Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016

Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 18, 2016 - 10:37 |February 18, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

Zhukova-Dzagnidze (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Dzagnidze and Pogonina lead with 4.5 out of 6.

Results of the 6th round

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

Standings after 6 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	4½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	4½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	4
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	4
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	3½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	2
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Gunina, V."]   [Black "Pogonina, N."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D63"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rce1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4     Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Be6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd5 20. Ne5 Nd7 21.     Ng3 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Qb4 23. Qf2 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxa2 25. b3 Bxb3 26. Rb1 Qc3 27.   Nf5 Re8 28. Nxg7 Rf8 29. Nf5 Qxe5 30. g4 Bf7 31. Rxb7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Bd5+ 33. Kh3   Qc3+ 34. Kh4 Qf6+ 35. Kg3 Kh8 36. Qe3 Rg8 37. Re7 a5 38. Qa7 Qc3+ 39. Kh4 Qf6+     Kh3 Qc3+ 41. Kh4 Qf6+ 42. Kg3 Qc3+ 43. Ne3 Rg7 44. Rxg7 Qxg7 45. Qa8+ Qg8   Qxa5 Qb8+ 47. Kh3 Qe5 48. Qd8+ Bg8 49. Nf5 c5 50. Ne7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Stefanova, A."]   [Black "Cramling, P."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. h3 Ne5 6. Nh2 f5 7. d4 Nf7 8. g4 Bd7   Bg2 Qc8 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. d5 Nf6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bd2 e5 15. dxe6     Bxe6 16. O-O a6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Be1 Rae8 19. Bh4 Nh8 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Bf2 Rd8     Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Nxh4 24. Bxh4 Qf7 25. b3 Qh5 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28.     Kg1 Nf6 29. Kh2 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Zhao Xue"]   [Black "Harika, D."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 Ne4   Be2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Ndf6 11. Rf1 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be1 Bd7 15. Na4     fxg4 16. Ne5 g3 17. f3 Nf2 18. Bxf2 gxf2 19. Bd3 Be8 20. Rxf2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7     f4 g6 23. Rg2 Rb8 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. h4 b5 26. cxb6 c5 27. h5 c4 28. Bxg6     hxg6 29. hxg6 Kg8 30. Rh2 Rf5 31. Rh7 Qb4 32. Qh2 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Koneru, H."]   [Black "Ju Wenjun"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E20"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "52"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4     c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bg4+ 14. Nf3 d4     Bg1 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Nd7 17. g3 Nxe5+ 18. Kg2 Qf6 19. Na4 Qc6+ 20. Kf2 d3+   Nxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kg2 Qc6+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. g4 Qxh1 25. Bg2 Rc2+ 26. Qxc2     Qxg2+ 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Batsiashvili, N."]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, S."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "124"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8.     Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 h5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 gxh4 13. Nxh4 Qg5 14. O-O-O   c6 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. e4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rhe1   O-O-O 21. c4 Qf4+ 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bf5 25. Qa3 Kb8 26. Re7   Rhe8 27. Kb2 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Qc7 29. Qc5 Qb6+ 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Kc3 Re8 32. Rf2   Re3+ 33. Kb4 Bg4 34. Nh4 Be6 35. Nf5 Rd3 36. a4 Rd1 37. Kb3 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rb4     Ne3 Rxa4 40. Kb3 Ra5 41. d5 cxd5 42. cxd5 Bxd5+ 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxf7 Rg5   Rh7 Ka7 46. Kb4 Ka6 47. Rh8 Rg4+ 48. Kb3 h4 49. Rh5 b5 50. Rh8 Kb6 51. Ka3     Kc5 52. Rc8+ Kd5 53. Rc2 Ke4 54. Rb2 Kf4 55. Rb4+ Kg3 56. Rxb5 Kxg2 57. Rxb7 h3     Rb2+ Kh1 59. Rb1+ Rg1 60. Rb2 h2 61. Rc2 Rg3+ 62. Kb2 Rg2 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Zhukova, N."]   [Black "Dzagnidze, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E18"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2     Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 e5 11. e4 Bc8 12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nd3 Bg5 15.   Qe2 Bh6 16. Ne4 a5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Nd7 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Raf1   Re8 22. Qd2 Bd3 23. R1f3 Bg6 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rf7 Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7     Ne6 Bxg2 29. Nxc7 Bh3 30. g4 Kg8 31. Qc3 Bxg4 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Qg3 h5 34.     h3 Bf5 35. Qxd6 Nd7 36. Qg3 Re8 37. Qf3 g6 38. a3 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Ne5 40. Qc3 Nd3+     Kg3 Rh1 42. Qf6 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 h4 44. d6 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Ne6 46. d7 Rd3 47. Qe7     Rd4 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 h3 50. Kg3 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 h2 52. Qe8+ Nf8 0-1

