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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016 4th round

By Yelena Dembo | February 15, 2016 - 10:46 |February 15, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Batsiashvili-Pogonina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 3.5 out of 4, Dzagnidze is 2nd with 3, while Ju, Koneru and Zhao are on 2.5. Today is a rest day.

Results of the 4th round

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

Standings after 4 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	3½
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	3
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	2½
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	2½
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	2
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	1½
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	1½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	½

Games of the round

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Batsiashvili, N."]   [Black "Pogonina, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "D35"]   [WhiteElo "2485"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "62"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bf4 c6 7. Qc2 Be7 8.     h3 Nf8 9. e3 Ng6 10. Bd3 Nxf4 11. exf4 O-O 12. g4 Ne4 13. Nxe4 dxe4 14. Bxe4 f5     Bd3 Bb4+ 16. Kf1 Kh8 17. Rg1 Bd6 18. Ne5 Qh4 19. gxf5 Bxe5 20. dxe5 Qxh3+   Ke2 Bxf5 22. Rg3 Qh5+ 23. Ke3 Rad8 24. Bxf5 Rxf5 25. Qe4 Qf7 26. Rag1 g6   b3 c5 28. Qc4 Qe7 29. Rc1 b6 30. Qa6 Qd7 31. Rc4 Qd3# 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Khademalsharieh, S."]   [Black "Ju Wenjun"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E11"]   [WhiteElo "2403"]   [BlackElo "2558"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Bb4+ 4. Nbd2 O-O 5. a3 Be7 6. e4 d5 7. e5 Nfd7 8. Bd3     c5 9. O-O Nc6 10. cxd5 exd5 11. Qc2 h6 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. b4 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 f6     Bb2 fxe5 16. Nxe5 Bf5 17. Qg3 Nxe5 18. Bxe5 Bf6 19. Nb3 Re8 20. Rae1 Be4   Bxf6 Qxf6 22. Nc5 b6 23. Nxe4 Rxe4 24. Rxe4 dxe4 25. Qe3 Qg6 26. Qd4 Qc6   Re1 a5 28. h4 axb4 29. axb4 Re8 30. Re3 Qc1+ 31. Kh2 Qc7+ 32. Kg1 Qc1+ 33.     Kh2 Qc7+ 34. Kg1 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Gunina, V."]   [Black "Cramling, P."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D41"]   [WhiteElo "2496"]   [BlackElo "2521"]   [PlyCount "177"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 cxd4 6. Qa4+ Bd7 7. Qxd4 exd5 8.     Bg5 Nc6 9. Qf4 Be7 10. e3 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. O-O Be6 14. Rfd1 Qa5     Nb5 Qb4 16. Qg3 Rad8 17. a3 Qg4 18. Rd2 Na5 19. Rad1 Nb3 20. Rc2 Qxg3 21.     hxg3 d4 22. e4 a6 23. Nc7 Bd7 24. Nd5 Bg5 25. Rc7 Rfe8 26. Bc2 Na5 27. Nxd4 Be6     f4 Bxd5 29. exd5 Bf6 30. b4 Rxd5 31. Nf3 Rxd1+ 32. Bxd1 Nc6 33. Rxb7 Nd4   Kh2 Re3 35. a4 g6 36. Rb6 Re6 37. Rb8+ Kg7 38. a5 Nxf3+ 39. Bxf3 Rd6 40.     Rb7 Bc3 41. Be2 Rc6 42. b5 axb5 43. Bxb5 Rc8 44. a6 Bd4 45. Rd7 Bb6 46. g4 Rc3     Bd3 Bf2 48. g3 Kf8 49. Kg2 Be3 50. Kf3 Bg1 51. Ke4 Kg7 52. Ke5 Bf2 53. Rd6     Rc7 54. Ke4 Bc5 55. Rd8 Bf2 56. Kf3 Ba7 57. Bb5 Kf6 58. Ke4 Ke7 59. Rh8 Kd6 60.   Rxh6 Kc5 61. Bf1 Re7+ 62. Kf3 Kd4 63. g5 Rc7 64. Rh2 Rc3+ 65. Kg4 Kd5 66. Rb2   Rc7 67. Bg2+ Kd6 68. Rd2+ Ke7 69. Bd5 Rd7 70. Re2+ Kf8 71. Bc6 Rc7 72. Re8+ Kg7     Bd5 Rd7 74. Bb3 Bg1 75. Rb8 Ba7 76. Rb5 Kf8 77. Kf3 Ke7 78. g4 Rd3+ 79. Ke2     Rd7 80. f5 gxf5 81. gxf5 Rc7 82. f6+ Kd6 83. Rd5+ Kc6 84. Rd8 Kb5 85. g6 fxg6     f7 Bc5 87. Rd5 Rc8 88. Ba4+ Kxa4 89. Rxc5 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Koneru, H."]   [Black "Harika, D."]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "E81"]   [WhiteElo "2583"]   [BlackElo "2511"]   [PlyCount "65"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. f3 O-O 6. Be3 c5 7. Nge2 Nc6 8. d5     Ne5 9. Ng3 e6 10. Be2 b5 11. cxb5 exd5 12. exd5 Re8 13. O-O Neg4 14. Bf4 Ne3     Bxe3 Rxe3 16. Qd2 Nd7 17. Nge4 Bd4 18. Kh1 Nf6 19. Rae1 Nxe4 20. fxe4 Qe7   Bd3 Rxe1 22. Qxe1 a6 23. a4 axb5 24. Bxb5 Bd7 25. Qe2 Be5 26. Qf2 Bxb5 27.     axb5 Rb8 28. h3 Rb7 29. Qf3 Rb8 30. Qf2 Rb7 31. Qf3 Rb8 32. Qf2 Rb7 33. Qf3   1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Stefanova, A."]   [Black "Dzagnidze, N."]   [Result "0-1"]   [ECO "A04"]   [WhiteElo "2509"]   [BlackElo "2529"]   [PlyCount "100"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 d6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 Bg4 7. Be2 Bg7 8. O-O     Rc8 9. Re1 Nh6 10. c5 dxc5 11. dxc5 Qxd1 12. Bxd1 Nf5 13. Bf4 O-O 14. h3 Bxf3     Bxf3 Nfd4 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. Rac1 f5 18. Bd5+ Kf8 19. a3 Na5 20. b4 Ndb3 21.     Bxb3 Nxb3 22. Rc2 Nxc5 23. bxc5 Rxc5 24. Bg5 Re8 25. Rec1 Rec8 26. Rb2 b6 27.   Re2 Rxc3 28. Bxe7+ Kf7 29. Rce1 Rc1 30. Bb4 Rxe1+ 31. Rxe1 Bf8 32. Kf1 Rc4 33.   Rd1 Bxb4 34. axb4 Ke6 35. Ra1 Rc7 36. Ke2 Rd7 37. h4 Kd5 38. Kd3 Ke5+ 39. Ke3   h6 40. g3 Rc7 41. Ra3 Kd5 42. Kd3 Rf7 43. Ra1 f4 44. g4 f3 45. h5 g5 46. Kc3   Ke4 47. Ra4 b5 48. Ra6 Kf4 49. Rxh6 Kxg4 50. Kd2 Re7 0-1

