Cairns Cup: Tan beats Paehtz in eventful round

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/21/2024 – Four games ended decisively in round 7 of the Cairns Cup, with Tan Zhongyi keeping the lead thanks to a victory over Elisabeth Paehtz and Alexandra Kosteniuk climbing to sole second place after beating Anna Zatonskih. Nana Dzagnidze and Mariya Muzychuk also scored full points, and are now tied for third place with Harika Dronavalli, who barely escaped with a draw against Anna Muzychuk. | Photo: Lennart Ootes

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Tan leads, Kosteniuk in sole second place

There has been no lack of entertainment in the fourth edition of the Cairns Cup. In the seventh round, 4 out of 5 games ended decisively, with Tan Zhongyi and Alexandra Kosteniuk grabbing wins to become the clear frontrunners in the race for tournament victory.

Nonetheless, the three players standing a half point behind second-placed Kosteniuk still have chances of winning the event with two rounds to go. Sharing third place are Mariya Muzychuk, Nana Dzagnidze and Harika Dronavalli.

It could have been a round with all decisive results on Thursday, had Anna Muzychuk made the most of her outside passed pawn while playing white against Harika.

A. Muzychuk v. Harika

Black threatens to give a check from f3, but she must be careful not to allow White to promote her passer on the h-file. The position is winning for White after 37.h7 or even after the more cautious 37.Re2. However, Muzychuk went for 37.Rd8 Kc7 38.Rg8, apparently manoeuvring skilfully to make way for her pawn.

The problem for White in this variation is that after 38...Rd2 39.h7, Black gets to escape with a draw by suddenly giving perpetual check.

39...Nf3+ must be followed by 40.Kf1, since 40.Kh1 fails to 40...Rh2#. And Black can give checks endlessly with 41.Nh2+ Kg1 42.Nf3+, etcetera.

The decisive results of the round saw Tan beating Elisabeth Paehtz in style, Alexandra Kosteniuk outplaying Anna Zatonskih in a wild struggle, Nana Dzagnidze getting the better of Irina Krush and Mariya Muzychuk scoring a 38-move victory over Alice Lee.

Results - Round 7

Mariya Muzychuk

Mariya Muzychuk | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Tan 1 - 0 Paehtz

Analysis by André Schulz

Tan Zhongyi

A smiling Tan Zhongyi | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Zatonskih 0 - 1 Kosteniuk