Pairings of the 7th round

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

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 17, 2016 - 06:36 |February 17, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Harika-Stefanova (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 4 out of 5, Dzagnidze is on 3.5, while Zhao, Ju and Koneru have 3 points.

Results of the 5th round

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

Standings after 5 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	4
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	3½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	3
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	3
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	2½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2     Na6 9. c5 Re8 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Bb5     Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rb7 17. Nd7 Rb4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Qc6 Rxb2   Qxa6 Qd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. h3 Qe6 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Rd7 Rb3 27.     Qd1 Rb1 28. Qxb1 Qxd7 29. Qb7 a5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         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. Ne5 c5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Na4 cxd4     Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Qb4+ Qd6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qb4+ Qd6   Qd4 Rc8 22. Qxa7+ Rc7 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. Qa7+ Kf8 25. Bf3 g5 26. Nb6 Rxa2 27.     Rc1 g4 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Nd7+ Kg8 30. h3 Qa3 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Rc5 Rxe2 33. Qf8+   Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B06"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "55"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. e5 b6 8.     Nf3 Nh6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Be3 Kc7 11. O-O-O a6 12. h3 f6 13. g4 fxe5 14. fxe5 e6     Ng5 Nd4 16. Nce4 Ra7 17. Rhf1 Kb8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe5   Bf4 Re7 22. g5 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Rf8 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Nf6 Kc8 27.     Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd7 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "108"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4     dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. Rfd1   Bc7 15. h3 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bg6 17. Ra4 Nd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ng5 Bd6     b5 Nb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nge4 Be7 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Kh2 Be6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27.     Nxb7 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 cxb5 29. cxb5 Kf7 30. Ne3 Nd3 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5+ Kf6 33.   Kg2 Nxb2 34. Kf3 Nd1 35. Bc6 Ke6 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 Nd5 38. Kc4 Nf6 39. Kd3   Kf5 40. h4 e4+ 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. f3 exf3 43. Bxf3 Kf5 44. Be2 g6 45. Bf3 Nh5 46.   g4+ Kf4 47. Bd1 Nf6 48. g5 Ne4 49. Bb3 Nc5 50. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 51. Kd3 Kg4 52. Bg8   Kxh4 53. Bxh7 Kxg5 54. Ke2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.5"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D11"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O     Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Rad8 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15.   bxc3 Bc2 16. Re1 e5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. Bb2 Bd6 21. e4   Qa5 22. a4 exd4 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Rec1 c5 25. Rd1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bc3 27. Bxc3   Qxc3 28. Qb5 b6 29. Rac1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qc2 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Qf5 Re8 33. Qb5 Rc8     Qa6 Rc4 35. Qxa7 Rxa4 36. Qxb6 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qc1 38. f3 Qe1 39. Rd3 Nh5 40.     f4 Ra2 41. Qe3 Re2 42. Qg1 Qb4 43. Re3 Rd2 44. e5 Qd4 45. Re1 Qc3 46. Re3 Qc2     e6 fxe6 48. Rxe6 Nxg3 49. Kxg3 Rxg2+ 50. Qxg2 Qb3+ 51. Qf3 Qxe6 52. Qd3 Kf7     1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.6"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1     h6 9. h3 e6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.   Qa3 Rxc3 16. Qxa7 Qc6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Bb5 Nd3 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21.   Nf3 Rxb3 22. Rfc1 Rc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rb1 Ne4 25. Qxb7 Qc2 26. Rf1 Bd6 27.   Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Qd7 Ne4 29. Ne5 Nd2 30. Ra1 Ne4 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

