The second tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 16th to 28th June in Dilijan, Armenia. The Women’s Grand Prix in Dilijan, Armenia sees the participation of nine Grandmasters, one international master and two women grandmasters making it one of the strongest women events of all time. Dilijan will see the participation of current Women World Champion Anna Ushenina as well as former World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova. The average rating for the tournament is 2505.
The ladies during the opening ceremony
Humpy Koneru emerged as the winner of the FIDE Grand Prix which finished today in Dilijan, Armenia. The Indian finished a point ahead of Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) and Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia). The latter tops the standings in the Grand Prix after two legs have been played.
After five rounds, Anna Muzychuk was in sole lead with 4 out of 5. The key game of the tournament was the following. Humpy Koneru defeated Muzychuk and took over the lead in the tournament. Black should have played 40…b5+ and then take on d5.
Congratulations to Humpy Koneru
The closing ceremony of the Women’s Grand Prix has been over in the resort town of Dilijan, Armenia.
The Armenian Chess Federation hearty congratulates all the participants especially the winner of the Women Grand Prix Humpy Koneru and hope to see all of them in Armenia in the following Grand Prix Tournaments.
Report Round 11
The leader of the tournament Koneru
The leader of the tournament Koneru played 1.d4 d5 2.Bg5 against Tuvshintugs and this was probably a surprise for her opponent.Black has recommended herself as a very tough opponent in this tournament, but today she didn’t find a plan to neutrualize white’s aggressive attack on the king side and had to resign on move 22.
Muzychuk Anna – Danielian Elina
Danielian chose the Vinaver variation of French Defense against Muzychuk. Black made some inaccuracies in the opening and their rook was forced to leave the g file and go to h8.
20..fe? ( 20.f5! N:f5 21.gf B:f5 22.Bf4! and white is winning. Probably Muzychuk underestimated the strength of 22.Bf4.)20…B:d3 21.edQ+ K:d8 22 cd R:h7 .Black has at least equal chances.Draw on move 43 with threefold repetition.
Ushenina Anna
Khotenashvili chose the aggressive variation of Anti-Meran with 7.g4. Ushenina was ready for this and draw was a logical result in this game.
Kosintseva Tatiana – Cmilyte Viktorija
Cmilyte tried to improve a 2010 Andriasian-Timofeev game, but few moves later gave up the control over the a file. Cmilyte sacrificed a pawn and traded her useless bishop with the d5 knight, but didn’t get enough compensation. All of Kosintseva’s pieces were very dominant and on move 51 she scored her fifth victory of the tournament.
Harika Dronavalli – Stefanova Antoaneta
Stefanova had better chances during the game,but the decision to enter a rook ending with an extra pawn wasn’t the best. Dronavalli was very accurate with the defense and forced a threefold repetition.
Dzagnidze Nana – Girya Olga
The last game to finish was N. Dzagnidze – O. Girya.
6 Qh5+ g6 7.Qe2 Nf6 8.f4, Later Dazgnidze solved the problem of her dark square bishop by playing Bc1-d2-e1-h4 and trading it with the f6 knight.Black didn’t have the same chance for their c8 bishop as the check on the 6th move had attracted the pawn to g6.The endgame where white’s queen and two knights were opposed by queen and two bishops of black was in white’s favor,and soon black made a mistake.
59…Qa7? Dzagnidze played 60 Qb1? and didn’t see that after 60.Q:a7 K:a7 61.Ne6! with Ng7 treat the e8 bishop has nowhere to go.Later in the game Girya made another mistake and this time Dzagnidze didn’t miss her chance.
70…fg 71 Q:g4+ Kd8.72.Qe6 Qa4 73.Qd6+ Kc8 74.N:c6 B:c6 75.Q:c6+Kb8 76.Qd6+ Kc8 77.c6 Qa7 78.Q:d5 and black resigned.
Final Standings
FIDE WGP Dilijan Dilijan ARM (ARM), 16-29 vi 2013
cat. XI (2505)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
0
1
2
1.