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.14"]   [Round "4"]   [White "Zhao Xue"]   [Black "Zhukova, N."]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "A12"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2484"]   [PlyCount "85"]   [EventDate "2016.02.10"]         Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. b3 Bg4 4. d4 Nf6 5. e3 e6 6. Nbd2 Ne4 7. h3 Bxf3 8. gxf3     Nxd2 9. Bxd2 Bd6 10. Rg1 O-O 11. f4 f5 12. Qc2 a5 13. a3 Nd7 14. Bc3 Qe7 15.   Bb2 Nf6 16. Bd3 Rfc8 17. Qe2 Rf8 18. Qf3 Rf7 19. Ke2 Qd8 20. Bc3 Bf8 21. Rgc1   Qb6 22. Rcb1 Ne4 23. Be1 c5 24. cxd5 exd5 25. dxc5 Bxc5 26. b4 axb4 27. axb4   Rxa1 28. Rxa1 Bf8 29. Ra5 Qe6 30. Kf1 Rc7 31. Qd1 h6 32. Bc2 b6 33. Bb3 Kh7 34.   Rxd5 Qf6 35. Re5 Qh4 36. Qf3 Rc1 37. Rxe4 fxe4 38. Qxe4+ Kh8 39. Qe6 Rxe1+ 40.   Kg2 Kh7 41. Qf5+ Kh8 42. Qxf8+ Kh7 43. Bg8+ 1-0

