IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

We have 3 tie-breaks today:

Ju-Zhukova 1-0, in the second game Ju drew and continues to round 4.
T.Kosintseva-N.Kosintseva – Nadezhda Kosintseva won the blitz match 1.5-0.5 and proceeds to round 4
Huang-Krush 1-0, in the 2nd game Huang drew and continues to round 4

Games of the first rapid game:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.19"]  [Round "3.3"]  [White "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D30"]  [WhiteElo "2501"]  [BlackElo "2451"]  [Annotator "Robot 4"]  [PlyCount "109"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "1500+10"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bg5 f6 6. Bd2 Nc6 7. e3 Bd6 8. Nc3  Nge7 9. Nb5 cxd4 10. Nbxd4 O-O 11. Be2 Nf5 12. Bc3 Ncxd4 13. Nxd4 Nxd4 14. Qxd4  Be5 15. Qd2 Bxc3 16. Qxc3 Bf5 17. O-O Qb6 18. Bf3 Be4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Qc4+  Rf7 21. Rfd1 Re8 22. Rac1 g6 23. Rd7 Qe6 24. Qxe6 Rxe6 25. Rc8+ Kg7 26. Rcc7  Rxd7 27. Rxd7+ Kh6 28. Rxb7 Rc6 29. g4 Kg5 30. Rxa7 Kxg4 31. Kg2 Rb6 32. b3 h5  33. Ra4 Kf5 34. Rc4 Ke5 35. b4 Ra6 36. Rc2 Ra4 37. Rb2 Kd6 38. b5 Kc7 39. b6+  Kb7 40. Kg3 Ra5 41. Kf4 Re5 42. h4 Re6 43. Rb4 Re5 44. Rxe4 Rf5+ 45. Kg3 Kxb6  46. Rf4 Rxf4 47. Kxf4 Kc5 48. Kg3 Kd5 49. f3 Ke5 50. e4 Kd4 51. a4 Ke5 52. a5  Kd6 53. f4 Kc5 54. e5 fxe5 55. fxe5 1-0

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Today is a new round and the pairs are:

Stefanova-Socko (Stefanova won the match 2-0)
Galliamova-Sebag (Sebag won 2-0)
Zhukova-Ju Wenjun (1-1, proceeding to tie-breaks tomorrow)
Krush-Huang Qian (1-1 and on to tie-breaks tomorrow)
Pogonina-Ushenina (Ushenina won the match 1.5-0.5)
N.Kosintseva-T.Kosintseva (the score is 1-1, the sisters will be playing tie-break tomorrow)
Zhao Xue-Muzychuk (Zhao won the match 1.5-0.5)
Harika-Javakhishvili (Harika won the match 1.5-0.5)

Games of this round:

