April 2014 – Page 8 – IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

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Yesterday was a white pieces day, as white won 5 games and drew 1!

Results of the 1st round

GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 ½ – ½ GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527
GM Ushenina Anna 2501 1 – 0 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321
GM Zhao Xue 2552 1 – 0 GM Lagno Kateryna 2543
WGM Girya Olga 2450 1 – 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 1 – 0 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340
GM Hou Yifan 2618 1 – 0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.6"]  [White "Hou Yifan (CHN)"]  [Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A13"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:25:04"]  [BlackClock "0:00:39"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Qxc4 a6 7. Qb3 c5 8.  d3 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. a4 Nb6 11. O-O Nbd5 12. Ne5 Qc7 13. Nc4 Bd7 14. Nxd5 Nxd5  15. Bxd5 exd5 16. Nb6 Rae8 17. Bf4 Qc6 18. Qxd5 Qxb6 19. Qxd7 Bf6 20. Bd6 Rd8  21. Bc7 Rxd7 22. Bxb6 Re8 23. Rfe1 Bxb2 24. Rab1 Ba3 25. Rb3 Bb4 26. Rc1 h6 27.  e4 a5 28. Bxc5 Rc8 29. Be3 Rdc7 30. Rxc7 Rxc7 31. d4 Rc2 32. d5 Kf8 33. Rb1 Ra2  34. Rc1 Rxa4 35. e5 Ra3 36. Rc8+ Ke7 37. Rc7+ Ke8 38. Rxb7 Rd3 39. Rb8+ Kd7 40.  Rb7+ Ke8 41. d6 f6 42. Rxg7 fxe5 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Bxh6+ Kg8 45. Rg7+ Kh8 46.  Ra7 Rxd6 47. Bg7+ Kg8 48. Bxe5 Rd5 49. Bc7 Bc3 50. Kg2 Be1 51. h4 Rd2 52. Bb6  Ra2 53. h5 Bd2 54. g4 a4 55. Bd4 a3 56. g5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.5"]  [White "Muzychuk, Anna (SLO)"]  [Black "Tuvshintugs, Batchimeg (MGL)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C55"]  [PlyCount "161"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:22"]  [BlackClock "0:00:32"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O d6 6. a4 Na5 7. Ba2 Be6 8. b4  Bxa2 9. Rxa2 Nc6 10. c3 a6 11. Re1 O-O 12. Qb3 Re8 13. c4 a5 14. b5 Nb4 15. Rd2  Nd7 16. Nc3 c5 17. Qd1 Nf8 18. Qe2 Bg5 19. Nxg5 Qxg5 20. Rdd1 Qg6 21. f4 exf4  22. Bxf4 Qf6 23. Qd2 Ng6 24. Rf1 Nxf4 25. Rxf4 Qe5 26. Rf5 Qd4+ 27. Kh1 g6 28.  Rf3 b6 29. Ne2 Qe5 30. Rdf1 Ra7 31. Ng1 Qd4 32. Ne2 Qe5 33. Rg3 Rd7 34. Nf4  Ree7 35. h4 Qf6 36. h5 Re5 37. Qe2 Qh4+ 38. Rh3 Qg5 39. Qf3 Qf6 40. Qg4 Rd8 41.  Kh2 Qg5 42. Qf3 Qf6 43. Rg3 Qh4+ 44. Kg1 Qf6 45. Qg4 Qg7 46. Qh4 Rde8 47. Qh3  R5e7 48. Kh1 Qh6 49. Qf5 Kh8 50. Qf6+ Qg7 51. Qxd6 Qe5 52. Qxb6 g5 53. Ne2 Re6  54. Qb7 R6e7 55. Qb6 Re6 56. Qxa5 Rh6 57. Qa7 Rxh5+ 58. Kg1 Re7 59. Qb6 Kg7 60.  d4 cxd4 61. Qxd4 Qxd4+ 62. Nxd4 Rxe4 63. Nf5+ Kg6 64. Nd6 Rd4 65. Nxf7 g4 66.  Re3 Kg7 67. Re7 Kf8 68. Rc7 Ke8 69. c5 Nd5 70. Nd6+ Kd8 71. Ra7 Nf4 72. Rf7  Ne2+ 73. Kf2 Re5 74. Re1 g3+ 75. Kf3 Rxd6 76. cxd6 Nd4+ 77. Kxg3 Rxe1 78. b6  Rb1 79. b7 Nf5+ 80. Rxf5 Kd7 81. Rb5 1-0

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Girya, Olga (RUS)"]  [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E32"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:07:22"]  [BlackClock "0:21:48"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 b6 7. Bg5 Bb7 8.  e3 d6 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Qd3 Re8 11. Nc3 Nf8 12. Qc2 h6 13. Bxf6 Qxf6 14. Bd3 Bxg2  15. Rg1 Bf3 16. Rg3 Rad8 17. Kd2 Bh5 18. f4 d5 19. Rag1 g6 20. cxd5 exd5 21.  Qa4 c5 22. Nxd5 Qh4 23. dxc5 bxc5 24. Qc4 Qxh2+ 25. R1g2 Qh4 26. Kc2 Rd6 27.  Qxc5 Qd8 28. Bc4 Kh7 29. Rd2 Qb8 30. Qd4 Nd7 31. b3 Qd8 32. Qxa7 Rf8 33. e4 Nb6  34. Rgd3 Nxd5 35. Rxd5 Rxd5 36. Rxd5 Qh4 37. Qe3 Qh1 38. Rd7 Kg8 39. Rd6 Qg2+  40. Rd2 Qh1 41. Kb2 Bf3 42. e5 Be4 43. e6 Qb1+ 44. Kc3 Qc1+ 45. Kb4 fxe6 46.  Bxe6+ Kh8 47. Qd4+ Kh7 48. Qd7+ Kh8 49. Qd6 1-0