Analysis by André Schulz

Anna Zatonskih, Alexandra Kosteniuk

Anna Zatonskih v. Alexandra Kosteniuk | Photo: Lennart Ootes

Standings after round 7

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1.e4 0 c5 0 2.Nf3 0 e6 0 3.d4 0 cxd4 0 4.Nxd4 0 Nc6 0 5.g3 0 Nxd4 0 6.Qxd4 0 b6 0 7.Bg2 0 Bb7 0 8.0-0 0 Nf6 0 9.Nc3 0 Bc5 0 10.Qd3 0 0-0 2:24 11.Bg5 9:42 Qc7 5:58 12.Rad1 11:51 Bc6 53 13.Bxf6 7:15 gxf6 7 14.Kh1 35 b5 18:41 15.Qf3 12:08 Be7 13:38 16.Qh5 8:09 Qe5 6:31 17.Qh6 6:14 b4 10:19 18.f4 1:19 Qc5 4:03 19.f5 8:19 Kh8 2:38 20.Ne2 5:37 Qxc2 21:45 21.Nd4 5:20 Qc5 1:41 22.Nxc6 8:32 dxc6 1 23.e5 1:47 Qxe5 10 24.fxe6 7:01 fxe6 49 25.Rfe1 38 Rad8 2:29 26.Rc1 1:43 Qg5 4:23 27.Qxg5 1:42 fxg5 2 28.Rxc6 1:24 Rf2 2:44 29.Rcxe6 36 Bf6 14 30.Rf1 1:26 Rxf1+ 48 31.Bxf1 5 Bxb2 20 32.Kg2 20 a5 1:29 33.Bb5 3 Rd5 1:46 34.Bc4 8 Rc5 2:35 35.Bb3 10 Kg7 3 36.Kf3 1:41 h5 6 37.Ke4 2:12 Bf6 16 38.Ra6 1:20 Re5+ 11 39.Kd3 5 g4 1:15 40.Ra7+ 1:01 Kg6 11 41.Ra6 30:38 Kf5 30:26 42.Bf7 49 h4 1:11 43.Bg8 55 hxg3 1:13 44.hxg3 12 Rc5 23 45.Be6+ 39 Kg5 15 46.Ra8 12 Rc3+ 35 47.Ke4 18 Rxg3 9 48.Rxa5+ 1:07 Kh4 6 49.Ra6 21 Bg5 36 50.Ra7 41 Re3+ 46 51.Kf5 8 Rf3+ 8 52.Ke4 4 Re3+ 1:33 53.Kf5 2 Rf3+ 21 54.Ke4 0 Rf6 34 55.Rh7+ 39 Kg3 34 56.Bf5 30 Rf8 32 57.Rb7 1:23 Re8+ 9 58.Kd3 29 Re3+ 24 59.Kd4 52 Rf3 32 60.Be4 50 Rf2 1:00 61.Rxb4 17 Rd2+ 14 62.Ke5 24 Rxa2 19 63.Bf5 51 Bf4+ 22 64.Ke4 38 Re2+ 13 65.Kd3 46 Re3+ 20 66.Kc2 20 Re5 48 67.Bd7 36 Rc5+ 8 68.Kb3 28 Kf3 13 69.Rc4 30 Re5 6 70.Bc6+ 46 Kg3 28 71.Bd7 10 Re7 33 72.Rd4 38 Kf3 14 73.Bxg4+ 47 Kxg4 6 74.Kc4 2 Kf5 30 75.Rd5+ 5 Be5 12 76.Kd3 21 Rh7 24 77.Rc5 53 Rh3+ 10 78.Kc4 7 Ke4 6 79.Rc6 9 Rh1 31 80.Kb5 14 Bd4 1:07 81.Rc8 28 Rb1+ 17 82.Kc6 3 Rb6+ 6 83.Kc7 39 Re6 32 84.Kd7 1:19 Kd5 8 85.Rc7 1:03 Rh6 37 86.Rb7 11 Bb6 9 87.Kc8 46 Rh8+ 1:22 88.Kd7 4 Bc5 25 89.Rc7 11 Rh6 3:39 90.Rb7 23 Bb6 34 91.Kc8 8 Rg6 33 92.Kd7 20 Kc5 25 93.Rb8 1:07 Kd5 16 94.Rb7 23 Rd6+ 44 95.Ke7 38 Ke5 6 96.Rd7 1:13 Rh6 6 97.Kf7 9 Rf6+ 54 98.Ke7 1:13 Bc5+ 11 99.Kd8 4 Bd6 8 100.Kc8 14 Rf8+ 1:20 101.Rd8 1:09 Rf3 30 102.Rd7 50 Ke6 42 103.Rh7 14 Rf8+ 23 104.Kb7 4 Kd5 5 105.Rh5+ 40 Be5 5 106.Kb6 33 Rb8+ 7 107.Ka5 8 Rb1 1:41 108.Ka6 36 Kd6 3 109.Ka5 27 Bc3+ 50 110.Ka4 11 Kc6 45 111.Ka3 39 Bd4 30 112.Ka2 37 Rb4 11 113.Rg5 45 Bc5 29 114.Rg3 24 Kd5 2 115.Rc3 1:06 Rb8 30 116.Rc2 44 Kd4 18 117.Rb2 10 Ra8+ 6 118.Kb1 16 Kd3 15 119.Rb3+ 24 Kc4 32 120.Rb2 54 Bd4 2:17 121.Ra2 4 Rh8 17 122.Kc2 33 Bc3 31 123.Ra4+ 38 Bb4 2 124.Ra2 47 Rh3 55 125.Rb2 31 Rh2+ 42 126.Kb1 4 Rh1+ 9 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Dronavalli,H2489Dzagnidze,N2506½–½2024B44Cairns Cup 20241.1
Kosteniuk,A2501Paehtz,E24571–02024B30Cairns Cup 20241.2
