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FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 3

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2012 - 16:22 |November 25, 2012 Tournaments

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So far Morozevich is a sole leader with 2 out of 2.

The pairings are:

Gelfand-Morozevich 1/2

Karjakin-Wang Hao 1/2

Mamedyarov-Svidler 1-0

Ponomariov-Leko 1/2

Dominguez-Kasimdzhanov 1/2

Caruana-Kamsky 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Segery Karjakin"]  [Black "Wang Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C10"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "138"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nd7 5. Nf3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 Nxe4 7. Bxe4 Nf6  8. Bg5 Qd6 9. Bd3 Qb4+ 10. Bd2 Qxb2 11. O-O Be7 12. c4 O-O 13. Re1 Qb6 14. Bc3  Qd6 15. Ne5 b5 16. c5 Qd5 17. Bxb5 Bb7 18. f3 Qd8 19. Nc6 Bxc6 20. Bxc6 Nd5 21.  Qd3 Rb8 22. Qc4 Nxc3 23. Qxc3 Bf6 24. Rad1 g6 25. Qc4 Bg7 26. d5 exd5 27. Qxd5  Qf6 28. Ba4 Rb2 29. Bb3 Qh4 30. Kh1 Qf2 31. f4 Qxf4 32. Rf1 Rf2 33. Qc4 Rxf1+  34. Rxf1 Qxc4 35. Bxc4 h5 36. g3 Be5 37. Re1 Re8 38. Bb5 Rb8 39. a4 f6 40. Rd1  Kg7 41. Rd7+ Kh6 42. Kg2 a6 43. Bxa6 Rb2+ 44. Kh1 Rc2 45. Bf1 Rxc5 46. Rd2 Rc1  47. Kg2 Ra1 48. Bb5 c5 49. Kf3 Kg5 50. Rd5 Ra3+ 51. Ke2 h4 52. Rxc5 hxg3 53.  hxg3 Kg4 54. a5 Kxg3 55. a6 Ra5 56. Rd5 g5 57. Bc4 Ra4 58. Bb5 Ra5 59. Bc4 Ra4  60. Bb5 Ra2+ 61. Rd2 Ra5 62. Bc4 f5 63. Rd5 Rxd5 64. Bxd5 Bb8 65. Be6 f4 66.  Kd3 g4 67. Ke4 f3 68. Kf5 Ba7 69. Kg5 f2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D94"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 g6 6. Bd3 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. h3 b5  9. b3 Nbd7 10. Qc2 Bb7 11. c5 Ne8 12. Bb2 Nc7 13. b4 a5 14. a3 Ne6 15. Nd2 Qc7  16. f4 axb4 17. axb4 Rxa1 18. Rxa1 Ra8 19. Rxa8+ Bxa8 20. Nf3 Bb7 21. g4 Bc8  22. Bc1 Nf6 23. Qa2 h6 24. Ne5 g5 25. Bf5 Nd8 26. Bd3 gxf4 27. exf4 Nd7 28. Nf3  Ne6 29. Ne2 Qb7 30. Be3 Qa6 31. Qb2 Nef8 32. Ng3 e6 33. Nh5 Bh8 34. f5 Nf6 35.  Bxh6 Ne4 36. f6 Nxf6 37. Ne5 Ne4 38. Bxe4 dxe4 39. Qf2 Bxe5 40. dxe5 Qa1+ 41.  Kg2 f5 42. exf6 Kf7 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Qd2 Kf7 45. Qd8 Qb2+ 46. Kg3 Qc3+ 47. Kh4  Qe1+ 48. Ng3 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "99"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3  Bb7 9. d3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nbd2 f6 12. c4 bxc4 13. Nxc4 Bb4 14. Bd2 Kh8 15.  d4 exd4 16. Bxb4 Ndxb4 17. a3 Nd5 18. Nxd4 Nf4 19. Nxc6 Bxc6 20. Qxd8 Rfxd8 21.  f3 Bd5 22. Rad1 g5 23. Rd2 Bg8 24. Red1 Rxd2 25. Rxd2 Rb8 26. Ba2 a5 27. b4  axb4 28. axb4 Rxb4 29. Ne3 Bxa2 30. Rxa2 h5 31. Rc2 Rb3 32. Nf5 Rc3 33. Rxc3  Ne2+ 34. Kf2 Nxc3 35. h4 Kh7 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg5 fxg5 38. fxg4 Kg6 39. Ke3 Kf6  40. Kd4 Nd1 41. Kd5 Nf2 42. Ne3 c5 43. Nc4 Nxg4 44. Kxc5 Nh2 45. Kd4 g4 46. Ke3  g3 47. Nd2 Nf1+ 48. Nxf1 g2 49. Kf2 gxf1=Q+ 50. Kxf1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B90"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "37"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. h3 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. Be3  O-O 9. Qf3 b5 10. a3 Bb7 11. Bd3 Nbd7 12. O-O Rc8 13. Rfd1 Nb6 14. Nd2 Nfd7 15.  Qg3 Nc5 16. Bh6 Ne6 17. Be3 Nc5 18. Bh6 Ne6 19. Be3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D94"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Be2 e6 7. O-O b6 8. b4  dxc4 9. Bxc4 Bb7 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Ba3 Re8 12. Qe2 c5 13. dxc5 bxc5 14. bxc5 Bf8  15. Bb5 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Bxc5 17. Ne5 Bxa3 18. Nxd7 Rxc3 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Bxe8  Be4 21. Qg4 Bd5 22. Qd4 Qxd4 23. Rxd4 a6 24. h3 Kf8 25. Bd7 Bd6 26. e4 Bc5 27.  Rdd1 Bxe4 28. Rac1 Bb4 29. Rxc3 Bxc3 30. Rc1 Bd4 31. a5 Ke7 32. Bc8 Bb2 33. Rc5  Bd3 34. Bb7 Bb5 35. Rc8 Be5 36. Ra8 Bc7 37. Bxa6 Bc6 38. Ra7 Kd6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D91"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2748"]  [Annotator "Robot 6"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bf4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8.  e3 b5 9. a4 c6 10. Qb1 Qd7 11. Ne5 Bxe5 12. Bxe5 O-O 13. Be2 Bb7 14. O-O a6 15.  Qb2 c5 16. dxc5 Nc6 17. Rfd1 Qf5 18. Bg3 Qxc5 19. Rd7 Bc8 20. Rc7 Ra7 21. Rxa7  Nxa7 22. axb5 axb5 23. Bf3 Nc6 24. Bxc6 Qxc6 25. Qb4 Bb7 26. f3 Qd7 27. e4 Ra8  28. Rxa8+ Bxa8 29. h3 f6 30. Qa5 Bc6 31. Qc7 Qxc7 32. Bxc7 1/2-1/2

