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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 7th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 19, 2016 - 07:04 |February 19, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

Khademalsharieh-Gunina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina and Dzagnidze lead with 5.5 out of 7, Ju and Zhao have 5 points.

Results of the 7th round

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	1 – 0	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	½	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	0 – 1	GM	Zhao Xue	2506
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	1 – 0	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	1 – 0	GM	Koneru Humpy	2583
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	1 – 0	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496

Standings after 7 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	5½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	5½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	5
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	5
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	4½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	3
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	3
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	2
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.1"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "147"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Be7 5. Nbd2 O-O 6. b3 b6 7. Bb2 Bb7 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bd3 Nbd7 10. O-O Bd6 11. Ne5 Ne4 12. Rc1 Qe7 13. Nxd7 Qxd7 14. Nb1 Qe7     Rc2 f5 16. g3 Rf6 17. Qc1 c6 18. Ba3 Bxa3 19. Qxa3 Qxa3 20. Nxa3 a5 21.     Rfc1 Kf8 22. Nb1 Ke7 23. f3 Ng5 24. Kf2 Kd7 25. Nc3 Ne6 26. Na4 Kc7 27. f4 Nd8     Nc3 Kd6 29. Na4 Kc7 30. Nc3 Kd6 31. Ne2 Ba6 32. Bxa6 Rxa6 33. Ng1 Rf7 34.     Nf3 Rc7 35. h3 h5 36. Rg1 Raa7 37. g4 hxg4 38. hxg4 fxg4 39. Rxg4 Rf7 40. Rc1   Rf6 41. Rcg1 Ne6 42. Ng5 Re7 43. Nxe6 Rfxe6 44. Rg6 Rxg6 45. Rxg6+ Kd7 46. Kf3   Kc7 47. f5 Rf7 48. Kf4 Re7 49. a3 Re4+ 50. Kf3 Re7 51. b4 axb4 52. axb4 Kb7 53.   Kf4 Kc7 54. Rg3 Kb7 55. Rg6 Kc7 56. Kg5 Kb7 57. Re6 Rc7 58. Kg6 Ka6 59. Re8 Kb5     Rg8 Re7 61. Rxg7 Rxe3 62. f6 Kxb4 63. f7 Rf3 64. Rg8 c5 65. dxc5 bxc5 66.     f8=Q Rxf8 67. Rxf8 c4 68. Kf5 c3 69. Kf4 Kc4 70. Ke3 d4+ 71. Ke4 Kb3 72. Kd3   Kb2 73. Rb8+ Kc1 74. Rb7 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.2"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "B10"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "64"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         c4 c6 2. e4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. cxd5 Nf6 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. Nc3 g6 7. Nf3 Bg7 8.     Bc4 O-O 9. d3 a6 10. Qa3 b6 11. O-O Bb7 12. Re1 Re8 13. Ng5 b5 14. Bb3 Nb6 15.   d6 e6 16. Nge4 Nfd7 17. Qa5 Qb8 18. Bf4 h6 19. Rac1 Bc6 20. Nd1 Bd5 21. Qd2   Bxb3 22. axb3 g5 23. Bg3 f5 24. Nxg5 hxg5 25. Qxg5 Qd8 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. Rc7 e5     Ne3 Rf8 29. Rec1 Qf7 30. Qg5 Qf6 31. Qh5 Qf7 32. Qg5 Qf6 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.3"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A46"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Nbd7 6. c3 Be7 7. a4 b4 8. c4 c6   Bf4 Ba6 10. Nbd2 Nh5 11. Be3 O-O 12. Rc1 Rc8 13. Ne1 Nhf6 14. Bg5 c5 15.     dxc5 dxc4 16. c6 Nb8 17. Nef3 c3 18. bxc3 bxc3 19. Rxc3 Nd5 20. c7 Rxc7 21.   Rxc7 Qxc7 22. Nb1 Rd8 23. Bxe7 Nxe7 24. Qc1 Qxc1 25. Rxc1 Bxe2 26. Nc3 Bxf3 27.   Bxf3 Rd7 28. Ne4 f6 29. Rb1 Na6 30. a5 Nd5 31. Rc1 Rc7 32. Re1 Rc6 33. Nd2 Kf7     Nb3 Nac7 35. Nd4 Rc5 36. Rb1 e5 37. Nf5 g6 38. Nd6+ Ke6 39. Ne4 Rxa5 40.     Rc1 Ke7 41. Nc5 Ra3 42. Be2 Rc3 43. Rxc3 Nxc3 44. Bc4 a5 45. Kf1 a4 46. Ke1 Kd6     Nd3 e4 48. Nc1 N7d5 49. Kd2 Kc5 50. Ba6 Kd4 51. Bc8 Nb4 52. Be6 Nd3 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.4"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "95"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 e6 4. c4 c6 5. cxd5 Bxf3 6. Bxf3 cxd5 7. Nc3 Nc6 8.     d4 Nf6 9. O-O Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. b3 a6 12. Bb2 b5 13. Qd3 Qb6 14. a4 b4 15. Nb1   Bd6 16. Nd2 e5 17. Bg2 exd4 18. exd4 Bb8 19. Rfd1 Ba7 20. Nf1 Rfe8 21. Ne3 Rad8     Rac1 Re6 23. Rc5 Qb8 24. Rc2 Qb6 25. Bf1 Ne7 26. Rdc1 g6 27. Bg2 Nc6 28.     Rc5 Ne7 29. a5 Qb8 30. R5c2 Ne8 31. Bh3 f5 32. Re2 Ng7 33. Rce1 Qd6 34. Nc2   Rxe2 35. Qxe2 Kf7 36. Bf1 Rc8 37. Qd2 Rb8 38. Nxb4 Rxb4 39. Ba3 Nc6 40. Rc1 Ne6     Rxc6 Qxc6 42. Qxb4 Bxd4 43. Qe7+ Kg8 44. Bd6 Qc8 45. Bxa6 Qc1+ 46. Kg2 Qe1   Qe8+ Kg7 48. Bf8+ 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.5"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "E04"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "83"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. Bg2 Bd7 6. Ne5 Bc6 7. Nxc6 Nxc6 8.     O-O Qd7 9. e3 O-O-O 10. Nd2 h5 11. Nxc4 Nd5 12. a3 h4 13. b4 f6 14. b5 Nce7 15.   a4 hxg3 16. hxg3 g5 17. Bd2 Kb8 18. Qe2 Qe8 19. e4 Nb6 20. Nxb6 cxb6 21. Rfc1   Nc8 22. e5 Bg7 23. a5 fxe5 24. dxe5 Qh5 25. Qc4 Bxe5 26. Bc3 Bxc3 27. Qxc3 Qh2+     Kf1 Qh7 29. Qe5+ Nd6 30. axb6 axb6 31. Ra3 Qh1+ 32. Bxh1 Rxh1+ 33. Kg2 Rxc1   Qxg5 Rdc8 35. Qe5 Rd1 36. Qxe6 Nxb5 37. Rb3 Nd6 38. Rxb6 Nc4 39. Rb4 Rd4   Qe7 Rc7 41. Qf8+ Rc8 42. Rxb7+ 1-0

