Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 last round

By Yelena Dembo | February 24, 2016 - 08:00 |February 24, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

Ju-Harika (Photo taken by Alina L’Ami)

Ju became the winner (7.5 points) after drawing Harika. Khademalsharieh and Zhao shared 2nd-3rd places with 7.

Results of the last round

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

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Cramling, P."]   [Black "Batsiashvili, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "156"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nc6 3. d4 Bg4 4. Bg2 Qd7 5. h3 Bf5 6. c4 e6 7. Nc3 O-O-O 8. Qa4     Nf6 9. Bg5 Kb8 10. O-O h6 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Rfd1 Be4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. d5 Ne7     Qxd7 Rxd7 16. Nh4 exd5 17. Bxe4 c6 18. Rd3 Bg7 19. Bf5 Rdd8 20. Rad1 Rde8   cxd5 Nxd5 22. e4 Nb6 23. Rd4 h5 24. Nf3 Re7 25. Rd8+ Kc7 26. Rxh8 Bxh8 27.     b3 Bg7 28. Kg2 Bf8 29. Ne1 Re8 30. f4 a5 31. a4 c5 32. Nc2 c4 33. bxc4 Bc5 34.   Kf3 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Kxd8 36. e5 fxe5 37. Be4 Nxa4 38. Bxb7 Nc3 39. fxe5 a4 40. Kf4   a3 41. Nxa3 Bxa3 42. Bf3 h4 43. gxh4 Ke7 44. Kf5 Na4 45. Ke4 Bb2 46. Bg4 Nc5+     Kd5 Nd3 48. c5 Nxe5 49. c6 Kd8 50. Kd6 Nc4+ 51. Kd5 Nb6+ 52. Kc5 Kc7 53.     Bh5 f5 54. Bf3 Bg7 55. h5 f4 56. h4 Nc8 57. Kd5 Ne7+ 58. Ke6 Nxc6 59. Kf5 Bh6     Bd1 Ne7+ 61. Ke6 Kd8 62. Bf3 Ke8 63. Kf6 Kf8 64. Bb7 Bg7+ 65. Ke6 Ke8 66.     Bf3 Bh6 67. Bh1 Ng8 68. Bc6+ Kf8 69. Bb7 Kg7 70. Bc6 Nf6 71. Bf3 Ne8 72. Kd7   Kf7 73. Bd5+ Kf8 74. Bf3 Ng7 75. Bg4 Kf7 76. Kd6 Kf6 77. Kd5 Nf5 78. Ke4 Nxh4   0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Ju Wenjun"]   [Black "Harika, D."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D35"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 c6 6. e3 Bf5 7. Qf3 Bg6 8.     Bxf6 Qxf6 9. Qxf6 gxf6 10. Nf3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nb6 12. Bd3 Bb4 13. Nh4 Nc8 14.   Ne2 Nd6 15. Ng3 O-O-O 16. Nhf5 Nxf5 17. Nxf5 Bxf5 18. Bxf5+ Kc7 19. h4 h6 20.   