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

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 15, 2016 - 10:46 |February 15, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Batsiashvili-Pogonina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 3.5 out of 4, Dzagnidze is 2nd with 3, while Ju, Koneru and Zhao are on 2.5. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 4th round

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

Standings after 4 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	3½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	3
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	2½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	2
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	1½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	1½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	½

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Batsiashvili, N."]   [Black "Pogonina, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D35"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.     h3 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bd3 Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5     Bd3 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd6 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. gxf5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxh3+   Ke2 Bxf5 22. Rg3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Rad8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. Rag1 g6   b3 c5 28. Qc4 Qe7 29. Rc1 b6 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. Rc4 Qd3# 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, S."]   [Black "Ju Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E11"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3     c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6     Bb2 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rae1 Be4   Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Qd4 Qc6   Re1 a5 28. h4 axb4 29. axb4 Re8 30. Re3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33.     Kh2 Qc7+ 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Gunina, V."]   [Black "Cramling, P."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D41"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "177"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.     Bg5 Nc6 9. Qf4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Qa5     Nb5 Qb4 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. a3 Qg4 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Rc2 Qxg3 21.     hxg3 d4 22. e4 a6 23. Nc7 Bd7 24. Nd5 Bg5 25. Rc7 Rfe8 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Nxd4 Be6     f4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Bf6 30. b4 Rxd5 31. Nf3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Nc6 33. Rxb7 Nd4   Kh2 Re3 35. a4 g6 36. Rb6 Re6 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. a5 Nxf3+ 39. Bxf3 Rd6 40.     Rb7 Bc3 41. Be2 Rc6 42. b5 axb5 43. Bxb5 Rc8 44. a6 Bd4 45. Rd7 Bb6 46. g4 Rc3     Bd3 Bf2 48. g3 Kf8 49. Kg2 Be3 50. Kf3 Bg1 51. Ke4 Kg7 52. Ke5 Bf2 53. Rd6     Rc7 54. Ke4 Bc5 55. Rd8 Bf2 56. Kf3 Ba7 57. Bb5 Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Rh8 Kd6 60.   Rxh6 Kc5 61. Bf1 Re7+ 62. Kf3 Kd4 63. g5 Rc7 64. Rh2 Rc3+ 65. Kg4 Kd5 66. Rb2   Rc7 67. Bg2+ Kd6 68. Rd2+ Ke7 69. Bd5 Rd7 70. Re2+ Kf8 71. Bc6 Rc7 72. Re8+ Kg7     Bd5 Rd7 74. Bb3 Bg1 75. Rb8 Ba7 76. Rb5 Kf8 77. Kf3 Ke7 78. g4 Rd3+ 79. Ke2     Rd7 80. f5 gxf5 81. gxf5 Rc7 82. f6+ Kd6 83. Rd5+ Kc6 84. Rd8 Kb5 85. g6 fxg6     f7 Bc5 87. Rd5 Rc8 88. Ba4+ Kxa4 89. Rxc5 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Koneru, H."]   [Black "Harika, D."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E81"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5     Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 b5 11. cxb5 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Neg4 14. Bf4 Ne3     Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nge4 Bd4 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Rae1 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7   Bd3 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. Bxb5 Bd7 25. Qe2 Be5 26. Qf2 Bxb5 27.     axb5 Rb8 28. h3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qf2 Rb7 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Qf2 Rb7 33. Qf3   1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Stefanova, A."]   [Black "Dzagnidze, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O     Rc8 9. Re1 Nh6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Nf5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. h3 Bxf3     Bxf3 Nfd4 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 f5 18. Bd5+ Kf8 19. a3 Na5 20. b4 Ndb3 21.     Bxb3 Nxb3 22. Rc2 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rec1 Rec8 26. Rb2 b6 27.   Re2 Rxc3 28. Bxe7+ Kf7 29. Rce1 Rc1 30. Bb4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bf8 32. Kf1 Rc4 33.   Rd1 Bxb4 34. axb4 Ke6 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. h4 Kd5 38. Kd3 Ke5+ 39. Ke3   h6 40. g3 Rc7 41. Ra3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ra1 f4 44. g4 f3 45. h5 g5 46. Kc3   Ke4 47. Ra4 b5 48. Ra6 Kf4 49. Rxh6 Kxg4 50. Kd2 Re7 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Zhao Xue"]   [Black "Zhukova, N."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A12"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. d4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3     Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bd6 10. Rg1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Qc2 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bc3 Qe7 15.   Bb2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Rf8 18. Qf3 Rf7 19. Ke2 Qd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Rgc1   Qb6 22. Rcb1 Ne4 23. Be1 c5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4   Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bf8 29. Ra5 Qe6 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Qd1 h6 32. Bc2 b6 33. Bb3 Kh7 34.   Rxd5 Qf6 35. Re5 Qh4 36. Qf3 Rc1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4+ Kh8 39. Qe6 Rxe1+ 40.   Kg2 Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qxf8+ Kh7 43. Bg8+ 1-0

