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Women’s World Championship 2015 Sochi, Russia

By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2015 - 07:21 |March 20, 2015 Women's World Championship 2015 Sochi Russia

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Goryachkina-Mkrtchian

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Yesterday was a nerve wracking tie-break day with lots of interesting games, missed chances and mistakes. Finally, those who managed to qualify after winning yesterday are – Galliamova, Kosintseva, M.Muzychuk, Socko, Arabidze, Shen Yang, Zhao Xue, Melia, Huang, Goryachkina and Javakhishvili.

Some games of the 1st round

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.17"]  [Round "1.8"]  [White "Yuan, Yuanling"]  [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B15"]  [WhiteElo "2257"]  [BlackElo "2526"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. Nf3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O  8. O-O Bg4 9. h3 Bh5 10. Be4 Na6 11. c3 Nc7 12. Qd3 Bg6 13. Bxg6 hxg6 14. c4  Qd7 15. Be3 g5 16. Nd2 g4 17. hxg4 Qxg4 18. Ne4 Be7 19. Ng3 g6 20. Qe4 Qd7 21.  Rad1 Kg7 22. d5 cxd5 23. cxd5 Nb5 24. Qf3 Rh8 25. Ne4 f5 26. Ng3 Rh4 27. Bf4  Rah8 28. Rfe1 Bd6 29. Bg5 Rg4 30. Bc1 Qc7 31. Rd3 Rgh4 32. Bg5 Rg4 33. Bd2 Qd8  34. b3 Qh4 35. a4 Nc7 36. Bc3+ f6 37. Kf1 Rf4 38. Qd1 Bc5 39. Rf3 Qg4 40. d6  Rxf3 41. Re7+ Kf8 42. gxf3 Qh3+ 43. Ke2 Qg2 44. Be1 Ne8 45. Qd5 Nxd6 46. Qe6  1-0

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.17"]  [Round "1.12"]  [White "Abrahamyan, Tatev"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C05"]  [WhiteElo "2322"]  [BlackElo "2492"]  [PlyCount "114"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 g6 8. Bc2  Bg7 9. Nb3 b6 10. Bg5 Qc7 11. O-O a5 12. a3 h6 13. Be3 Ne7 14. h4 Bb7 15. h5 c4  16. Nc1 O-O-O 17. a4 Kb8 18. Ne2 Ka8 19. b3 g5 20. b4 f6 21. exf6 Bxf6 22. bxa5  bxa5 23. Ng3 Nc6 24. Re1 Rhg8 25. Nh2 Bg7 26. Bc1 e5 27. Nf5 exd4 28. cxd4 Nf6  29. Ba3 Bf8 30. Re6 Qf7 31. Qe1 Bxa3 32. Nxh6 Qc7 33. Rxa3 Nxd4 34. Nxg8 Nxg8  35. Bb1 Nxe6 36. Qxe6 d4 37. h6 d3 38. Nf1 Qe7 39. Qxe7 Nxe7 40. Nd2 Bd5 41. h7  Ng6 42. Ba2 Ne5 43. Rc3 Ka7 44. Nxc4 Bxc4 45. Bxc4 Nxc4 46. h8=Q Rxh8 47. Rxc4  Rd8 48. Rc1 Rd4 49. Rd1 Kb6 50. f3 Kc5 51. Kf2 Kc4 52. Ke3 Rd5 53. Kd2 Re5 54.  Rc1+ Kd4 55. Rc8 Re2+ 56. Kd1 Rxg2 57. Re8 Rf2 0-1

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.17"]  [Round "1.16"]  [White "Lujan, Carolina"]  [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B80"]  [WhiteElo "2349"]  [BlackElo "2484"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be3 a6 7. Qf3 Nbd7 8.  Be2 Qc7 9. g4 b5 10. g5 Ne5 11. Qg3 Nfd7 12. a3 Nb6 13. Rd1 Bb7 14. O-O Rc8 15.  Qh3 Nbc4 16. Bc1 Be7 17. f4 Nc6 18. Nxc6 Bxc6 19. Rd3 h6 20. Bf3 Rg8 21. g6 Bd7  22. gxf7+ Kxf7 23. f5 Bf6 24. Bh5+ Ke7 25. Kh1 Ne5 26. Rg3 Qb7 27. Qg2 a5 28.  Bxh6 Rxc3 29. bxc3 Bc6 30. Rf4 Kd8 31. fxe6 Qe7 32. Rxf6 1-0