h5 a5 21. Rd3 a4 22. a3 Be7 23. Re1 Rhe8 24. Kc2 Bd6 25. Rc1 Ra8 26. Kb1 b5 27.   f3 b4 28. axb4 Bxb4 29. e4 Kd6 30. Rc2 Ra6 31. Re3 Ra7 32. Rxc6+ Kxc6 33. exd5+   Kxd5 34. Rxe8 Kxd4 35. Rh8 Bd2 36. Bc2 Ra5 37. Rd8+ Ke3 38. Rd6 a3 39. Rd3+ Ke2     bxa3 Rxh5 41. Rd7 Bc3 42. Ka2 Rc5 43. Kb3 h5 44. Rxf7 Kf2 45. Rh7 Kxg2 46.     Bg6 Kxf3 47. Rxh5 Be5 48. Kb4 Rc1 49. a4 Kg4 50. Rh7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Pogonina, N."]   [Black "Dzagnidze, N."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E00"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "93"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Bg2 Nc6 6. e3 Bxd2+ 7. Nxd2 d6 8.     Ne2 e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nc3 a5 11. O-O O-O 12. Qc2 Na6 13. a3 Bd7 14. Rab1 Rfc8     b4 axb4 16. axb4 c5 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. e4 Bd7 19. Qd3 Nb8 20. Rfc1 Nc6 21.     Nb5 Ne8 22. Nf1 Be6 23. Ne3 Ra6 24. Rd1 Rca8 25. Nf5 Bxf5 26. exf5 h6 27. h4   Qf6 28. Nxd6 Nxd6 29. Qxd6 Qxf5 30. Qd7 Qc2 31. Qxb7 Ra2 32. Rf1 Nd4 33. c5 g6     Qe4 Qc3 35. Qxa8+ Rxa8 36. Bxa8 g5 37. hxg5 hxg5 38. b5 g4 39. b6 Qd3 40.     Rfd1 Ne2+ 41. Kg2 Qh7 42. Rh1 Qc2 43. Rbe1 Kg7 44. Rh4 f5 45. b7 Qe4+ 46. Kh2   Qf3 47. Rxe2 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, S."]   [Black "Zhukova, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D52"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "148"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. e3 Qa5 7. Nd2 Bb4 8. Qc2     O-O 9. a3 dxc4 10. Bxf6 Nxf6 11. Nxc4 Bxc3+ 12. Qxc3 Qxc3+ 13. bxc3 c5 14. Bd3   Bd7 15. Ne5 Ba4 16. Rb1 Rab8 17. Kd2 Rfc8 18. Rb2 Rc7 19. f3 b6 20. Rhb1 Rbc8     Ba6 cxd4 22. exd4 Rd8 23. Rb4 Be8 24. Rc4 Nd5 25. Rxc7 Nxc7 26. Bd3 f6 27.     Ng4 e5 28. Bc4+ Kf8 29. Ke3 Bg6 30. Rb2 exd4+ 31. cxd4 Ne8 32. d5 Nd6 33. Bd3   h5 34. Nf2 Bf7 35. Kd4 Ne8 36. Rc2 Rxd5+ 37. Ke3 Ra5 38. Rc3 Nd6 39. Ne4 Nxe4     Bxe4 g5 41. f4 Ra4 42. g3 g4 43. Bf5 Ra5 44. Bc8 Bd5 45. h3 h4 46. Bxg4     hxg3 47. Bf3 Be6 48. Bg2 Rc5 49. Rd3 Bf5 50. Rb3 Bc2 51. Rb4 Ke7 52. h4 b5 53.   