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Zhao Xue (CHN)"]  [Black "Lagno, Kateryna (UKR)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A04"]  [PlyCount "59"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:01:18"]  [BlackClock "0:00:35"]   1. Nf3 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nc3 c5 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 O-O 6. Be2 cxd4 7. Nxd4 d5 8. O-O  dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. a4 Qc7 11. Ba2 Rd8 12. Bd2 e5 13. Nf3 Nc6 14. Ng5 Rf8 15.  Rc1 e4 16. Ngxe4 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxb2 18. Qc2 Bg7 19. Bb4 Rd8 20. Ng5 Bf5 21. e4  Qf4 22. Nxf7 Rd4 23. Bd6 Bxe4 24. Qb3 Qf6 25. Qxb7 Re8 26. Ng5+ Kh8 27. Nxe4  Rdxe4 28. Qxc6 h5 29. a5 Qg5 30. Bf7 1-0

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna (UKR)"]  [Black "Muminova, Nafisa (UZB)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E49"]  [PlyCount "95"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:20:23"]  [BlackClock "0:38:35"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. a3 Bxc3+ 7. bxc3 c5 8.  cxd5 exd5 9. f3 b6 10. Ne2 Ba6 11. O-O Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4  15. Qd2 b5 16. Rae1 a5 17. Qf2 b4 18. e4 Rb8 19. e5 Nd7 20. f4 bxc3 21. Bxc3  Rb3 22. Re3 Nc5 23. dxc5 d4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Nf5 Qxc5 26. Rg3 Qxf2+ 27. Rxf2  Rxg3 28. hxg3 Rb8 29. Rc2 g6 30. Nd6 Nd4 31. Rxc4 Nb5 32. Nxb5 Rxb5 33. Rc8+  Kg7 34. Ra8 g5 35. Ra7 Kg6 36. Ra6+ Kg7 37. Kh2 Rc5 38. Ra7 Kg6 39. Ra6+ Kg7  40. Kh3 gxf4 41. gxf4 Rc3+ 42. Kg4 Rxa3 43. Ra7 Kg8 44. f5 Ra2 45. f6 h6 46.  Ra8+ Kh7 47. e6 Kg6 48. e7 1-0

 [Event "FIDE WGP 2014"]  [Site "Khanty Mansiysk 2014"]  [Date "2014.04.09"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)"]  [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D00"]  [PlyCount "138"]  [EventDate "2014.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:03:23"]  [BlackClock "0:03:00"]   1. d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. Nc3 c6 4. e3 Nbd7 5. h4 g6 6. g4 h6 7. Bd3 Bg7 8. Qf3  Qa5 9. Nge2 Ne4 10. Bxe4 dxe4 11. Qg2 Nf6 12. g5 hxg5 13. hxg5 Rxh1+ 14. Qxh1  Nh5 15. O-O-O Bg4 16. Qxe4 Bxe2 17. Nxe2 Qxa2 18. Nc3 Qa1+ 19. Kd2 Qa5 20. b4  Qf5 21. Qxf5 gxf5 22. Bh2 O-O-O 23. Ra1 e5 24. Rxa7 exd4 25. Ra8+ Kd7 26. Rxd8+  Kxd8 27. Ne2 dxe3+ 28. Kxe3 Bf8 29. c3 Be7 30. f4 Kd7 31. Bg1 Bd6 32. Kf3 Bc7  33. Be3 Ng7 34. Ng3 Ke6 35. Bd4 Ne8 36. c4 Bd6 37. Bc3 b5 38. c5 Be7 39. Ne2  Kd5 40. Nd4 Bf8 41. Nxf5 Kc4 42. Be1 Kd3 43. Kg4 Nc7 44. Nd6 Ke2 45. Bc3 Nd5  46. Bh8 Nxb4 47. Nxf7 Bxc5 48. Nd8 Nd5 49. Nxc6 Ke3 50. f5 Ke4 51. f6 Nf4 52.  f7 Ng6 53. Bc3 Kd5 54. Nd8 b4 55. Bb2 b3 56. Kf5 Ne7+ 57. Kf6 Ke4 58. f8=Q Nd5+  59. Kf7 Bxf8 60. Kxf8 Kf5 61. Nf7 Nf4 62. Kg7 Nd3 63. Bf6 b2 64. Nh6+ Kf4 65.  Bxb2 Kxg5 66. Bf6+ Kf4 67. Kf7 Ne5+ 68. Ke6 Ng4 69. Nxg4 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 2nd round

GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 – GM Hou Yifan 2618
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 – GM Muzychuk Anna 2560
GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 – WGM Girya Olga 2450
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 – GM Zhao Xue 2552
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 – GM Ushenina Anna 2501

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