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Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 2 (of 4 classical ones)

By Yelena Dembo | November 28, 2012 - 10:40 |November 28, 2012 Tournaments

The 2nd game was drawn today. Looks like Black has a fine game and perhaps could have gone for more than a draw had she played 13…Nd6 and exchanged the Bishop.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.28"]  [Round "47.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "34"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:24:55"]  [BlackClock "0:38:05"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e4 Bb4 5. Bd2 dxc4 6. Nf3 b5 7. a4 a5 8. axb5  Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. Qd2 Nf6 11. Qg5 O-O 12. Qxb5 Nxe4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Qb3 a4  15. Rxa4 Rxa4 16. Qxa4 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bb7 1/2-1/2

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FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 5

By Yelena Dembo | November 27, 2012 - 12:53 |November 27, 2012 Tournaments

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After 4 rounds Morozevich leads the event with 3 points, there are 4 players after him with 2.5 points.

Pairings of today’s round

Ponomariov-Morozevich 1-0
Mamedyarov-Caruana 1/2
Karjakin-Leko 1/2
Wang Hao-Kasimdzhanov 0-1
Gelfand-Kamsky 0-1
Dominguez-Svidler 1/2

Kamsky won his first game today and Morozevich lost for the first time. This allowed the players behind to catch him, so now 1st to 5th are: Morozevich, Mamedyarov, Caruana, Kasimdzhanov and Karjakin.

Games of the round

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C45"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nxc6 bxc6 6. e5 Qe7 7. Qe2 Nd5 8.  c4 Nb6 9. Nc3 Qe6 10. Qe4 Bb4 11. Bd2 Ba6 12. b3 Bxc3 13. Bxc3 d5 14. Qf3 dxc4  15. Rc1 O-O-O 16. Be2 Kb7 17. O-O cxb3 18. Bxa6+ Kxa6 19. axb3 Kb7 20. Ra1 Rd5  21. Qe2 Rb5 22. b4 Ra8 23. Rfc1 a6 24. h3 Nd5 25. Bd2 Nxb4 26. Rc4 a5 27. f4  Qd5 28. Rac1 Rd8 29. Be3 Nd3 30. R1c2 c5 31. Ra4 Kb6 32. Rca2 Nb2 33. Qxb2 Qd1+  34. Kh2 Qxa4 35. Bxc5+ Kb7 36. Qf2 Qb3 37. Ra3 Qc4 38. Be3 g6 39. Qe1 Rd3 40.  Qe2 Rbd5 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander "]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C07"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 bxc6 8.  Bd3 Bd6 9. Qe2 Qc7 10. Nf3 dxe4 11. Qxe4 Nf6 12. Qh4 h6 13. O-O c5 14. Nd2 Nd5  15. Nc4 Bf4 16. Re1 Rb8 17. Be4 Bxc1 18. Raxc1 Nb6 19. Ne3 O-O 20. b3 f5 21.  Bd3 e5 22. f3 Rbe8 23. Rcd1 Kh8 24. c3 Rf6 25. Bc2 Be6 26. Rd2 a5 27. c4 Nc8  28. Bxf5 Rxf5 29. Nxf5 Bxf5 30. Qh5 Rf8 31. Rd5 Kh7 32. Rdxe5 Bg6 33. Qh4 Rd8  34. Qg3 Bf7 35. Qf4 Bg6 36. h4 Rd4 37. Qf8 Qd7 38. h5 Bf7 39. Qxc5 a4 40. Re7  Nxe7 41. Rxe7 Rd1+ 42. Kh2 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E20"]  [WhiteElo "2775"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2  dxc4 9. O-O Nc6 10. e3 Rd8 11. Qa4 a6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. Qc2 Na5 14. Rfd1 Qe7 15.  a3 Bd6 16. Nce4 Bc6 17. Nxc4 Nxc4 18. Qxc4 Bd5 19. Qc2 Bxe4 20. Qxe4 c6 21. h4  h5 22. b4 a5 23. Rab1 g6 24. Rd3 Rd7 25. b5 Bxa3 26. bxc6 bxc6 27. Qxc6 Rad8  28. Rc3 Bb4 29. Rc4 Qd6 30. Qa4 Rc7 31. Rbc1 Rdc8 32. Bc6 e5 33. d5 Kg7 34. Kg2  Qf6 35. Qb5 Qd6 36. R1c2 Re7 37. Qa4 Rb8 38. Qb3 Rc8 39. Qd3 Rd8 40. Qe2 Qf6  41. Qd3 Qd6 42. Qe2 Qf6 43. Qd3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D47"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3  Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. b3 Bb7 11. Bb2 b4 12. Ne4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 Nf6 14. Bc2 c5 15.  dxc5 Bxc5 16. Ng5 Qxd1 17. Rfxd1 Be7 18. Nxh7 Nxh7 19. Rd7 Bf6 20. Bxf6 Bc8 21.  Bxh7+ Kxh7 22. Rd8 Rxd8 23. Bxd8 a5 24. f3 e5 25. Rc1 Be6 26. Be7 Ra7 27. Bd6  f6 28. Rc6 Bd5 29. Rb6 a4 30. Rxb4 axb3 31. axb3 Ra1+ 32. Kf2 Rb1 33. Rh4+ Kg8  34. b4 g5 35. Rg4 Be6 36. Rg3 Bc4 37. e4 Rb2+ 38. Kg1 Rb1+ 39. Kf2 Rb2+ 40. Ke1  Kf7 41. Bc5 Be6 42. h3 Bc4 43. h4 gxh4 44. Rg4 Bb5 45. Rxh4 Re2+ 46. Kd1 Rxg2  47. f4 Kg6 48. fxe5 fxe5 49. Rh8 Rg4 50. Rg8+ Kh5 51. Rh8+ Kg6 52. Rg8+ Kh5 53.  Rh8+ Kg6 54. Rg8+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A88"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 f5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 d6 4. Nf3 g6 5. O-O Bg7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. d5 e5  9. dxe6 Bxe6 10. b3 Na6 11. Bb2 Qe7 12. Ng5 Bd7 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nh3 Be6 15. Rad1  Rad8 16. Ba3 Nc5 17. f4 Qc7 18. Nf2 Rfe8 19. Kh1 Qb6 20. Qc2 d5 21. cxd5 cxd5  22. Nxd5 Nxd5 23. Bxc5 Qc7 24. Rd2 Bc3 25. Nd3 b6 26. Bf2 Bxd2 27. Qxd2 Qc3 28.  Qc1 Qxc1 29. Rxc1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Nc3 31. Bf3 Nxe2 32. Re1 Nc3 33. Nb4 Ne4 0-1