Koneru, Humpy
g
IND
2597
*
1
½
1
½
½
1
1
½
1
½
½
8
2671
2.
Muzychuk, Anna
g
SLO
2593
0
*
1
1
½
½
1
½
½
½
1
½
7
2598
3.
Dzagnidze, Nana
g
GEO
2550
½
0
*
0
½
1
½
1
1
½
1
1
7
2602
4.
Kosintseva, Tatiana
g
RUS
2526
0
0
1
*
0
1
0
1
½
½
1
1
6
2538
5.
Ushenina, Anna
g
UKR
2499
½
½
½
1
*
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
5½
2505
6.
Harika, Dronavalli
g
IND
2492
½
½
0
0
½
*
½
½
½
1
½
½
5
2469
7.
Stefanova, Antoaneta
g
BUL
2531
0
0
½
1
½
½
*
½
1
½
0
½
5
2466
8.
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
wg
MGL
2316
0
½
0
0
½
½
½
*
1
½
1
½
5
2485
9.
Girya, Olga
wg
RUS
2436
½
½
0
½
½
½
0
0
*
1
½
½
4½
2446
10.
Danielian, Elina
g
ARM
2475
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
0
*
½
1
4½
2442
11.
Cmilyte, Viktorija
g
LTU
2511
½
0
0
0
1
½
1
0
½
½
*
½
4½
2439
12.
Khotenashvili, Bela
m
GEO
2531
½
½
0
0
½
½
½
½
½
0
½
*
4
2400
Pairing and Results
Round 1 (June 16, 2013)
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Khotenashvili, Bela
1-0
85
C84
Ruy Lopez Centre Attack
Ushenina, Anna
- Muzychuk, Anna
½-½
31
D45
Anti-Meran Variations
Harika, Dronavalli
- Koneru, Humpy
½-½
89
E06
Catalan
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Dzagnidze, Nana
0-1
51
E53
Nimzo Indian
Girya, Olga
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
½-½
52
A61
Benoni
Danielian, Elina
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
½-½
52
E32
Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 2 (June 17, 2013)
Koneru, Humpy
- Danielian, Elina
1-0
39
D45
Anti-Meran Variations
Muzychuk, Anna
- Kosintseva, Tatiana
1-0
45
B80
Sicilian Scheveningen
Dzagnidze, Nana
- Harika, Dronavalli
1-0
48
D85
Gruenfeld Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta
- Ushenina, Anna
½-½
49
D45
Anti-Meran Variations
Girya, Olga
- Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
0-1
37
D02
Queen’s Pawn Game
Cmilyte, Viktorija
- Khotenashvili, Bela
½-½
46
E04
Catalan
Round 3 (June 18, 2013)
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
0-1
47
C60
Ruy Lopez
Ushenina, Anna
- Koneru, Humpy
½-½
46
E53
Nimzo Indian
Harika, Dronavalli
- Girya, Olga
½-½
43
D10
Slav Defence
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
1-0
45
D93
Gruenfeld 5.Bf4
Danielian, Elina
- Dzagnidze, Nana
½-½
41
E68
King’s Indian Fianchetto
Khotenashvili, Bela
- Muzychuk, Anna
½-½
37
D43
Anti-Meran Gambit
Round 4 (June 19, 2013)
Koneru, Humpy
- Kosintseva, Tatiana
1-0
26
D37
QGD 5.Bf4
Dzagnidze, Nana
- Ushenina, Anna
½-½
35
D10
Slav Defence
Stefanova, Antoaneta
- Khotenashvili, Bela
½-½
31
D31
Semi-Slav Defence
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Harika, Dronavalli
½-½
61
D38
QGD Ragozin
Girya, Olga
- Danielian, Elina
1-0
42
E11
Bogo Indian Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija
- Muzychuk, Anna
0-1
68
D11
Slav Defence
Round 5 (June 21, 2013)
Muzychuk, Anna
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
1-0
40
C60
Ruy Lopez
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Dzagnidze, Nana
1-0
46
B47
Sicilian Paulsen
Ushenina, Anna
- Girya, Olga
½-½
58
D19
Slav Defence
Harika, Dronavalli
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
