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Bela Khotenashvili Wins Foundation Neva Women's Chess Grand Prix in Geneva
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013
Hi everyone,
Georgia's Bela Khotenashvili has won the Foundation Neva Women's Chess Grand Prix 2013 in Geneva. Her nearest rival Anna Muzychuk had to win the game in order to catch the leader but Slovenian player didn’t get anything out of the opening and drew against 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
“I’m very happy to win this tournament and consider this result as the best one in my career so far. I would like to thank Georgian chess federation, President of GCF Giya Giorgadze and our coach Davit Jojua for their help,” said Bela Khotenashvili at the final press conference.
Hou Yifan missed winning chances in the endgame and lost the game against Nana Dzagnidze. Tatiana Kosintseva had a very good position after the opening but was spending a lot of time and lost against Ju Wenjun. Viktorija Cmilyte outplayed Olga Girya. As a result, Nana Dzagnidze tied for the third place with Tatiana Kosintseva.
Congratulations to all the girls who gave us almost two weeks of great chess games and showcased how fighting spirit can make chess just so exciting. Some of the draws were amazing and left fans and spectators in awe. All around everyone shared the joy of great chess.
The awarding ceremony took place after the last game was finished and was attended by Under Secretary-General, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Tokayev, the founder of Neva Fondation Elena Timtchenko, FIDE President Kirsan Iljumzhinov, FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg.
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Women's Chess Grand Prix Ankara R9: Anna Muzychuk in Sole Lead
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,
Koneru Humpy-Anna Muzychuk at
Ankara Women's Chess Grand Prix.
The Women's Chess Grand Prix in Ankara saw the top seeds clash in the ninth round. Anna Muzychuk beat overnight leader Koneru Humpy and is now in the lead. You can see the Humpy-Muzychuk with Chess King. Former women's world chess champion Antoaneta Stefanova scored the first full point in the tournament by winning against Kubra Ozturk who sacrificed a pawn in the middle game but didn't get enough compensation later on.
Tatiana Kosinsteva committed three times the same mistake until Betul Yildiz found the winning move and converted the score in her favour. Zhao Xue was persistent in finding winning chances against Monika Socko and eventually succeeded in winning.
Two more games could have been decisive if Viktorija Cmilyte and Ju Wenjun would have converted their advantage.
Standings after nine rounds have Anna Muzychuk with 7 points, Koneru Humpy at 6.5, Zhao Xue at 6.0, Ruan Lufei at 5.5, Viktorija Cmilyte and Ju Wenjun at 5 each, Munguntuul Batkhuyag has 4.5 points, Tatiana Kosintseva 4 points and Antoaneta Stefanova has 3 points. Monika Socko and Kubra Ozturk have 2 points each. Two more rounds are to played.
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Women's Chess Grand Prix R4: Four Decisive Games
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Women's Chess Grand Prix fourth round saw four decisive games on Wednesday. The only game to end as a draw was the Ruan Lufei-Zhao Xue match after the long battle.
Meanwhile, Humpy Koneru beat Tatiana Kosintseva and joined the shared lead with Lufei after four rounds. The Indian player was the only one who won her game with black pieces - all the other decisive games finished on favor of white.
Both Turkish players Betul Yildiz and Kubra Ozturk were overplayed by rating favorites of the matches Ju Wenjun and Anna Muzychuk respectively. Monika Socko unexpectedly lost an equal endgame after she blundered the knight, playing against Munguntuul Batkhuyag.
Cmilyte Viktorija received comfortable position after the opening and outplayed Antoaneta Stefanova. Thursday is a free day. This is the sixth edition of the Women's Chess Grand Prix for the cycle 2011/12. Reigning women's world chess champion Hou Yifan has already won the series and it remains to be seen who would come second in the final standings. The fifth round of the sixth round of the chess grand prix resumes on Friday.
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Women's Chess Grand Prix R3 in Ankara: Spot Socko's Draw vs Wenjun in Lost Position
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The third round saw exciting chess games at the FIDE Women's Chess Grand Prix in Ankara on Tuesday. The Vice President of the Turkish Chess Federation, the candidate for the TCF President Gulkiz Tulay, made the first symbolic move in the game Kubra Ozturk-Batkhuyag Munguntuul. Both drew their game.
The biggest sensation of the third round happened in the game Monika Socko against Ju Wenjun. Chinese player had absolutely winning position but Monika was not in a hurry to resign and successfully used her last chance! See the position below. Can you spot the draw?
Black could have easily won by playing almost anything but 70. ...Bf7-d5. Can you spot how White gets a draw now? Answer at the end of the post.
The Bulgarian chess player Antoaneta Stefanova got slightly better position after the opening against Indian Humpy Koneru. In the endgame former world champion started to play inaccurately and let her opponent grab the point.
Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia
Photos: Anastasiya Karlovich
Viktorija Cmilyte was in the trouble after the opening as she didn't get enough compensation for a pawn but later, her opponent Zhao Xue made a mistake and the evaluation of the position changed in favour of the Latvian player. Ruan Lufei won the third game in a row playing against Betul Yildiz. Anna Muzychuk and Tatiana Kosinsteva played a long and complicated game, but Muzychuk eventually won.
Answer: Bd5 was a blunder by Black. A simple 70...Qxf3+ 71.Kh2 (In case of 71.Qg2+ Qxg2+ 72.Kxg2 Black has got the "right" bishop.) 71...Qf4+ winning without any trouble.
However, now White draws easily using the stalemate idea with 71.Qh8+! 71...Kf7 72.Qf6+ Kg8 73.Qh8+ Kf7 74.Qf6+ Kxf6 1/2-1/2
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Women Chess Grand Prix R2: Yildiz Scores Upset Win over Cmilyte!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
The second round at the Women's Chess Grand Prix saw an upset with Viktorija Cmilyte losing to Betul Yildiz. You can read the players' comments and replay the game with Chess King. Meanwhile, the game Humpy Koneru - Zhao Xue finished in a draw after three-time repetition comparatively quickly. Tatiana Kosintseva of Russia also drew with former Women's World Chess Champion Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria. Another draw of the second round was in the game between top seed Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia and the Mongolian Munguntuul Batkhuyag.
Tatiana Kosintseva-Antoaneta Stefanova (Eventually Tatiana played 1.e4 instead of 1.d4 as seen in photo!) Photo: Anastasiya Karlovich.
A surprising victory of the Turkish chess player Betul Yildiz against the Latvian Grandmaster and rating favorite in the match Viktoria Cmilyte followed soon after. The other Turkish player in the Grand Prix, Kubra Ozturk lost to Chinese player Ju Wenjun. Polish player Monica Socko tried to hold on to a an endgame, but eventually lost to the Chinese Ruan Lufei.
Here are the comments by the players on their games:
Humpy Koneru – Zhao Xue 1/2-1/2
Humpy Koneru: It was complicated position with many different possibilities. I was trying to prepare e5 but my opponent chose the rights move and it was tactically impossible to do it. I had some space advantage but at the same time my position was a bit shaky as I my pawns could become weak. In the final position I could not find the proper plan to continue the game, so I decided not to take the risk.
Zhao Xue: I agree with Humpy that she had slightly better position because of space advantage, so I had to play carefully. I’m not sure if I played good or not. I didn’t prepare to this position exactly because I know I cannot prepare to Humpy as she always tries to surprise me (laughs). I was just trying to rest before the game and I think draw is a good result today.
Tatiana Kosintseva – Antoaneta Stefanova 1/2-1/2
Antoaneta Stefanova: I was thinking a lot in the position when I chose to go for ed4 and d5. I could have chosen something more quite but I had feeling that this was the right moment if I wanted to play those moves. Afterwards I thought that position could be slightly better for black but maybe my plan with a5 was too fast. Maybe I could have tried to put my bishop on d5, played g5 in one moment and then maybe to play a5. After a5 Tania immediately got some activity by playing Nc4 and Qb4.
Tatiana Kosintseva: I didn’t get any advantage in the opening. Nf1 is not precise move - I think Bc2 was better. This move would not allow making that plan with ed4 and d5. So Black managed to equalize the position and until the end it was more or less equal.
Anna Muzychuk – Munguntuul Batkhuyag 1/2-1/2
Anna Muzychuk: We repeated the game which Batkhuyag was playing yesterday. The position which appeared today was more or less the same, just yesterday rook was placed on d1 and today on e1. It’s not easy to prepare to this line as there are so many different choices. I thought the position was quite normal but when she started to attack I started to worry of course. In the endgame I thought that white should keep both rooks on the boards in order to have contra play, otherwise my opponent could get into troubles.
Munguntuul Batkhuyag: I think Anna improved the variation today as she has played Rd8 instead of Bf8. I had feeling that the position of white is quite good but at the same time if I don’t move black will consolidate by playing Rd8, Bc8, so that’s why I decided to play actively.
Monica Sochko – Ruan Lufei 0-1
Monica Sochko: I think I played more or less normal in the opening. Just later on I think 21…Bc6 was a mistake. I could have chosen 21…Rfe8 and position would be equal. I was slightly worse during the game but the crucial mistake was 33…g5 but I didn’t want to wait which was better actually. I could have played 33…Kf6 and just wait. I don’t think its easy to find good plan for white even my position is worse.
Ruan Lufei: I didn’t prepare for the opening but I also agree that white has slightly better position because of isolated pawn d5. I didn’t see the winning plan and in the time troubles I just wanted to make some moves and wait. I agree that after g5 whote is better because f5-pawn became my target and after I won it was not easy for black to defend any more.