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]  [Black "Ju, Wenjun"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E90"]  [WhiteElo "2451"]  [BlackElo "2501"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "185"]  [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 e5 7. d5 Nbd7 8. Nf3  Nc5 9. Nd2 a5 10. g4 Ne8 11. h4 f5 12. g5 Rf7 13. h5 Bf8 14. hxg6 hxg6 15. Qf3  Qd7 16. exf5 Qxf5 17. Qg3 e4 18. Qh4 Bg7 19. Ndxe4 Nxe4 20. Nxe4 Re7 21. Bd3  Qf3 22. Nd2 Rxe3+ 23. fxe3 Qxe3+ 24. Be2 Bf5 25. Nf1 Qe5 26. Ng3 Qxb2 27. Qh7+  Kf8 28. O-O Bd4+ 29. Kh1 Ng7 30. Qh8+ Ke7 31. Qxa8 Be5 32. Qxa5 Bxg3 33. Qxc7+  Ke8 34. Rxf5 Nxf5 35. Qc8+ Kf7 36. Qe6+ Kf8 37. Qf6+ Qxf6 38. gxf6 Be5 39. Re1  Ng3+ 40. Kg2 Bc3 41. Rb1 Nxe2 42. Rxb7 Bxf6 43. a4 Nf4+ 44. Kf3 Nd3 45. a5 Nc5  46. Ra7 Bd8 47. a6 Bb6 48. Ra8+ Ke7 49. a7 Nd7 50. Kf4 Ne5 51. Re8+ Kxe8 52.  a8=Q+ Ke7 53. Qb7+ Nd7 54. Kg5 Bd4 55. Kxg6 Bc5 56. Kf5 Bd4 57. Qc8 Be5 58. Qg8  Nc5 59. Qa8 Nd7 60. Qa7 Ke8 61. Qg1 Ke7 62. Qg5+ Ke8 63. Qh4 Nc5 64. Kg6 Nd7  65. Qf2 Nf8+ 66. Kf5 Nd7 67. Qa7 Bh2 68. Qc7 Be5 69. Qc8+ Ke7 70. Qg8 Nc5 71.  Qh7+ Ke8 72. Kg6 Kd8 73. Kf7 Kc7 74. Ke8+ Kb6 75. Qb1+ Kc7 76. Qb5 Nb7 77. Qc6+  Kb8 78. Qb6 Kc8 79. Ke7 Nc5 80. Qa7 Nb7 81. Ke6 Nd8+ 82. Kf5 Nb7 83. Qb6 Bh2  84. Qc6+ Kb8 85. Qe8+ Ka7 86. Ke6 Nc5+ 87. Ke7 Kb7 88. Kd8 Be5 89. Qb5+ Ka7 90.  Kc8 Bf4 91. Qb8+ Ka6 92. Kc7 Ne6+ 93. dxe6 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Sebag, Marie"]  [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "B22"]  [WhiteElo "2521"]  [BlackElo "2468"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "111"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. e4 c5 2. c3 d6 3. d4 Nd7 4. Nf3 Qc7 5. Bd3 g6 6. O-O Bg7 7. Re1 a6 8. a4 e6  9. Na3 Rb8 10. Bf1 Ngf6 11. Bf4 Nh5 12. Be3 O-O 13. Qd2 b6 14. Bh6 Bb7 15. Bxg7  Kxg7 16. h3 Nhf6 17. Bd3 Bc6 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Nd2 Bb7 20. Nf1 Nb8 21. Ng3 Nc6  22. Qe3 Ne7 23. e5 dxe5 24. dxe5 Nfd5 25. Qg5 h6 26. Qg4 Rad8 27. Rad1 Qc6 28.  Be4 Qc7 29. c4 Nb4 30. Nh5+ Kh8 31. Qf4 Ng8 32. Nf6 Bxe4 33. Nxg8 Kxg8 34. Qxe4  Rxd1 35. Rxd1 Rd8 36. Re1 Qd7 37. Nc2 Qxa4 38. Ne3 h5 39. g4 hxg4 40. Nxg4 Rd1  41. Rxd1 Qxd1+ 42. Kh2 Qd4 43. Qf3 Kf8 44. Qf6 Nd3 45. Kg3 b5 46. cxb5 axb5 47.  Qh8+ Ke7 48. Qf6+ Ke8 49. Qh8+ Kd7 50. Qf6 Kc6 51. Qxf7 Qd7 52. Qf8 c4 53. Nf6  Qd4 54. Qc8+ Kb6 55. Nd7+ Ka5 56. Qa8+ 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]  [Black "Ushenina, Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B92"]  [WhiteElo "2478"]  [BlackElo "2452"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "109"]  [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. Be2 e5 7. Nb3 Be7 8. O-O  O-O 9. Qd3 Be6 10. Nd5 Nxd5 11. exd5 Bc8 12. a4 Nd7 13. a5 f5 14. f4 Bf6 15. c3  g6 16. Be3 Re8 17. fxe5 Bxe5 18. Bf2 Nf6 19. Bf3 Bd7 20. Nd4 Ne4 21. Bxe4 fxe4  22. Qd2 Qe7 23. Rfe1 Rf8 24. c4 Rae8 25. Kh1 Qf6 26. Bg1 Qh4 27. Ne6 Rf5 28.  Ra3 e3 29. Raxe3 Qxc4 30. Re4 Qa2 31. Ng5 Ref8 32. Nf3 Qxb2 33. Qd3 Rxf3 34.  gxf3 Bf5 35. Rb1 Bxe4 36. Qxe4 Qa3 37. Rxb7 Rf4 38. Rb8+ Kg7 39. Rb7+ Kg8 40.  Qe2 Qxa5 41. Qd1 Rf7 42. Rb6 Qa3 43. Rb3 Qa2 44. Qd3 Qa4 45. Kg2 Kg7 46. Bf2  Rc7 47. Rb6 a5 48. Ra6 Qc4 49. Qxc4 Rxc4 50. Bg3 a4 51. f4 Bxf4 52. Bxf4 Rxf4  53. Rxd6 Rd4 54. Ra6 Rxd5 55. Rxa4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]  [Black "Socko, Monika"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E43"]  [WhiteElo "2491"]  [BlackElo "2445"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "107"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Bd3 c5 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Na4  Na6 9. a3 Ba5 10. d5 exd5 11. cxd5 Re8 12. Rb1 Qc8 13. b3 Bxd5 14. Bb2 Be4 15.  Bxf6 gxf6 16. Bxe4 Rxe4 17. Qd3 Qb7 18. Rfd1 b5 19. Nc3 Bxc3 20. Qxc3 Qc6 21.  Qd3 Rd8 22. b4 c4 23. Qd5 Ree8 24. Qh5 Nc7 25. Rd4 Re4 26. Ng5 fxg5 27. Qxg5+  Qg6 28. Qxg6+ hxg6 29. Rxe4 Kf8 30. Rd1 d5 31. Red4 Ra8 32. e4 dxe4 33. Rxe4 a5  34. Re5 axb4 35. axb4 Ne6 36. Rxb5 c3 37. Kf1 Rc8 38. Rbd5 Rc4 39. b5 Ke7 40.  g3 Nc5 41. Re1+ Kf6 42. Rd6+ Kf5 43. Rc6 c2 44. Rc1 Ke4 45. b6 Kd5 46. Rc8 Rb4  47. Rxc2 Ne6 48. Rb8 g5 49. h3 Ke4 50. Kg2 Ke5 51. Rd2 Nc5 52. Rc8 Ne4 53. Re8+  Kf5 54. Rd5+ 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Krush, Irina"]  [Black "Huang, Qian"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A37"]  [WhiteElo "2470"]  [BlackElo "2465"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "92"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. g3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Bg2 g6 4. Nc3 Bg7 5. Nf3 d6 6. O-O e6 7. d3 Nge7 8. Bg5  h6 9. Bd2 O-O 10. a3 Kh7 11. Rb1 a5 12. Nb5 d5 13. Nc3 b6 14. e3 Bb7 15. Na4  Rb8 16. b4 axb4 17. axb4 cxb4 18. Bxb4 Nxb4 19. Rxb4 Ba6 20. Qb1 dxc4 21. dxc4  Bxc4 22. Rxc4 b5 23. Rh4 bxa4 24. Qa2 Nd5 25. Qxa4 Bf6 26. Rh3 Rb4 27. Qc2 Qc8  28. Qxc8 Rxc8 29. Nd2 Nc3 30. f4 Rd8 31. Nf3 Kg7 32. g4 g5 33. fxg5 hxg5 34.  Ne1 Rxg4 35. Rhf3 Ne4 36. h3 Rh4 37. Nc2 Rd7 38. Re1 Bc3 39. Rc1 f5 40. Rff1  Bd2 41. Rb1 Rc7 42. Rb2 Rc3 43. Rf3 Rh8 44. Bf1 Rhc8 45. Nb4 Bxe3+ 46. Kg2 g4  0-1