Kf3 Rc3+ 54. Kg4 Bd1+ 55. Kh3 f5 56. Bb7 Be2 57. a4 a5 58. Rb2 Bg4+ 59. Kg2   bxa4 60. Rb5 Rb3 61. Re5+ Kd6 62. Ba8 a3 63. Rxa5 Rd3 64. Bb7 Bd1 65. Ba6 Rc3     Bb7 Bc2 67. h5 Bb3 68. Rxa3 Bd5+ 69. Bxd5 Rxa3 70. Bf3 Kc5 71. h6 Ra6 72.     Bb7 Rxh6 73. Kxg3 Kd4 74. Kf3 Rh3+ 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Gunina, V."]   [Black "Zhao Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "112"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O     Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Re1 Be7 11. Bg5 O-O 12. Ne5 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7     e4 c6 16. Qd4 Bb7 17. exd5 cxd5 18. Rac1 a6 19. Na4 Rfc8 20. Bf1 Bc6 21.     Rc3 Qd8 22. Nc5 Bb5 23. Nb7 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Rxc8+ Rxc8 26. Nd6 Rc2 27.   Nxb5 axb5 28. a3 Ra2 29. Rc1 Rxa3 30. Rc7 Ra8 31. Rb7 Nc8 32. Bxb5 Kf8 33. Kf1   g5 34. Bd3 Ne7 35. Rb6 Kg7 36. Ke2 Ra2+ 37. Ke3 g4 38. b4 d4+ 39. Kxd4 Rxf2 40.   Be4 Rxh2 41. b5 h5 42. Rb7 Nd5 43. b6 h4 44. Bxd5 Rd2+ 45. Ke3 Rxd5 46. gxh4   Rb5 47. Kf4 Rb4+ 48. Kg3 Kg6 49. Rb8 Kf5 50. Rf8 Rb3+ 51. Kg2 Rb2+ 52. Kg3 Rb3+     Kg2 g3 54. Kh3 Rxb6 55. Rxf7+ Kxe5 56. Kxg3 Rb1 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.23"]   [Round "11"]   [White "Koneru, H."]   [Black "Stefanova, A."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D45"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "121"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. b3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nbd7 8. Bd3     O-O 9. O-O Bd6 10. Qc2 e5 11. cxd5 cxd5 12. e4 exd4 13. Nxd5 Nxd5 14. exd5 Nf6     h3 Bd7 16. Rad1 Rc8 17. Qb2 Rc5 18. Nxd4 Qb6 19. Nf3 Rxd5 20. Bc3 Be7 21.     Bd4 Qa5 22. Bc4 Rh5 23. Qe2 Re8 24. Bxf6 Bxf6 25. Bxf7+ Kxf7 26. Rxd7+ Kf8 27.   Qc4 Re7 28. Rxe7 Bxe7 29. Qc8+ Kf7 30. Qxb7 Qxa2 31. Re1 Qa3 32. b4 Qxb4 33.   Ne5+ Kf6 34. Qc6+ Qd6 35. Qf3+ Rf5 36. Ng4+ Kg6 37. Qe4 Bh4 38. Re3 h5 39. g3   Bf6 40. Nh6 gxh6 41. g4 hxg4 42. hxg4 Qd1+ 43. Kg2 Qxg4+ 44. Qxg4+ Rg5 45. Rg3   Rxg4 46. Rxg4+ Kf5 47. Ra4 h5 48. Rxa6 h4 49. f4 Bc3 50. Kf3 Be1 51. Rb6 Bg3     Rb5+ Kf6 53. Kg4 Bf2 54. Rb2 Be1 55. Rb6+ Kf7 56. Kf5 Kg7 57. Kg5 Kf7 58.     Rb7+ Ke6 59. f5+ Kd6 60. f6 Bd2+ 61. Kg6 1-0

