IM/WGM Yelena Dembo's Chess Academy

Women’s GP 2011-2012, Rostov 3rd round

By Yelena Dembo | August 4, 2011 - 19:23 |August 4, 2011 Tournaments

Today was an even more fighting round than yesterday! Five wins and only one draw!

Results

Kosteniuk-Hou 0-1
Koneru-Ruan 1-0
Galliamova-Stefanova 1-0
Muzychuk-Lahno 1-0
N.Kosintseva-T.Kosintseva 1/2
Danielian-Kovalevskaya 1-0

Pairings of the 4th round

Ruan-Kovalevskaya
T.Kosintseva-Danielian
Lahno-N.Kosintseva
Hou-Muzychuk
Stefanova-Kosteniuk
Koneru-Galliamova

Standings after round 3

1. Hou Yifan 3
2-4. N.Kosintseva, Muzychuk, Koneru 2
5-9. Lahno, Ruan Lufei, Stefanova, T.Kosintseva, Danielian 1.5
10-11. Kosteniuk, Galliamova 1
12. Kovalevskaya 0.5

Games of today’s round

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Galliamova Alisa"]  [Black "Stefanova Antoaneta"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "57"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 e6 5. g3 dxc4 6. Bg2 b5 7. Ne5 Nd5 8. e4  Nb4 9. a3 Qxd4 10. axb4 Qxe5 11. Bf4 Qf6 12. e5 Qe7 13. O-O Qxb4 14. Ne4 Bb7  15. Bd2 Qb3 16. Qg4 Nd7 17. Bc3 O-O-O 18. Nd6+ Bxd6 19. exd6 b4 20. Bd4 a6 21.  Rfc1 Qd3 22. Be3 c5 23. Rd1 Qb3 24. Bxb7+ Kxb7 25. Qe4+ Kb6 26. Rxa6+ Kxa6 27.  Qc6+ Ka5 28. Ra1+ Qa3 29. Rxa3+ 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Kosintseva Nadezhda"]  [Black "Kosintseva Tatiana"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "26"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O Bg4 6. h3 h5 7. c3 Qd3 8.  hxg4 hxg4 9. Nxe5 Bd6 10. Nxd3 Bh2+ 11. Kh1 Bg3+ 12. Kg1 Bh2+ 13. Kh1 Bg3+  1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Danielian Elina"]  [Black "Kovalevskaya Ekaterina"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "77"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. a3 a6 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. b4  Be7 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bb2 O-O 11. Be2 Be6 12. O-O Ne4 13. Qc2 Rc8 14. Rac1 Nxc3  15. Qxc3 Bf6 16. Qd2 Qe7 17. Rc5 Bxb2 18. Qxb2 a5 19. Rfc1 axb4 20. axb4 Qd6  21. Nd4 Nxd4 22. Qxd4 Rxc5 23. bxc5 Qc6 24. Qb2 Rc8 25. Bb5 Qc7 26. Bd3 h6 27.  h3 Qe7 28. Qd4 Rc6 29. Rc2 Rc7 30. Kh2 Qd7 31. Qe5 Rc8 32. f4 g6 33. Qd4 Bf5  34. Bxf5 Qxf5 35. Rb2 Rc7 36. Rb6 Kh7 37. Rd6 Rd7 38. Rxd7 Qxd7 39. e4 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Koneru Humpy"]  [Black "Ruan Lufei"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bb2 Bd6 7. Be2 Qe7 8. Qc2  O-O 9. O-O Ba3 10. Bxa3 Qxa3 11. d4 Qe7 12. e4 dxe4 13. Nxe4 c5 14. Rad1 cxd4  15. Nxd4 Nxe4 16. Qxe4 Qc5 17. Nb5 Nf6 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. fxe3 Bd7 20. Nd6 b6 21.  Bf3 Rab8 22. Rd2 Rfd8 23. b4 Kf8 24. c5 bxc5 25. bxc5 Ke7 26. Rc1 Be8 27. e4  Bc6 28. e5 Nd5 29. Be4 f6 30. exf6+ gxf6 31. Re1 Kd7 32. Bxh7 Rb4 33. Bg6 Rdb8  34. Bf7 Nf4 35. Bxe6+ Nxe6 36. Nf5+ Kc7 37. Rxe6 Rb1+ 38. Kf2 R8b2 39. Re7+ Kb8  40. Ree2 Rxd2 41. Rxd2 Rc1 42. Nd4 Rxc5 43. Nxc6+ Rxc6 44. Kg3 a5 45. h4 a4 46.  Rd4 Rc3+ 47. Kh2 a3 48. h5 f5 49. h6 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Muzychuk Anna"]  [Black "Lahno Kateryna"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "55"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Nb3 Bb6 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. Qe2 d6 8.  Be3 O-O 9. O-O-O Bxe3+ 10. Qxe3 a6 11. f3 b5 12. g4 b4 13. Ne2 Re8 14. g5 Nd7  15. Ng3 a5 16. Bb5 Bb7 17. Bxc6 Bxc6 18. Nd4 Bb7 19. Ndf5 g6 20. Nh6+ Kf8 21.  f4 Qe7 22. Qd4 Qe6 23. Kb1 Nb6 24. Rhf1 Ke7 25. f5 Qe5 26. Qxe5+ dxe5 27. fxg6  fxg6 28. Rf7+ 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.04"]  [Round "3"]  [White "Kosteniuk Alexandra"]  [Black "Hou Yifan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [PlyCount "70"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 h6 7. Bh4 c5 8. e3  c4 9. Nd2 g5 10. Bg3 Bf5 11. Be2 Nc6 12. h4 Rg8 13. hxg5 hxg5 14. Rc1 Qe7 15.  O-O Bxc3 16. Rxc3 b5 17. a4 a6 18. Qa1 b4 19. Rcc1 Ne4 20. Nxe4 Bxe4 21. a5 g4  22. Qa4 Qe6 23. Rfd1 Rc8 24. Bf4 Qf5 25. Kf1 Qh5 26. Ke1 Bxg2 27. Bd6 Bf3 28.  Bxf3 gxf3 29. Bxb4 Qh4 30. b3 Rg2 31. Rc2 Rg1+ 32. Kd2 Qxf2+ 33. Kc1 Qxe3+ 34.  Bd2 Rxd1+ 35. Kxd1 Qe2+ 0-1