Khanty Mansiysk Round 5/game 2

By Yelena Dembo | November 24, 2012 - 11:00 |November 24, 2012 Tournaments

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Photos of the remaining players

Today we have the 2nd game and the pairs are:

Harika-Stefanova (Stefanova leads 1-0, so Harika has to win by force in order to get to tie-breaks) – the game ended in a draw, so Stefanova is in the final.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "38.1"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2512"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:08:30"]  [BlackClock "0:44:19"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 a6 6. c5 Nbd7 7. Qc2 Qe7 8. b4 e5  9. Be2 e4 10. Nd2 g6 11. Nb3 Bg7 12. a4 Nf8 13. Ra3 Ne6 14. b5 O-O 15. bxc6  bxc6 16. Na2 h5 17. h3 Nh7 18. Bd2 f5 19. Na5 Qc7 20. Qb1 f4 21. Qb6 fxe3 22.  Bxe3 Qxb6 23. cxb6 Nxd4 24. b7 Bxb7 25. Bxd4 Bxd4 26. Nxb7 Bxf2+ 27. Kd1 a5 28.  Nc1 Ra7 29. Rb3 Ng5 30. Rf1 Ne6 31. Nd6 Nc5 32. Rb6 Rc7 33. Ne8 Rc8 34. Nd6 Rc7  35. Ne8 Rc8 36. Nd6 1/2-1/2

Ju Wenjun-Ushenina (1/2 in the first round, so all is possible :)) 1/2 again, proceeding to tie-breaks tomorrow.