Final standings

GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	7½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	7
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	7
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	6½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	6½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	6
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	5½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	4½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	4½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	4
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	3½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	3½

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 10th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 23, 2016 - 06:42 |February 23, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Khademalsharieh (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Ju and Khademalsharieh lead with 7 out of 10.

Results of the 10th round

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

Standings after 10 rounds

GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	7
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	7
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	6½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	6½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	5
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	4½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	4
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	4
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	4
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	3½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	2½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.1"]   [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "135"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. Nf3 b6 8. Bd3     Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Qc2 a6 13. Rad1 c4 14. Bf5 b5 15.   a3 Qb6 16. Ne5 Rad8 17. Bh4 Rfe8 18. f4 Nf8 19. Rf3 Ne4 20. Bxe7 Rxe7 21. Nxe4   dxe4 22. Rg3 f6 23. Ng4 Kh8 24. Qe2 Bd5 25. Nf2 Qc6 26. Qh5 Bf7 27. Qg4 Be6 28.   Bxe6 Nxe6 29. Qh5 Qe8 30. Qh3 Nc7 31. f5 Nd5 32. Rg4 a5 33. Re1 b4 34. axb4   axb4 35. Qh4 c3 36. bxc3 bxc3 37. Rxe4 c2 38. Rxe7 Qxe7 39. Nd3 Qa3 40. Nc1 Qc3     Qf2 Nb4 42. Qe2 Ra8 43. Kf1 Ra5 44. g4 Kh7 45. h4 Na2 46. Kg2 Qc6+ 47. Qf3     Qc3 48. Qe2 Qb2 49. Qd2 Qb7+ 50. Kf2 Nb4 51. e4 Ra3 52. Re3 Ra1 53. g5 Qc7 54.   g6+ Kg8 55. Kf3 Nc6 56. Rd3 Kf8 57. Kg2 Qe7 58. Re3 Qb4 59. Qxc2 Qxd4 60. Rc3   Rxc1 61. Qxc1 Qxe4+ 62. Kg3 Qe5+ 63. Kg2 Qe4+ 64. Rf3 Ne5 65. Qc8+ Ke7 66. Qe6+   Kf8 67. Qc8+ Ke7 68. Qe6+ 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.2"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A09"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "72"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Bf5 6. Na3 Qd5 7. b3 cxb3 8.     axb3 e6 9. d3 Qd8 10. Nc4 Bc5 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Bd2 Na6 13. Na5 Qb6 14. Qc4 e5     Nxb7 Qxb7 16. Qxa6 Qxb3 17. Rfc1 Qb6 18. Qxb6 axb6 19. Rxa8 Rxa8 20. Nxe5     Ra2 21. Bc3 Rxe2 22. d4 Bd6 23. Nc4 Re6 24. Nxb6 Ne4 25. Be1 h5 26. Nc4 Be7 27.   