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Women’s World Championship 2015 Sochi, Russia

By Yelena Dembo | March 28, 2015 - 06:17 |March 28, 2015 Women's World Championship 2015 Sochi Russia

Harika-Arabidze

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Harika won the 2nd game against Arabidze and advanced to the Semifinals. Three other matches finished with 1-1 (Classical part) and will be decided in the tie-breaks – rapid and possibly blitz and even Armageddon, if necessary.

Games of the 2nd round of the Quarterfinals

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.27"]  [Round "23.1"]  [White "Koneru, Humpy (IND)"]  [Black "Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "D45"]  [PlyCount "123"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:03:48"]  [BlackClock "0:04:41"]   1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd2 O-O 8. h3  e5 9. g4 e4 10. Nh4 g6 11. O-O-O Re8 12. Ng2 h6 13. Be2 dxc4 14. f3 Qe7 15.  Bxc4 Nb6 16. Bb3 Be6 17. Bxe6 Qxe6 18. f4 Nfd5 19. f5 Qe7 20. Rdf1 a5 21. Kb1  Nc4 22. Bc1 a4 23. h4 b5 24. g5 h5 25. Ne2 Bc7 26. a3 Qd7 27. Rf2 Nd6 28. fxg6  fxg6 29. Ngf4 Kg7 30. Rhf1 Nc4 31. Nxd5 cxd5 32. Rf7+ Qxf7 33. Rxf7+ Kxf7 34.  Nc3 Ke6 35. Nxb5 Bd6 36. Nc3 Rec8 37. Ka2 Nb6 38. Qf2 Rf8 39. Qe2 Ra5 40. Bd2  Nc4 41. Nxe4 Rb5 42. Bc3 Rfb8 43. Nxd6 Nxd6 44. Qc2 Ne4 45. Bb4 Kf5 46. Qc6 Kg4  47. Qxg6 Kxh4 48. Qf5 Ng3 49. Qf4+ Kh3 50. g6 R5b7 51. Qe5 h4 52. g7 Kh2 53.  Qg5 Rg8 54. Qxh4+ Kg2 55. Bf8 Rgxg7 56. Bxg7 Rxg7 57. Qd8 Ne4 58. Qxd5 Kf3 59.  Qe5 Rg4 60. Qf5+ Kg3 61. d5 Rh4 62. d6 1-0

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.27"]  [Round "23.2"]  [White "Zhao, Xue (CHN)"]  [Black "Pogonina, Natalija (RUS)"]  [Result "0-1"]  [ECO "A58"]  [PlyCount "92"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:23:49"]  [BlackClock "0:17:25"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. g3 O-O 8. Bg2  d6 9. Nf3 Nxa6 10. O-O Qb6 11. Re1 Nc7 12. e4 Nd7 13. a4 Ba6 14. Ra3 Rfb8 15.  Qc2 Ne5 16. Nxe5 Bxe5 17. Nd1 e6 18. Bd2 Bd4 19. Bc3 e5 20. Bh3 Ra7 21. Bg4  Rab7 22. Be2 c4 23. Bxd4 Qxd4 24. Ra2 Ne8 25. Nc3 Rb4 26. Rd1 Qb6 27. a5 Qc7  28. Rda1 Nf6 29. Na4 Nd7 30. Nb6 Rb7 31. Ra4 Rxa4 32. Qxa4 Nxb6 33. axb6 Rxb6  34. Rc1 Qc5 35. b3 Bb5 36. Qa8+ Kg7 37. bxc4 Ba6 38. Re1 Qb4 39. Kf1 Bxc4 40.  Bxc4 Qxc4+ 41. Kg2 Rb1 42. Qa5 Qd3 43. Kh3 Rb2 44. Qc7 Rxf2 45. Qxd6 Qc3 46.  Rb1 Qc8+ 0-1

