Chengdu Rd. 6: Four draws, two wins

by André Schulz
7/9/2016 – 24 of the 36 games that have been played by now in the Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu ended in a draw, a 66% drawing percentage, unusually high for a women's tournament. But round six followed the trend: four of the six games ended in a draw, two had a winner. Mariya Muzychuk won against Pia Cramling and Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Lela Javakhishvili. Tournament leader Humpy Koneru played a short draw against Ju Wenjun and now leads with 4.5/6.
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The shortest draw of the round occurred in the top encounter between tournament leader Humpy Koneru and Ju Wenjun, who trails Koneru by half-a-point. After 27 moves the fight came to an end.

The two decisive games were also the longest. Antoaneta Stefanova defeated Lela Javakhishvili in 70 moves and former Women's World Champion Mariya Muzychuk needed 82 moves to win against Pia Cramling.

After her win against Javakhishvili Stefanova now has 4.0/6 and shares places two to four with Ju Wenjun and Harika Dronavalli. They are half-a-point behind Koneru, who leads with 4.5/6.

Antoaneta Stefanova

Results of round 6

Board Title Name ELO Result Title Name ELO
1 GM Mariya Muzychuk 2561 1 - 0 GM Pia Cramling 2471
2 GM Anna Muzychuk 2555 ½ - ½ GM Dronavalli Harika 2514
3 GM Humpy Koneru 2575 ½ - ½ GM Wenjun Ju 2559
4 GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2507 1 - 0 IM Lela Javakhishvili 2493
5 GM Bela Khotenashvili 2470 ½ - ½ WGM Zhongyi Tan 2509
6 GM Xue Zhao 2504 ½ - ½ WGM Olga Girya 2443

Games - Rounds 1 to 6

 
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1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.e3 Bg4 4.h3 Bh5 5.g4 Bg6 6.Ne5 Nfd7 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.c4 c6 9.Qb3 Qc7 10.Nc3 e6 11.e4 e5 12.exd5 exd4 13.Ne2 Na6 14.Bf4 Qa5+ 15.Kd1 Nac5 16.Qf3 cxd5 17.Nxd4 0-0-0 18.Kc2 Nb6 19.Bd2 Qa4+ 20.b3 Qd7 21.cxd5 Qxd5 22.Qxd5 Nxd5 23.Bg2 Be7 24.Rad1 a6 25.Ba5 Nc7 26.b4 Nd7 27.Rhe1 Bf6 28.b5 Nc5 29.Bxc7 Kxc7 30.Nb3 Nxb3 31.Kxb3 axb5 32.f4 Bh4 33.Rxd8 Rxd8 34.Re5 Rd2 35.Bf1 Rf2 36.Bxb5 Rf3+ 37.Kb4 Rxf4+ 38.Bc4 Rf3 39.Bd5 Rf4+ 40.Re4 Rf2 41.Kb5 Bg5 42.a4 b6 43.Rd4 Be7 44.Rd3 Rc2 45.Bc4 f5 46.Re3 Bf6 47.Re6 Rb2+ 48.Ka6 f4 49.Bd5 Rd2 50.Bb7 Rd3 51.Rc6+ Kd7 52.Rxb6 f3 53.Bc6+ Kc7 54.Bb5 Rd1 55.g5 Bxg5 56.Rb7+ Kc8 57.Rxg7 Rd6+ 58.Ka7 Be3+ 59.Ka8 Rf6 60.Re7 Bb6 61.Ba6+ Kd8 62.Re1 Ba5 63.Rd1+ Kc7 64.Bf1 Bb4 65.Rc1+ Kb6 66.Rc8 Rf7 67.Rb8+ Ka5 68.Rb7 Rf8+ 69.Rb8 Rf6 70.Kb7 Kxa4 71.Rc8 Kb3 72.Rc6 Rxc6 73.Kxc6 Kc3 74.Kd5 Kd2 75.Ke4 Ke1 76.Kxf3 Kxf1 77.h4 Bd2 78.Kg4 Bh6 79.Kf3 Ke1 80.Ke4 Bf8 81.Kf4 Be7 82.Kg4 Ke2 83.h5 gxh5+ 84.Kxh5 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Stefanova,A2512Muzychuk,M2545½–½2016D04Chengdu WGP 20161
Khotenashvili,B2454Koneru,H2575½–½2016E06Chengdu WGP 20161
Zhao Xue2510Muzychuk,A2545½–½2016D30Chengdu WGP 20161
Girya,O2444Cramling,P2463½–½2016D21Chengdu WGP 20161
Tan Zhongyi2495Harika,D25260–12016D43Chengdu WGP 20161
Javakhishvili,L2487Ju Wenjun2578½–½2016D37Chengdu WGP 20161
Muzychuk,M2545Ju Wenjun2578½–½2016C42Chengdu WGP 20162
Harika,D2526Javakhishvili,L24871–02016B46Chengdu WGP 20162
Cramling,P2463Tan Zhongyi2495½–½2016D38Chengdu WGP 20162
Muzychuk,A2545Girya,O2444½–½2016B12Chengdu WGP 20162
Koneru,H2575Zhao Xue25101–02016D38Chengdu WGP 20162
Stefanova,A2512Khotenashvili,B2454½–½2016D05Chengdu WGP 20162
Khotenashvili,B2454Muzychuk,M25451–02016B37Chengdu WGP 20163
Zhao Xue2510Stefanova,A25120–12016D15Chengdu WGP 20163
Girya,O2444Koneru,H25750–12016E32Chengdu WGP 20163
Tan Zhongyi2495Muzychuk,A2545½–½2016A87Chengdu WGP 20163
Javakhishvili,L2487Cramling,P2463½–½2016D30Chengdu WGP 20163
Ju Wenjun2578Harika,D2526½–½2016D45Chengdu WGP 20163
Khotenashvili,B2454Zhao Xue2510½–½2016E00Chengdu WGP 20164
Cramling,P2463Ju Wenjun25780–12016A30Chengdu WGP 20164
Muzychuk,A2545Javakhishvili,L2487½–½2016B36Chengdu WGP 20164
Koneru,H2575Tan Zhongyi24951–02016D31Chengdu WGP 20164
Stefanova,A2512Girya,O2444½–½2016A11Chengdu WGP 20164
Muzychuk,M2545Harika,D2526½–½2016B33Chengdu WGP 20164
Ju Wenjun2578Muzychuk,A25451–02016A11Chengdu WGP 20165
Girya,O2444Khotenashvili,B24541–02016D31Chengdu WGP 20165
Tan Zhongyi2495Stefanova,A2512½–½2016D15Chengdu WGP 20165
Zhao Xue2510Muzychuk,M2545½–½2016D30Chengdu WGP 20165
Javakhishvili,L2487Koneru,H2575½–½2016D58Chengdu WGP 20165
Harika,D2526Cramling,P2463½–½2016A30Chengdu WGP 20165
Muzychuk,M2545Cramling,P24631–02016C53Chengdu WGP 20166
Muzychuk,A2545Harika,D2526½–½2016C19Chengdu WGP 20166
Koneru,H2575Ju Wenjun2578½–½2016D37Chengdu WGP 20166
Stefanova,A2512Javakhishvili,L24871–02016A04Chengdu WGP 20166
Khotenashvili,B2454Tan Zhongyi2495½–½2016D38Chengdu WGP 20166
Zhao Xue2510Girya,O2444½–½2016D43Chengdu WGP 20166

Standings after six rounds

 

Grand Prix standings before the tournament

 

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André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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