 [Event "RLP Open 2012"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2012.11.24"]  [Round "38.2"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [PlyCount "35"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:37:58"]  [BlackClock "0:34:34"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 c6 3. c4 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3  Bg7 9. O-O O-O 10. Ne5 dxc4 11. Nxc4 Qe7 12. Rc1 Rd8 13. Qe2 b6 14. Rfd1 Bb7  15. Be4 Nd7 16. f4 Nf6 17. Bf3 Nd5 18. Ne5 1/2-1/2

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FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan) – Round 2

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2012 - 07:47 |November 24, 2012 Tournaments

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After the 1st round we have 2 leaders – Morozevich and Karjakin.

Today’s pairings:

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

Morozevich is the sole leader with 2 out of 2 so far.

The 2nd round games

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E12"]  [WhiteElo "2762"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. a3 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. Bg5 Be7 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3  dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nbd7 10. O-O c5 11. Qe2 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rfd1  Bxf3 15. Qxf3 cxd4 16. Bb5 Nf6 17. Rxd4 Rad8 18. Rxd8 Rxd8 19. Rc1 g6 20. Qe2  Rd5 21. Rd1 Qd6 22. Rxd5 Qxd5 23. h3 Ne4 24. Bd3 Qc6 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Qd2 Qb1+  27. Kh2 Qf5 28. Kg1 Qb1+ 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Kg1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Black "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "C84"]  [WhiteElo "2696"]  [BlackElo "2741"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. d3 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. a4  Rb8 9. axb5 axb5 10. Nc3 d6 11. Nd5 Nxd5 12. exd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 exd4 14. Bd2 Bd7  15. Ra7 Ra8 16. Qa1 Qb8 17. Rxa8 Qxa8 18. Qa5 Qxa5 19. Bxa5 Rc8 20. Ra1 Ra8 21.  Ra3 Ra7 22. Bd2 Rxa3 23. bxa3 Kf8 24. Ba5 Bd8 25. Kf1 Ke7 26. Ke2 f6 27. f3 c5  28. dxc6 Bxa5 29. cxd7 Kxd7 30. a4 bxa4 31. Bxa4+ Ke6 32. Bb3+ Ke5 33. g3 g5  34. Bf7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Leko, Peter"]  [Black "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B07"]  [WhiteElo "2732"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. Bd3 e6 7. g4 Bg6 8. g5  Nfd7 9. Nh4 d5 10. Nxg6 hxg6 11. Qg4 Qb6 12. Ne2 Na6 13. c3 dxe4 14. Bxe4 Nc7  15. Qf3 Nb5 16. a4 Nd6 17. a5 Qb5 18. Bd3 Qd5 19. Qxd5 cxd5 20. a6 b6 21. h4  Rc8 22. Ng3 Be7 23. Ke2 Kf8 24. Bf4 Nc4 25. h5 gxh5 26. Nxh5 Kg8 27. Bc1 g6 28.  