Lee,A2368Tan,Z25400–12024A50Cairns Cup 20241.3
Krush,I2415Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024D35Cairns Cup 20241.4
Muzychuk,M2510Zatonskih,A23271–02024C11Cairns Cup 20241.5
Tan,Z2540Krush,I2415½–½2024B43Cairns Cup 20242.1
Muzychuk,A2505Muzychuk,M2510½–½2024B12Cairns Cup 20242.2
Dzagnidze,N2506Zatonskih,A23271–02024A13Cairns Cup 20242.3
Paehtz,E2457Lee,A2368½–½2024A09Cairns Cup 20242.4
Dronavalli,H2489Kosteniuk,A25011–02024A34Cairns Cup 20242.5
Zatonskih,A2327Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024B13Cairns Cup 20243.1
Lee,A2368Dronavalli,H2489½–½2024D11Cairns Cup 20243.2
Muzychuk,M2510Tan,Z2540½–½2024C15Cairns Cup 20243.3
Kosteniuk,A2501Dzagnidze,N25061–02024B47Cairns Cup 20243.4
Krush,I2415Paehtz,E2457½–½2024E43Cairns Cup 20243.5
Paehtz,E2457Muzychuk,M2510½–½2024A11Cairns Cup 20244.1
Tan,Z2540Zatonskih,A23271–02024C13Cairns Cup 20244.2
Dzagnidze,N2506Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024D35Cairns Cup 20244.3
Dronavalli,H2489Krush,I2415½–½2024B33Cairns Cup 20244.4
Kosteniuk,A2501Lee,A23680–12024C42Cairns Cup 20244.5
Lee,A2368Dzagnidze,N2506½–½2024E04Cairns Cup 20245.1
Krush,I2415Kosteniuk,A2501½–½2024E49Cairns Cup 20245.2
Muzychuk,A2505Tan,Z2540½–½2024B12Cairns Cup 20245.3
Muzychuk,M2510Dronavalli,H2489½–½2024C54Cairns Cup 20245.4
Zatonskih,A2327Paehtz,E2457½–½2024E11Cairns Cup 20245.5
Kosteniuk,A2501Muzychuk,M25101–02024B11Cairns Cup 20246.1
Dronavalli,H2489Zatonskih,A2327½–½2024C13Cairns Cup 20246.2
Paehtz,E2457Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024A07Cairns Cup 20246.3
Dzagnidze,N2506Tan,Z2540½–½2024D59Cairns Cup 20246.4
Lee,A2368Krush,I2415½–½2024E17Cairns Cup 20246.5
Tan,Z2540Paehtz,E24571–02024D40Cairns Cup 20247.1
Krush,I2415Dzagnidze,N25060–12024E48Cairns Cup 20247.2
Zatonskih,A2327Kosteniuk,A25010–12024D12Cairns Cup 20247.3
Muzychuk,M2510Lee,A23681–02024D27Cairns Cup 20247.4
Muzychuk,A2505Dronavalli,H2489½–½2024C60Cairns Cup 20247.5
Krush,I2415Muzychuk,M2510½–½2024E48Cairns Cup 20248.1
Kosteniuk,A2501Muzychuk,A25050–12024C55Cairns Cup 20248.2
Dzagnidze,N2506Paehtz,E2457½–½2024E62Cairns Cup 20248.3
Dronavalli,H2489Tan,Z2540½–½2024B51Cairns Cup 20248.4
Lee,A2368Zatonskih,A23271–02024D30Cairns Cup 20248.5
Tan,Z2540Kosteniuk,A2501½–½2024D14Cairns Cup 20249.1
Paehtz,E2457Dronavalli,H2489½–½2024E06Cairns Cup 20249.2
Muzychuk,A2505Lee,A23681–02024C42Cairns Cup 20249.3
Zatonskih,A2327Krush,I2415½–½2024D02Cairns Cup 20249.4
Muzychuk,M2510Dzagnidze,N2506½–½2024B22Cairns Cup 20249.5

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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