Women’s GP 2011-2012, Rostov 2nd round

By Yelena Dembo | August 3, 2011 - 20:26 |August 3, 2011 Tournaments

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The 2nd round was no less interesting than the first!

Results

Ruan-Danielian 1-0
Kovalevskaya-N.Kosintseva 0-1
T.Kosintseva-Muzychuk 1/2
Lahno-Kosteniuk 1/2
Hou-Galliamova 1-0
Stefanova-Koneru 1/2

Pairings of round 3

Koneru-Ruan
Galliamova-Stefanova
Kosteniuk-Hou
Muzychuk-Lahno
N.Kosintseva-T.Kosintseva
Danielian-Kovalevskaya

Games of the 2nd round

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Hou Yifan"]  [Black "Galliamova Alisa"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "71"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 b5 7. a3 Bb7 8. f4  Nf6 9. Bf3 d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxd5 Bxd5 12. Be3 Qd7 13. Qe2 Nc6 14. O-O-O Rc8  15. f5 Nxd4 16. Bxd4 Bxf3 17. gxf3 Qc6 18. Rhe1 Qc4 19. fxe6 Qxe2 20. Rxe2 Ke7  21. exf7+ Kxf7 22. Bb6 h5 23. Rd7+ Kg8 24. Bd4 h4 25. h3 Rh6 26. Rg2 g6 27. Be3  Rc6 28. Bxh6 Bxh6+ 29. Kd1 Bf4 30. Re2 Kf8 31. Ree7 g5 32. c3 Rf6 33. Ke2 Bc1  34. Rh7 Kg8 35. Rdg7+ Kf8 36. Ra7 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kovalevskaya Ekaterina"]  [Black "Kosintseva Nadezhda"]  [Result "0-1"]  [PlyCount "79"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 O-O 6. Qc2 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. cxd5  Nb4 9. Qb1 Nbxd5 10. Nxd5 Qxd5 11. Be2 Qxc5 12. a3 Bd7 13. b4 Qb6 14. Bb2 Bb5  15. Ng5 Rfd8 16. Bxf6 Bxf6 17. Qxh7+ Kf8 18. Qh5 Bc3+ 19. Kf1 Bxe2+ 20. Kxe2  Qb5+ 21. Kf3 Qf5+ 22. Kg3 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 g6 24. Qh6+ Ke7 25. Nf3 Rh8 26. Qg7 Qf6  27. Qxf6+ Kxf6 28. h4 Rac8 29. Ng5 Ke7 30. f4 Rc3 31. Kf3 Rxh4 32. Ne4 Rc7 33.  b5 Rh8 34. a4 Rc4 35. a5 Rb4 36. Rc1 Rd8 37. Rc5 b6 38. Rc6 Rxb5 39. g4 Rb3 40.  Kg2 0-1