Pairings of the 5th round

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

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By Yelena Dembo | February 14, 2016 - 06:48 |February 14, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alena L'Ami)

Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 2.5 out of 3, while Zhukova, Koneru, Dzagnidze and Ju are on 2.

Results of the 3rd round

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

Standings after 3 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	2
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	2
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	2
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	1½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	1
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D85"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "68"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.     Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4   g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. h4 Rac8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Re1 Qc2 20. Nxg5 Bxe2     Rxe2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nc4 23. e5 Rfd8 24. d6 exd6 25. exd6 Rd7 26. Re7 Rxe7   dxe7 Bf6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ne4 Bb2 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 b5 32. Rb1 Bf6 33.     Rxb5 Bxe7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     bxc3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e4 Qd6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nxc4   Nxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. cxd4 Qc6 18. Ba2 Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2   Rxa3 21. Bxe6 Rxa1 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Kd3 a6 25. f4 b5 26. d5 a5     e5 b4 28. Kc4 Rc8+ 29. Kd4 Ra8 30. Kc4 Rc8+ 31. Kd4 Ra8 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.     dxe4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Na5 Nc5     Nf5 Bf8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. c4 bxc4 21.     Qxc4 c5 22. bxc5 Rac8 23. Be3 Nxc5 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rab1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ne6     Qa4 Nc5 28. Qc4 Ne6 29. Qa4 Nc5 30. Qa5 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Ne6 33.     Qd5 Qxd5 34. exd5 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Bc5 39.   Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. f4 Bb6 42. Be4 Bc5 43. Bf3 Bb6 44. Be4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.     bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qh5   Nf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. Rae1 Be7     fxe6 fxe6 22. d5 exd5 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Rf4 Kd8 25. g3 Bh3 26. gxh4 Kd7 27.     Rf7 Re8 28. h5 Be6 29. Rg7 Rf8 30. h6 Kd6 31. h7 Bf6 32. Rg6 Be5 33. Bf5 Rxf5     Rxe6+ 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3     Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. dxc5   Bxc5 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Ba6 Bd6 17. Nd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Bb7     b4 Ne4 22. Ba6 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qc2 Qd5 27.     g4 Nf6 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. f3 Qg5 30. Qe2 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. f4 Ng3 33. Qa6 Qd5     Qc8+ Kh7 35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Qd7 Nf6 40.     Qxd5 Nxd5 41. e4 Nxf4 42. Rc7 f5 43. Nd7 Rf7 44. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.6"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D00"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "39"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ne5     Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. c4 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1   Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf3   1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

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

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By Yelena Dembo | February 13, 2016 - 06:48 |February 13, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Pogonina-Cramling (Photo by Alina l’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 2 out of 2. Four players (Koneru, Zhukova, Dzagnidze, Ju) have half a point less.

