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Women’s World Championship 2015 Sochi, Russia

By Yelena Dembo | March 27, 2015 - 06:14 |March 27, 2015 Women's World Championship 2015 Sochi Russia

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Remaining pairs

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Results of the 1st game of the Quarterfinals

M.Muzychuk-Koneru 1-0
Pogonina-Zhao 0-1
Cramling-A.Muzychuk 1/2
Arabidze-Harika 1/2

Games of the round

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.26"]  [Round "22.1"]  [White "Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR)"]  [Black "Koneru, Humpy (IND)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "C45"]  [PlyCount "57"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:15:31"]  [BlackClock "0:05:38"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Bc5 5. Be3 Qf6 6. c3 Nge7 7. g3 d5 8.  Bg2 dxe4 9. O-O O-O 10. Nd2 Bb6 11. Re1 Nxd4 12. Nxe4 Qf5 13. Bxd4 Nc6 14. Bxb6  axb6 15. f4 Be6 16. b3 h6 17. h3 Ra3 18. Qd2 Qa5 19. b4 Qa4 20. g4 Rd8 21. Qf2  Rxa2 22. Rxa2 Bxa2 23. b5 Na7 24. g5 hxg5 25. Nxg5 f6 26. Qd2 Rf8 27. Bd5+ Bxd5  28. Qxd5+ Kh8 29. Qf7 1-0

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.26"]  [Round "22.2"]  [White "Pogonina, Natalija (RUS)"]  [Black "Zhao, Xue (CHN)"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "E06"]  [PlyCount "136"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:05:39"]  [BlackClock "0:07:35"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Nf3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. a4  Bd7 9. Qxc4 Bc6 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Bxf6 12. Nc3 Bxf3 13. Bxf3 c6 14. e3 a5 15.  Qb3 Qc7 16. Rac1 Ra6 17. Rfd1 Rd8 18. Bg2 Qb6 19. Qa2 Ra8 20. Ne4 Be7 21. Nd2  Nd7 22. h4 Bb4 23. Ne4 Nf6 24. Nxf6+ gxf6 25. Qc4 Bf8 26. Qe2 Rd7 27. Rc4 Rad8  28. Rdc1 Bg7 29. g4 e5 30. dxe5 Rd2 31. Qf3 fxe5 32. R1c2 Qb3 33. Qe4 Rxc2 34.  Rxc2 Rd3 35. Qc4 Qxc4 36. Rxc4 Bf8 37. Rc3 Rd2 38. Rb3 Bb4 39. Be4 Rd1+ 40. Kg2  Ra1 41. Rd3 Rxa4 42. Kf3 Bf8 43. Rb3 Bb4 44. Rd3 Ra2 45. Rd7 b6 46. b3 Be1 47.  Bxc6 Rxf2+ 48. Ke4 Rf6 49. Bd5 Bxh4 50. Kxe5 Kg7 51. Ke4 Bg3 52. Bc4 Kg6 53.  Rd5 Bd6 54. Rf5 Rxf5 55. gxf5+ Kf6 56. Kd5 Bc5 57. e4 Kg5 58. Bd3 h5 59. e5 Kf4  60. e6 fxe6+ 61. fxe6 h4 62. Kc6 h3 63. Bc4 h2 64. Bd5 Ke3 65. Kd7 Kf2 66. e7  Bxe7 67. Kxe7 b5 68. Kd6 a4 0-1

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.26"]  [Round "22.3"]  [White "Cramling, Pia (SWE)"]  [Black "Muzychuk, Anna (UKR)"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "A46"]  [PlyCount "58"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:08:01"]  [BlackClock "0:08:18"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 c5 4. e3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bb5+ Bd7 7. Bxd7+ Qxd7 8.  O-O Nc6 9. Nc3 Be7 10. dxc5 Bxc5 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 Rfd8 13. Rc1 Qe7 14. Nb5  Ne4 15. Nfd4 Qg5 16. Qe2 Rac8 17. f3 Bxd4 18. Nxd4 Nd6 19. Nxc6 bxc6 20. Bd4  Nb5 21. Bc5 d4 22. exd4 Nxd4 23. Qe4 Ne6 24. Be3 Qa5 25. Rc2 h6 26. Rfc1 Rd5  27. b4 Qa3 28. h3 Rcd8 29. Rxc6 Qxa2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.26"]  [Round "22.4"]  [White "Arabidze, Meri (GEO)"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli (IND)"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "D37"]  [PlyCount "30"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:53:32"]  [BlackClock "1:00:53"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Nbd7 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c6 7. e3 Be7 8.  Bd3 Ne4 9. Bf4 Ndf6 10. Qc2 O-O 11. O-O Bf5 12. Ne5 Re8 13. f3 Nxc3 14. Bxf5  Nb5 15. g4 g6 1/2-1/2

Both Koneru and Pogonina are in a must win situation today as only a victory will allow them to equalize in the Classical part of the match and proceed to the rapid tie-breaks.

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Women’s World Championship 2015 Sochi, Russia

By Yelena Dembo | March 26, 2015 - 09:44 |March 26, 2015 Women's World Championship 2015 Sochi Russia

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Cmilyte-Arabidze

Another round is over at the Women’s World Championship. The remaining ladies are: Koneru, Muzychuk sisters (Anna and Maria), Arabidze, Harika, Pogonina, Zhao and Cramling.