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Kosintseva Tatiana"]  [Black "Muzychuk Anna"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8.  Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 d5 12. Bb6 Qd7 13. Nc7 Rxa4 14. Bxa4  Bxb2 15. Qxd5 Bxa1 16. Qxe4 Bb2 17. c4 Qd6 18. c5 Qe5 19. Bxc6 bxc6 20. Qxc6  Bf5 21. Qd5 Qf4 22. Qf3 Qe5 23. Qd5 Qf4 24. Qf3 Qe5 25. a4 Be4 26. Qe2 Bc6 27.  Qxe5 Bxe5 28. Re1 Bxc7 29. Bxc7 Bxa4 30. Rxe7 Re8 31. Rxe8+ Bxe8 32. f4 f5 33.  Kf2 Kf7 34. Ke3 Bc6 35. g3 Ke6 36. Kd4 h5 37. Kc4 Kd7 38. Bd6 Ke6 39. Kb4 Kd7  40. Kc4 Ke6 41. Kb4 Kd7 42. Kc4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Lahno Kateryna"]  [Black "Kosteniuk Alexandra"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "94"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. c4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. Nc3 O-O 7. d4 d5 8. Bf4  c5 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Re1 Nc6 11. dxc5 bxc5 12. Ne5 Nd4 13. Nc4 Bc6 14. Ne3 Qb6  15. Rb1 Rad8 16. Bg5 Qb7 17. b4 Nb5 18. Nxb5 Qxb5 19. Nf5 Rfe8 20. bxc5 Qxc5  21. Rc1 Qb6 22. Nxe7+ Rxe7 23. Bxf6 gxf6 24. e3 Bd7 25. Qxd5 Be6 26. Qe4 Rc7  27. Rb1 Qa5 28. Qh4 Kg7 29. Bh3 Bxa2 30. Ra1 Rd2 31. Qf4 Qe5 32. Bf5 Qxf4 33.  exf4 a5 34. Bb1 Bxb1 35. Rexb1 Rcc2 36. Rxa5 Rxf2 37. Rh5 Kg6 38. Rh4 h5 39.  Rf1 Rg2+ 40. Kh1 f5 41. Rd1 Rge2 42. Rd6+ f6 43. Rd1 Rb2 44. Kg1 Rg2+ 45. Kh1  Rge2 46. Kg1 Rg2+ 47. Kh1 Rge2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Ruan Lufei"]  [Black "Danielian Elina"]  [Result "1-0"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 a6 8. Qd2 b5  9. dxc5 Bxc5 10. Bd3 Bb7 11. Bf2 Qb6 12. O-O Bxf2+ 13. Qxf2 Qxf2+ 14. Kxf2 Ke7  15. Rae1 Nc5 16. Ke3 Rac8 17. Rf2 Rhd8 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Kxd4 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21.  Ke3 g6 22. Nd4 Ba6 23. g4 Bxd3 24. cxd3 Nd7 25. Kd2 Rg8 26. h3 h5 27. Rh2 Nb8  28. Rhh1 hxg4 29. hxg4 Nc6 30. Nf3 Rh8 31. Rc1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 a4 33. Ke3 Kd7 34.  Rh7 Ke7 35. Rh1 Kd7 36. Kd2 Ke7 37. Rh7 Nd8 38. Rh8 Rc7 39. Nd4 Rc5 40. Rg8 Nc6  41. Nxc6+ Rxc6 42. Rb8 b3 43. axb3 axb3 44. Rxb3 g5 45. fxg5 d4 46. Rb5 Kf8 47.  b4 Kg7 48. Rc5 Rb6 49. b5 Kg6 50. Kc2 Kxg5 51. Kb3 Kxg4 52. Kc4 Kf5 53. Kxd4  Rb8 54. Kc4 Rb7 55. Kb4 f6 56. exf6+ Kxf6 57. Ka5 Rd7 58. b6 e5 59. Rc3 Ke6 60.  Ka6 Rd6 61. Ka7 Rd4 62. Ra3 Rd7+ 63. b7 Kd5 64. Ka8 1-0