Ng3 Rxh1 29. Nxh1 e5 30. dxe5 Ncxe5 31. Bb5 Nc5 32. Be3 Ne6 33. Rd1 Nc7 34. Bd3  Re8 35. f4 Bxg5 36. Nf2 Nxd3 37. Nxd3 Be7 38. Kf3 f6 39. Bd4 Kf7 40. Rh1 Nxa6  41. Ra1 Nc5 42. Bxc5 bxc5 43. f5 g5 44. Rxa7 Kf8 45. b4 c4 46. Nc5 Bxc5 47.  bxc5 Rc8 48. Ra6 Kf7 49. Ra7+ Kg8 50. Ra5 Re8 51. Ra7 Rc8 52. Ra5 Re8 53. Ra7  Rc8 54. Ra5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Svidler, Peter"]  [Black "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B30"]  [WhiteElo "2747"]  [BlackElo "2751"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "89"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e6 4. O-O Nge7 5. c3 a6 6. Ba4 b5 7. Bc2 Bb7 8. Re1  c4 9. a4 Ng6 10. b4 Nce5 11. axb5 axb5 12. Rxa8 Bxa8 13. Na3 Bc6 14. Nd4 Nf4  15. Nxc6 dxc6 16. d4 cxd3 17. Bxf4 Ng6 18. Bg3 dxc2 19. Qxd8+ Kxd8 20. Nxc2 e5  21. Ra1 Kc8 22. Ra7 f6 23. Ne3 Kb8 24. Ra1 Rg8 25. Nf5 Ne7 26. Nd4 Kb7 27. Ne6  Nc8 28. Rd1 Bd6 29. f3 g6 30. Bh4 Re8 31. Nc5+ Bxc5+ 32. bxc5 g5 33. Rd7+ Kb8  34. Be1 Re7 35. Rd8 Rf7 36. h4 Kc7 37. Rh8 gxh4 38. Bxh4 Ne7 39. Ra8 Kb7 40.  Rd8 Ng6 41. Be1 Kc7 42. Ra8 Kb7 43. Rd8 Kc7 44. Ra8 Kb7 45. Rd8 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2786"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "101"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. Bxc6 dxc6 6. h3 Be6 7. Qe2 Nd7 8.  Be3 Qe7 9. Bxc5 Qxc5 10. Nc3 Qd6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Nh4 O-O-O 13. Nf5 Bxf5 14.  exf5 Nf6 15. Rhe1 Rhe8 16. Qf3 Qd4 17. g4 h6 18. a3 a6 19. Re3 Re7 20. Kb1 Nd5  21. Nxd5 Qxd5 22. Qxd5 Rxd5 23. Rde1 f6 24. f4 Kd7 25. c3 b5 26. Kc2 Kd6 27. b3  Re8 28. Re4 Re7 29. b4 Re8 30. c4 bxc4 31. dxc4 Rd4 32. fxe5+ fxe5 33. bxc5+  Kxc5 34. Rxe5+ Rxe5 35. Rxe5+ Kxc4 36. Re7 c5 37. Rxg7 Rd3 38. h4 Rf3 39. Kd2  Kd4 40. Ke2 Rxa3 41. f6 Ra2+ 42. Kf3 Ra1 43. Kg2 Ra2+ 44. Kg3 Ra1 45. g5 hxg5  46. hxg5 Rf1 47. Rc7 a5 48. f7 a4 49. g6 a3 50. Ra7 Rf6 51. g7 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Wang, Hao"]  [Black "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D90"]  [WhiteElo "2737"]  [BlackElo "2726"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.  Bf4 c6 9. e4 b5 10. Qd3 Qa5 11. Be2 c5 12. O-O b4 13. Nd1 cxd4 14. Nxd4 Rd8 15.  Ne3 Ba4 16. Nb3 Bxb3 17. axb3 Rxd3 18. Rxa5 Nc6 19. Ra6 Rd2 20. Bc4 Nd4 21. Nf5  Ne2+ 22. Bxe2 Rxe2 23. Nxe7+ Kh8 24. f3 Nh5 25. Bd6 Rxb2 26. g4 Bd4+ 27. Kh1  Ng7 28. Nc6 Bc3 29. Rfa1 Rxb3 30. Rxa7 Rxa7 31. Rxa7 Ne6 32. Rxf7 Rb1+ 33. Kg2  b3 34. Rb7 b2 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kh8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ 1/2-1/2

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Khanty Mansiysk Round 5/game 1

By Yelena Dembo | November 23, 2012 - 07:43 |November 23, 2012 Tournaments

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Today the semi-final starts! The pairings are:

