Astana R9: Gold for Ukraine, China Silver

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3/12/2013 – China defeated India and was poised to take Gold, if only Russia would beat Ukraine. But it was not to be – that match ended 2-2, and Ukraine was first with 16 match points, followed by China and Russia with 15 and 13 match points respectively. France beat Turkey 3½-½ to overtake them at the bottom of the table. Final illustrated report.
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The city of Astana in Kazakhstan hosted the Women's World Chess Team Championship from March 2nd to 12 in the Duman Hotel in Astana. Ten best teams in the world participated: China, Russia, Ukraine, USA, India, France, Turkey, Georgia, Rumania and Kazakhstan. Each team consisted of five players, with four playing in each of the nine rounds of this round robin tournament. Time control was 90 minutes per 40 moves and thirty minutes until the end of the game plus 30 seconds increment per move.

Round nine

Round 9 March 12 at 11:00
China
2½-1½
 India
France
3½-½
 Turkey
Georgia
2½-1½
 Kazakhstan
USA
2-2
 Romania
Russia
2-2
 Ukraine

In the ninth round of WWTC Ukraine drew all four games against Russia – all finished peacefully after 31 or 32 moves (above board one with IM Valentina Gunina, 2505, playing GM Kateryna Lahno, 2547).

China outplayed India 2.5-1.5 score – Ju Wenjun defeated Eesha Karavade (picture above) while other games finished in a draw.

A tough match between Kazakhstan and Georgia finished in favor of the latter. Nana Dzagnidze outplayed Guliskhan Nakhbaeva but Abdumalik Zansaya (picture above) defeated Nino Khurtsidze and equalized the score. The youngest player in the tournament (Zansaya) sacrificed a rook at the right moment and didn’t let her opponent escape.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 a6 5.Bd3 Nc6 6.Nb3 Nf6 7.Nc3 Be7 8.0-0 0-0 9.f4 d6 10.Qf3 Qc7 11.Be3 b5 12.Rae1 Bb7 13.Qh3 Rfe8 14.Kh1 Nb4 15.Nd4 Rac8 16.a3 Nxd3 17.cxd3 Nd7 18.Nf3 Nc5 19.f5?! Not such a good idea. exf5 20.Bxc5 dxc5 21.Qxf5 Rcd8 22.Rd1 Bf6 23.Ng5 Bxg5 24.Qxg5 Qe7 25.Qf4 Rd7 26.Rf2 Red8 27.Rfd2 f6 28.Kg1 Bc6 29.Ne2 g6 30.Ng3 Kg7 31.h4 h5 32.Kf2 Rd6 33.Qe3 Qe5 34.b4 cxb4 35.d4 Qe7 36.axb4 Bd7 37.Rc1 Rc6 38.Rxc6 Bxc6 39.Rc2 Bb7 40.Rc5 Rd7? Black has been nursing an advantage for much of the game, but it has slipped away, and now she opens herself to a fatal attack. 41.Rxh5! Qxb4 Not 41...gxh5 because of 42.Nf5+ Better was probably 41...Bxe4 42.Qh6+ Kf7 43.Qh7+ Ke6 44.Qg8+ Qf7 and now White does not have 45.d5+ 42.Qh6+ Kf7 43.Qh7+ Ke6 44.Qg8+ Rf7 45.d5+ Ke7 46.Rh8 Qc5+ 47.Kf3 Qc7 48.Qxf7+ 1–0
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Abdumalik,Z2184Khurtsidze,N24371–02013B42FIDE Women's World Teams9.4

However, the Georgian IM Lela Javakhishvili outplayed Madine Davletbayeva and Georgia won the match. The team finished in fourth place, while Kazakhstan seventh.

The fight between France and Turkey finished in favor of France. Kubra Ozturk (picture above) made a draw against Nino Maisuradze, while Turkey lost the rest of the games. As a result, French team finished on the ninth place, Turkey in tenth. The match Romania versus the USA finished in a draw and both teams finished the tournament in the second half of the table.

IM Irina Krush, 2448, scored +5 =3 –1 with a 2607 performance

JU Wenjun (7.0/9 with a 2651 performance, Irina Krush (7.0/9 = 2607), Tan Zhongyi (7.0/9 = 2570), Natalia Zhukova (6.0/8 = 2500) and Olga Girya (6.5/8 = 2522) showed the best results on boards 1–5.