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.18"]   [Round "7.6"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D10"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "133"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 Bg4 7. Qb3 Na5 8.     Qa4+ Bd7 9. Qc2 e6 10. Bd3 Be7 11. h3 Ne4 12. Nge2 f5 13. O-O Rc8 14. f3 Nd6     e4 dxe4 16. fxe4 O-O 17. Rae1 Nxe4 18. Bxe4 fxe4 19. Qxe4 Rf6 20. Be5 Rxf1+   Rxf1 Nc4 22. Qxb7 Rc6 23. Qb8 Bc8 24. Qb5 Qe8 25. d5 exd5 26. Bd4 Be6 27.     Nxd5 Bd6 28. Ndf4 Bf7 29. Qg5 Ne5 30. Ng3 h6 31. Qf5 Rc4 32. Bc3 Nc6 33. Nfh5   Rc5 34. Nf6+ gxf6 35. Qxf6 Rxc3 36. Qxd6 Qe3+ 37. Kh2 Rd3 38. Qc7 Bg6 39. Rf6   Ne5 40. Qb8+ Kh7 41. Nf1 Qg5 42. Qxa7+ Rd7 43. Qf2 Kg7 44. Ra6 Nd3 45. Qe3 Nf4     Ng3 Rd3 47. Ra7+ Bf7 48. Nh5+ Nxh5 49. Qxd3 Qe5+ 50. g3 Qxb2+ 51. Kh1 Qf2   Qc3+ Kg8 53. Ra8+ Kh7 54. Rh8+ Kg6 55. Qd3+ Kg7 56. Qh7+ Kf6 57. Qxh6+ Ke7   Qf8+ Ke6 59. Qc8+ Kf6 60. Qc6+ Kg5 61. Qh6+ Kf5 62. Qxh5+ Ke4 63. Qg4+ Kd5   Rd8+ Kc5 65. Qc8+ Kb4 66. Qb7+ Ka3 67. Ra8+ 1-0

