Kazan GP R06: four decisive games, Danielian leads

by ChessBase
6/16/2012 – Today Armenian GM Elina Danielian defeated the second Kosintseva sister, Nadezhda, while her closest rival Anna Muzychuk drew her game against Alexandra Kosteniuk. Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lahno defeated former women's world champion Antoaneta Stefanova, and now Lahno and Muzychuk are in 2-3 position, half a point behind the leader. Report after round six.
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From June 9 to 23, 2012 Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will play host to the FIDE Women's Grand Prix, part of a series of elite events organised by FIDE and Global Chess. There will be six tournaments over two years in various countries around the world. The winner of each tournament takes home 6,500 Euros, the total prize fund is 40,000 Euros. The overall winner will get a further 15,000 Euros at the end of the series. Starting time of the games is 15:00h (check your local time here).

Round six

Elina Danielian (above left) won against Nadezhda Kosinteseva and for the second time became the sole leader in FIDE Women Grand Prix in Kazan. The Armenian GM chose the same variation which recently happened in her game against another Kosintseva sister Tatiana.

Playing with black Katerina Lahno (above) started to fight for initiative from the opening and tried to use a bad placement of white knight in the game against local celebrity Alisa Galliamova.


With very little time Alisa didn’t defend precisely and lost the game

Tatiana Kosintseva scored the first full point playing against Betul Yildiz (above right). The Turkish player underestimated Black’s attack on the queenside and didn’t use an opportunity to create conterplay on the kingside.


World champion Hou Yifan (above) got better position in the middle game against
Antoaneta Stefanova and later on created a decisive attack on Black’s king


The tense games Muzychuk-Kosteniuk and Koneru-Cmilite (above) ended in draws

Round six results

GM Anna Muzychuk 2598
½-½
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2457
IM Alisa Galliamova 2484
0-1
GM Keteryna Lahno 2546
GM Hou Yifan 2623
1-0
GM Antoaneta Stefanova 2518
GM Elina Danielian 2484
1-0
GM Nadezhda Kosintseva 2528
GM Humpy Koneru 2589
½-½
GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2508
WGM Betul Cemre Yildiz 2333
0-1
GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2532

Standings after six rounds of play

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1.e41,194,32454%2421---
1.d4965,36755%2433---
1.Nf3288,68356%2440---
1.c4186,32756%2443---
1.g319,95956%2427---
1.b314,69854%2428---
1.f46,00148%2376---
1.Nc33,95550%2383---
1.b41,79948%2378---
1.a31,26454%2406---
1.e31,09249%2409---
1.d397250%2378---
1.g467346%2360---
1.h446954%2381---
1.c344652%2424---
1.h329456%2418---
1.a412060%2461---
1.f310147%2431---
1.Nh39366%2506---
1.Na34861%2472---
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nxc6 bxc6 6.e5 Qe7 7.Qe2 Nd5 8.Nd2 Nb4 9.Nf3 Ba6 10.c4 c5 11.a3 Nc6 12.Bd2 h6 13.Bc3 Qe6 14.0-0-0 Be7 15.Nd2 Rb8 16.f4 Nd4 17.Bxd4 cxd4 18.Nf3 Qb6 19.Qc2 Qa5 20.Qd2 Qxd2+ 21.Rxd2 c5 22.Bd3 Bb7 23.Kc2 Bc6 24.b3 0-0 25.Re2 Rb6 26.Be4 f5 27.exf6 Bxe4+ 28.Rxe4 Bxf6 29.Nd2 Bd8 30.Rf1 Ra6 31.a4 Raf6 32.g3 g5 33.b4 cxb4 34.Rxd4 gxf4 35.gxf4 R8f7 36.Ne4 Re6 37.f5 Re5 38.Nd6 Rg7 39.Re4 Bf6 40.Rf2 Rge7 41.Rfe2 Kf8 42.h3 h5 43.Rxe5 Rxe5 44.Rxe5 Bxe5 45.Ne4 a5 46.Kb3 Ke7 47.Kc2 Bf4 48.Kb3 d6 49.Kc2 Kf7 50.Kb3 Ke7 51.Kc2 Kf7 52.Kb3 Ke7 53.Kc2 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Muzychuk,A2598Kosteniuk,A2457½–½2012C454th WGP Kazan 20126
Galliamova,A2484Lahno,K25460–12012E704th WGP Kazan 20126
Hou Yifan2623Stefanova,A25181–02012C504th WGP Kazan 20126
Danielian,E2484Kosintseva,N25281–02012E324th WGP Kazan 20126
Koneru,H2589Cmilyte,V2508½–½2012E604th WGP Kazan 20126
Yildiz,B2333Kosintseva,T25320–12012B824th WGP Kazan 20126

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Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov, with kind permission of FIDE

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