 [Event "Women GP 2011"]  [Site "Rostov"]  [Date "2011.08.03"]  [Round "2"]  [White "Stefanova Antoaneta"]  [Black "Koneru Humpy"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "221"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8.  e3 Qa5 9. Qb3 Ne4 10. Bd3 Nxg5 11. Nxg5 h6 12. Nf3 O-O 13. O-O Nf6 14. a3 Bd6  15. Qc2 Re8 16. h3 Qd8 17. Nd2 Bd7 18. Bf5 Bxf5 19. Qxf5 Re6 20. Na4 b6 21. Rc2  Qd7 22. b4 Bc7 23. Nb2 a5 24. Rfc1 axb4 25. axb4 g6 26. Qf3 Bd6 27. Nd3 Ra4 28.  Nf4 Bxf4 29. Qxf4 Rxb4 30. Qxh6 Ne4 31. Nxe4 dxe4 32. Qf4 Kg7 33. Qb8 Rb5 34.  Ra2 Re8 35. Ra7 Rxb8 36. Rxd7 c5 37. Re7 cxd4 38. exd4 Rd8 39. Rcc7 Rf5 40.  Rxe4 b5 41. Rb7 Rfd5 42. Ree7 Rf8 43. g3 Rxd4 44. Rxb5 Rd6 45. h4 Rfd8 46. Rbb7  Rf6 47. Re2 Rfd6 48. Kg2 R8d7 49. Rbb2 Rd3 50. Rb8 Rd8 51. Rxd8 Rxd8 52. g4 Rd3  53. Re7 Ra3 54. f3 Ra5 55. g5 Ra1 56. Re4 Rb1 57. Kg3 Rg1+ 58. Kf4 Ra1 59. Rd4  Re1 60. Rc4 Ra1 61. Ke5 Ra5+ 62. Ke4 Ra1 63. Rd4 Rf1 64. Ke3 Re1+ 65. Kf2 Ra1  66. Rf4 Ra6 67. Rb4 Ra1 68. Rb6 Rh1 69. Kg3 Rg1+ 70. Kh2 Ra1 71. Rf6 Rb1 72.  Kg2 Ra1 73. f4 Ra3 74. f5 Ra4 75. fxg6 fxg6 76. Kg3 Ra3+ 77. Kg4 Ra4+ 78. Kg3  Ra3+ 79. Rf3 Ra4 80. Rb3 Rc4 81. Rb7+ Kg8 82. Re7 Ra4 83. Re3 Kg7 84. Rf3 Rb4  85. Rf4 Rb3+ 86. Kg4 Rb7 87. Kf3 Rb3+ 88. Ke4 Rb5 89. Kd4 Ra5 90. Re4 Rf5 91.  Ke3 Ra5 92. Rc4 Re5+ 93. Kd4 Rf5 94. Rc7+ Kg8 95. Ke4 Ra5 96. Rc4 Kg7 97. Rd4  Rb5 98. Rd5 Rb4+ 99. Ke5 Rxh4 100. Rd7+ Kg8 101. Kf6 Ra4 102. Rd6 Kh7 103. Rd7+  Kg8 104. Rg7+ Kf8 105. Rf7+ Kg8 106. Kxg6 Ra6+ 107. Rf6 Ra7 108. Rb6 Rg7+ 109.  Kh5 Rh7+ 110. Kg4 Ra7 111. Kh5 1/2-1/2

Women’s GP 2011-2012 Rostov

By Yelena Dembo | August 2, 2011 - 17:41 |July 27, 2014 Women's GP 2011-2012 Rostov

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The tournament has started in Rostov, Russia today.

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Participants

Hou Yifan CHN GM 2575
Humpy Koneru IND GM 2614
Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS GM 2560
Tatiana Kosintseva RUS GM 2557
Anna Muzychuk SLO GM 2538
Kateryna Lahno UKR GM 2536
Alexandra Kosteniuk RUS GM 2497
Antoaneta Stefanova BUL GM 2524
Elina Danielian ARM GM 2521
Alisa Galliamova RUS WGM 2492
Ruan Lufei CHN WGM 2479
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS WGM 2427

Today’s pairs

Stefanova – Ruan Lufei 1/2
Koneru – Hou Yifan 0-1
Galliamova – Lahno 0-1
Kosteniuk – T. Kosintseva 1/2
Muzychuk – Kovalevskaya 1/2
N. Kosintseva – Danielian 1/2

1-2 Hou, Lahno 1
3-10 Kosteniuk, T.Kosintseva, Muzychuk, Kovalevskaya, N.Kosintseva, Danielian, Stefanova, Ruan Lufei
11-12 Koneru, Galliamova

Here are the games of the round:

