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The fifth stage of the the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2013-2014 is taking place in Lopota, Georgia from the 19th of June until the 1st of July 2014. It is a twelve-player round robin with time controls of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, with 30 minutes plus an additional 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game. The total prize fund is 60,000, with the winner getting 10,000 Euro. |
Round five
Round 05 – June 24 2014, 15:00h |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
1-0
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |

What are these sausages doing there?! Find out in our rest day report next time around!
The last Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk was a one sided tournament. Hou Yifan had no problem taking the event and crushing the competition; are we seeing a repeat of this dominance?
Hou Yifan 1-0 Stefanova, Antoaneta
Stefanova's set-up was not as usual as it seemed, and actually her position had interesting strategical ideas by having strong pressure against the weak d4 pawn. However she made the mistake of putting too much pressure there before finishing development and her king in the center proved to be too weak. In a very unpleasant position, but far from lost, Stefanova committed a blunder and it was all over by move 25.

Hou Yifan's latest victim: Antoaneta Stefanova

Hou Yifan is still under strong pressure from two players trailing by only half a point
Ju Wenjun 1-0 Zhao Xue
A very tense battle. Ju Wenjun's early exploits in the kingside looked more dangerous than what they actually were, but Zhao Xue wasn't able to create huge amounts of counterplay either. White's pressure continued well into the endgame. In time trouble a critical position was reached; Zhao Xue had the choice of capturing a pawn but transposing into a dangerous-looking pawn endgame or trying to survive down the pawn. She chose the latter which proved to be the wrong choice.

Ju Wenjun won again. She is happy about it!

Zhao Xue fell to both of her Chinese compatriots this tournament
Dzagnidze, Nana 1-0 Koneru Humpy
Despite Dzagnidze's early slight advantage from the opening it seems it was the Indian player that was more in tune of the demands of the position and she slowly outplayed her opponent. White's awkward pieces left her struggling for equality, but she was never much worse. The tables quickly turned when Koneru blundered a simple combination that netted the Georgian a pawn and the initiative. From then on Dzagnidze did not look back and she converted the full point.

An important game for the top standings
Harika, Dronavalli ½-½ Khotenashvili, Bela
A very even game all through-out. White's Catalan reached a typical structure in which Black had an extra pawn but they were tripled on the open c-file. White was never able to actually take this pawn and by the time she did the game was simplified enough to the point it was nothing but a dead draw.

Bela Khotenashvili is tied with Zhao Xue and Alexandra Kosteniuk,
normally a good thing but not in this tournament

Harika is only a point behind Hou Yifan
Muzychuk, Anna 1-0 Muminova, Nafisa
Another game that showed the dangers of leaving your king in the center:
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1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nd2 c5 4.Ngf3 cxd4 5.Nxd4 Nc6 6.Bb5 Bd7 7.Nxc6 bxc6 8.Bd3 Qc7 9.Qe2 Bd6 10.Nf3 Ne7 11.e5 Bc5 12.0-0 Bb6 13.Bd2 c5 14.c4 h6 15.Rac1 a5 16.cxd5 exd5 17.e6 Bxe6 18.Bb5+ Kf8 19.Ne5 Nf5 20.Bc3 Qd6 21.Rfe1 Bc7 22.Qh5 Ne7 23.Bd7! g6? 23...Bxd7?? 24.Qxf7# 23...Kg8 24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.Nc6! Qxc6 26.Rxe7 Rf8 27.Qg4!± 23...Ra7! 24.Bxe6 Qxe6 25.Nd3 24.Qf3 Rh7 25.Bxe6 Qxe6 26.Ng4! Qc6 27.Nf6 Rg7 28.Rxe7 Kxe7 29.Nxd5+ Kf8 30.Nxc7 1–0
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Muzychuk,A | 2561 | Muminova,N | 2332 | 1–0 | 2014 | C07 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 5.5 |
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Nafisa has only been able to accumulate half a point so far

Anna sits in the middle of the field with 3.0/5
Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ Danielian, Elina
White's advantage going into the endgame was obvious: the pair of bishops gave her good chances there. However she immediately started to misplay it and she underestimated how weak her bishop on a2 would become. Danielian's pieces swarmed the kingside and took pawn after pawn. In a winning position the Armenian player then made mistake after mistake, squandering all of her advantage. Kosteniuk salved the game but made it hard on herself by going in to a rook and bishop vs. rook endgame (she didn't quite need to do this) and had to suffer for many hours to hold the draw.

Alexandra and Elina fought to their last breath for a draw
Standings after five rounds

Round five Games
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Schedule and results
Round 01 – June 19 2014, 15:00h |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
½-½
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
½-½
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Round 02 – June 20 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
½-½
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
0-1
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
½-½
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
½-½
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Round 03 – June 21 2014, 15:00h |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
0-1
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
½-½
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
1-0
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Round 04 – June 22 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
1-0
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
1-0
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
0-1
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
0-1
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Round 05 – June 24 2014, 15:00h |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
1-0
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Round 06 – June 25 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Round 07 – June 26 2014, 15:00h |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Round 08 – June 27 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Round 09 – June 29 2014, 15:00h |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Round 10 – June 30 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Round 11 – July 01 2014, 13:00h |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |