Round 3 results:
Koneru, Humpy – Cramling, Pia 1-0
Ushenina, Anna – Stefanova, Antoaneta ½-½
Xu Yuhua – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½
Pogonina, Natalija – Sebag, Marie ½-½
Standings after 3 rounds:
1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 2½
2. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 2
3. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2530 2
4. Xu Yuhua g CHN 2483 2
5. Pogonina, Natalija wg RUS 2469 1
6. Muzychuk, Anna m SLO 2504 1
7. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2622 1
8. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2544 ½
Official website: http://www.northuralscup.ru/
Koneru, H (2622) – Cramling, P (2544) [D45]
5th North Urals Cup (3), 29.07.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.c5 b6 7.cxb6 Qxb6 8.Bd3 Nbd7 9.0–0 c5 10.b3 cxd4 11.exd4 Bd6 12.Bb2 0–0 13.Qe2 Bb7 14.Na4 Qa7 15.Ne5 Rfc8 16.Rac1 Bf8 17.Nxd7 Nxd7 18.Rc2 Rxc2 19.Qxc2 Nf6 20.Nc5 Rc8 21.b4 a5 22.Qa4 Ne4 23.Rc1 Ba8 24.a3 Rc7 25.f3 Nd6 26.Qxa5 Qxa5 27.bxa5 h6 28.Na6 Rb7 29.Bc3 Nc4 30.Bb4 Ra7 31.Nb8 Rc7 32.Na6 Ra7 33.Nc5 Bxc5 34.dxc5 Ne5 35.Bb5 Nc6 36.a6 e5 37.Kf2 f6 38.Bd2 Nd4 39.a4 Nb3 40.Rd1 Nxc5 41.Rc1 Nxa6 42.Rc8+ Kf7?? (42…Kh7 +=) 43.Ba5 +- Bb7 44.Rd8 Nc5 45.Bb6 1–0
Poor Cramling, two tough (and probably undeserved) losses within two days. Seems she is now out of contention for winning this tournament…
DV
Even worse, she looks just like Ken Burns!
Poor woman!