Pairings of the 8th round

IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	–	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	–	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	–	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	–	GM	Ju Wenjun	2558
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	–	GM	Cramling Pia	2521
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	–	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 6th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 18, 2016 - 10:37 |February 18, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Zhukova-Dzagnidze (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Dzagnidze and Pogonina lead with 4.5 out of 6.

Results of the 6th round

IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	0 – 1	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	½	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	0 – 1	GM	Ju Wenjun	2558
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	½	GM	Cramling Pia	2521
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	1 – 0	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	0 – 1	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529

Standings after 6 rounds

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	4½
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	4½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	4
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	4
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	3½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	2
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Gunina, V."]   [Black "Pogonina, N."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D63"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "99"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Rc1 a6 8. cxd5     exd5 9. Bd3 c6 10. Qc2 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Rce1 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Bxe4 dxe4     Nd2 f5 16. f3 exf3 17. Nxf3 Be6 18. e4 fxe4 19. Nxe4 Bd5 20. Ne5 Nd7 21.     Ng3 Nxe5 22. Rxe5 Qb4 23. Qf2 Rxe5 24. dxe5 Bxa2 25. b3 Bxb3 26. Rb1 Qc3 27.   Nf5 Re8 28. Nxg7 Rf8 29. Nf5 Qxe5 30. g4 Bf7 31. Rxb7 Qa1+ 32. Kg2 Bd5+ 33. Kh3   Qc3+ 34. Kh4 Qf6+ 35. Kg3 Kh8 36. Qe3 Rg8 37. Re7 a5 38. Qa7 Qc3+ 39. Kh4 Qf6+     Kh3 Qc3+ 41. Kh4 Qf6+ 42. Kg3 Qc3+ 43. Ne3 Rg7 44. Rxg7 Qxg7 45. Qa8+ Qg8   Qxa5 Qb8+ 47. Kh3 Qe5 48. Qd8+ Bg8 49. Nf5 c5 50. Ne7 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Stefanova, A."]   [Black "Cramling, P."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "60"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. h3 Ne5 6. Nh2 f5 7. d4 Nf7 8. g4 Bd7   Bg2 Qc8 10. Qe2 Bg7 11. d5 Nf6 12. gxf5 gxf5 13. f4 Qc7 14. Bd2 e5 15. dxe6     Bxe6 16. O-O a6 17. Rad1 O-O 18. Be1 Rae8 19. Bh4 Nh8 20. Qd3 Ng6 21. Bf2 Rd8     Nf3 h6 23. Nh4 Nxh4 24. Bxh4 Qf7 25. b3 Qh5 26. Bg3 Kh8 27. Kh2 Ng4+ 28.     Kg1 Nf6 29. Kh2 Ng4+ 30. Kg1 Nf6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Zhao Xue"]   [Black "Harika, D."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 e6 3. c4 c6 4. e3 Bd6 5. Qc2 f5 6. Nc3 Nf6 7. h3 O-O 8. g4 Ne4   Be2 Nd7 10. Bd2 Ndf6 11. Rf1 a6 12. c5 Bc7 13. O-O-O Qe7 14. Be1 Bd7 15. Na4     fxg4 16. Ne5 g3 17. f3 Nf2 18. Bxf2 gxf2 19. Bd3 Be8 20. Rxf2 Bxe5 21. dxe5 Nd7     f4 g6 23. Rg2 Rb8 24. Rdg1 Kh8 25. h4 b5 26. cxb6 c5 27. h5 c4 28. Bxg6     hxg6 29. hxg6 Kg8 30. Rh2 Rf5 31. Rh7 Qb4 32. Qh2 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Koneru, H."]   [Black "Ju Wenjun"]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E20"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "52"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 O-O 5. e4 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. f4     c5 9. Nf3 cxd4 10. Nxd4 Nxe5 11. fxe5 Qh4+ 12. Ke2 Bc5 13. Be3 Bg4+ 14. Nf3 d4     Bg1 Bxf3+ 16. Kxf3 Nd7 17. g3 Nxe5+ 18. Kg2 Qf6 19. Na4 Qc6+ 20. Kf2 d3+   Nxc5 Qxc5+ 22. Kg2 Qc6+ 23. Kf2 Rac8 24. g4 Qxh1 25. Bg2 Rc2+ 26. Qxc2     Qxg2+ 0-1