You can watch the live games at the official website of the Chess Grand Prix - sixth and last in the series 2011/12
Labels: antoaneta stefanova, betul yildiz, koneru humpy, tatiana kosintseva, viktorija cmilyte, women chess grand prix
Women's World Chess Championship 2012 Participants Announced
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
FIDE has announced the list of players who have confirmed their participation for the Women's World Chess Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk to take place from November 9-December 3, 2012. Meanwhile, one of our all-timefavourite chess videos!
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Women's Chess Grand Prix: Sixth Edition in Ankara from Sept 15
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012Hi everyone,The next strong chess tournament is to be held in Ankara, Turkey from September 15. It is the sixth edition of the FIDE Women's Chess Grand Prix 2011-2012. Twelve players are taking part in the round-robin chess tournament. Previous events have been won thrice by Hou Yifan, once by Zhao Xue, and one was shared by Anna Muzychuk and Koneru Humpy. The first round would be played on September 16.
List of players
Muzychuk Anna GM 2606
Koneru Humpy GM 2593
Zhao Xue GM 2549
Ju Wenjun WGM 2528
Kosintseva Tatiana GM 2524
Cmilyte Viktorija GM 2520
Stefanova Antoaneta GM 2502
Ruan Lufei WGM 2492
Socko Monika GM 2463
Munguntuul Batkhuyag IM 2434
Yildiz Betul Cemre WGM 2341
Ozturk Kubra WGM 2294
The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a series of six chess tournaments for women to be held over a period of two years. The winner of each tournament wins 6,500 euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 euros and the overall winner of the series wins a further 15,000 euros at the end of the series. The official tournament website will have a live games' broadcast from September 16.
Ankara (historically known as Angora) is the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city after Istanbul. Centrally located in Anatolia, Ankara is an important commercial and industrial city.
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Istanbul Chess Olympiad 2012: Grab Free Phone Apps; Russian Girls Head for Title Defense!
Russian Chess Girls Wow Europe!
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
Do you know there's a magic that flows through Russia? A magic of beauty and brains! So, we enjoyed reading this nice article from RT.com.
Russia beauty claims European chess crown
Russian ladies are not only beautiful, but smart as well. Valentina Gunina has proved it by becoming the new European women’s individual chess champion. Her compatriot, Tayana Kosintseva, cruised to silver at the tournament held in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
The title was decided in the final round, in which Gunina, who played white, defeated table-topper Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia. Kosintseva also took the upper hand in her match against Georgian chess master Nana Dzagnidze. As a result, Gunina, Kosintseva and Muzychuk all had 8.5 points after 11 meetings, but the Russian duo prevailed over their Slovenian rival due to additional indicators.
Another Russian, (Chess Queen and former Women's World Chess Champion) Aleksandra Kostenyuk, came among the top 14 players to qualify for the Chess World Championship. The Turkish triumph became the first big international achievement in the career of 23-year-old Valentina Gunina. There’s been another notable event in Gaziantep as the chess world received its youngest International Master.
Russia’s Aleksandra Goryachkina has become an IM at the age of just 13 years and five months. The native of Salekhard in Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Region is the student of the famous Polar Chess School. She’s a World and European champion among the girls her age.
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Congratulations to Tatiana Kosintseva for winning European Rapid Chess Championship 2012
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012
Hi everyone,
We congratulate Tatiana Kosintseva for winning the European Women's Rapid Chess Championship this past weekend. The two-day European Women's Rapid Chess Championship also saw Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk win the silver medal. Have you left your comment to congratulate her here yet? German IM Elisabeth Pähtz won the bronze medal with a nice performance too.
Top
final standings (after eleven rounds)
#
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Ti.
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Name
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Rtng
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FED
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Pts
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Perf
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wins
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1
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GM
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Kosintseva
Tatiana
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2513
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RUS
|
9
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2682
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8
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2
|
GM
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Kosteniuk
Alexandra
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2448
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RUS
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8½
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2680
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7
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3
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IM
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Paehtz
Elisabeth
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2459
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GER
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8½
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2649
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7
|
4
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GM
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Dzagnidze
Nana
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2559
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GEO
|
7
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2586
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5
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5
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GM
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Lahno
Kateryna
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2546
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UKR
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7
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2565
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5
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6
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GM
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Muzychuk
Anna
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2583
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SLO
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7
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2557
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6
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7
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WGM
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Batsiashvili
Nino
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2438
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GEO
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7
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2547
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6
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8
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GM
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Stefanova
Antoaneta
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2531
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BUL
|
7
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2543
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6
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9
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IM
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Gunina
Valentina
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2511
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RUS
|
7
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2510
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6
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10
|
IM
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Bodnaruk
Anastasia
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2412
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RUS
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6½
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2530
|
6
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Russian Victory: Kosintseva sisters, Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina, Natalija Pogonina win European Team Chess Championship
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