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.17"]  [Round "1.19"]  [White "Javakhishvili, Lela"]  [Black "Guramishvili, Sopiko"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A48"]  [WhiteElo "2481"]  [BlackElo "2367"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Bg5 Bg7 4. Nbd2 d5 5. e3 c5 6. c3 O-O 7. Bd3 Nc6 8. dxc5  a5 9. a4 Bg4 10. Qb3 e5 11. Qxb7 Bd7 12. e4 Rb8 13. Qa6 Qc7 14. Bxf6 Bc8 15.  Bxg7 Kxg7 16. Qb5 Na7 17. Qxb8 Qxb8 18. exd5 Qxb2 19. O-O Qxc3 20. Bc4 Bf5 21.  Rfc1 Qb4 22. Nb3 Re8 23. Nfd2 e4 24. Nf1 Bd7 25. c6 Bc8 26. Nd4 Ba6 27. Nb5  Bxb5 28. axb5 Nc8 29. Rab1 Qc5 30. Ba2 Qa3 31. Bc4 Nb6 32. Ne3 f5 33. Bf1 Qe7  34. Rd1 Rd8 35. Rbc1 Qc7 36. g3 f4 37. gxf4 Qxf4 38. c7 Rf8 39. Rc2 Nc8 40. Bh3  Qg5+ 41. Kh1 Nd6 42. c8=Q Nxc8 43. Bxc8 Qh4 44. Rdd2 Rf3 45. Re2 Qf6 46. Be6  Qd8 47. Rc6 Qh4 48. Rc7+ Kh8 49. b6 Rxe3 50. fxe3 Qf6 51. Rf7 1-0

Pairings of the 2nd round (1st game)

Lei, Tingjie (CHN) * Koneru, Humpy (IND)
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) * Pogonina, Natalija (RUS)
Goryachkina, Aleksandra (RUS) * Muzychuk, Anna (UKR)
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) * Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS)
Shen, Yang (CHN) * Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)
Gunina, Valentina (RUS) * Girya, Olga (RUS)
Melia, Salome (GEO) * Zhao, Xue (CHN)
Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR) * Socko, Monika (POL)
Gaponenko, Inna (UKR) * Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)
Khotenashvili, Bela (GEO) * Huang, Qian (CHN)
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (SCO) * Cramling, Pia (SWE)
Harika, Dronavalli (IND) * Krush, Irina (USA)
Arabidze, Meri (GEO) * Marrero Lopez, Yaniet (CUB)
Tan, Zhongyi (CHN) * Javakhishvil,i Lela (GEO)
Sebag, Marie (FRA) * Ushenina, Anna (UKR)
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) * Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS)

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By Yelena Dembo | March 20, 2015 - 07:08 |March 20, 2015 Exercises, Our Middlegame and Endgame Collection, Quiz

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Reykjavik Open 2015

By Yelena Dembo | March 19, 2015 - 06:23 |March 19, 2015 Reykjavik Open 2015

Top results of the last round

1 GM L’ami Erwin 2605 8½ 0 – 1 7 GM Eljanov Pavel 2727
2 GM Gupta Abhijeet 2625 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar 2756
3 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig 2651 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Fier Alexandr 2601
4 GM Jones Gawain C B 2642 7 0 – 1 7 GM Libiszewski Fabien 2514
5 GM Hansen Eric 2566 7 ½ – ½ 7 GM Naroditsky Daniel 2633
6 GM Navara David 2736 6½ 0 – 1 6½ GM Danielsen Henrik 2514
7 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2676 6½ 1 – 0 6½ GM Pakleza Zbigniew 2498
8 GM Idani Pouya 2496 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Movsesian Sergei 2665
9 GM Grandelius Nils 2603 6½ 1 – 0 6½ IM Petrov Nikita 2435
10 GM Grover Sahaj 2519 6½ ½ – ½ 6½ GM Cornette Matthieu 2585

Top 10 players

1 GM L’ami Erwin NED 2605 8.5
2 GM Eljanov Pavel UKR 2727 8.0
3 GM Libiszewski Fabien FRA 2514 8.0
4 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2601 7.5
5 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2633 7.5
6 GM Mamedyarov Shakhriyar AZE 2756 7.5
7 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2676 7.5
8 GM Hansen Eric CAN 2566 7.5
9 GM Hammer Jon Ludvig NOR 2651 7.5
10 GM Gupta Abhijeet IND 2625 7.5

Some games of the round

 [Event "Reykjavik Open 2015"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.03.18"]  [Round "10.1"]  [White "L'Ami, Erwin"]  [Black "Eljanov, Pavel"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D48"]  [WhiteElo "2605"]  [BlackElo "2727"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2015.03.10"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3  a6 9. O-O Bb7 10. a4 b4 11. Ne4 Be7 12. b3 c5 13. Nxf6+ Bxf6 14. Bb2 O-O 15. a5  Ra7 16. Ne5 cxd4 17. exd4 Bxe5 18. dxe5 Nc5 19. Bc4 Qg5 20. f3 Rd8 21. Qc1 Qe7  22. Qe3 Bd5 23. Bd4 Rc7 24. Bxc5 Rxc5 25. Bxa6 Rc3 26. Qf2 Rxb3 27. Rfd1 Ra3  28. Bf1 h5 29. a6 h4 30. f4 g6 31. Rac1 Rb8 32. Rd2 b3 33. h3 Ra2 34. Rb1 Rc8  35. Kh2 Rxd2 36. Qxd2 Rc2 37. Qa5 Kg7 38. a7 Ra2 39. Qe1 Rxa7 40. Be2 Ra2 0-1