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Kosintseva, Nadezhda"]  [Black "Kosintseva, Tatiana"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A22"]  [WhiteElo "2539"]  [BlackElo "2515"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "96"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 e5 3. g3 Bb4 4. Bg2 O-O 5. Nf3 Re8 6. O-O c6 7. d3 h6 8. Ne4  Na6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. e4 d6 11. h3 Bc5 12. a3 Nc7 13. b4 Bb6 14. Bb2 Ne6 15.  Kh2 c5 16. Ne1 cxb4 17. axb4 Bd4 18. Bxd4 Nxd4 19. Nf3 Nxf3+ 20. Qxf3 Qxf3 21.  Bxf3 Be6 22. Bg4 Bxg4 23. hxg4 a6 24. Ra5 f6 25. Kg2 Kf7 26. Kf3 Rac8 27. Ke3  Rc7 28. Rb1 Ke7 29. Ra3 Kd7 30. b5 axb5 31. Rxb5 Rb8 32. Rab3 Kc8 33. Ra3 Rc6  34. f4 Kc7 35. Kf3 Ra6 36. Rc3 b6 37. g5 hxg5 38. fxg5 fxg5 39. Kg4 Ra1 40.  Rcb3 Rg1 41. Rb1 Rg2 42. Rf1 Kc6 43. Rf3 Rh8 44. Kxg5 Rh3 45. Kg4 Rh6 46. Kg5  Rh3 47. Kg4 Rh6 48. Kg5 Rh3 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Zhao, Xue"]  [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A16"]  [WhiteElo "2565"]  [BlackElo "2476"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "53"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Nxc3 7. bxc3 Bd7  8. Nxd7 Qxd7 9. Rb1 b6 10. h4 h5 11. e4 Na5 12. Bb5 c6 13. Be2 Bh6 14. O-O O-O  15. f4 e6 16. d4 Rfd8 17. Be3 Qc7 18. Qc2 b5 19. Rf3 a6 20. f5 Bxe3+ 21. Rxe3  e5 22. fxg6 fxg6 23. Rg3 Kh7 24. Rg5 exd4 25. e5 Rg8 26. Bxh5 d3 27. Qxd3 1-0