Stefanova-Harika 1-0

Ushenina-Ju Wenjun – 1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D35"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2512"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Bf4 Nf6 5. e3 O-O 6. a3 Nbd7 7. Nb5 Ne8 8. Nf3  c6 9. Nc3 f5 10. h3 Nd6 11. cxd5 exd5 12. Bd3 Nf6 13. Ne5 Nfe4 14. Ne2 Nf7 15.  O-O Bd6 16. Qc2 Qf6 17. f3 Neg5 18. h4 Ne6 19. Bxf5 Nxe5 20. Bxh7+ Kh8 21. dxe5  Bxe5 22. Bxe5 Qxe5 23. Kf2 d4 24. exd4 Nxd4 25. Qe4 Nxf3 26. gxf3 Qh2+ 27. Ke3  Bd7 28. Rad1 Qc7 29. Qc2 Bh3 30. Rg1 Qb6+ 31. Kd2 Be6 32. Qc3 Rf7 33. Bg6 Rf6  34. Kc1 Qf2 35. Qe5 Kg8 36. Nd4 Ba2 37. Bb1 Bd5 38. Rdf1 Qxh4 39. Rxg7+ 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.23"]  [Round "5.1"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E90"]  [WhiteElo "2452"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "55"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. h3 e5 7. d5 Nh5 8. g3 a5  9. Be3 f5 10. exf5 gxf5 11. Nh4 Nf4 12. gxf4 Qxh4 13. Rg1 Qe7 14. Be2 Nd7 15.  Qd2 Rf6 16. Nb5 exf4 17. Bxf4 Ne5 18. O-O-O Bd7 19. Nc3 Rg6 20. Bg5 Bf6 21.  Bxf6 Qxf6 22. f4 Rxg1 23. Rxg1+ Ng6 24. Bh5 Kg7 25. Rg5 Rg8 26. Qf2 b6 27. h4  Kf8 28. Bxg6 1/2-1/2

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Khanty-Mansiysk Round 4/tie-breaks

By Yelena Dembo | November 22, 2012 - 11:14 |November 22, 2012 Tournaments

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We have 3 matches today. First game:

