 out of 2.

Pairings of the 3rd round

IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Cramling Pia 2516 – GM Koneru Humpy 2607
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 – GM Zhu Chen 2495
GM Sebag Marie 2489 – IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 – GM Xu Yuhua 2484
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 – GM Danielian Elina 2454

Live games are at http://qatar2011.fide.com/tournament-games.html and games start in 4 hours 🙂

The 6th Women’s FIDE Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar

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The last leg of the Grand-Prix has started today in Doha, Qatar. This event is especially important as the winner will be playing against the current World Champion Hu Yifan!

It was a great day for the players playing Black pieces – 4 games were won out of 6.

Here are the results

GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 0-1
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 – GM Zhu Chen 2495 1-0
GM Cramling Pia 2516 – IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 1/2
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 – GM Xu Yuhua 2484 0-1
GM Sebag Marie 2489 – GM Danielian Elina 2454 0-1
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 – IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 0-1

Tomorrow’s pairings (2nd round)

1GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 – IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
GM Danielian Elina 2454 – GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 – GM Sebag Marie 2489
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
GM Zhu Chen 2495 – GM Cramling Pia 2516
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363

A selection of photos from the official website – http://qatar2011.fide.com/tourview/show-5.html

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 9

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Le Quang Liem won the event by better tie-break, Vitiugov was 2nd and Tomashevsky 3rd!

Here are the top 10 results of round 9

1 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL 2665 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 5.5 RUS 2709 0-1
2 GM Mamedov, Rauf 5.5 AZE 2660 – GM Le, Quang Liem 6.0 VIE 2664 ½-½
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 5.5 RUS 2695 – GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS 2626 1-0
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 5.5 UZB 2681 – GM Yu, Yangyi j 5.5 CHN 2607 ½-½
5 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 5.5 ISR 2625 – GM Khismatullin, Denis 5.5 RUS 2649 ½-½
6 GM Vuckovic, Bojan 5.0 SRB 2623 – GM Kamsky, Gata 5.0 USA 2730 0-1
7 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 5.0 RUS 2718 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 5.0 IND 2641 ½-½
8 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 5.0 RUS 2666 – GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.0 RUS 2605 ½-½
9 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 5.0 ARM 2604 – GM Grachev, Boris 5.0 RUS 2660 ½-½
10 GM Ding, Liren 5.0 CHN 2628 – GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5.0 RUS 2660 ½-½

And the best 20 players are:

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 6.5 VIE M 2664 2809 +1.73 -1 2649.4
2 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 6.5 RUS M 2709 2803 +1.11 -1 2638.6
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 6.5 RUS M 2695 2797 +1.22 1 2630.6
4 GM Khismatullin, Denis 6.0 RUS M 2649 2779 +1.57 -1 2660.3
5 GM Yu, Yangyi j 6.0 CHN M 2607 2762 +1.87 -1 2644.1
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 6.0 USA M 2730 2756 +0.28 -1 2631.1
7 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 6.0 ISR M 2625 2734 +1.32 1 2614.7
8 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 6.0 UZB M 2681 2727 +0.56 1 2607.0
9 GM Mamedov, Rauf 6.0 AZE M 2660 2720 +0.74 1 2597.4
10 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 6.0 BUL M 2665 2716 +0.62 1 2587.0
11 GM Sandipan, Chanda 5.5 IND M 2641 2715 +0.93 -1 2639.4
12 GM Bocharov, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2605 2686 +1.01 -1 2611.1
13 GM Andreikin, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2689 2663 -0.29 -1 2594.0
14 GM Grachev, Boris 5.5 RUS M 2660 2662 +0.04 -1 2592.4
15 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 5.5 RUS M 2660 2669 +0.14 -1 2589.6
16 GM Petrosian, Tigran L. 5.5 ARM M 2604 2750 +1.82 1 2671.0
17 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 5.5 RUS M 2718 2718 +0.01 1 2639.4
18 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 5.5 RUS M 2666 2715 +0.63 1 2638.0
19 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 5.5 RUS M 2626 2700 +0.96 1 2630.1
20 GM Ding, Liren 5.5 CHN M 2628 2703 +0.92 1 2624.7

You can see the full list on http://www.aeroflotchess.org/tournaments/A/

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 6

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Le Quang Liem is leading the event with 5 out of 6, after him, sharing 2nd-6th are Khismatullin, Vitiugov, Kobalia, Tomashevsky and Kasimdzhanov.