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Batsiashvili, N."]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, S."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "124"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 h6 8.     Bh4 g5 9. Bg3 Ne4 10. Qc2 h5 11. h4 Nxg3 12. fxg3 gxh4 13. Nxh4 Qg5 14. O-O-O   c6 15. Bd3 Nb6 16. Nf3 Qxg3 17. e4 Bxc3 18. bxc3 Be6 19. exd5 Nxd5 20. Rhe1   O-O-O 21. c4 Qf4+ 22. Rd2 Nb4 23. Qb3 Nxd3+ 24. Qxd3 Bf5 25. Qa3 Kb8 26. Re7   Rhe8 27. Kb2 Rxe7 28. Qxe7 Qc7 29. Qc5 Qb6+ 30. Qxb6 axb6 31. Kc3 Re8 32. Rf2   Re3+ 33. Kb4 Bg4 34. Nh4 Be6 35. Nf5 Rd3 36. a4 Rd1 37. Kb3 Rb1+ 38. Kc2 Rb4     Ne3 Rxa4 40. Kb3 Ra5 41. d5 cxd5 42. cxd5 Bxd5+ 43. Nxd5 Rxd5 44. Rxf7 Rg5   Rh7 Ka7 46. Kb4 Ka6 47. Rh8 Rg4+ 48. Kb3 h4 49. Rh5 b5 50. Rh8 Kb6 51. Ka3     Kc5 52. Rc8+ Kd5 53. Rc2 Ke4 54. Rb2 Kf4 55. Rb4+ Kg3 56. Rxb5 Kxg2 57. Rxb7 h3     Rb2+ Kh1 59. Rb1+ Rg1 60. Rb2 h2 61. Rc2 Rg3+ 62. Kb2 Rg2 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.17"]   [Round "6"]   [White "Zhukova, N."]   [Black "Dzagnidze, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "E18"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. Nc3 Ne4 8. Bd2     Nxd2 9. Qxd2 d6 10. d5 e5 11. e4 Bc8 12. Ne1 f5 13. exf5 Bxf5 14. Nd3 Bg5 15.   Qe2 Bh6 16. Ne4 a5 17. f4 exf4 18. Nxf4 Bxf4 19. Rxf4 Nd7 20. Nc3 Nc5 21. Raf1   Re8 22. Qd2 Bd3 23. R1f3 Bg6 24. Nb5 Qd7 25. Nd4 Be4 26. Rf7 Qxf7 27. Rxf7 Kxf7     Ne6 Bxg2 29. Nxc7 Bh3 30. g4 Kg8 31. Qc3 Bxg4 32. Nxa8 Rxa8 33. Qg3 h5 34.     h3 Bf5 35. Qxd6 Nd7 36. Qg3 Re8 37. Qf3 g6 38. a3 Re1+ 39. Kf2 Ne5 40. Qc3 Nd3+     Kg3 Rh1 42. Qf6 Rxh3+ 43. Kg2 h4 44. d6 Nf4+ 45. Kf2 Ne6 46. d7 Rd3 47. Qe7     Rd4 48. b4 axb4 49. axb4 h3 50. Kg3 Rd3+ 51. Kf2 h2 52. Qe8+ Nf8 0-1

