IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Khanty-Mansiysk Round 4/tie-breaks

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

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

You can watch the games live on http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/houdini.html and on Playchess.

FIDE Grand Prix 2012 – Tashkent (Uzbekistan)

By Yelena Dembo | November 22, 2012 - 07:43 |November 23, 2012 Tournaments

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Yesterday we have seen the opening ceremony and learnt the pairings of the 1st round:

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

Finished games:

Karjakin won a very nicely played positional game

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Dominguez Perez, Leinier"]  [Black "Karjakin, Sergey"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C95"]  [WhiteElo "2726"]  [BlackElo "2775"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "80"]  [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  d6 9. c3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Bg5 h6 15.  Bh4 Qc8 16. dxe5 dxe5 17. N3h2 a5 18. Qf3 Ra6 19. Ng4 Nxg4 20. Qxg4 Nc5 21. Qf3  Qa8 22. Rad1 b4 23. Nd2 Rd6 24. Qe3 Ne6 25. Nc4 Rxd1 26. Rxd1 bxc3 27. bxc3 f6  28. Rb1 a4 29. Kh1 Ba6 30. Nb2 a3 31. Nd3 Bc4 32. Bb3 Bxb3 33. Rxb3 Rd8 34. Rb1  Qa4 35. Nb4 Nf4 36. Bg3 c5 37. Nd5 Nxd5 38. exd5 Qc2 39. Rb7 Qxa2 40. Ra7 Qb1+  0-1

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Ponomariov, Ruslan"]  [Black "Wang, Hao"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B91"]  [WhiteElo "2741"]  [BlackElo "2737"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "63"]  [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. g3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. O-O  O-O 9. Re1 Bg4 10. Nde2 Nc6 11. h3 Bd7 12. a4 Rc8 13. Be3 Ne5 14. Bd4 Nc6 15.  Be3 Ne5 16. b3 Qa5 17. Rb1 b5 18. axb5 Bxb5 19. Ra1 Qc7 20. Nxb5 axb5 21. Nd4  Nfd7 22. Nxb5 Qxc2 23. Qxc2 Rxc2 24. Rec1 Rxc1+ 25. Rxc1 Rb8 26. Bf1 Nc5 27.  Bxc5 dxc5 28. Kg2 Nd7 29. Rd1 Nb6 30. Rc1 Nd7 31. Rd1 Nb6 32. Rc1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Caruana, Fabiano"]  [Black "Svidler, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D70"]  [WhiteElo "2786"]  [BlackElo "2747"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "76"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. f3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nb6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. Be3 Nc6 8. d5  Ne5 9. Bd4 O-O 10. f4 Ng4 11. Bxg7 Kxg7 12. Qd4+ Kg8 13. Be2 c6 14. Bxg4 Bxg4  15. h3 Bd7 16. Nf3 cxd5 17. exd5 e6 18. d6 Bc6 19. O-O Nd5 20. Nxd5 Bxd5 21.  Ne5 f6 22. Ng4 Kg7 23. Ne3 Qxd6 24. Rad1 Rfd8 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Rf3 b6 27. Rfd3  Rac8 28. Qxd5 Qxd5 29. Rxd5 Rxd5 30. Rxd5 Rc2 31. Rd7+ Kg8 32. Rxa7 Rxb2 33.  Rb7 Rxa2 34. Rxb6 f5 35. Rb8+ Kg7 36. Rb7+ Kg8 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. Rb7+ Kg8  1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Morozevich, Alexander"]  [Black "Kamsky, Gata"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A34"]  [WhiteElo "2748"]  [BlackElo "2762"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. Nc3 b6 4. e3 g6 5. d4 Bg7 6. d5 O-O 7. Be2 e6 8. e4 exd5  9. e5 Ne4 10. Nxd5 Nc6 11. Qd3 f5 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. Bg5 Bb7 14. Rd1 Qe8 15.  Bxf6 Bxf6 16. O-O Rd8 17. Qd2 Qf7 18. Bd3 Nb4 19. Be4 Nxd5 20. Bxd5 Bxd5 21.  cxd5 Qg7 22. b3 g5 23. h3 h5 24. d6 g4 25. Qd5+ Rf7 26. Ne1 gxh3 27. Rd3 hxg2  28. Nxg2 h4 29. Kh1 Qg5 30. Qe4 Rg7 31. Ne3 h3 32. Rdd1 Qe5 33. Qf3 Rf8 34. Nf5  Rg6 35. Rde1 Qc3 36. Qd5+ 1-0

