FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) 2nd round

Harika-Batsiashvili (Photo taken from the official site)

Harika-Batsiashvili (Photo taken from the official site)

Gunina and Batsiashvili lead with 2 out of 2.

Results of the 2nd round

IM Javakhishvili Lela 2461 0 – 1 GM Ju Wenjun 2580
WGM Girya Olga 2450 ½ – ½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2448
GM Khotenashvili Bela 2426 0 – 1 WGM Pogonina Natalija 2492
GM Harika Dronavalli 2543 0 – 1 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2489
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2555 ½ – ½ IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2435
GM Gunina Valentina 2525 1 – 0 IM Skripchenko Almira 2455

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World Chess Championship 2016 7th game

The 7th game ended in a draw as well and the score is 3.5-3.5. Playing Black, Carlsen missed 15…f5 (which could have given him a really good game) and 16…Rb8. In the opposite color B + Rooks endgame though Karjakin didn’t manage to make use of the extra pawn.

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Khanty-Mansiysk (Russia) 1st round

Pogonina-Girya (Photo taken from the official site)

Pogonina-Girya (Photo taken from the official site)

Batsiashvili, Gunina and Girya won their first games.

Results of the 1st round

GM Gunina Valentina 2525 1 – 0 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2461
IM Skripchenko Almira 2455 ½ – ½ GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2555
IM Khademalsharieh Sarasadat 2435 ½ – ½ GM Harika Dronavalli 2543
IM Batsiashvili Nino 2489 1 – 0 GM Khotenashvili Bela 2426
WGM Pogonina Natalija 2492 0 – 1 WGM Girya Olga 2450
GM Zhukova Natalia 2448 ½ – ½ GM Ju Wenjun 2580

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