½-½
102
A62
Benoni
Danielian, Elina
- Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
½-½
58
D20
QGA
Khotenashvili, Bela
- Koneru, Humpy
½-½
45
E11
Bogo Indian Defence
Round 6 (June 22, 2013)
Koneru, Humpy
- Muzychuk, Anna
1-0
55
D45
Anti-Meran Variations
Dzagnidze, Nana
- Khotenashvili, Bela
1-0
37
D31
Semi-Slav Defence
Harika, Dronavalli
- Danielian, Elina
1-0
78
E00
Catalan
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Ushenina, Anna
½-½
12
D15
Slav Defence
Girya, Olga
- Kosintseva, Tatiana
½-½
50
D38
QGD Ragozin
Cmilyte, Viktorija
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
1-0
39
D12
Slav Defence
Round 7 (June 23, 2013)
Muzychuk, Anna
- Dzagnidze, Nana
1-0
39
B48
Sicilian Paulsen
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
1-0
44
C92
Ruy Lopez Chigorin
Ushenina, Anna
- Harika, Dronavalli
½-½
143
D81
Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Stefanova, Antoaneta
- Koneru, Humpy
0-1
38
A40
Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Danielian, Elina
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
½-½
63
D41
Semi-Tarrasch Defence
Khotenashvili, Bela
- Girya, Olga
½-½
57
A07
Barcza System
Round 8 (June 24, 2013)
Dzagnidze, Nana
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
½-½
44
D15
Slav Defence
Harika, Dronavalli
- Kosintseva, Tatiana
0-1
40
E06
Catalan
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Khotenashvili, Bela
½-½
54
A40
Unusual Replies to 1.d4
Girya, Olga
- Muzychuk, Anna
½-½
42
A80
Dutch
Danielian, Elina
- Ushenina, Anna
½-½
55
D12
Slav Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija
- Koneru, Humpy
½-½
52
E32
Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Round 9 (June 26, 2013)
Koneru, Humpy
- Dzagnidze, Nana
½-½
66
E14
Queens Indian
Muzychuk, Anna
- Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
½-½
56
C67
Ruy Lopez Berlin
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Danielian, Elina
½-½
50
B17
Caro Kann
Ushenina, Anna
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
0-1
26
D81
Gruenfeld Botvinnik
Stefanova, Antoaneta
- Girya, Olga
1-0
62
D10
Slav Defence
Khotenashvili, Bela
- Harika, Dronavalli
½-½
57
D85
Gruenfeld Defence
Round 10 (June 27, 2013)
Ushenina, Anna
- Kosintseva, Tatiana
1-0
41
D38
QGD Ragozin
Harika, Dronavalli
- Muzychuk, Anna
½-½
22
D49
Queens Gambit Meran
Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
- Stefanova, Antoaneta
½-½
55
E12
Queens Indian Petrosian
Girya, Olga
- Koneru, Humpy
½-½
55
E11
Bogo Indian Defence
Danielian, Elina
- Khotenashvili, Bela
1-0
43
D31
Semi-Slav Defence
Cmilyte, Viktorija
- Dzagnidze, Nana
0-1
38
E15
Queens Indian
Round 11 (June 28, 2013)
Koneru, Humpy
- Batchimeg, Tuvshintugs
1-0
22
D00
Queen’s Pawn Game
Muzychuk, Anna
- Danielian, Elina
½-½
43
C19
French Winawer
Dzagnidze, Nana
- Girya, Olga
1-0
78
D31
Semi-Slav Defence
Kosintseva, Tatiana
- Cmilyte, Viktorija
1-0
51
B33
Sicilian Sveshnikov
Stefanova, Antoaneta
- Harika, Dronavalli
½-½
69
A49
King’s Indian Defence /c2-c4
Khotenashvili, Bela
- Ushenina, Anna
½-½
68
D45
Anti-Meran Variations
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