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Mamedyarov, Shakhriyar"]  [Black "Kasimdzhanov, Rustam"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D35"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2696"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "104"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 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 Be6 14. O-O Nd7 15.  Ne2 a5 16. Qc2 a4 17. Bh2 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Ne4 19. Nd4 Qd7 20. Rad1 Nc5 21. Be2  Ne4 22. f3 Nc5 23. g4 Nb3 24. Nxb3 axb3 25. Qxb3 Rf7 26. Qc2 Raf8 27. Bd3 g6  28. Bg3 fxg4 29. fxg4 Bg5 30. Qe2 d4 31. Rxf7 Rxf7 32. exd4 Qxd4+ 33. Kh2 Rd7  34. Bc2 Qxb2 35. Rxd7 Bxd7 36. e6 Be8 37. a4 Qb4 38. Qf2 Be7 39. Qe1 Qb2 40.  Qb1 Qxb1 41. Bxb1 Kg7 42. Be5+ Bf6 43. Bd6 Bh4 44. Kg2 c5 45. Bxc5 Bc6+ 46. Kf1  Bxa4 47. Ke2 Bb3 48. Be4 Bxe6 49. Bxb7 h5 50. gxh5 Bxh3 51. Bd4+ Kh6 52. hxg6  Kxg6 1/2-1/2

 [Event "FIDE Grand Prix-Tashkent 2012"]  [Site "Tashkent"]  [Date "2012.11.22"]  [Round "1"]  [White "Gelfand, Boris"]  [Black "Leko, Peter"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2751"]  [BlackElo "2732"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "121"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "UZB"]  [TimeControl "40/7200:20/3600:900+30"]   1. c4 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. Nf3 e6 6. d4 cxd4 7. Nb5 d5 8. cxd5  exd5 9. Nfxd4 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Be3 Ng4 12. Bf4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Qb6 14. Nb3  Bxb2 15. Rb1 Bg7 16. Qxd5 Nf6 17. Qd6 Bf5 18. Rbc1 Be4 19. Rfd1 Bxg2 20. Kxg2  Qxd6 21. Rxd6 Rfc8 22. Na5 Ne4 23. Rd7 Nc5 24. Rd5 b6 25. Be3 Bf8 26. Nb3 Ne6  27. Rxc8 Rxc8 28. Rd7 Rc7 29. Rxc7 Nxc7 30. Kf3 Nd5 31. Bd2 f5 32. e4 fxe4+ 33.  Kxe4 Nf6+ 34. Kd3 Kf7 35. Nd4 Bc5 36. f3 Bxd4 37. Kxd4 Ke6 38. g4 Nd5 39. h3  Ne7 40. f4 h5 41. f5+ Kf6 42. fxg6 hxg4 43. hxg4 Nxg6 44. Kd5 Ke7 45. Be3 Kd7  46. Bg5 b5 47. Bd2 a6 48. Bc3 Nf4+ 49. Ke4 Nh3 50. Bd4 Ng5+ 51. Kd5 Nf3 52. Bf6  Ke8 53. Bc3 Kf7 54. Kc5 Nh2 55. g5 Nf3 56. Bf6 Nd2 57. Kb6 Ne4 58. Kxa6 b4 59.  Ka5 Nc3 60. Kxb4 Nxa2+ 61. Kc4 1/2-1/2

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By Yelena Dembo | November 21, 2012 - 10:58 |November 21, 2012 Exercises, Quiz

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Leitao- El Debs, Brasil 2010

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Khanty Mansiysk Round 4/Game 2

By Yelena Dembo | November 21, 2012 - 10:54 |November 21, 2012 Tournaments

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Today’s pairs are:

Harika-Zhao 1/2 Zhao missed a win and Harika managed to do a perpetual check. On to tie-breaks!