Stefanova-Sebag 1-0

Ju-Huang 1/2

Zhao-Harika 0-1

Finished games:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Sebag, Marie"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A11"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2521"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. O-O Nbd7 6. Qc2 Nb6 7. a4 a5 8. Na3  Be6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. Nxc4 Bxe2 11. Ne5 Bh5 12. b4 e6 13. b5 Bd6 14. Bb2 O-O 15.  bxc6 Rc8 16. Qb1 Bxe5 17. cxb7 Rc5 18. d4 Bg6 19. Ne4 Rc4 20. Rd1 Bc7 21. Ba3  Re8 22. Nxf6+ gxf6 23. Qb5 Bc2 24. Re1 Bxa4 25. Qh5 Bc6 26. Qg4+ Kh8 27. Bxc6  Rxc6 28. Rab1 Qd5 29. Qe2 Nc4 30. Bc5 Bd6 31. Rec1 Bxc5 32. b8=Q Rxb8 33. Rxb8+  Kg7 34. Qxc4 Bxd4 35. Qxc6 Qa2 36. Qf3 f5 37. Rbc8 a4 38. R8c2 Qb3 39. Qxb3 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Huang, Qian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E70"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2465"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "200"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Bd3 O-O 6. Nge2 e5 7. d5 a5 8. O-O  Na6 9. Bg5 Qe8 10. Qd2 Bd7 11. f3 Kh8 12. b3 Ng8 13. Be3 f5 14. exf5 gxf5 15.  f4 e4 16. Bc2 Nf6 17. h3 Qe7 18. Rae1 c5 19. dxc6 bxc6 20. Rd1 Ne8 21. Na4 Rb8  22. Qxa5 Nb4 23. Bb1 Rg8 24. a3 Nd3 25. Bxd3 exd3 26. Rxd3 c5 27. Nac3 Bc6 28.  Nd5 Bxd5 29. cxd5 Nf6 30. Ng3 Nxd5 31. Bc1 Qf7 32. Qd2 Nf6 33. Nxf5 Ne4 34.  Nxd6 Nxd6 35. Rxd6 Rxb3 36. Rd7 Qf5 37. Qd5 Bd4+ 38. Kh2 Rxg2+ 39. Qxg2 Qxd7  40. Rf3 Rxf3 41. Qxf3 Qf5 42. Qa8+ Kg7 43. Qg2+ Kf7 44. Bd2 Qc2 45. Ba5 Qxg2+  46. Kxg2 c4 47. Kf3 c3 48. Ke2 c2 49. Kd2 Bb2 50. Kxc2 Bxa3 51. Kd3 Ke6 52. Ke4  Bb2 53. Bc7 Bc1 54. Be5 Ba3 55. f5+ Kf7 56. Kf4 Bc1+ 57. Ke4 Bg5 58. Kf3 Bd2  59. Kg4 Bc1 60. Bf4 Bb2 61. Kg5 Ba3 62. Be3 Bb4 63. h4 Be7+ 64. Kg4 Ba3 65. Bd4  Bc1 66. Be5 Bd2 67. Bc7 Bc1 68. Bd8 Bd2 69. Kh5 Bc1 70. Bg5 Ba3 71. Kh6 Kg8 72.  Be3 Be7 73. Bg5 Ba3 74. Bd2 Be7 75. Kh5 Kf7 76. Kg4 Bd6 77. h5 Be7 78. Bc3 Bd8  79. Kf4 Bb6 80. Be5 Ba5 81. Kg5 Bd2+ 82. Bf4 Bb4 83. Be3 Ba3 84. Kh6 Kg8 85. f6  Bb2 86. f7+ Kxf7 87. Kxh7 Bc3 88. Bf4 Bd4 89. Bd2 Bb2 90. Be3 Bc3 91. Kh6 Bf6  92. Bd2 Be7 93. Be3 Bf6 94. Bc5 Bd8 95. Bd4 Be7 96. Bb6 Bf6 97. Be3 Be7 98. Bd4  Bd8 99. Kh7 Bg5 100. Bc3 Bf4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.3"]  [White "Zhao, Xue"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E92"]  [WhiteElo "2565"]  [BlackElo "2512"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. d4 d6 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. e4 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4  Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 d5 11. exd5 cxd5 12. O-O Nc6 13. c5 Bf8 14. Nb3 Bh6 15.  Re1 a6 16. Na4 Be6 17. Nb6 Rb8 18. Bf1 Nh5 19. Nd4 Nxd4 20. Qxd4 Bg7 21. Qd2  Qf6 22. Rab1 d4 23. b4 Rbd8 24. Re4 g5 25. Rd1 d3 26. Qe3 Nf4 27. a4 Rf8 28. g3  Nh3+ 29. Bxh3 Bxh3 30. g4 Qc3 31. Qxg5 d2 32. Be3 Qb3 33. Rxd2 Rxd2 0-1

Second game:

Sebag-Stefanova 0-1 After winning 2-0 against Sebag, Stefanova continues to semi-finals