Ne3 Bg6 28. d5 cxd5 29. Nxd5 Bd6 30. Bh3 Re8 31. Rc8 Rxc8 32. Bxc8 Ng5 33. Bb4   Bxb4 34. Nxb4 Nf3+ 35. Kg2 Be4 36. h3 Ne5+ 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.3"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "141"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Nd7 5. d4 e6 6. Nbd2 Ngf6 7. c4 Be7 8. b3     O-O 9. Bb2 a5 10. a3 Qc7 11. Rc1 Rfd8 12. h3 Bf5 13. cxd5 exd5 14. Nh4 Be6 15.   e3 Nf8 16. f4 Bd6 17. g4 Qe7 18. g5 Ne4 19. Nxe4 dxe4 20. f5 Qxg5 21. fxe6 fxe6     Qg4 Qxg4 23. hxg4 Bg3 24. Nf5 exf5 25. Rxf5 Re8 26. Bf1 Ne6 27. d5 cxd5 28.     Rxd5 Re7 29. a4 h6 30. Ba3 Rf7 31. Kg2 Bf4 32. Re1 Bxe3 33. Rf5 Rxf5 34. gxf5   Nf4+ 35. Kg3 Nh5+ 36. Kh3 Bg5 37. Rxe4 Rd8 38. Bc4+ Kh7 39. Bc5 Nf4+ 40. Kg3   Nd5 41. Kf3 Rc8 42. Bg1 Ne7 43. Re5 Nc6 44. Rb5 Bf6 45. Be6 Rd8 46. Rxb7 Rd1     Bf2 h5 48. Bf7 Ne5+ 49. Ke2 Rh1 50. Bd4 h4 51. Bxe5 Bxe5 52. Rb5 Bc3 53.     Kf3 Rg1 54. Rb8 Rg3+ 55. Kf4 Bd2+ 56. Ke5 h3 57. Bg6+ Kh6 58. Rd8 Re3+ 59. Kd4   Kg5 60. Kc4 Rc3+ 61. Kb5 Rxb3+ 62. Ka6 Bf4 63. Rh8 h2 64. Bf7 Rd3 65. Rh5+ Kg4     f6 Rd6+ 67. Kxa5 Rxf6 68. Be8 Re6 69. Bf7 Re7 70. Bg6 Re1 71. Kb5 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.4"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "73"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. e3 Nb6 7. Bxc4 Nxc4 8.     Qa4+ c6 9. Qxc4 Nd5 10. O-O Nxf4 11. exf4 Be7 12. Rfe1 O-O 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Re2   Rd8 15. Rd1 Qb4 16. Qd3 Bd7 17. a3 Qb3 18. Re3 Be8 19. Rh3 g6 20. Qe2 Qb6 21.   Nxg6 fxg6 22. Qxe6+ Bf7 23. Qxe7 Rxd4 24. Qh4 h5 25. Rxd4 Qxd4 26. Re3 Kg7 27.   h3 Rd8 28. Re5 Rf8 29. Re7 b5 30. Ne4 Kh8 31. Qg5 Qxb2 32. f5 Qg7 33. f6 Qh7     Qe5 g5 35. Nxg5 Qb1+ 36. Kh2 Qg6 37. Rxf7 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.5"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E11"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "132"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Qe7 5. Nc3 b6 6. e3 Bb7 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O     d6 9. Rc1 Bxc3 10. Bxc3 Ne4 11. Qc2 Nd7 12. Rfd1 f5 13. Be1 a5 14. Nd2 Nxd2 15.   Qxd2 e5 16. f3 Rae8 17. Bf1 Qg5 18. d5 h5 19. b3 h4 20. a3 h3 21. g3 Qh5 22.   Be2 g5 23. b4 axb4 24. axb4 g4 25. f4 Qf7 26. Ra1 Ra8 27. fxe5 Nxe5 28. Qd4 b5     cxb5 Rxa1 30. Rxa1 Bxd5 31. Bc3 Bf3 32. Bf1 Be4 33. Kf2 Qb3 34. Be2 Qc2 35.     Qd2 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Bf3 37. Bf1 Bd5 38. Be2 Bf3 39. Bf1 Be4 40. Be2 Bd3 41. Bc3   Bxe2 42. Bxe5 Bxb5 43. Bd4 Rc8 44. Ra5 Bd3 45. Ke1 Kf7 46. Kd2 Be4 47. Kc3 Ke6     Kc4 Bf3 49. Kc3 Be2 50. Kd2 Bf1 51. Kc3 c6 52. Ba7 Bb5 53. Kd4 Re8 54. Ra2     Kd7 55. Kc3 Re4 56. Rc2 Re5 57. Bd4 Re8 58. Ba7 Ra8 59. Ra2 c5 60. Ra3 Rc8 61.   Bb6 Kc6 62. Ba5 Re8 63. Kd2 f4 64. gxf4 g3 65. hxg3 Bf1 66. Ke1 h2 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.22"]   [Round "10.6"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D20"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "82"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e3 e5 4. Bxc4 exd4 5. exd4 Bd6 6. Nf3 Nf6 7. Qe2+ Qe7 8.     Qxe7+ Kxe7 9. O-O Be6 10. Re1 Kd7 11. Bxe6+ fxe6 12. Nc3 Re8 13. Bg5 Na6 14.   Ne5+ Bxe5 15. Rxe5 Ng8 16. Rae1 b6 17. a3 c6 18. Ne4 Nc7 19. Nd2 Ne7 20. R5e4   Ng6 21. h4 Nd5 22. h5 Nh8 23. Bh4 Nf6 24. Bxf6 gxf6 25. Rf4 f5 26. Rf3 Rg8 27.   Rc3 Nf7 28. Nf3 Rgc8 29. Rd3 Rd8 30. Rc3 Rac8 31. b4 a6 32. a4 Rc7 33. Kf1 Rdc8     Rce3 Re8 35. Rc1 Rec8 36. Rec3 Kd6 37. Nd2 Rb8 38. Nc4+ Ke7 39. Nd2 Kd6 40.     Nc4+ Ke7 41. Nd2 Kd6 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the last round