Stefanova-Sebag 1-0 Proceeding to tie-breaks

Huang-Ju today we have seen another draw, so these ladies proceed to tie-breaks tomorrow.

Ushenina-N.Kosintseva 1-0 Ushenina proceeds to semi-finals first.

Finished games:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Huang, Qian"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E63"]  [WhiteElo "2466"]  [BlackElo "2498"]  [Annotator "Robot 1"]  [PlyCount "33"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 Nc6 7. Nc3 a6 8. b3  Rb8 9. Nd5 Bg4 10. Nxf6+ Bxf6 11. Bb2 Bg7 12. h3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Qd7 14. Bg2 e6  15. Qd2 d5 16. Rac1 Ne7 17. Rfd1 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Black "Zhao, Xue"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E25"]  [WhiteElo "2512"]  [BlackElo "2565"]  [Annotator "Robot 1"]  [PlyCount "140"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 c5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.  dxc5 f5 9. Nh3 Qa5 10. e4 fxe4 11. fxe4 Nf6 12. Be2 O-O 13. O-O Qxc5+ 14. Kh1  Nc6 15. a4 Qxc3 16. Ra3 Qa5 17. Rd3 Ne5 18. Bd2 Qc5 19. Be3 Qe7 20. Rd4 Bd7 21.  Ng5 Bc6 22. Bf4 Nfd7 23. Qd2 h6 24. Nh3 Ng6 25. Bd6 Rxf1+ 26. Bxf1 Qf6 27. Kg1  Nde5 28. a5 Nf7 29. Ba3 e5 30. Rb4 Nd6 31. Nf2 a6 32. Qe1 Nb5 33. Bc1 Nd4 34.  Ng4 Qd6 35. Rb2 Bb5 36. Rf2 Bxf1 37. Qxf1 Rf8 38. Qc4+ Kh7 39. Rxf8 Nxf8 40.  Be3 Nc6 41. h3 Qe6 42. Qc3 Nd7 43. Kh2 Qd6 44. Qb3 h5 45. Nf2 Nxa5 46. Qf7 Nf6  47. Bg5 Qd7 48. Qf8 Qe6 49. Qb4 b6 50. Nh1 Kg6 51. Bh4 Nb7 52. Ng3 Nc5 53. Qe1  Ncd7 54. Nf5 Kh7 55. Qe3 Qf7 56. Nd6 Qe6 57. Nf5 a5 58. Bg5 g6 59. Nh4 Nc5 60.  