Results of the 2nd round

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

Standings after 2 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	2
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	1½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	1½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	1½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	1
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	0
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	0

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.1"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Cramling, Pia"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B83"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "97"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8.     Kh1 Bd7 9. Nb3 O-O 10. f4 a5 11. a4 Nb4 12. Bf3 e5 13. Be3 Qc7 14. Rf2 Rfc8 15.   Rd2 b6 16. Qe2 Qb7 17. f5 Bc6 18. Bg5 Ne8 19. Bxe7 Qxe7 20. Rad1 Rd8 21. Nc1   Nf6 22. Nd3 Na6 23. Nf2 Nc5 24. b3 Rab8 25. Kg1 Qc7 26. h3 Rd7 27. Ng4 Qd8 28.   Qe3 Nxg4 29. Bxg4 Qf6 30. Be2 Rbd8 31. Bb5 Bxb5 32. axb5 Qh4 33. g3 Qh5 34. Kg2   f6 35. Nd5 Rb7 36. Qf3 Qe8 37. Qe2 Rc8 38. g4 Kh8 39. h4 h6 40. Rh1 Kg8 41. Rh3   Ra8 42. Rd1 Qd8 43. Rg3 Nd7 44. g5 Kh7 45. gxh6 Kxh6 46. Rg6+ Kh7 47. Qh5+ Kg8     Rd3 Nf8 49. Rdg3 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.2"]   [White "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A57"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "66"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. Qc2 bxc4 5. e4 g6 6. Bxc4 d6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8. O-O     O-O 9. Re1 Nbd7 10. h3 Nh5 11. Bd2 Nb6 12. Be2 e5 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. e5 dxe5 15.   Nc3 Nf4 16. Bxf4 exf4 17. Rad1 Qe7 18. Ne4 Bb7 19. Qxc5 Qxc5 20. Nxc5 Bd5 21.   Ba6 Bxb2 22. Nxe6 Bxf3 23. gxf3 Rf5 24. Nd8 Rf8 25. Nc6 Rf6 26. Re2 Ba3 27. Bb7   Raf8 28. Nxa7 R6f7 29. Nb5 Rxb7 30. Nxa3 Ra8 31. Rd3 Rba7 32. Rb2 Rxa3 33. Rxa3   Rxa3 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.3"]   [White "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E53"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "126"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 d5 7. cxd5 exd5 8.     dxc5 Bxc5 9. h3 Nc6 10. O-O Be6 11. b3 Rc8 12. Bb2 Qe7 13. Rc1 Rfd8 14. Ne2 Ba3     Bxa3 Qxa3 16. Bb1 a6 17. Ned4 h6 18. Rc2 Nxd4 19. Nxd4 Rxc2 20. Qxc2 Rc8   Qd2 Bd7 22. Rd1 Ne4 23. Bxe4 dxe4 24. Ne2 Bb5 25. Nf4 Qc5 26. a4 Bc6 27.     Qb2 Be8 28. Nd5 Bc6 29. Qd4 Qxd4 30. Rxd4 Bxd5 31. Rxd5 Rc1+ 32. Kh2 Rb1 33.   Rd8+ Kh7 34. Rd7 Rxb3 35. Rxf7 Rb4 36. a5 Rb5 37. h4 Kg6 38. Rd7 Kf6 39. Kg3 g6     Kf4 Rxa5 41. Rxb7 Rf5+ 42. Kg3 Re5 43. Ra7 a5 44. Ra6+ Kf7 45. Kf4 Rf5+ 46.     