Pairings of the 7th round

GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	–	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	–	GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	–	GM	Zhao Xue	2506
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	–	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	–	GM	Koneru Humpy	2583
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	–	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 5th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 17, 2016 - 06:36 |February 17, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Harika-Stefanova (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 4 out of 5, Dzagnidze is on 3.5, while Zhao, Ju and Koneru have 3 points.

Results of the 5th round

GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	½	IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	½	GM	Zhao Xue	2506
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	1 – 0	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	½	GM	Koneru Humpy	2583
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	½	GM	Gunina Valentina	2496
WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	½	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403

Standings after 5 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	4
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	3½
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	3
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	3
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	3
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	2½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	2
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1½
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	1

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.1"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D30"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. e3 h6 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nc3 O-O 8. Qc2     Na6 9. c5 Re8 10. Bxa6 bxa6 11. O-O Rb8 12. Rad1 Bd7 13. e4 dxe4 14. Ne5 Bb5     Nxb5 Rxb5 16. a4 Rb7 17. Nd7 Rb4 18. Nxf6+ Qxf6 19. Qxe4 Rc8 20. Qc6 Rxb2   Qxa6 Qd8 22. d5 exd5 23. Rxd5 Qe8 24. h3 Qe6 25. Qd3 Re8 26. Rd7 Rb3 27.     Qd1 Rb1 28. Qxb1 Qxd7 29. Qb7 a5 30. Qb5 Qxb5 31. axb5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.2"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Zhao, Xue"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E15"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2506"]   [PlyCount "74"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 b5 6. cxb5 Bxb5 7. Bg2 d5 8. O-O     Nbd7 9. Nc3 Ba6 10. Ne5 c5 11. Nxd7 Qxd7 12. Ba3 Rc8 13. Rc1 Be7 14. Na4 cxd4     Rxc8+ Qxc8 16. Bxe7 Kxe7 17. Qxd4 Qc7 18. Qb4+ Qd6 19. Qd4 Qc7 20. Qb4+ Qd6   Qd4 Rc8 22. Qxa7+ Rc7 23. Qe3 Rc2 24. Qa7+ Kf8 25. Bf3 g5 26. Nb6 Rxa2 27.     Rc1 g4 28. Bxg4 Nxg4 29. Nd7+ Kg8 30. h3 Qa3 31. Qb8+ Kg7 32. Rc5 Rxe2 33. Qf8+   Kg6 34. Qg8+ Kh6 35. Qf8+ Kg6 36. Qg8+ Kh6 37. Qf8+ Kg6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.3"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "B06"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "55"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nc3 d6 4. f4 c5 5. dxc5 dxc5 6. Qxd8+ Kxd8 7. e5 b6 8.     