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.02"]  [Round "1.1"]  [White "Stefanova Antoaneta"]  [Black "Ruan Lufei"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "196"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8.  g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 e5 14. Be3  exd4 15. Bxd4 O-O 16. Bg2 Bc5 17. Bc3 Rad8 18. Qa4 Nf6 19. b4 Bd4 20. Bxd4 Rxd4  21. Qxa7 Rxc4 22. Rab1 Qb8 23. Qxb8 Rxb8 24. a4 Ne4 25. a5 Nd2 26. Rfc1 Nxb1  27. Rxc4 Rd8 28. Rc1 Na3 29. a6 bxa6 30. Rxc6 Nb1 31. Bf1 Rb8 32. Bc4 Nd2 33.  Bd5 Rxb4 34. Rxa6 Rb8 35. Ra7 Rf8 36. Rb7 Rd8 37. Bxf7+ Kh7 38. Rb4 Rd4 39.  Rxd4 Nf3+ 40. Kg2 Nxd4 41. h4 Kh6 42. f4 Nf5 43. Kh3 Kh7 44. g4 Nd6 45. Bd5 Kh8  46. Kg3 Nc8 47. Kf3 Ne7 48. Bb3 Kh7 49. Ke4 Nc6 50. Kd5 Nb8 51. Kd6 Na6 52. Bc2  Kh6 53. Be4 Nb4 54. Ke7 Na2 55. Kf7 Kh7 56. Bxg6+ Kh8 57. Bc2 Nc3 58. f5 Nd5  59. g5 Nf4 60. Be4 Nh5 61. Bf3 Nf4 62. Bg4 Nd3 63. Kf8 Ne5 64. Bf3 Ng6+ 65. Ke8  Nxh4 66. Be4 Ng6 67. Kf7 Nf4 68. Ke7 Nh3 69. g6 Nf4 70. Kf7 Nh5 71. Bd5 Nf6 72.  Be6 Ng8 73. Kf8 Nf6 74. Ke7 Ne4 75. Bd5 Nf6 76. Bf3 Ng8+ 77. Ke6 Nf6 78. Bc6  Nh5 79. Be8 Nf6 80. Bf7 Nh5 81. Ke5 Nf6 82. Bb3 Nd7+ 83. Kd6 Nf6 84. Ke5 Nd7+  85. Ke6 Nf6 86. Bc4 Ng8 87. Bd5 Nf6 88. Bf3 Ng8 89. Bd1 Nf6 90. Kf7 Ng8 91. Ke6  Nf6 92. Bb3 Ng8 93. Bc4 Nf6 94. Kd6 Nh5 95. Ke5 Nf6 96. Kf4 Nd5+ 97. Kg5 Nf6  98. Kf4 Nd5+ 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.02"]  [Round "1.4"]  [White "Kosteniuk Alexandra"]  [Black "Kosintseva Tatiana"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "83"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O b5 6. Bb3 Bc5 7. a4 Rb8 8. c3  d6 9. d4 Bb6 10. axb5 axb5 11. Na3 O-O 12. Nxb5 Bg4 13. Ra3 Bxf3 14. gxf3 Nh5  15. Kh1 Qf6 16. Rg1 Nf4 17. Be3 Nd8 18. Ra6 Nde6 19. Bc4 Rfd8 20. b4 d5 21.  exd5 Nxd5 22. Bxd5 Rxd5 23. c4 Rxb5 24. cxb5 exd4 25. Bc1 Qf5 26. Qe2 Rd8 27.  Qe4 Qxe4 28. fxe4 f6 29. Rd1 g5 30. Kg2 Kf7 31. Ra3 Re8 32. h4 h6 33. f4 Nxf4+  34. Bxf4 gxf4 35. Kf3 Re5 36. Kxf4 Rxb5 37. Ra4 Rh5 38. Kg4 Re5 39. Kf3 Rh5 40.  Kg4 Re5 41. Kf3 Rh5 42. Kg4 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "????.??.??"]  [Round "1.3"]  [White "Galliamova Alisa"]  [Black "Lahno Kateryna"]  [Result "0-1"]  [PlyCount "82"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qb3 dxc4 7. Qxc4 O-O 8.  Bf4 Na6 9. e4 c5 10. e5 Be6 11. exf6 Bxc4 12. fxg7 Kxg7 13. Bxc4 cxd4 14. Be5+  f6 15. Bxd4 e5 16. Be3 Nb4 17. O-O Nc2 18. Rad1 Qc7 19. Bb3 Nxe3 20. fxe3 Rac8  21. Rf2 Qc5 22. Nd5 a5 23. a4 Rfd8 24. Ne1 f5 25. Nf3 b5 26. Nxe5 bxa4 27. Ba2  a3 28. g4 axb2 29. gxf5 Qc1 30. f6+ Kf8 31. Rfd2 Qxd1+ 32. Rxd1 Rc1 33. Kg2  Rxd1 34. Nf4 R1d6 35. Nfxg6+ hxg6 36. Nxg6+ Ke8 37. f7+ Kd7 38. Ne5+ Ke7 39. h4  Rb6 40. h5 b1=Q 41. Bxb1 Rd2+ 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "????.??.??"]  [Round "1.2"]  [White "Koneru Humpy"]  [Black "Hou Yifan"]  [Result "0-1"]  [PlyCount "82"]   1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8.  Nf4 c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bc2 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. Na4 Na6 14. Nc3 Nc7 15.  Qe2 b5 16. dxc5 Bxc5 17. Rd1 Ba6 18. Qf2 Bb7 19. Bd2 Re8 20. Nce2 Ne6 21. Nd3  Bb6 22. Nd4 Rc8 23. Bc3 Ba6 24. Kh1 Rc4 25. Bb3 Rc7 26. Rac1 b4 27. Nxe6 Rxe6  28. Bxf6 Rxf6 29. Rxc7 Bxc7 30. axb4 axb4 31. f4 Bc4 32. Qc2 Bxb3 33. Qxb3 Rb6  34. Nc5 h6 35. Rxd5 Qh4 36. h3 Qe1+ 37. Kh2 Rg6 38. Qc2 Qxe3 39. Nd3 Bb6 40.  Nc5 Qxf4+ 41. Kh1 Qf1+ 0-1