Huang-Ju 1/2 Proceeding to blitz match

Harika-Zhao 1/2 Harika is in semi-finals

Finished games:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Black "Zhao, Xue"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A30"]  [WhiteElo "2512"]  [BlackElo "2565"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "169"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. g3 Nf6 2. Bg2 c5 3. c4 e6 4. Nf3 a6 5. Nc3 b6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ra7 8. O-O  Bb7 9. e4 d6 10. Be3 Nbd7 11. Nb3 Ra8 12. a4 Ne5 13. a5 Nxc4 14. Bxb6 Qd7 15.  Qe2 Rc8 16. Rfd1 Qc6 17. Nd4 Qd7 18. Nb3 Qe7 19. Rd4 Ne5 20. Rad1 Nc6 21. R4d2  Nd7 22. Na4 Qf6 23. f4 Qg6 24. Bf2 Be7 25. Nb6 Nxb6 26. axb6 O-O 27. e5 d5 28.  Bf3 Rfd8 29. Bh5 Qh6 30. Bf3 g6 31. Rc2 Qf8 32. Rdc1 Qe8 33. Nd4 Nb4 34. Rc7 a5  35. Qb5 Na6 36. Qxe8+ Rxe8 37. Rxc8 Rxc8 38. Rxc8+ Bxc8 39. Nc6 Bb4 40. Be2 Kf8  41. Bxa6 Bxa6 42. Nxb4 axb4 43. Bc5+ Ke8 44. Bxb4 Kd7 45. Bc5 Kc6 46. b4 Kb5  47. Kf2 Kc4 48. Ke3 Kc3 49. g4 Kc2 50. Bd4 Kb3 51. b5 Bc8 52. Kd3 Kb4 53. h4 h5  54. g5 Bb7 55. Be3 Kxb5 56. Kc3 Ka4 57. Bc5 Ba6 58. Be3 Ka3 59. Bc5+ Ka2 60.  Kc2 Bc8 61. Bd6 Bb7 62. Bc5 Ba6 63. Bd4 Ka3 64. Kc3 Ka4 65. Bc5 Kb5 66. Bd4 Bc8  67. Kb3 Bb7 68. Kc3 Ka4 69. Bc5 Bc6 70. Bd4 Bb7 71. Bc5 Bc8 72. Bd4 Ka3 73.  Bc5+ Ka2 74. Kc2 Ba6 75. Bd4 Ka3 76. Kc3 Ka4 77. Bc5 Ka5 78. Bd4 Kb5 79. Kb3  Bc8 80. Kc3 Bb7 81. Kb3 Kc6 82. Kb4 Ba6 83. Ka5 Bb7 84. Kb4 Bc8 85. Ka5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Sebag, Marie"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2521"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "90"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bb7 7. d3 Be7 8. a4  O-O 9. Re1 d6 10. Nbd2 Na5 11. Ba2 c5 12. Nf1 b4 13. c3 bxc3 14. bxc3 Rb8 15.  Ng3 Bc8 16. d4 Qc7 17. h3 Re8 18. Nh4 g6 19. Bg5 c4 20. Qf3 Ng4 21. Bxe7 Qxe7  22. Nxg6 hxg6 23. hxg4 Qh4 24. dxe5 dxe5 25. Qe3 Bxg4 26. Qc5 Nb3 27. Qxc4 Be6  28. Qc7 Rbc8 29. Qb7 Rb8 30. Qa7 Ra8 31. Qe3 Nxa1 32. Rxa1 Bxa2 33. Rxa2 Red8  34. Ra1 Rd7 35. Qc5 Qf4 36. Nf1 Qxe4 37. Ne3 Rb8 38. c4 Rdb7 39. Rf1 Rb1 40. f3  Rxf1+ 41. Kxf1 Rb1+ 42. Kf2 Rb2+ 43. Kg3 Qf4+ 44. Kh3 Rb1 45. g3 Qxf3 0-1

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.4"]  [White "Huang, Qian"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A88"]  [WhiteElo "2465"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "125"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. Nf3 d6 2. d4 f5 3. c4 g6 4. Nc3 Nf6 5. g3 Bg7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Rb1  Qe8 9. d5 c5 10. Ng5 Na6 11. e4 fxe4 12. Ncxe4 Nc7 13. Re1 Nxe4 14. Nxe4 Qf7  15. Be3 Bf5 16. h3 Rad8 17. Qd2 b6 18. Rbd1 Kh8 19. Ng5 Qf6 20. g4 Bc8 21. b3  Qb2 22. Qd3 Na6 23. Qe4 Rde8 24. Rd2 Qf6 25. Qb1 Nc7 26. Qd1 b5 27. Rde2 Ba6  28. Ne4 Qf7 29. Qc2 h6 30. Bc1 Kh7 31. h4 Bc8 32. f3 Kg8 33. Bb2 a6 34. Bxg7  Qxg7 35. Qd2 b4 36. Ng3 a5 37. Re4 Bd7 38. Ne2 Rf6 39. Nf4 Rf7 40. Nd3 e5 41.  Nf2 Ref8 42. Nh1 Ne8 43. Ng3 Rf4 44. a4 Bc8 45. Rxf4 Rxf4 46. Re4 Rxe4 47. Nxe4  Bd7 48. Kf2 Kh7 49. Kg3 Qe7 50. Bf1 Nf6 51. Bd3 Nxe4+ 52. Bxe4 Kg7 53. Qe3 Qf6  54. Bc2 Be8 55. Be4 g5 56. hxg5 hxg5 57. Kg2 Qf4 58. Qxf4 exf4 59. Kf2 Kf6 60.  Ke2 Ke5 61. Kd3 Bf7 62. Bf5 Be8 63. Bh7 1/2-1/2

