Final round: Stefanova, Antoaneta – Xu Yuhua ½-½Ushenina, Anna – Koneru, Humpy ½-½Sebag, Marie – Cramling, Pia 1-0Pogonina, Natalija – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½ Final standings: 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4½2. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 43. Sebag,...
Stefanova wins North Urals Cup
Two games of the conclusive rounds finished. The games of Stefanova against Xu Yuhua and Ushenina against Koneru ended with the draw. Thus Antoaneta Stefanova became the winner of the “North Urals Cup 2008” with 4.5 points of 7...
Anything can happen tomorrow at North Urals
Final round: Stefanova – Xu YuhuaUshenina – KoneruSebag – CramlingPogonina – Muzychuk 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 42. Ushenina, Anna m UKR 2476 3½3. Cramling, Pia g SWE 2544 34. Sebag, Marie m FRA 2530 35. Xu Yuhua...
Koneru back to even
Koneru, H (2622) – Pogonina, N (2469) [A58]5th North Urals Cup RUS (6), 02.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.d5 b5 4.cxb5 a6 5.bxa6 g6 6.Nc3 Bxa6 7.g3 d6 8.Bg2 Bg7 9.Nf3 0–0 10.0–0 Nbd7 11.Rb1 Nb6 12.b3 Ng4 13.Bb2...
Leader Stefanova loses to Cramling
After a horrendous start, GM Cramling is back at even score when she defeated leader GM Stefanova in a drawable Rook and Pawn endgame. Cramling,P (2544) – Stefanova,A (2550) [D15]5th North Urals Cup RUS (6), 02.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3...
Xu Yuhua falls at North Urals
North Urals Cup Round 6 Results: Xu Yuhua – Ushenina, Anna 0-1Cramling, Pia – Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0Koneru, Humpy – Pogonina, Natalija 1-0Muzychuk, Anna – Sebag, Marie ½-½ GM Xu Yuhua (2483) – IM Ushenina (2476) [B19]02.08.2008 – North Urals...
Stefanova extends lead, Koneru struggles
Round 5 results: Koneru, Humpy – Muzychuk, Anna ½-½Stefanova, Antoaneta – Sebag, Marie 1-0Ushenina, Anna – Cramling, Pia 0-1Pogonina, Natalija – Xu Yuhua ½-½ Standings after 5 rounds: 1. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2550 4 2. Xu Yuhua g...
Stefanova escapes trouble, scores win
White was lost at one point but a series of inaccurate moves in a complicated position did Sebag in. GM Stefanova (2550) – IM Sebag (2529) [D12]North Urals Cup, 01.08.2008 1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3...
Cramling scores first win in North Urals
Final position Cramling wins her first game of the tournament to get out of the lone cellar. IM Ushenina (2476) – GM Cramling (2544) [D45]North Urals Cup, 01.08.2008 1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.e3 e6 5.Nf3 a6 6.Qc2...
Escaping a big one
In the final position, Muzychuk inexplicably offered a draw. Black is better and should have gone on with the Bishop pair, better Pawn structure, and King safety problem for White. GM Koneru (2622) – IM Muzychuk (2504) [A87]North Ural...