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

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 9th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 22, 2016 - 07:00 |February 22, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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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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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 8th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 20, 2016 - 07:39 |February 20, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Dzagnidze-Harika (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Dzagnidze is leading with 6.5 out of 8, while Pogonina, Ju and Zhao share 2nd with 5.5. Today is a free day.

Results of the 8th round

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

Standings after 8 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	6½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	5½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	5½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	5
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	3½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	3
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	3
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	3
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	2½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.1"]   [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A09"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "78"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. b3 Bg4 6. Be2 e6 7. Bb2 Nbd7 8. h3     Bh5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Nh4 b5 11. Nxg6 hxg6 12. Qc2 Bd6 13. g5 Nh5 14. h4 Qe7 15. a4   bxc4 16. bxc4 O-O 17. a5 Rab8 18. Na4 e5 19. c5 Nxc5 20. Nxc5 Bxc5 21. Bxa6 f5     Be2 e4 23. Qc3 f4 24. Qe5 Qf7 25. Rf1 Rfe8 26. Qc3 Bb4 27. Qc2 f3 28. Bd1     Nf4 29. exf4 e3 30. fxe3 Qxf4 31. Bxf3 Rxe3+ 32. Kd1 Rxf3 33. Re1 Rf1 34. Qd3   Rxe1+ 35. Kxe1 Qg4 36. Qd4 Re8+ 37. Kf1 Qf3+ 38. Kg1 Bc5 39. Qxc5 Re2 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.2"]   [White "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D39"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "87"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 dxc4 6. e4 c5 7. e5 cxd4 8. Nxd4     Qa5 9. exf6 Bxc3+ 10. bxc3 Qxg5 11. fxg7 Qxg7 12. Qd2 O-O 13. Bxc4 Nd7 14. O-O   Nb6 15. Bb3 e5 16. Ne2 Bg4 17. f3 Rad8 18. Qe3 Bf5 19. Rad1 Kh8 20. Rxd8 Rxd8     f4 Bd3 22. Rd1 Rg8 23. Ng3 exf4 24. Qxf4 Bg6 25. Qf3 Rc8 26. c4 Qf8 27.     Qxb7 Qc5+ 28. Kh1 a5 29. Ne4 Qc6 30. Qxc6 Rxc6 31. Rd8+ Kg7 32. Nd2 a4 33. Bd1   Re6 34. Nf3 Rc6 35. Nd2 Re6 36. Nf3 Rc6 37. Rd4 Bb1 38. a3 Rxc4 39. Kg1 Rc3 40.   Bxa4 Rxa3 41. Be8 Bg6 42. h4 Ra8 43. Bb5 Ra5 44. Be2 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.3"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "127"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d5 5. c4 c6 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O Bf5 8. d3     Qc8 9. Re1 Rd8 10. Nbd2 Bh3 11. Bh1 h6 12. Rc1 e6 13. Rc2 Qd7 14. Qa1 Qe7 15.   