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.02"]  [Round "1.5"]  [White "Muzychuk Anna"]  [Black "Kovalevskaya Ekaterina"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "121"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 Bd7 7. Qd2 Rc8 8.  f4 Nxd4 9. Qxd4 Qa5 10. e5 dxe5 11. fxe5 e6 12. O-O-O Bc6 13. Bb5 Nd5 14. Bxc6+  bxc6 15. a3 Qb6 16. Ne4 Qxd4 17. Rxd4 Be7 18. c4 c5 19. Rd3 Bxg5+ 20. Nxg5 Nf4  21. Rd2 Ng6 22. Re1 h6 23. Nf3 Ke7 24. Kc2 Rhd8 25. Rxd8 Rxd8 26. b4 f6 27.  exf6+ gxf6 28. g3 e5 29. Kc3 Nf8 30. Nd2 Ne6 31. Nb3 Rc8 32. Rd1 Rd8 33. Re1 h5  34. Re4 Kf7 35. Nxc5 Nxc5 36. bxc5 Rb8 37. c6 Ke6 38. Rh4 Rc8 39. Rxh5 Rxc6 40.  Rh8 Ra6 41. Kb4 Rb6+ 42. Kc5 Ra6 43. Rd8 Rxa3 44. Kc6 Ke7 45. Rd7+ Ke6 46. Rd6+  Ke7 47. c5 e4 48. Rd4 f5 49. g4 Kf6 50. Rd6+ Kg5 51. gxf5 Kxf5 52. Rd8 Rh3 53.  Re8 Rxh2 54. Kb7 Kf4 55. c6 Rb2+ 56. Kxa7 Rc2 57. Kb7 e3 58. c7 Kf3 59. c8=Q  Rxc8 60. Kxc8 e2 61. Rxe2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "?"]  [Site "?"]  [Date "2011.08.02"]  [Round "1.6"]  [White "Kosintseva Nadezhda"]  [Black "Danielian Elina"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [PlyCount "152"]  [EventDate "2011.??.??"]   1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nd2 e6 5. Nb3 Nd7 6. Nf3 Ne7 7. Be2 Nc8 8. O-O  Be7 9. Ne1 O-O 10. Bd3 Bxd3 11. Nxd3 b6 12. Qg4 Kh8 13. c3 c5 14. Nf4 a5 15.  Nd2 Bg5 16. Nf3 Bxf4 17. Qxf4 Ne7 18. Re1 Rc8 19. Bd2 Kg8 20. Rad1 Nf5 21. c4  cxd4 22. cxd5 Nc5 23. d6 Nd3 24. Qe4 Nxe1 25. Rxe1 Rc5 26. h3 f6 27. g4 fxe5  28. gxf5 exf5 29. Qe2 e4 30. Nxd4 Qxd6 31. Bc3 Qh6 32. Qe3 f4 33. Qxe4 Qxh3 34.  Qe6+ Qxe6 35. Nxe6 Rxc3 36. bxc3 Rc8 37. Nxf4 Rxc3 38. Rb1 Ra3 39. Rxb6 Rxa2  40. Rb7 Ra4 41. Ne6 Rg4+ 42. Kh2 Rg6 43. Nc5 Rf6 44. Kg2 Rg6+ 45. Kf3 Rf6+ 46.  Ke3 Rf7 47. Rb8+ Rf8 48. Rb3 Ra8 49. Ra3 g5 50. Ra4 Kg7 51. Nb3 Rb8 52. Nxa5  Ra8 53. Ra3 Kg6 54. Nc4 Rxa3+ 55. Nxa3 Kf5 56. Nc4 g4 57. Nd6+ Ke5 58. Nc4+ Kf5  59. Ke2 Kf4 60. Ne3 h5 61. Ng2+ Kg5 62. Kf1 h4 63. Ne1 Kf4 64. Kg2 Ke4 65. Nc2  Kf4 66. Nd4 Ke4 67. Ne6 Ke5 68. Nc5 Kf4 69. Nd3+ Ke4 70. Ne1 Kf4 71. Kg1 g3 72.  Nd3+ Kf3 73. Ne1+ Kf4 74. Ng2+ Kg4 75. Nxh4 gxf2+ 76. Kxf2 Kxh4 1/2-1/2

2nd round pairings:

Ruan Lufei – Danielian
Kovalevskaya – N.Kosintseva
T.Kosintseva – Muzychuk
Lahno – Kosteniuk
Hou Yifan – Galliamova
Stefanova – Koneru

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Dortmund 2011

By Yelena Dembo | August 2, 2011 - 16:34 |July 27, 2014 Dortmund 2011

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This super event was won by Kramnik (it was his 10th win of Dortmund, by the way!!), who finished on 7 out of 10. Le Quang Liem was 2nd with 5.5. Giri and Ponomariov shared 3rd-4th with 5.