Pairings of the 5th round

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

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Tehran Women’s Grand Prix 2016

By Yelena Dembo | February 14, 2016 - 06:48 |February 14, 2016 Tehran Women's Grand Prix 2016

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Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alena L'Ami)

Pogonina, Dzagnidze, Gunina (Photo by Alina L’Ami)

Pogonina leads with 2.5 out of 3, while Zhukova, Koneru, Dzagnidze and Ju are on 2.

Results of the 3rd round

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

Standings after 3 rounds

WGM	Pogonina Natalija	2454	RUS	2½
GM	Koneru Humpy	2583	IND	2
GM	Zhukova Natalia	2484	UKR	2
GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2529	GEO	2
GM	Ju Wenjun	2558	CHN	2
GM	Zhao Xue	2506	CHN	1½
GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2509	BUL	1½
IM	Khademalsharieh Sarasadat	2403	IRI	1½
IM	Batsiashvili Nino	2485	GEO	1
GM	Harika Dronavalli	2511	IND	1
GM	Cramling Pia	2521	SWE	½
GM	Gunina Valentina	2496	RUS	½

Games of the round

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.1"]   [White "Zhukova, Natalia"]   [Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D85"]   [WhiteElo "2484"]   [BlackElo "2509"]   [PlyCount "68"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.     Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Bh4   g5 15. Bg3 Nc6 16. d5 Na5 17. h4 Rac8 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Re1 Qc2 20. Nxg5 Bxe2     Rxe2 Qxd1+ 22. Rxd1 Nc4 23. e5 Rfd8 24. d6 exd6 25. exd6 Rd7 26. Re7 Rxe7   dxe7 Bf6 28. Re1 Re8 29. Ne4 Bb2 30. Nd6 Nxd6 31. Bxd6 b5 32. Rb1 Bf6 33.     Rxb5 Bxe7 34. Bxe7 Rxe7 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.2"]   [White "Cramling, Pia"]   [Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D38"]   [WhiteElo "2521"]   [BlackElo "2403"]   [PlyCount "63"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Bg5 dxc4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.     bxc3 Qd5 9. Bxf6 gxf6 10. g3 Bd7 11. Qc2 Na5 12. e4 Qd6 13. Nd2 c5 14. Nxc4   Nxc4 15. Bxc4 cxd4 16. Qd3 Rc8 17. cxd4 Qc6 18. Ba2 Qc3+ 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Kd2   Rxa3 21. Bxe6 Rxa1 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. Rxa1 Ra8 24. Kd3 a6 25. f4 b5 26. d5 a5     e5 b4 28. Kc4 Rc8+ 29. Kd4 Ra8 30. Kc4 Rc8+ 31. Kd4 Ra8 32. Ke4 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.3"]   [White "Ju, Wenjun"]   [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "A07"]   [WhiteElo "2558"]   [BlackElo "2454"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Qe1 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8.     dxe4 Be7 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. Nc4 Qc7 12. Nh4 Rfe8 13. Bd2 b5 14. Na5 Nc5     Nf5 Bf8 16. b4 Nb7 17. Nxb7 Qxb7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Qe2 Nd7 20. c4 bxc4 21.     Qxc4 c5 22. bxc5 Rac8 23. Be3 Nxc5 24. Rfd1 Red8 25. Rab1 Rxd1+ 26. Rxd1 Ne6     Qa4 Nc5 28. Qc4 Ne6 29. Qa4 Nc5 30. Qa5 f6 31. Rd8 Rxd8 32. Qxd8 Ne6 33.     Qd5 Qxd5 34. exd5 Bxf5 35. gxf5 Nd4 36. Bxd4 exd4 37. Kf1 Kf7 38. Ke2 Bc5 39.   Kd3 Ke7 40. Kc4 Kd6 41. f4 Bb6 42. Be4 Bc5 43. Bf3 Bb6 44. Be4 Bc5 1/2-1/2

