Women's Grand Prix in Lopota begins

[Event "FIDE Women's GP Lopota 2014"] [Site "Lopota"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Dzagnidze, Nana"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "A28"] [WhiteElo "2541"] [BlackElo "2532"] [Annotator "Ramirez Alvarez,Alejandro"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr1b1r/2p2ppp/p1pqb3/4p3/NP2Pn2/P4N2/1BQP1PPP/R4RK1 b - - 0 14"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "GEO"] 14... Nd3 {Black's position is in shambles and the only thing that is holding it together is that knight on d3. White can eliminate it, but she does not see the opportunity.} 15. Rfc1 $6 {An exchange offering, but Kosteniuk does not bite.} (15. Bd4 $1 {Blocking the defense of the knight is lethal.} Nf4 (15... exd4 16. Qxd3 {leaves Black's position helpless. To begin with the a6 pawn cannot be defended.} Kb7 17. Nc5+ $18) 16. Bxe5 $18) 15... f6 16. Ne1 {Take my rook, why don't you?!} Nxc1 17. Rxc1 Qd7 18. d4 {White still has more than enough compensation, but she loses her way quickly.} exd4 19. Nd3 c5 $1 { Liberating Black's position.} 20. Ndxc5 Bxc5 21. Nxc5 (21. Qxc5 $1 {Was the only way to retain the advantage. The tactical justification is as follows:} Kb8 (21... Qd6 22. Qa7 $1 Kd7 23. Nc5+ Ke7 24. Nb7 Ra8 25. Qxa8 Rxa8 26. Nxd6 cxd6 27. Bxd4 {and to be honest Black should survive this endgame relatively easily.}) 22. Bxd4 $16 Qxd4 $2 23. Qxc7+ Ka8 24. Nb6+ Qxb6 25. Qxb6 $18) 21... d3 {Now White has nothing.} 22. Nxd3 Bb3 $1 23. Qc5 Kb8 24. Bd4 Qxd4 25. Qxc7+ Ka8 26. Qc6+ Ka7 27. Qc7+ Ka8 28. Qc6+ Ka7 29. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "FIDE Women's GP Lopota 2014"] [Site "Lopota"] [Date "2014.06.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Hou, Yifan"] [Black "Muminova, Nafisa"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C65"] [WhiteElo "2629"] [BlackElo "2332"] [SetUp "1"] [FEN "2kr3r/ppp1q1pp/2p2pn1/8/1PNpP1b1/P2P1N1P/2P1QPP1/RR4K1 b - - 0 15"] [PlyCount "30"] [EventDate "2014.??.??"] [EventCountry "GEO"] 15... Nf4 16. Qd2 {White held a solid edge, but she allowed Black's position to become too active. Here Black had an ingenious resource.} Nxh3+ $2 (16... g5 $3 {Brilliant! The bishop doesn't have to be taken, but if it is not White is just worse and Black will retreat it and continue pushing on the kingside.} 17. hxg4 h5 $1 {The point, the h-file opening is difficult to meet.} 18. g3 hxg4 19. Qd1 Qh7 20. Nh4 f5 $1 {And White will not survive.}) 17. gxh3 Bxh3 {This is just harmless. White is not even positionally worse, there are no threats on the kingside.} 18. a4 Qf7 19. Qf4 g5 20. Qh2 {The rest is cake for the World Champion.} Be6 21. Nfd2 f5 22. b5 c5 23. b6 axb6 24. a5 f4 25. axb6 cxb6 26. Nd6+ Rxd6 27. Ra8+ Kc7 28. Rxh8 Rd7 29. Qh6 Qe7 30. Nc4 1-0