Positional pressure combined with active piece play

 [Event "39th GM"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2011.07.30"]  [Round "9"]  [White "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Black "Meier, Geo"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A00"]  [WhiteElo "2770"]  [BlackElo "2656"]  [PlyCount "67"]  [EventDate "2011.07.21"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "GER"]  [EventCategory "20"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2011.08.01"]   1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 e5 3. d3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Nc6 5. a3 Bd6 6. Bg5 Be6 7. Nfd2 Be7 8. c4  dxc4 9. dxc4 Qd7 10. Nc3 Rd8 11. O-O h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nd5 Bg5 14. Ne4 Be7  15. Qa4 O-O 16. e3 f5 17. Nec3 Bd6 18. Rad1 Qf7 19. Qb5 e4 20. c5 Be5 21. Qxb7  Bxc3 22. Nxc3 Ne5 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Nb5 Bc4 25. Ra1 Bxb5 26. Qxb5 Rd2 27. b4  Nd3 28. Rf1 h5 29. c6 g6 30. h4 Kh7 31. Qb8 a6 32. a4 Ra2 33. b5 Rxa4 34. b6  1-0

[Event "39th GM"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2011.07.28"]  [Round "7"]  [White "Kramnik, V."]  [Black "Meier, Geo"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A15"]  [WhiteElo "2781"]  [BlackElo "2656"]  [PlyCount "97"]  [EventDate "2011.07.21"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "GER"]  [EventCategory "20"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2011.08.01"]   1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 a6 4. Nc3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg2 Be7 7. O-O O-O 8. d4  c6 9. Ne5 a5 10. Bf4 Bf5 11. Qb3 Ra7 12. Rfd1 Nbd7 13. Rac1 h6 14. a3 Qb6 15.  Qxb6 Nxb6 16. f3 Re8 17. e4 Bh7 18. Be3 Raa8 19. Bf2 Rad8 20. Re1 Bf8 21. h3  dxe4 22. fxe4 Nfd7 23. Nd3 Nc4 24. Re2 Nb8 25. Na4 Nd6 26. Ndc5 Re7 27. Nb6 Nc8  28. Nc4 b6 29. Nb3 a4 30. Nbd2 Rb7 31. e5 Na7 32. d5 Bc5 33. Bxc5 bxc5 34. e6  Kf8 35. Na5 Rc7 36. Rxc5 fxe6 37. dxc6 Ke7 38. Ndc4 Rd1+ 39. Kh2 Bd3 40. Re3  Bxc4 41. Rxc4 Rd2 42. Rce4 Nbxc6 43. Rxe6+ Kf7 44. Nc4 Rc2 45. Nd6+ Kg8 46. h4  g5 47. Nf5 gxh4 48. Kh3 Rc5 49. Rg6+ 1-0

Interesting endgames

 [Event "39th GM"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2011.07.28"]  [Round "7"]  [White "Giri, A."]  [Black "Ponomariov, R."]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2701"]  [BlackElo "2764"]  [PlyCount "127"]  [EventDate "2011.07.21"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "GER"]  [EventCategory "20"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2011.08.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. a3 c5 8. cxd5  Nxd5 9. Nxd5 exd5 10. dxc5 Nxc5 11. Be5 Bg4 12. Be2 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 Bf6 14. Bxf6  Qxf6 15. Qc2 Rac8 16. Bxd5 Rfd8 17. Rd1 Qe5 18. Qc4 b5 19. Qa2 Rd7 20. O-O Na4  21. Bb3 Rdc7 22. Rd4 Nb6 23. Rfd1 g6 24. Qb1 Kg7 25. g3 Nc4 26. Kg2 Qf6 27.  Bxc4 bxc4 28. Qe4 Re7 29. Qd5 c3 30. bxc3 Rxc3 31. Rf4 Qc6 32. Qxc6 Rxc6 33.  Rdd4 Rc2 34. Rd5 h5 35. Ra5 Rb7 36. h3 Ra2 37. Rfa4 Rbb2 38. Rf4 Rb7 39. g4  hxg4 40. hxg4 Rc7 41. Kg3 Rb2 42. g5 Rb1 43. Kg2 Rb2 44. Rfa4 Rcc2 45. Rf4 Rb7  46. Kg3 Rc1 47. Rd4 Rb2 48. Rf4 Rb7 49. Rd4 Rb2 50. f3 a6 51. Rxa6 Rb5 52. f4  Rb3 53. Re4 Rcc3 54. a4 Rxe3+ 55. Rxe3 Rxe3+ 56. Kf2 Ra3 57. Ra7 Kf8 58. a5 Ke8  59. a6 Kf8 60. Ke2 Ke8 61. Ra8+ Kd7 62. a7 Kc6 63. Rc8+ Kb7 64. Rf8 1-0

