Cairns Cup, Round 9 - Live!

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6/22/2024 – The Cairns Cup is taking place on June 13-24 at the World Chess Hall of Fame. Tan Zhongyi, Mariya Muzychuk and Nana Dzagnidze are the top seeds in the 10-player single round robin with a classical time control. The event features one of the strongest female fields, as they compete for a total prize fund of $200,000. | Follow the action live starting at 20.00 CEST (14.00 ET, 23.30 IST)

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Round 9

The Cairns Cup, an elite-level female chess tournament created by the Saint Louis Chess Club, returns this June and will feature ten of the world’s best female chess players. Named in honor of Saint Louis Chess Club co-founder Dr. Jeanne Cairns Sinquefield, the tournament reflects the Club’s mission to promote the game of chess among women.

The tournament is a 10-player single round robin with a time control of game in 120 minutes, with a 30–second increment from move one (G/120+30).

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1.d4 13 Nf6 13 2.c4 3 e6 3 3.Nc3 3 Bb4 3 4.g3 4 d5 21 5.Bg2 3 0-0 6 6.Nf3 10 dxc4 5 7.0-0 9 Nc6 13 8.a3 3 8.Re1 is the fancy move. Be7 17 9.e4 3 E20: Nimzo-Indian: 4 g3 and 4 f3. 9.Be3= 9...Na5 53 10.Be3 36 Nb3 29 11.Rb1 13 White sacrificed a pawn. The position is equal. c5 3 12.dxc5 18 Bxc5 3 13.Bxc5 2 Nxc5 3 14.Qe2!?N 1 An interesting novelty. Predecessor: 14.Ne5 b6 15.Nc6 Qxd1 16.Rbxd1 Bb7 17.e5 Bxc6 18.Bxc6 Rac8 19.exf6 Rxc6 20.fxg7 Kxg7 14...b6 23 15.Rfd1 7:25 Qe8 18:47 16.Qxc4 17:37 Ba6 1:56 17.Qd4 1:51 Rd8 3:42 Prevents e5 18.Qe3 11 Rxd1+ 12:05 18...Bd3 feels hotter. 19.Rbc1 Ng4 20.Qg5 Nh6 19.Rxd1 17 Na4 3 20.e5 1:20 Nxc3 4:57 21.exf6 10:46 Qa4! 2 21...Nxd1 22.Qg5 g6 23.Qh6 Nxb2 24.Qg7# 22.Rd2 11:45 22.Rd4!? Ne2+ 23.Qxe2 Qxd4 24.Qxa6 24.Nxd4 Bxe2 25.Nxe2 Rd8= 24...Qd1+ 25.Qf1± 22...Nd5 4:44 23.Qd4 7 Reject 23.Rd4 Qc2 24.Qd2 Rc8 23...Qxd4 48 24.Nxd4 15 Nxf6 1:52 25.Nc6 10 Dodges Rd8 Bc4 6 26.Nxa7 33 Bd5 23 27.Rc2 1:42 Bxg2 4:55 28.Kxg2 3 Endgame KRN-KRN Rb8 13 29.Kf3 4:27 Kf8 47 30.Rc8+ 28 Rxc8 2 31.Nxc8 3 KN-KN Nd5 9 32.Ke4 21 f6 2:10 33.Nd6 2:46 g6 57 34.f4 3:02 Ke7 13 35.Nb5 59 Kd7 16 36.Kd4 18 Ne7 1:48 37.Kc4 41 Nf5 3:38 38.Kd3 18 Against Ne3 h5 32 38...Nh6= 39.Nd4 13 e5 38 40.fxe5 19 fxe5 1 41.Ne2 14 Ke6 47 41...Nd6= 42.a4± 11 Black is on the road to losing. g5 16
42...Nd6± 43.b4!+- 13 g4? 21 43...Nd6 was worth a try. 44.Nc3 Kf5 44.a5 10 bxa5 2 45.bxa5 1 Kd5? 9 45...Ne7 46.a6 37 White is clearly winning. e4+ 45 47.Kc3 1 Nd6 4 48.Nf4+ 17 Kc5 34 49.Nxh5 2 Nb5+ 11 50.Kd2 1 Kd4 6 51.Nf6 14 e3+ 1 52.Ke2 28 Nc3+ 11 53.Ke1 3 Threatening mate with a7!. Nb5 2 54.Nxg4 9 Hoping for h4. Ke4 6 55.h4 12 Kf3 7
56.Nxe3! 6 Kxe3 2 56...Ke4 57.Kf2 57.h5 1 Weighted Error Value: White=0.03 (flawless) /Black=0.76 Mistake: --- Black=5 Inaccurate: White=1 Black=4 OK: White=15 Black=10 Best: White=5 Black=3 Strong: White=1 Black=1 1–0
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StWhiteEloWBlackEloBResRndid
Manon,R2431Rahman,S21133.1662466
Zia,T2323Mohammad Fahad,R24313.2662469
Wijerathna,V2117Thilakarathne,G23513.3662471
Muhammed,S2107Liyanage,P19933.4662473
Liyanage,R2402Weerasekara,D19703.5662475
Mafaaz Khalid2131Galappaththi,C19703.6662477
Wickramasinghe,V2024Manon,R24312.1662331
Mohammad Fahad,R2431Sivathanujan,S20202.2662332
Galappaththi,C1970Liyanage,R24022.3662334
Thilakarathne,G2351Ganepola,T19112.4662335
Amarasinghe,A1906Zia,T23232.5662336
Nanayakkara,S1700Wijerathna,V21172.6662337
Manon,R2431Karunasena,A19491.1661712
Induwara,T1995Mohammad Fahad,R24311.2661713
Weerathungalage,W1963Thilakarathne,G23511.3661714
Liyanage,R2402Tanvir,A19171.4661717
Zia,T2323Janukshan,B19141.5661718
Ganepola,T1911Sakline Mostafa,S21991.6661719
Nakamura,H2802Caruana,F28031.36944003
Aronian,L2745So,W27471.36944002
Robson,R2689Dominguez Perez,L27411.36944004
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Commentary by GM Yasser Seirawan, and IMs Nazi Paikidze & Jovanka Houska

Current standings

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
TBPerf.
1
Tan,Z
2540
6.0
9
½
½
½
½
½
½
1
1
1
24.25
2578
2
Muzychuk,A
2505
5.5
9
½
½
½
½
1
½
1
½
½
24.25
2537
3
Dronavalli,H
2489
5.0
9
½
½
½
½
1
½
½
½
½
22.50
2502
4
Muzychuk,M
2510
5.0
9
½
½
½
½
0
½
1
½
1
20.50
2499
5
Dzagnidze,N
2506
5.0
9
½
½
½
½
0
1
½
½
1
20.50
2500
6
Kosteniuk,A
2501
5.0
9
½
0
0
1
1
½
0
1
1
20.50
2500
7
Krush,I
2415
4.0
9
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
½
½
18.00
2424
8
Lee,A
2368
4.0
9
0
0
½
0
½
1
½
½
1
15.75
2429
9
Paehtz,E
2457
3.5
9
0
½
½
½
½
0
½
½
½
15.25
2382
10
Zatonskih,A
2327
2.0
9
0
½
½
0
0
0
½
0
½
9.00
2257
TBs: Sonneborn-Berger

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