  [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.4"]   [White "Zhao, Xue"]   [Black "Batsiashvili, Nino"]   [Result "1-0"]   [ECO "D37"]   [WhiteElo "2506"]   [BlackElo "2485"]   [PlyCount "67"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.     bxc3 Bd6 9. Ng5 h6 10. Qh5 O-O 11. Ne4 Nd7 12. Bxh6 gxh6 13. Qxh6 Re8 14. Qh5   Nf8 15. f4 Ng6 16. f5 Qh4 17. Qxh4 Nxh4 18. Nf6+ Kf8 19. Nxe8 Kxe8 20. Rae1 Be7     fxe6 fxe6 22. d5 exd5 23. Bd3 Bd7 24. Rf4 Kd8 25. g3 Bh3 26. gxh4 Kd7 27.     Rf7 Re8 28. h5 Be6 29. Rg7 Rf8 30. h6 Kd6 31. h7 Bf6 32. Rg6 Be5 33. Bf5 Rxf5     Rxe6+ 1-0

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.5"]   [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]   [Black "Koneru, Humpy"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D58"]   [WhiteElo "2529"]   [BlackElo "2583"]   [PlyCount "88"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 Be7 5. Nf3 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 b6 8. Bd3     Bb7 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bg3 c5 11. cxd5 Nxd5 12. Nxd5 Bxd5 13. Rc1 Nf6 14. dxc5   Bxc5 15. Qe2 Ne4 16. Ba6 Bd6 17. Nd4 Bxg3 18. hxg3 Qe7 19. a3 Nc5 20. Bc4 Bb7     b4 Ne4 22. Ba6 Rfc8 23. Qd3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 Rd8 25. Bxb7 Qxb7 26. Qc2 Qd5 27.     g4 Nf6 28. Nc6 Rd7 29. f3 Qg5 30. Qe2 h5 31. gxh5 Nxh5 32. f4 Ng3 33. Qa6 Qd5     Qc8+ Kh7 35. Ne5 Rd8 36. Qc2+ Kg8 37. Kh2 Ne4 38. Qc7 Rf8 39. Qd7 Nf6 40.     Qxd5 Nxd5 41. e4 Nxf4 42. Rc7 f5 43. Nd7 Rf7 44. exf5 exf5 1/2-1/2

   [Event "Tehran WGP 2016"]   [Site "Tehran IRI"]   [Date "2016.02.13"]   [Round "3.6"]   [White "Harika, Dronavalli"]   [Black "Gunina, Valentina"]   [Result "1/2-1/2"]   [ECO "D00"]   [WhiteElo "2511"]   [BlackElo "2496"]   [PlyCount "39"]   [EventDate "2016.02.11"]         d4 d5 2. Bf4 Nf6 3. e3 Bg4 4. Nf3 e6 5. h3 Bh5 6. Be2 c6 7. O-O Bd6 8. Ne5     Bxe2 9. Qxe2 O-O 10. Nd2 Qc7 11. c4 Nbd7 12. Nxd7 Nxd7 13. Bxd6 Qxd6 14. Rad1   Rfe8 15. Nf3 Nf6 16. Qc2 Ne4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Nd2 Nf6 20. Nf3   1/2-1/2

Pairings of the 4th round

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

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