 [Event "39th GM"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2011.07.29"]  [Round "8"]  [White "Ponomariov, R."]  [Black "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "E97"]  [WhiteElo "2764"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "129"]  [EventDate "2011.07.21"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "GER"]  [EventCategory "20"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2011.08.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. dxe5  dxe5 9. Bg5 Qxd1 10. Rfxd1 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nd4 13. Nd5 Nxd5 14. cxd5  f5 15. Kf1 Rf7 16. Rac1 fxe4 17. Bxe4 Bf8 18. Rd3 Bd6 19. Be3 Nf5 20. Bd2 a5  21. Rf3 b6 22. g4 Ne7 23. Rfc3 Rd8 24. Bg5 Rd7 25. h4 Rf8 26. Bh6 Rf7 27. Ke2  Kh8 28. Bg5 Rf8 29. f3 Ng8 30. Rh1 Nf6 31. Bxf6+ Rxf6 32. g5 Rf4 33. h5 Kg8 34.  hxg6 hxg6 35. Rh6 Rg7 36. Bxg6 Rb4 37. b3 a4 38. Rc1 axb3 39. axb3 Rxb3 40.  Rch1 Kf8 41. Rh8+ Rg8 42. Be4 Rb2+ 43. Kf1 Be7 44. g6 Bf6 45. R8h7 Bg7 46. R1h5  Ke7 47. Rxe5+ Kd6 48. Re6+ Kc5 49. Re7 Ra8 50. Rxc7+ Kd6 51. Rc1 Bd4 52. f4 Bc5  53. Rc2 Rb1+ 54. Kg2 Rg1+ 55. Kh2 Rg4 56. Bf5 Rxf4 57. Be6 Rf6 58. g7 Rxe6 59.  dxe6 Rg8 60. Re2 Ke7 61. Re4 b5 62. Kh3 b4 63. Rh5 Bd6 64. Rb5 Kf6 65. e7 1-0

Stubborn and resourceful defence

 [Event "39th GM"]  [Site "Dortmund GER"]  [Date "2011.07.31"]  [Round "10"]  [White "Kramnik, V."]  [Black "Nakamura, Hi"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E97"]  [WhiteElo "2781"]  [BlackElo "2770"]  [PlyCount "100"]  [EventDate "2011.07.21"]  [EventType "tourn"]  [EventRounds "10"]  [EventCountry "GER"]  [EventCategory "20"]  [Source "Mark Crowther"]  [SourceDate "2011.08.01"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O Nc6 8. d5  Ne7 9. b4 Nh5 10. c5 Nf4 11. a4 f5 12. Bc4 fxe4 13. Nxe4 h6 14. Re1 Bg4 15. Ra3  g5 16. h3 Bh5 17. Bxf4 Rxf4 18. g3 Rf8 19. a5 Kh8 20. Kg2 Rb8 21. Qd2 b6 22.  axb6 axb6 23. Nfxg5 hxg5 24. Qxg5 Bg6 25. cxd6 cxd6 26. Ra7 Rc8 27. Rxe7 Rxc4  28. f3 Rc2+ 29. Kg1 Rc8 30. Ra1 Rf7 31. Qxg6 Qxe7 32. Ng5 Kg8 33. Qh7+ Kf8 34.  Ne6+ Ke8 35. Qh5 Bf6 36. g4 Qb7 37. Rd1 Qa6 38. Qg6 Ke7 39. g5 Bh8 40. Re1 Qa3  41. Nd4 Qxb4 42. Nf5+ Kf8 43. Rd1 Rc2 44. Nd4 exd4 45. Qxc2 Qc3 46. Qe4 Qe3+  47. Qxe3 dxe3 48. Kg2 Bc3 49. Kf1 Rxf3+ 50. Ke2 Rxh3 0-1

Congrats to the winners! 🙂

Biel 2011

By Yelena Dembo | July 22, 2011 - 12:56 |July 22, 2011 Tournaments

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Standings after 3 rounds in Accentus-Grandmaster event:

1. Carlsen – 7,
2. Morozevich – 5,
3. Shirov – 4,
4-6. Vachier-Lagrave, Caruana and Pelletier – 2.

Eight players have 3.5 points out of 4 in the Masters event.

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