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "5"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C78"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d3 Bc5 6. O-O b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3  O-O 9. Re1 Ne7 10. a4 Rb8 11. axb5 axb5 12. Nbd2 Ng6 13. Nf1 Bb6 14. Be3 c5 15.  Bg5 Be6 16. Bxe6 fxe6 17. c4 bxc4 18. dxc4 Ne7 19. Ng3 h6 20. Bxf6 Rxf6 21. Re3  Nc6 22. Ne1 Nd4 23. Nd3 Ra8 24. Rb1 Qd7 25. Ne2 Nc6 26. Nc3 Nd4 27. Ne2 Nc6 28.  h3 Rf7 29. Nc3 Nd4 30. Ne2 Nc6 31. Nc3 Nd4 32. Rg3 Bd8 33. Qg4 Bg5 34. h4 Bf4  35. Rh3 Qb7 36. Rd1 Qb3 37. Kh1 Qc2 38. Nb5 Nxb5 39. cxb5 Kh8 40. b3 Rb7 41.  Rg1 c4 42. Nxf4 exf4 43. Qxe6 cxb3 44. Rxb3 Qxf2 45. Qg4 Rab8 46. Rc1 Rxb5 47.  Rc7 Rg8 48. Rxb5 Qf1+ 49. Kh2 Qxb5 50. Qxf4 Qe8 51. Rb7 Qe6 52. Rb6 Re8 53.  Rxd6 Qxe4 54. Qxe4 1/2-1/2

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Khanty Mansiysk – final/game 1 (of 4 classical ones)

By Yelena Dembo | November 27, 2012 - 12:43 |November 27, 2012 Tournaments

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Today the final has started! Stefanova played the Bogo-Indian and towards the end of the opening had a large advantage on the clock. Black was better for most of the middlegame and after but white managed to draw.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.27"]  [Round "46.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "72"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:32"]  [BlackClock "0:00:48"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. e3 O-O 7. Nc3 Qe7 8.  Rc1 Rd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 Nbd7 11. O-O c6 12. Qc2 Re8 13. Rb1 a5 14. a3 Ne4  15. b4 axb4 16. axb4 Ndf6 17. b5 Ra3 18. Rb3 Rxb3 19. Qxb3 Bg4 20. Bxe4 Nxe4  21. Qc2 Bxf3 22. gxf3 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Nxc3 24. Qxc3 Qh5 25. Kg2 Re6 26. Ra1 h6 27.  bxc6 Rxc6 28. Qd3 Rg6+ 29. Kf1 Qxf3 30. Ra8+ Kh7 31. Rb8 f5 32. Rf8 Rg5 33. h4  Rh5 34. Qc2 Qe4 35. Qc8 Qe7 36. Rxf5 Qe6 1/2-1/2

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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

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