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.27"]  [Round "23.3"]  [White "Muzychuk, Anna (UKR)"]  [Black "Cramling, Pia (SWE)"]  [Result "1/2-1/2"]  [ECO "B46"]  [PlyCount "120"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:04:01"]  [BlackClock "0:06:45"]   1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8.  O-O Nf6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Re8 12. Na4 Bb7 13. c4 Nd7 14. cxd5 exd5  15. exd5 cxd5 16. Qg4 Bf6 17. Bxf6 Nxf6 18. Qd4 Bc6 19. Rfd1 Bxa4 20. Qxa4 Qb6  21. Rac1 a5 22. Qb5 Qd6 23. Qc5 Qf4 24. Bb5 Re6 25. Qc7 Qb4 26. Bc6 Rf8 27. h3  Re2 28. Bxd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 a4 30. Rd8 g6 31. Rxf8+ Kxf8 32. bxa4 Qd4 33. Qc5+  Qxc5 34. Rxc5 Rxa2 35. a5 h5 36. g4 hxg4 37. hxg4 Ke7 38. Kg2 Ra3 39. Rb5 Ke6  40. f3 Kd6 41. Kg3 Ra4 42. g5 Ke6 43. f4 Ra3+ 44. Kf2 f5 45. Ke2 Kd6 46. Kd2  Kc6 47. Rb6+ Kd5 48. a6 Ke4 49. Rxg6 Kxf4 50. Kc2 Kg4 51. Kb2 Ra5 52. Kb3 Kh5  53. Kb4 Ra1 54. Rc6 Kxg5 55. Kb5 f4 56. Rc8 Kg4 57. Rg8+ Kh3 58. Rf8 Kg3 59.  Kb6 f3 60. a7 f2 1/2-1/2

 [Event "WWCC2015"]  [Site "Sochi"]  [Date "2015.03.27"]  [Round "23.4"]  [White "Harika, Dronavalli (IND)"]  [Black "Arabidze, Meri (GEO)"]  [Result "1-0"]  [ECO "A46"]  [PlyCount "189"]  [EventDate "2015.??.??"]  [WhiteClock "0:09:31"]  [BlackClock "0:00:46"]   1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. Bg5 c5 4. e3 d5 5. Nbd2 Be7 6. c3 Nbd7 7. Bd3 b6 8. O-O  Bb7 9. Ne5 Nxe5 10. dxe5 Nd7 11. Bxe7 Qxe7 12. f4 O-O 13. Qh5 f5 14. exf6 Nxf6  15. Qg5 Rae8 16. Nf3 Nd7 17. Bb5 Qxg5 18. Nxg5 Bc8 19. Rad1 Re7 20. Bxd7 Bxd7  21. Nf3 Be8 22. Ne5 Bg6 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. g3 Rd8 25. Rd2 e5 26. Rfd1 exf4 27.  exf4 Red7 28. Kf2 Kf7 29. Kf3 Kf6 30. h4 Rd6 31. Rd3 R8d7 32. Kg4 Rd8 33. Re1  d4 34. cxd4 cxd4 35. Kf3 Kf7 36. Re5 Rc8 37. Re4 Rcd8 38. b3 R8d7 39. a4 Rd5  40. b4 a6 41. g4 Rd8 42. Re5 R5d6 43. Ke4 R8d7 44. f5 gxf5+ 45. Rxf5+ Kg8 46.  h5 Kh7 47. Rg5 Kh6 48. Kf4 Kh7 49. Re5 g6 50. Ke4 Kg7 51. Rg5 Re7+ 52. Kf4 a5  53. bxa5 bxa5 54. Rxg6+ Rxg6 55. hxg6 Rd7 56. Ke5 Kxg6 57. Rxd4 Rb7 58. Kd5 Kg5  59. Kc5 Kh4 60. Rc4 Rb8 61. Kd5 Rb7 62. Rc5 Rb4 63. Rc4 Rb8 64. Ke5 Kg5 65. Rc5  Rb4 66. Rxa5 Rxg4 67. Ra6 Kh5 68. a5 Rg5+ 69. Kd4 Rg4+ 70. Kc5 Rg5+ 71. Kb6  Rg6+ 72. Kb7 Rg7+ 73. Kc8 Rg5 74. Kd7 Rg7+ 75. Ke8 Rg5 76. Kf7 Rc5 77. Kg7 Rc7+  78. Kf6 Rc5 79. Ra8 Kh4 80. a6 Rc6+ 81. Kf5 Rc5+ 82. Kf4 Rc4+ 83. Ke3 Rc7 84.  Rb8 Kg5 85. Rb7 Rc4 86. Kd3 Ra4 87. Rb6 Kf5 88. Kc3 Ke5 89. Kb3 Ra1 90. Kc4 Ra2  91. Rh6 Ra1 92. Kc5 Ra2 93. Kb6 Rb2+ 94. Kc7 Ra2 95. Kb7 1-0

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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

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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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