Blitz match:

The first game ended in a draw:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.5"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Huang, Qian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A35"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2465"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "141"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "600+10"]   1. c4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e3 Bg7 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Be2 O-O 8.  O-O d6 9. b3 Bd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. a3 Rc8 12. Rc1 Re8 13. h3 Nxd4 14. exd4 e5 15.  dxe5 dxe5 16. Nd5 Bc6 17. Nb4 Be4 18. Qxd8 Rcxd8 19. Rfd1 Nd7 20. c5 Nb8 21. f3  Bc6 22. Kf2 Rxd1 23. Rxd1 Bf8 24. Rc1 f6 25. Nxc6 Nxc6 26. b4 Rd8 27. Rd1 Nd4  28. Bc4+ Kg7 29. f4 a5 30. Bc3 Be7 31. g3 Kf8 32. Rd2 Rd7 33. g4 g5 34. fxe5  fxe5 35. Ke3 axb4 36. axb4 Bf6 37. Ke4 Ke7 38. Ra2 Nc6 39. Bd5 Nd4 40. Bc4 Nc6  41. b5 Nd4 42. Ra7 Ne6 43. Bxe6 Kxe6 44. c6 bxc6 45. Rxd7 Kxd7 46. bxc6+ Kxc6  47. Bxe5 Be7 48. Kf5 Kd7 49. Bf6 Bf8 50. Bxg5 Bg7 51. Bf6 Bf8 52. Bc3 Be7 53.  Bg7 Ke8 54. Ke6 Bg5 55. Bf6 Bd2 56. Be7 h6 57. Bd6 Bg5 58. Kf5 Kf7 59. Bf4 Bxf4  60. Kxf4 Kg6 61. h4 Kf6 62. Ke4 Ke6 63. Kd4 Kd6 64. Ke4 Ke6 65. Kd4 Kd6 66. Kc4  Ke5 67. Kd3 Kf4 68. g5 hxg5 69. h5 Kf5 70. Ke3 g4 71. h6 1/2-1/2

The 2nd game:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "4.6"]  [White "Huang, Qian"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "D90"]  [WhiteElo "2465"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "94"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "600+10"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 g6 5. Bf4 dxc4 6. a4 Bg7 7. e4 Bg4 8. Bxc4  Bxf3 9. gxf3 O-O 10. Be3 a5 11. Qb3 Qc7 12. e5 Nfd7 13. Rc1 Nb6 14. Be2 N8d7  15. f4 e6 16. h4 h5 17. Nb5 Qd8 18. Nd6 Rb8 19. f5 exf5 20. Bg5 Qc7 21. Nb5 Qc8  22. Be7 Qe8 23. Bxf8 Bxf8 24. Nc3 c5 25. e6 Qxe6 26. Qxe6 fxe6 27. dxc5 Nxc5  28. Rd1 Nbxa4 29. Nxa4 Nxa4 30. Bc4 Nc5 31. Ke2 b5 32. Ba2 Kf7 33. Rd2 Be7 34.  Rc1 a4 35. Rdc2 Rc8 36. Rd2 Rc7 37. Rd4 Rb7 38. Rc2 b4 39. Bc4 b3 40. Rc1 Bf6  41. Rd6 Bxb2 42. Rcd1 Rc7 43. Rb6 Bf6 44. Rdd6 a3 45. Rxe6 Nxe6 46. Bxe6+ Kg7  47. Bxb3 a2 0-1

So, Ju Wenjun became the last semi-finalist!

Semi-Final pairs:

Stefanova-Harika

Ushenina-Ju Wenjun

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