Top 10 results from round 6

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.5 VIE 2664 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.0 UZB 2681 ½-½
2 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.0 RUS 2666 – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS 2695 ½-½
3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS 2709 – GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655 1-0
4 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 3.5 RUS 2660 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.5 RUS 2718 ½-½
5 GM Khismatullin, Denis 3.5 RUS 2649 – GM Kurnosov, Igor 3.5 RUS 2662 1-0
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 3.5 ESP 2626 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.5 AZE 2660 ½-½
7 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 USA 2730 – GM Ding, Liren 3.0 CHN 2628 0-1
8 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 3.0 ISR 2625 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 3.0 ARM 2721 ½-½
9 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 USA 2572 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, M 3.0 FRA 2715 0-1
10 GM Yu, Yangyi j 3.0 CHN 2607 – GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.0 RUS 2689 1-0

Top 10 pairings of round 7

1 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.5 RUS 2666 – GM Le, Quang Liem 5.0 VIE 2664
2 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.5 UZB 2681 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 4.5 RUS 2709
3 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.5 RUS 2695 – GM Khismatullin, Denis 4.5 RUS 2649
4 GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 4.0 RUS 2718
5 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 4.0 FRA 2715 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 4.0 IND 2641
6 GM Volokitin, Andrei 4.0 UKR 2678 – GM Yu, Yangyi j 4.0 CHN 2607
7 GM Cheparinov, Ivan 4.0 BUL 2665 – GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 4.0 ESP 2626
8 GM Ding, Liren 4.0 CHN 2628 – GM Grachev, Boris 4.0 RUS 2660
9 GM Mamedov, Rauf 4.0 AZE 2660 – FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 4.0 RUS 2458
10 GM Sjugirov, Sanan j 4.0 RUS 2626 – GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 4.0 RUS 2660

Aeroflot Open 2011 – round 5

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Le Quang Liem drew Tomashevsky and is leading the event with 4.5 out of 5. There are four players with 4 points.

Results of top 10 boards in round 5

1 GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 3.5 RUS 2695 – GM Le, Quang Liem 4.0 VIE 2664 ½-½
2 GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.0 RUS 2718 – GM Kobalia, Mikhail 3.5 RUS 2666 ½-½
3 GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.0 AZE 2660 – GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.0 RUS 2709 ½-½
4 GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 3.0 UZB 2681 – FM Bukavshin, Ivan j 3.0 RUS 2458 1-0
5 GM Zhou, Jianchao 3.0 CHN 2655 – IM Fedoseev, Vladimir j 3.0 RUS 2505 1-0
6 GM Kamsky, Gata 2.5 USA 2730 – GM Ni, Hua 2.5 CHN 2645 ½-½
7 GM Movsesian, Sergei 2.5 ARM 2721 – GM Sandipan, Chanda 2.5 IND 2641 ½-½
8 GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 2.5 FRA 2715 – GM Khairullin, Ildar 2.5 RUS 2640 ½-½
9 GM Bologan, Viktor 2.5 MDA 2693 – GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 2.5 ESP 2626 0-1
10 GM Riazantsev, Alexander 2.5 RUS 2689 – GM Rodshtein, Maxim 2.5 ISR 2625 ½-½

Top 10 pairings in round 6

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.5 VIE 2664 – GM Kasimdzhanov, Rustam 4.0 UZB 2681
2 GM Kobalia, Mikhail 4.0 RUS 2666 – GM Tomashevsky, Evgeny 4.0 RUS 2695
3 GM Vitiugov, Nikita 3.5 RUS 2709 – GM Zhou, Jianchao 4.0 CHN 2655
4 GM Zvjaginsev, Vadim 3.5 RUS 2660 – GM Jakovenko, Dmitry 3.5 RUS 2718
5 GM Khismatullin, Denis 3.5 RUS 2649 – GM Kurnosov, Igor 3.5 RUS 2662
6 GM Salgado Lopez, Ivan 3.5 ESP 2626 – GM Mamedov, Rauf 3.5 AZE 2660
7 GM Kamsky, Gata 3.0 USA 2730 – GM Ding, Liren 3.0 CHN 2628
8 GM Rodshtein, Maxim 3.0 ISR 2625 – GM Movsesian, Sergei 3.0 ARM 2721
9 GM Hess, Robert L 3.0 USA 2572 – GM Vachier-Lagrave, Maxime 3.0 FRA 2715
10 GM Yu, Yangyi j 3.0 CHN 2607 – GM Riazantsev, Alexander 3.0 RUS 2689

Official website – http://www.aeroflotchess.com/