Nf3 Nh6 9. Bc4 Nc6 10. Be3 Kc7 11. O-O-O a6 12. h3 f6 13. g4 fxe5 14. fxe5 e6     Ng5 Nd4 16. Nce4 Ra7 17. Rhf1 Kb8 18. c3 Nc6 19. Nxe6 Bxe6 20. Bxe6 Nxe5   Bf4 Re7 22. g5 Nf5 23. Bxf5 gxf5 24. Ng3 Rf8 25. Nh5 Bh8 26. Nf6 Kc8 27.     Bxe5 Rxe5 28. Nd7 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.4"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "108"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 e6 2. c4 f5 3. g3 Nf6 4. Bg2 d5 5. O-O Bd6 6. d3 O-O 7. Nc3 c6 8. e4     dxe4 9. dxe4 e5 10. exf5 Bxf5 11. Qb3 Qb6 12. Be3 Qxb3 13. axb3 Na6 14. Rfd1   Bc7 15. h3 Bc2 16. Rdc1 Bg6 17. Ra4 Nd7 18. b4 Nb6 19. Bxb6 axb6 20. Ng5 Bd6     b5 Nb4 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nge4 Be7 24. Rd1 Bf5 25. Kh2 Be6 26. Nd6 Rd8 27.     Nxb7 Rxd1 28. Nxd1 cxb5 29. cxb5 Kf7 30. Ne3 Nd3 31. Nd5 Bxd5 32. Bxd5+ Kf6 33.   Kg2 Nxb2 34. Kf3 Nd1 35. Bc6 Ke6 36. Ke2 Nc3+ 37. Kd3 Nd5 38. Kc4 Nf6 39. Kd3   Kf5 40. h4 e4+ 41. Kd4 Ke6 42. f3 exf3 43. Bxf3 Kf5 44. Be2 g6 45. Bf3 Nh5 46.   g4+ Kf4 47. Bd1 Nf6 48. g5 Ne4 49. Bb3 Nc5 50. Nxc5 Bxc5+ 51. Kd3 Kg4 52. Bg8   Kxh4 53. Bxh7 Kxg5 54. Ke2 Kf6 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.5"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D11"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "104"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O     Nbd7 9. e3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. Nc3 Rad8 12. h3 h6 13. Qe2 Ne4 14. Nd2 Nxc3 15.   bxc3 Bc2 16. Re1 e5 17. Ne4 Bxe4 18. Bxe4 Nf6 19. Bg2 Rfe8 20. Bb2 Bd6 21. e4   Qa5 22. a4 exd4 23. cxd4 Bb4 24. Rec1 c5 25. Rd1 cxd4 26. Bxd4 Bc3 27. Bxc3   Qxc3 28. Qb5 b6 29. Rac1 Rxd1+ 30. Rxd1 Qc2 31. Rd6 Rc8 32. Qf5 Re8 33. Qb5 Rc8     Qa6 Rc4 35. Qxa7 Rxa4 36. Qxb6 Ra1+ 37. Kh2 Qc1 38. f3 Qe1 39. Rd3 Nh5 40.     f4 Ra2 41. Qe3 Re2 42. Qg1 Qb4 43. Re3 Rd2 44. e5 Qd4 45. Re1 Qc3 46. Re3 Qc2     e6 fxe6 48. Rxe6 Nxg3 49. Kxg3 Rxg2+ 50. Qxg2 Qb3+ 51. Qf3 Qxe6 52. Qd3 Kf7     1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.16"]   [Round "5.6"]   [White "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D02"]   [WhiteElo "2454"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "61"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. Bf4 c5 4. e3 Nc6 5. c3 Qb6 6. Qb3 c4 7. Qc2 Bf5 8. Qc1     h6 9. h3 e6 10. Be2 Rc8 11. O-O Be7 12. Nbd2 O-O 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Nb4 15.   Qa3 Rxc3 16. Qxa7 Qc6 17. Ne5 Qc8 18. Bb5 Nd3 19. Nxd3 Bxd3 20. Bxd3 Rxd3 21.   Nf3 Rxb3 22. Rfc1 Rc3 23. Rxc3 Qxc3 24. Rb1 Ne4 25. Qxb7 Qc2 26. Rf1 Bd6 27.   Bxd6 Nxd6 28. Qd7 Ne4 29. Ne5 Nd2 30. Ra1 Ne4 31. Rf1 1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 6th round

IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	–	IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	–	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	–	GM	Ju Wenjun	2558
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	–	GM	Cramling Pia	2521
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	–	GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	–	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529

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