5/2/2016 – For a long time the players in the Women's Grand Prix in Batumi all snatched points from each other and the lead changed all the time. Until Valentina Gunina took countermeasures: She simply won all her games! After defeating Zhao Xue in round ten Gunina now has 7.0/10, one-and-half points more than her closest rival, and thus wins the tournament with one round to go.
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Things went really well for Valentina Gunina in round ten - all her rivals dropped points. Nana Dzagnidze played with Black against Alexandra Kosteniuk and after a passive opening soon got into real trouble from which she never recovered.
Alexandra Kosteniuk caught up with Nana Dzagnidze but cannot catch up to Gunina
Nino Batsiashvili needed a win against Almira Skripchenko to keep chances to catch up to Gunina. But she drew against Almira Skripchenko.
Before round ten Anna Muzychuk also had theoretical chances to win the tournament and against Olga Girya she tried hard to keep these chances intact and tried for a long time to win a rook endgame with a pawn up. But after 120 moves she had to agree to a draw and is now 1.5 points behind Gunina.
Anna Muzychuk
Olga Girya.
Gunina had to play with White against her close rival Zhao Xue in round ten and by winning this crucial game the Russian also won the tournament.
A handshake before the decisive game: Valentina Gunina vs. Zhao Xue
A rare move...9.Qd3...and a novelty.Rd810.Nbd2e511.Ne4Nbd712.Rad1Nxe413.Qxe4Re814.Qc2h615.dxe5dxe516.Rd5With the
idea to attack e5 and to threaten Rb5. Black is on the defensive because she
is not fully developed.e4?!
Inviting the white knight into Black's
position. More careful was16...Qc7and though Black's position is slightly
awkward she should soon be able to bring the white-squared bishop into play -
with good chances for equality.17.Nd4Nf6Maybe Black saw too late that
this move is possible - Black cannot take on d4 because after 19.Rd1 Black's
queen is lost.18.Rb5Qc718...Qd619.Rd1looks dangerous for Black.19.Rxb4Bd7Black managed to develop the white-squared bishop but White is a
pawn up and has a clear advantage.20.c5Rac821.Rc1a522.Rc4b523.cxb6Qxb624.Qb3?!Overlooking or underestimating Black's answer.After24.Qd2White remains a solid pawn up.24...Qxd4!25.Rxd4Rxc1+26.Bf126.Rd1??a4-+26...Rec827.Kg2
27...Re1?!Too direct.After27...Be628.Qb6Kh7White has trouble to make progress, for example29.Qxa5Ra130.f4Rcc1with strong counterplay.28.Rxd7Nxd729.Qb7Nb6Or29...Rcc130.Qxd7Rxf131.Qe8+Kh732.Qxe4+g633.Qd5with a winning advantage for
White.30.Qxb6Rcc131.Qxa5Black resigned. The queen and the two
connected passed pawns on the queenside are too much for the rooks.1–0
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