cxd5 cxd5 16. Rec1 Nc6 17. Ne5 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Ne8 19. Bxg7 Nxg7 20. Nf3 Ne8 21.   Qd4 Nd6 22. Ne5 h5 23. f4 Rdc8 24. Qb4 Rxc2 25. Rxc2 Rc8 26. Rxc8+ Nxc8 27.   Qxe7 Nxe7 28. Kf2 f6 29. Nf3 Bg4 30. Nd4 a6 31. b4 Kf7 32. b5 axb5 33. Nxb5 b6     Nd6+ Kf8 35. e4 dxe4 36. dxe4 Nc6 37. e5 Nb4 38. a3 Nc2 39. a4 fxe5 40.     fxe5 Nb4 41. Nc4 Ke7 42. Nxb6 Kd8 43. Ke3 g5 44. h4 gxh4 45. gxh4 Kc7 46. a5   Nc2+ 47. Kf2 Nd4 48. Nc4 Kb8 49. Nd6 Ka7 50. Bb7 Nb3 51. a6 Nc5 52. Nc8+ Kb8     Nd6 Ka7 54. Ke3 Nxa6 55. Bf3 Bxf3 56. Kxf3 Nb4 57. Ne8 Nd3 58. Ke4 Ne1 59.     Kf4 Nd3+ 60. Ke4 Ne1 61. Ng7 Ng2 62. Nxe6 Nxh4 63. Nf8 Kb7 64. e6 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.4"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D41"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "36"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.     Bg5 Nc6 9. Qd3 Be6 10. e3 Be7 11. Be2 h6 12. Bh4 O-O 13. O-O Qb6 14. a3 Qb3 15.   Nd2 Qb6 16. Nf3 Qb3 17. Nd2 Qb6 18. Nf3 Qb3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.5"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A22"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "126"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 e5 2. Nc3 Bb4 3. g3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O h6 7. Nd5 Bd6 8. d3     Nxd5 9. cxd5 Nd4 10. Nd2 c6 11. Nc4 Bb8 12. b3 cxd5 13. Bxd5 d6 14. Bb2 Nc6 15.   d4 Bh3 16. Re1 Qd7 17. Qd2 Bc7 18. Rac1 Rac8 19. Bxc6 Qxc6 20. e4 Qb5 21. Qe2   d5 22. exd5 Qxd5 23. Ne3 Qd7 24. dxe5 Bb6 25. Rcd1 Qc6 26. Nd5 Rfe8 27. Nf4 Bf5     Rd6 Qc2 29. Rd2 Qc6 30. Rd6 Qc2 31. Rd2 Qc6 32. b4 Qa4 33. a3 Qb3 34. Nd5     Rc2 35. Rxc2 Bxc2 36. Nxb6 axb6 37. Bd4 Bf5 38. Qb5 Re6 39. Kg2 Rc6 40. Re3 Qd1     Bc3 Qc2 42. Be1 Qb1 43. Qd5 Rc1 44. Qd2 Be4+ 45. Kg1 Bc6 46. Qe2 Bd5 47.     Qd2 Rd1 48. Qc3 b5 49. Re2 Qf5 50. e6 fxe6 51. Qe3 Bc4 52. Rb2 Qh3 53. Re2 Bxe2     Qxe2 Rb1 55. f3 Qf5 56. Kg2 Rb3 57. Bf2 Rxa3 58. f4 Qd5+ 59. Kh3 Ra2 60.     Qe3 Rb2 61. Qe1 Kf7 62. g4 Qf3+ 63. Bg3 h5 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.19"]   [Round "8.6"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E67"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "89"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 g6 2. Nf3 Bg7 3. c4 Nf6 4. g3 O-O 5. Bg2 d6 6. Nc3 Nbd7 7. O-O e5 8. b3     Re8 9. e4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Nc5 11. f3 a5 12. Be3 Bd7 13. Qd2 Qc8 14. Ndb5 h5 15.   Rad1 Bc6 16. Rfe1 Nfd7 17. Bd4 h4 18. f4 hxg3 19. hxg3 Nf6 20. e5 Nh5 21. Bxc5   dxc5 22. Qf2 g5 23. Nd5 Bxd5 24. cxd5 Ra6 25. d6 cxd6 26. Nxd6 Rxd6 27. Rxd6   gxf4 28. gxf4 Qf5 29. Re4 Bf8 30. Rd3 Re6 31. Rh3 Rg6 32. Qf3 Rg4 33. e6 fxe6     Re5 Qb1+ 35. Kh2 Nf6 36. Rxe6 Rg6 37. Rg3 Kf7 38. Rxg6 Qxg6 39. f5 Qh6+ 40.     Kg1 Qc1+ 41. Bf1 Bg7 42. Qxb7+ Kg8 43. Qb8+ Kh7 44. Qg3 Qa1 45. Rd6 1-0