 [Event "Women’s World Chess Cup 2012"]  [Site "Khanty-Mansiysk"]  [Date "2012.11.18"]  [Round "4.1"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Black "Javakhishvili, Lela"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E05"]  [WhiteElo "2512"]  [BlackElo "2455"]  [Annotator "Robot 8"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2012.??.??"]  [EventCountry "RUS"]  [TimeControl "40/5400+30:1800+30"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 dxc4 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5  Qa5 9. Qd4 Nc6 10. Qxc4 e5 11. Bg5 Qxc5 12. Qxc5 Bxc5 13. Bxf6 gxf6 14. Nd5 Kg7  15. Rac1 Bd6 16. Nd2 Nd4 17. Rfe1 Bg4 18. Ne4 Rfd8 19. Kf1 Be6 20. Nexf6 Rac8  21. Rxc8 Rxc8 22. e3 Nf5 23. Rd1 Bxd5 24. Nxd5 Rd8 25. Nc3 b6 26. g4 Nh6 27. h3  a5 28. Ke2 f5 29. gxf5 Nxf5 30. Be4 Nh6 31. a3 Nf7 32. Bd5 Nh8 33. h4 Be7 34.  h5 Kh6 35. Rg1 b5 36. Bf3 b4 37. Nd5 Bh4 38. axb4 axb4 39. Rg4 Kxh5 40. Rxb4+  Kg5 41. Rg4+ Kh5 42. Re4+ Kg5 43. Rxe5+ Kg6 44. Nf4+ Kf7 45. Rh5 Bf6 46. Rxh7+  Kg8 47. Rb7 1-0

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