Bh6 Ng8 61. Bg5 Qc6 62. Nf3 Qxe4 63. Qd2 Qd3 64. Qa2 Qb3 65. Qd2 e4 66. Qd8  exf3 67. Qc7+ Kh8 68. Qe5+ Kh7 69. Qc7+ Kh8 70. Qe5+ Kh7 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Sebag, Marie"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D46"]  [WhiteElo "2493"]  [BlackElo "2521"]  [Annotator "Robot 1"]  [PlyCount "129"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O  dxc4 9. Bxc4 b5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. a3 a5 12. e4 e5 13. Rd1 Rc8 14. h3 Qe7 15. Bg5  h6 16. Be3 c5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxb5 Nxf3+ 19. gxf3 Bb8 20. Bc4 Qe5 21. Qb3 a4  22. Qxa4 Qh5 23. Kg2 Qg6+ 24. Kf1 Qh5 25. Kg2 Qg6+ 26. Kf1 Qh5 27. Be2 Qxh3+  28. Ke1 Be5 29. Nc3 Rfd8 30. Qb5 Bd4 31. Qxb7 Bxe3 32. Rxd8+ Rxd8 33. Qc7 Bd2+  34. Kd1 Rc8 35. Qb7 Bf4 36. Kc2 Qe6 37. Qa6 Rc6 38. Qc4 Qe5 39. a4 Rd6 40. Rd1  Rxd1 41. Nxd1 Qd6 42. Ne3 Nd7 43. a5 Ne5 44. Qd5 Nc6 45. Qxd6 Bxd6 46. a6 Bb8  47. Kc3 Nb4 48. Nd5 Nc6 49. Kc4 Ba7 50. Nc3 h5 51. Nb5 Bb6 52. Nd6 Na7 53. f4  h4 54. Bg4 Kf8 55. Nc8 Nxc8 56. Bxc8 Ke7 57. Kb5 Ba7 58. Kc6 c4 59. Kb7 Bxf2  60. a7 Bxa7 61. Kxa7 Kd6 62. Kb6 g5 63. fxg5 Ke5 64. Bf5 Kd4 65. Kc6 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.21"]  [Round "4.2"]  [White "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Black "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E58"]  [WhiteElo "2439"]  [BlackElo "2539"]  [Annotator "Robot 1"]  [PlyCount "91"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 d5 6. Nf3 c5 7. O-O Nc6 8. a3  Bxc3 9. bxc3 Qc7 10. cxd5 exd5 11. a4 Re8 12. Ba3 c4 13. Bc2 Bg4 14. Qe1 Bh5  15. Nh4 Ng4 16. g3 Bg6 17. Nxg6 hxg6 18. Qd2 Na5 19. Rae1 Nf6 20. f3 Qc6 21.  Qg2 Nb3 22. e4 Qxa4 23. Bb2 Qb5 24. Bb1 dxe4 25. fxe4 Re6 26. Re2 Rae8 27. e5  Nd5 28. Qf3 f5 29. g4 f4 30. Be4 Rd8 31. Bxd5 Qxd5 32. Qxf4 Qd7 33. Ba3 Ra6 34.  Bb4 Qe6 35. Qe4 b5 36. Ref2 Ra1 37. Rxa1 Nxa1 38. Ra2 Nb3 39. Rxa7 Nc1 40. Re7  Qa6 41. Qf3 Kh8 42. Qf7 Rg8 43. Ra7 Qc8 44. Qxg6 Ne2+ 45. Kf1 Nf4 46. Qg5 1-0