The pairings of the 1st game of the 4th round are:

Koneru-M.Muzychuk
Arabidze-Harika
Pogonina-Zhao
A.Muzychuk-Cramling

Some games of the previous round

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.23"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Koneru, Humpy"]  [Black "Galliamova, Alisa"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D45"]  [WhiteElo "2581"]  [BlackElo "2484"]  [PlyCount "75"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 b6 7. Bd3 Bb7 8. O-O  Be7 9. b3 dxc4 10. bxc4 c5 11. Ne5 cxd4 12. exd4 Nxe5 13. dxe5 Nd7 14. Bf4 g5  15. Bg3 h5 16. h3 h4 17. Bh2 g4 18. Be4 Bxe4 19. Qxe4 gxh3 20. Nb5 Rb8 21. gxh3  a6 22. Nd6+ Bxd6 23. exd6 Qg5+ 24. Kh1 Rc8 25. Rae1 Kd8 26. Rg1 Qc5 27. Qf4 Qf5  28. Qxf5 exf5 29. Re7 Rf8 30. Bf4 Rxc4 31. Bh6 Rh8 32. Rxf7 Kc8 33. Rgg7 Nc5  34. Be3 Rd8 35. Bxc5 Rxc5 36. Ra7 Kb8 37. Rgb7+ Kc8 38. d7+ 1-0

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.23"]  [Round "3.5"]  [White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]  [Black "Harika, Dronavalli"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C19"]  [WhiteElo "2529"]  [BlackElo "2492"]  [PlyCount "108"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. h4 Qa5 8. Bd2  Qa4 9. h5 b6 10. h6 gxh6 11. Nf3 Ba6 12. Rh4 Bxf1 13. Kxf1 Nbc6 14. dxc5 Qb5+  15. c4 dxc4 16. Qe2 Ng6 17. Re4 bxc5 18. Bxh6 Rd8 19. Qxc4 a6 20. Qxb5 axb5 21.  Rb1 b4 22. Rc4 bxa3 23. Rxc5 Nge7 24. Ra1 Ra8 25. Nd2 Kd7 26. Nc4 Nd5 27. Rb5  Nd4 28. Rxd5+ exd5 29. Nb6+ Ke6 30. Nxa8 Rxa8 31. c3 Nc6 32. Bc1 a2 33. Ke2  Nxe5 34. Kd2 h5 35. Kc2 Kf5 36. Kb3 Nd3 37. Ba3 Nxf2 38. Rxa2 Ne4 39. Re2 Kg4  40. c4 dxc4+ 41. Kxc4 Rxa3 42. Rxe4+ Kg3 43. Re5 h4 44. Rg5+ Kh2 45. Rg7 Rg3  46. Rxf7 Kxg2 47. Rd7 Rg4+ 48. Kc3 h3 49. Rd2+ Kg3 50. Rd3+ Kh4 51. Rd2 Rg3+  52. Kc4 Rg2 53. Rd8 h2 54. Kd3 Rg5 0-1

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.23"]  [Round "3.7"]  [White "Zhao, Xue"]  [Black "Khotenashvili, Bela"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D37"]  [WhiteElo "2527"]  [BlackElo "2513"]  [PlyCount "93"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 Nbd7 7. Qc2 c5 8. Rd1  cxd4 9. exd4 dxc4 10. Bxc4 Nb6 11. Bb3 Nbd5 12. Be5 h6 13. O-O b6 14. Bxf6 Bxf6  15. Nxd5 exd5 16. Ne5 Qd6 17. Rfe1 Be6 18. Qd3 Bxe5 19. Rxe5 Rfe8 20. Ba4 Bd7  21. Bc2 g6 22. Qe3 Rxe5 23. dxe5 Qe6 24. h3 Rc8 25. Bb3 Rc5 26. Qd4 Bc6 27. a3  a5 28. Ba2 a4 29. Kh2 Qf5 30. Bb1 Qe6 31. Re1 Bb5 32. Qd2 Kg7 33. f4 Rc4 34.  Qf2 Bd7 35. Bd3 Rc5 36. Qg3 Kf8 37. Qh4 Kg7 38. Re3 d4 39. f5 gxf5 40. Qxd4 Rd5  41. Qf4 Rc5 42. Rg3+ Kh7 43. Qg4 Qg6 44. Qd4 Qe6 45. Bxf5+ Qxf5 46. e6 Qe5 47.  Qd3+ 1-0

 [Event "WCh Women 2015"]  [Site "Sochi RUS"]  [Date "2015.03.25"]  [Round "3.1"]  [White "Sebag, Marie"]  [Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "C65"]  [WhiteElo "2482"]  [BlackElo "2456"]  [PlyCount "66"]  [EventDate "2015.03.17"]   1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O d6 6. h3 O-O 7. Bxc6 bxc6 8.  Re1 Re8 9. Nbd2 Nd7 10. Nc4 Bb6 11. a4 a5 12. Nxb6 cxb6 13. d4 c5 14. dxe5 Nxe5  15. Nxe5 dxe5 16. Qh5 Ra7 17. Ra3 Rd7 18. Rg3 Rd6 19. b3 Bb7 20. Bg5 Qd7 21. h4  Kh8 22. Qf3 Rf8 23. Qe2 Rd4 24. f3 Rd6 25. Be3 Rd8 26. Kh2 Rd1 27. Rxd1 Qxd1  28. Qc4 Qd7 29. h5 h6 30. f4 exf4 31. Bxf4 Qe7 32. e5 Rd4 33. Bg5 hxg5 0-1

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