Kazan GP R07: Cmilyte and Kosteniuk score
6/18/2012 – Two decisive games saw Alexandra Kosteniuk winning a complicated game against Alisa Galliamova, and Viktorija Cmilyte beating Betul Yildiz to catch up with Kateryna Lahno and Anna Muzychuk on shared 2-4 places. Elina Danielian drew against Antoaneta Stefanova and kept her lead on the scoreboard. Four rounds remain in this Women's Grand Prix. Round seven report.
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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 seven
Elina Danielian (above) made a draw in her game against Antoaneta Stefanova and kept the lead after the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Prix. Her Bulgarian opponent got a slightly better position in the middlegame, but didn’t use all her chances and allowed the Armenian GM to find a deep defence in the endgame.
Kateryna Lahno (right) could have joined Elina Danielian on top of the scoreboard,
but
she missed winning chance in her game against women's world champion Hou Yifan.
Anna Muzychuk drew against Tatiana Kosintseva and keeps sharing second place
Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Betul Yildiz and caught up with Muzychuk and
Lahno
Nadezhda Kosintseva (above) didn’t get any advantage in the opening
playing with
white against Humpy Koneru, and the players agreed to a draw in a pawn endgame.
Alexandra Kosteniuk had good chances to fight for the advantage in a complicated
game against Alisa Galliamova, and in the end she succeeded in winning.
Round seven results
| GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2532 | ½-½ |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2598 |
| GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2508 | 1-0 |
WGM | Betul Cemre Yildiz | 2333 |
| GM | Nadezhda Kosintseva | 2528 | ½-½ |
GM | Humpy Koneru | 2589 |
| GM | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2518 | ½-½ |
GM | Elina Danielian | 2484 |
| GM | Keteryna Lahno | 2546 | ½-½ |
GM | Hou Yifan | 2623 |
| GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2457 | 1-0 |
IM | Alisa Galliamova | 2484 |
Standings after seven rounds of play
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Round eight pairings
| GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2598 | IM | Alisa Galliamova | 2484 | |
| GM | Hou Yifan | 2623 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2457 | |
| GM | Elina Danielian | 2484 | GM | Keteryna Lahno | 2546 | |
| GM | Humpy Koneru | 2589 | GM | Antoaneta Stefanova | 2518 | |
| WGM | Betul Cemre Yildiz | 2333 | GM | Nadezhda Kosintseva | 2528 | |
| GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2532 | GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2508 |
Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov, with kind permission of FIDE
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