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Khanty Mansiysk Round 4/Game 1

By Yelena Dembo | November 19, 2012 - 16:08 |November 20, 2012 Tournaments

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Pairs of today’s first game are:

Zhao-Harika 1/2
Sebag-Stefanova 1-0
Ju-Huang 1/2
N.Kosintseva-Ushenina 1/2

Games of the round:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.20"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Huang, Qian"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "E71"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2465"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "124"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. h3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. d5 e6 8. Bd3 exd5  9. exd5 Na6 10. Nf3 Nb4 11. Bb1 b5 12. a3 Qa5 13. Nd2 bxc4 14. Nxc4 Qa6 15.  axb4 Qxa1 16. b5 Nd7 17. O-O Nb6 18. Nxd6 Qxb2 19. Nce4 c4 20. Bc5 Bd7 21. Re1  Bxb5 22. Nxb5 Qxb5 23. Bxf8 Rxf8 24. d6 Rd8 25. Ba2 h6 26. Qc2 Qb2 27. Re2 Qxc2  28. Rxc2 c3 29. Nxc3 Bxc3 30. Rxc3 Rxd6 31. Ra3 Rd7 32. h4 Kg7 33. g3 Rc7 34.  Kg2 Nd7 35. Ra5 Nc5 36. Ra3 Kf8 37. Bc4 h5 38. Ba2 Ne4 39. Bb1 Nd6 40. Bd3 Ke7  41. Kf3 Nc8 42. Ra6 Nb6 43. Ra5 Nd7 44. Ke3 Nc5 45. Bc4 Nd7 46. Bd3 Nb8 47. Be4  a6 48. f3 Rc3+ 49. Kd4 Rc1 50. Ke3 Rc3+ 51. Kd4 Rb3 52. Bd5 Rb6 53. Ra3 Nd7 54.  Bc4 Rd6+ 55. Ke3 Nc5 56. g4 hxg4 57. fxg4 Kf6 58. Ra2 Kg7 59. Rf2 Ne6 60. h5  gxh5 61. gxh5 Ng5 62. Ra2 Kh6 {Ke4} 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.20"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Zhao, Xue"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D53"]  [WhiteElo "2565"]  [BlackElo "2512"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "69"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Qc2 dxc4 8.  e3 c5 9. Rd1 O-O 10. Bxc4 Nc6 11. O-O cxd4 12. exd4 Nxd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. Nb5  e5 15. Nxd4 exd4 16. Qe4 Qf6 17. Qxd4 Qxd4 18. Rxd4 a6 19. Re1 b5 20. Bb3 Ra7  21. f3 Rc7 22. Rde4 a5 23. Re7 Rxe7 24. Rxe7 a4 25. Bd5 Rd8 26. Bxf7+ Kf8 27.  Rc7 Rd2 28. a3 Bf5 29. g4 Bb1 30. b4 axb3 31. Bxb3 Rd3 32. Bc2 Bxc2 33. Rxc2  Rxa3 34. Rc5 Rxf3 35. Rxb5 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.20"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Sebag, Marie"]  [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C88"]  [WhiteElo "2521"]  [BlackElo "2491"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "89"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   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 b4 12. Nf1 c5 13. Bd2 Rb8 14. Ne3 Bc8 15.  Nc4 Nc6 16. c3 h6 17. h3 Be6 18. a5 bxc3 19. bxc3 Nd7 20. Qa4 Qc7 21. Ne3 Nf6  22. d4 Bxa2 23. Rxa2 exd4 24. cxd4 Nb4 25. Bxb4 Rxb4 26. Qc2 Qb7 27. Nf5 Rb8  28. e5 dxe5 29. Nxe7+ Qxe7 30. Rxe5 Rb1+ 31. Kh2 Qd8 32. Rxc5 Nd5 33. Qf5 Ne7  34. Qe4 Ng6 35. Rac2 Ra1 36. Ne5 Rxa5 37. Nxf7 Kxf7 38. Qf5+ Kg8 39. Rxa5 Qd6+  40. g3 Nh4 41. Rc8+ Rxc8 42. Qxc8+ Kh7 43. Qc2+ Kh8 44. Rc5 Nf3+ 45. Kh1 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.20"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B94"]  [WhiteElo "2539"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "85"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Qe2 h6 8.  Bh4 g6 9. O-O-O e5 10. Nb3 Be7 11. f3 b5 12. a3 Qc7 13. Kb1 Kf8 14. g4 Bb7 15.  Bf2 Kg7 16. h4 Rab8 17. Be3 Nb6 18. Bc1 Nc4 19. Rd3 Ba8 20. Rg1 b4 21. axb4 Qb6  22. Rg2 Qxb4 23. g5 hxg5 24. hxg5 Nd7 25. Rd1 Na3+ 26. bxa3 Qxc3 27. Bb2 Qc7  28. Qc4 Bc6 29. f4 Qb7 30. Rf2 Nb6 31. Qxa6 Qxa6 32. Bxa6 Na4 33. Bc4 Nxb2 34.  Kxb2 exf4 35. Rxf4 f6 36. Ka2 Rhf8 37. Nd4 Bd7 38. Be6 Ba4 39. Rdf1 Rbe8 40.  Bd5 Bd7 41. Be6 Ba4 42. Bb3 Bd7 43. Be6 1/2-1/2

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