 [Event "Reykjavik Open 2015"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.03.18"]  [Round "10.4"]  [White "Jones, Gawain C B"]  [Black "Libiszewski, Fabien"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C05"]  [WhiteElo "2642"]  [BlackElo "2514"]  [PlyCount "134"]  [EventDate "2015.03.10"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. Bd3 c5 6. c3 Nc6 7. Ngf3 f6 8. exf6  Nxf6 9. O-O cxd4 10. cxd4 Bd6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Bd7 13. a3 a5 14. Re1 Qb6 15.  Rc1 Rae8 16. Nb1 Kh8 17. Qe2 Qxb3 18. Ba1 Qb6 19. Rc2 e5 20. dxe5 Ng4 21. Rb2  Qa7 22. exd6 Rxe2 23. Rbxe2 Qc5 24. h3 Nf6 25. Rb2 Bc8 26. d7 Nxd7 27. Ng5 Nf6  28. Rc2 Qd6 29. Rce2 h6 30. Ne6 Re8 31. Nd4 Rxe2 32. Rxe2 Nxd4 33. Bxd4 Bd7 34.  Be5 Qf8 35. Bc3 Qc5 36. Bb2 Bc6 37. Rc2 Qe7 38. Nd2 Qe1+ 39. Nf1 Ne4 40. Re2  Qd1 41. Re3 Kg8 42. Kh2 Nxf2 43. Be2 Qc2 44. Bd4 Ne4 45. Bd3 Qa4 46. Be5 Qd1  47. Ng3 Nxg3 48. Rxg3 g5 49. Rf3 Qe1 50. Bc3 Qe7 51. Bd4 Be8 52. Re3 Qd6+ 53.  Kh1 Bg6 54. Bb5 Qf4 55. Bb6 Be4 56. a4 g4 57. hxg4 Qxg4 58. Re2 h5 59. Bc7 h4  60. Kh2 Qf5 61. Rd2 Kh7 62. Re2 d4 63. Bxa5 d3 64. Rd2 Qf4+ 65. Kg1 h3 66. gxh3  Qg3+ 67. Kf1 Bf5 0-1

 [Event "Reykjavik Open 2015"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.03.18"]  [Round "10.6"]  [White "Navara, David"]  [Black "Danielsen, Henrik"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C41"]  [WhiteElo "2736"]  [BlackElo "2514"]  [PlyCount "78"]  [EventDate "2015.03.10"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nf3 Nbd7 5. Bc4 Be7 6. a4 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Re1  exd4 9. Nxd4 Ne5 10. Ba2 Re8 11. h3 a5 12. Be3 Bf8 13. Qd2 Ng6 14. f3 Be6 15.  Nxe6 fxe6 16. f4 Kh8 17. f5 exf5 18. exf5 Ne5 19. Bd4 Ned7 20. Rxe8 Qxe8 21.  Re1 Qh5 22. Be6 d5 23. Qe3 Qh4 24. g4 Bc5 25. Re2 Nxg4 26. f6 Qxf6 27. Bxf6  Ngxf6 28. Bxd7 Nxd7 29. Qxc5 Nxc5 30. Re7 Kg8 31. Ne2 Kf8 32. Rc7 Re8 33. Kf1  Re3 34. c3 Rxh3 35. b4 axb4 36. cxb4 Nxa4 37. Rxb7 Rh4 38. Kf2 Nb2 39. Kf3 Nd3  0-1

 [Event "Reykjavik Open 2015"]  [Site "Reykjavik ISL"]  [Date "2015.03.18"]  [Round "10.7"]  [White "Melkumyan, Hrant"]  [Black "Pakleza, Zbigniew"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B10"]  [WhiteElo "2676"]  [BlackElo "2498"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2015.03.10"]   1. c4 c6 2. e4 e5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Nxe5 O-O 6. Nd3 Bxc3 7. dxc3 Nxe4 8.  Be2 d5 9. cxd5 Qxd5 10. O-O Nd7 11. Be3 Nb6 12. Nf4 Qxd1 13. Rfxd1 Re8 14. f3  Nf6 15. Kf2 Be6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. c4 e5 18. a4 Nc8 19. Ra3 Ne7 20. g4 Ng6 21.  g5 Nh5 22. Rd7 b6 23. c5 bxc5 24. Bxc5 a5 25. Bc4+ Kh8 26. Bf7 Reb8 27. Rb3  Nhf4 28. Kg3 Ne2+ 29. Kf2 Nef4 30. Ke3 Rxb3+ 31. Bxb3 Nh3 32. Bb6 Nxg5 33. Rd8+  Rxd8 34. Bxd8 h6 35. Bxa5 Ne7 36. Bc3 Nf5+ 37. Kd3 Nxf3 38. a5 Nd6 39. a6 Nb5  40. Bc4 Na7 41. Ke4 Nxh2 42. Be2 h5 43. Bxe5 Ng4 44. Bxg4 hxg4 45. Bd4 Nb5 46.  Bb6 1-0

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