GM Natalia Zhukova, rated 2471, scored +4 =4 –0 for a 2500 performance

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1.d4 e6 2.c4 Nf6 3.g3 d5 4.Nf3 Be7 5.Bg2 0-0 6.0-0 dxc4 7.Qc2 a6 8.a4 Bd7 9.Rd1 Bc6 10.Nc3 Bxf3 11.Bxf3 Nc6 12.Bxc6 bxc6 13.Bg5 Rb8 14.Rac1 h6 15.Bxf6 Bxf6 16.Ne4 Qd5 17.Nxf6+ gxf6 18.e4 Qh5 19.Qxc4 Rxb2 20.Qxc6 Qf3 21.Rf1 Rd8 22.Rc3 Qh5 23.Qxc7 Rxd4 24.Qe7 Rd1 25.Qxf6 Rxf1+ 26.Kxf1 Qe2+ 27.Kg2 Qxe4+ 28.Rf3 Rb7 29.Qxh6 Rb4 30.Qg5+ Qg6 31.Qa5 Qe4 32.Qd8+ Kh7 33.Qf6 Rb7 34.h3 Qg6 35.Qd4 f5 36.Rf4 Qg7 37.Qd8 Rb1 38.Kh2 Kg6 39.Qc8 Qb7 40.Qxe6+ Kg7 41.g4 Qh1+ 42.Kg3 Rg1+ 43.Kh4 Rxg4+ 44.Rxg4+ fxg4 45.Qxg4+ Kh7 46.Qf5+ Kg7 47.Qe5+ Kh7 48.a5 Qf1 49.f4 Qf2+ 50.Kg5 Qg3+ 51.Kf6 Qg6+ 52.Ke7 Qd3 53.Kf8 1–0
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Ju,W2505Karavade,E23911–02013E06FIDE Women's World Teams9.1
Padmini,R2307Huang,Q2478½–½2013C41FIDE Women's World Teams9.2
Tan,Z2466Gomes,M2394½–½2013A15FIDE Women's World Teams9.3
Soumya,S2291Guo,Q2431½–½2013C10FIDE Women's World Teams9.4
Milliet,S2408Yildiz,B23681–02013C55FIDE Women's World Teams9.1
Ozturk,K2281Maisuradze,N2331½–½2013D37FIDE Women's World Teams9.2
Collas,S2286Cemhan,K20251–02013D26FIDE Women's World Teams9.3
Sop,S2028Benmesbah,N22660–12013B30FIDE Women's World Teams9.4
Dzagnidze,N2555Nakhbayeva,G23531–02013E11FIDE Women's World Teams9.1
Dauletova,G2265Khotenashvili,B2499½–½2013B06FIDE Women's World Teams9.2
Javakhishvili,L2461Davletbayeva,M22721–02013E11FIDE Women's World Teams9.3
Abdumalik,Z2184Khurtsidze,N24371–02013B42FIDE Women's World Teams9.4
Krush,I2460Foisor,C2389½–½2013E91FIDE Women's World Teams9.1
Bulmaga,I2355Abrahamyan,T2300½–½2013C19FIDE Women's World Teams9.2
Foisor,S2313L'Ami,A2362½–½2013D90FIDE Women's World Teams9.3
Voicu-Jagodzinsky,C2281Ni,V2263½–½2013B32FIDE Women's World Teams9.4
Gunina,V2490Lagno,K2547½–½2013D79FIDE Women's World Teams9.1
Ushenina,A2477Pogonina,N2475½–½2013E32FIDE Women's World Teams9.2
Galliamova,A2459Muzychuk,M2471½–½2013D17FIDE Women's World Teams9.3
Zhukova,N2471Girya,O2441½–½2013D10FIDE Women's World Teams9.4

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Final standings (after nine rounds)

Rank
 Team
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
MP
Pts.
1
 Ukraine
*
3
2
3
3
2½
2½
2
4
2½
16
24½
2
 China
1
*
2
3
2½
3½
3
3
3½
4
15
25½
3
 Russia
2
2
*
2
2½
1½
3
3½
3½
4
13
24
4
 Georgia
1
1
2
*
2
3½
2½
3
3½
3
12
21½
5
 India
1
1½
1½
2
*
2
3
2
2½
2½
9
18
6
 USA
1½
½
2½
½
2
*
2
2
2
2½
8
15½
7
 Kazakhstan
1½
1
1
1½
1
2
*
2
2½
3
6
15½
8
 Romania
2
1
½
1
2
2
2
*
2
2
6
14½
9
 France
0
½
½
½
1½
2
1½
2
*
3½
4
12
10
 Turkey
1½
0
0
1
1½
1½
1
2
½
*
1
9

 

Report and photos provided by Anastasiya Karlovich

Schedule and results

Round 1 March 03 at 15:00
Ukraine
3-1
 India
Romania
½-3½
 Russia
Kazakhstan
2-2
 USA
Turkey
1-3
 Georgia
China
3½-½
 France
Round 2 March 04 at 15:00
India
2½-1½
 France
Georgia
1-3
 China
USA
2½-1½
 Turkey
Russia
3-1
 Kazakhstan
Ukraine
2-2
 Romania
Round 3 March 05 at 15:00
Romania
2-2
 India
Kazakhstan
1½-2½
 Ukraine
Turkey
0-4
 Russia
China
3½-½
 USA
France
½-3½
 Georgia
Round 4 March 06 at 15:00
India
2-2
 Georgia
USA
2-2
 France
Russia
2-2
 China
Ukraine
2½-1½
 Turkey
Romania
2-2
 Kazakhstan
Round 5 March 07 at 15:00
Kazakhstan
1-3
 India
Turkey
2-2
 Romania
China
1-3
 Ukraine
France
½-3½
 Russia
Georgia
3½-½
 USA
2013/03/08 – free day
Round 6 March 09 at 15:00
India
2-2
 USA
Russia
2-2
 Georgia
Ukraine
4-0
 France
Romania
1-3
 China
Kazakhstan
3-1
 Turkey
Round 7 March 10 at 15:00
Turkey
1½-2½
 India
China
3-1
 Kazakhstan
France
2-2
 Romania
Georgia
1-3
 Ukraine
USA
2½-1½
 Russia
Round 8 March 11 at 15:00
India
1½-2½
 Russia
Ukraine
2½-1½
 USA
Romania
1-3
 Georgia
Kazakhstan
2½-1½
 France
Turkey
0-4
 China
Round 9 March 12 at 11:00
China
2½-1½
 India
France
3½-½
 Turkey
Georgia
2½-1½
 Kazakhstan
USA
2-2
 Romania
Russia
2-2
 Ukraine

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