WGM Anna Sharevich comments on the 5th round games Kosintseva Nadezhda – Munguntuul Batkhuyag The first productive game of the round where the sharp Paulsen variation happened. After the incorrect move 16… g6?! (instead of 16… b5) white got some advantage. But after 20.Nf5?! instead of 20.f5 Nadezhda’s chances for a victory decreased. Nevertheless the […]
Opposite streaks in Nalchik
Zhao Xue is on a tear at the Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix. She scored 5 straight wins to start the event with a performance of over 3,300 and is leading the field by 1.5 pt. In the mean time, Alexandra Kosteniuk after a good start has lost 4 straight games. Her performance is at around […]
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Women’s Grand Prix resumes
Standings after 4 rounds Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts 1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 CHN * 1 1 1 1 4 2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 CHN * ½ 1 1 ½ 3 3 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 LTU 0 * ½ ½ […]
Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix round 4 report
WGM Anna Sharevich comments on the 4th round’s games Kovalevskaya Ekaterina – Ju Wenjun This game happened to finish the first in the 4th round. In the opening white didn’t manage to get any advantage and the position became drawn very soon. The endgame arose and it wasn’t any problem for the both sides to […]
Perfection for Zhao Xue
Zhao Xue went through the first part of the distance Grand-Prix in Nalchik without losses Wednesday, 12 October 2011 On Tuesday, in the capital of Kabardino-Balkaria Nalchik the fourth round games of the third stage of women’s Grand-Prix FIDE took place. Brilliant game at the start was shown by Chinese sportswoman Zhao Xue. Winning the […]
Zhao Xue first, Kosteniuk last in Nalchik after 4
Round 4 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 1 – 0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498 ½ GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 0 – 1 […]
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Zhao Xue remains perfect at Women’s GP
Round 3 results Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 ½ IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 GM Zhu Chen 2490 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 GM Zhao Xue 2497 1 – 0 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 1 – 0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 ½ […]
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