Pairings of the 9th round

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

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 19, 2016 - 07:04 |February 19, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Khademalsharieh-Gunina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina and Dzagnidze lead with 5.5 out of 7, Ju and Zhao have 5 points.

Results of the 7th round

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

Standings after 7 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	5½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	5
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	5
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	4½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	3
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	3
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	2
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.1"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "147"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nb1 Qe7     Rc2 f5 16. g3 Rf6 17. Qc1 c6 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qxa3 20. Nxa3 a5 21.     Rfc1 Kf8 22. Nb1 Ke7 23. f3 Ng5 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Na4 Kc7 27. f4 Nd8     Nc3 Kd6 29. Na4 Kc7 30. Nc3 Kd6 31. Ne2 Ba6 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Ng1 Rf7 34.     Nf3 Rc7 35. h3 h5 36. Rg1 Raa7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Rxg4 Rf7 40. Rc1   Rf6 41. Rcg1 Ne6 42. Ng5 Re7 43. Nxe6 Rfxe6 44. Rg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6+ Kd7 46. Kf3   Kc7 47. f5 Rf7 48. Kf4 Re7 49. a3 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 Kb7 53.   Kf4 Kc7 54. Rg3 Kb7 55. Rg6 Kc7 56. Kg5 Kb7 57. Re6 Rc7 58. Kg6 Ka6 59. Re8 Kb5     Rg8 Re7 61. Rxg7 Rxe3 62. f6 Kxb4 63. f7 Rf3 64. Rg8 c5 65. dxc5 bxc5 66.     f8=Q Rxf8 67. Rxf8 c4 68. Kf5 c3 69. Kf4 Kc4 70. Ke3 d4+ 71. Ke4 Kb3 72. Kd3   Kb2 73. Rb8+ Kc1 74. Rb7 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.2"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B10"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.     Bc4 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 15.   d6 e6 16. Nge4 Nfd7 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Bf4 h6 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Nd1 Bd5 21. Qd2   Bxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. Rc7 e5     Ne3 Rf8 29. Rec1 Qf7 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qh5 Qf7 32. Qg5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.3"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A46"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. c4 c6   Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne1 Nhf6 14. Bg5 c5 15.     dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 Nb8 17. Nef3 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd5 20. c7 Rxc7 21.   Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Nb1 Rd8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe2 26. Nc3 Bxf3 27.   Bxf3 Rd7 28. Ne4 f6 29. Rb1 Na6 30. a5 Nd5 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Re1 Rc6 33. Nd2 Kf7     Nb3 Nac7 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. Rb1 e5 37. Nf5 g6 38. Nd6+ Ke6 39. Ne4 Rxa5 40.     Rc1 Ke7 41. Nc5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rc3 43. Rxc3 Nxc3 44. Bc4 a5 45. Kf1 a4 46. Ke1 Kd6     Nd3 e4 48. Nc1 N7d5 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Ba6 Kd4 51. Bc8 Nb4 52. Be6 Nd3 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.4"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "95"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.     d4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1   Bd6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Bg2 exd4 18. exd4 Bb8 19. Rfd1 Ba7 20. Nf1 Rfe8 21. Ne3 Rad8     Rac1 Re6 23. Rc5 Qb8 24. Rc2 Qb6 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Rdc1 g6 27. Bg2 Nc6 28.     Rc5 Ne7 29. a5 Qb8 30. R5c2 Ne8 31. Bh3 f5 32. Re2 Ng7 33. Rce1 Qd6 34. Nc2   Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Kf7 36. Bf1 Rc8 37. Qd2 Rb8 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Ba3 Nc6 40. Rc1 Ne6     Rxc6 Qxc6 42. Qxb4 Bxd4 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Bd6 Qc8 45. Bxa6 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qe1   Qe8+ Kg7 48. Bf8+ 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.5"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E04"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.     O-O Qd7 9. e3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 h5 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. a3 h4 13. b4 f6 14. b5 Nce7 15.   a4 hxg3 16. hxg3 g5 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rfc1   Nc8 22. e5 Bg7 23. a5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qh5 25. Qc4 Bxe5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qh2+     Kf1 Qh7 29. Qe5+ Nd6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra3 Qh1+ 32. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Kg2 Rxc1   Qxg5 Rdc8 35. Qe5 Rd1 36. Qxe6 Nxb5 37. Rb3 Nd6 38. Rxb6 Nc4 39. Rb4 Rd4   Qe7 Rc7 41. Qf8+ Rc8 42. Rxb7+ 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.6"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D10"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "133"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.     Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nge2 f5 13. O-O Rc8 14. f3 Nd6     e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 O-O 17. Rae1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf6 20. Be5 Rxf1+   Rxf1 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Rc6 23. Qb8 Bc8 24. Qb5 Qe8 25. d5 exd5 26. Bd4 Be6 27.     Nxd5 Bd6 28. Ndf4 Bf7 29. Qg5 Ne5 30. Ng3 h6 31. Qf5 Rc4 32. Bc3 Nc6 33. Nfh5   Rc5 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Qxf6 Rxc3 36. Qxd6 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Rd3 38. Qc7 Bg6 39. Rf6   Ne5 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Nf1 Qg5 42. Qxa7+ Rd7 43. Qf2 Kg7 44. Ra6 Nd3 45. Qe3 Nf4     Ng3 Rd3 47. Ra7+ Bf7 48. Nh5+ Nxh5 49. Qxd3 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qxb2+ 51. Kh1 Qf2   Qc3+ Kg8 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Rh8+ Kg6 55. Qd3+ Kg7 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Qxh6+ Ke7   Qf8+ Ke6 59. Qc8+ Kf6 60. Qc6+ Kg5 61. Qh6+ Kf5 62. Qxh5+ Ke4 63. Qg4+ Kd5   Rd8+ Kc5 65. Qc8+ Kb4 66. Qb7+ Ka3 67. Ra8+ 1-0

Pairings of the 8th round

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

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