Kxe4 Rxf2 47. g3 Rf5 48. g4 Rb5 49. Kf3 Rc5 50. e4 Rc3+ 51. Kf4 Rh3 52. Ra7+   Ke6 53. Ra6+ Kf7 54. Ke5 Rxh4 55. Ra7+ Kg8 56. Kf6 Rxg4 57. e5 Rf4+ 58. Kxg6   Kf8 59. Rxa5 Ke7 60. Ra6 Rf1 61. Kxh6 Re1 62. e6 Rxe6+ 63. Rxe6+ Kxe6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.4"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A40"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "87"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. g3 Nf6 6. Nc3 O-O 7. Bg2 e6 8. O-O     exd5 9. cxd5 Re8 10. Bf4 Ne4 11. Nxe4 Rxe4 12. Nd2 Rxf4 13. gxf4 Bxb2 14. Rb1   Bg7 15. Qb3 Na6 16. Nc4 Nc7 17. a4 b6 18. e4 Ba6 19. Rfc1 Ne8 20. Qg3 Qe7 21.   Rb3 Rd8 22. Re3 Bd4 23. Ree1 Nf6 24. e5 Nh5 25. Qg4 Bxc4 26. Rxc4 dxe5 27. Rxd4   cxd4 28. fxe5 d3 29. Qd4 Qg5 30. h4 Qf5 31. Re4 Rc8 32. d6 Rd8 33. Qxd3 Nf4 34.   Qd4 Nxg2 35. Kxg2 Qe6 36. Rf4 Re8 37. Rf6 Qd7 38. h5 Qc6+ 39. Kh2 Qc5 40. Qxc5   bxc5 41. hxg6 hxg6 42. e6 fxe6 43. d7 Rd8 44. Rxe6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.5"]   [White "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "76"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bg5 c5 7. Bxc4 cxd4 8.     Nxd4 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Qa5 10. Bxf6 Qxc3+ 11. Kf1 gxf6 12. Rc1 Qa5 13. h4 Bd7 14.   Rh3 Nc6 15. Nb5 Ne5 16. Nd6+ Ke7 17. Nxb7 Qb6 18. Rb3 Ba4 19. Rxb6 Bxd1 20.   Rbb1 Rhc8 21. Na5 Ba4 22. Rb7+ Kf8 23. f4 Nd3 24. Rc3 Nc5 25. Rb2 Nxe4 26. Ra3   Be8 27. Bd3 Rc1+ 28. Ke2 f5 29. Nb3 Rc3 30. Ra5 Nf6 31. Nc5 Rc8 32. Nb7 Rb8 33.   Rxa7 Nd5 34. g3 Rc7 35. Kd2 Ne7 36. g4 fxg4 37. Be4 f5 38. Bc2 Nc6 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.12"]   [Round "2.6"]   [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A05"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c5 4. O-O Nc6 5. d4 Bg4 6. Ne5 cxd4 7. Nxg4 Nxg4 8.     e4 Nf6 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. c3 e6 11. cxd4 Bb4 12. Nc3 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Nxc3 14. Qb3   Nxd4 15. Qxb7 Rb8 16. Qxa7 O-O 17. Kh1 Nc2 18. Bf4 Nxa1 19. Bxb8 Qxb8 20. Qxb8   Rxb8 21. Rxa1 Kf8 22. Bf1 Rb4 23. a3 Ra4 24. Kg2 Ke7 25. Kf3 Kd6 26. Bd3 h6 27.   Bc2 Rd4 28. Ke3 Kc5 29. Bb3 Nd5+ 30. Bxd5 Rxd5 31. Rc1+ Kb6 32. Rc4 Rb5 33. Rd4   Kc6 34. Ra4 Rb3+ 35. Ke2 Rb2+ 36. Kf3 f5 37. h4 g5 38. h5 Kd5 39. Ra5+ Kd6 40.   Ra7 Ke5 41. Rh7 Ra2 42. Rxh6 g4+ 43. Kg2 Rxa3 44. Rg6 Ra7 45. h6 Rh7 46. f3 Kd6     fxg4 fxg4 48. Kf2 Ke7 49. Ke3 Kf7 50. Rxg4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 3rd round

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

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