Kazan GP R11: Humpy, Muzychuk share first at Women's GP

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6/23/2012 – The three top seed finished in the first three place: all won their final round games, which put Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk on top of the score table with 7.5/11 points each. Both did not lose a single game. In third we find, half a point behind, women's world champion Hou Yifan, who lost two but won five. Here is the fnal report with pictures, stats, and commented games.

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From June 9 to 23, 2012 Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, played 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.

Round eleven results

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

After eleven rounds the Slovenian GM Anna Muzychuk and Indian GM Humpy Koneru were joint winners. According to The regulations in case of a tie the Grand Prix ranking points and prize money will be split equally.

For Elina Danielian it was a very disappointing final result after having led throughout the first two thirds of the event. Her journey was remarkably similar to Morozevich's in the recently ended Tal, as she collapsed with three straight losses to barely make it past the 50% mark.


Elina Danielian was unable to sustain her momentum until the end

Even her opponent, Women World Champion Hou Yifan cannot be too happy after a disastrous start that included a loss to the bottom-seed Yildiz. This followed on a very tough event at Danzhou, however her sheer grit came through, and she battlled her way back to the top of the podium, for third, minimizing any further Elo loss.

Anna Muzychuk overcame Nadezhda Kosintseva in the final round after the latter went astray strategically, and lost control of the game.

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1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.c3 e6 4.d4 d5 5.exd5 exd5 6.Bb5 Bd6 7.0-0 Nge7 8.dxc5 Bxc5 9.Nbd2 0-0 10.Nb3 Bd6 11.Bd3 h6 12.Be3 Nf5 The novelty. Bg4 or Bf5 are the usual moves. 13.Bc5 Re8 14.Bxf5 The idea behind this move is to seize the d4 square for the knight, and while an excellent blockading square, it is not clear this outweighs the loss of the bishop pair or the weaknesses it will also cause on the light squares. Bxf5 15.Bxd6 Qxd6 16.Nfd4 Bg6 17.Qd2 17.f4 with the idea of f5 is met by Be4 17...Ne5 18.Qf4 Qb6 19.Rae1 Nc4 20.Qc1 Rac8 21.f3 a5! Threatening to play ...a4 and win the pawn on b2. 22.a4 Bf5 Taking advantage of the self-inflicted pin of the knight to bring the bishop to d7 and pressure a4. 23.Rxe8+ Rxe8 24.Re1 Rxe1+ 25.Qxe1 Bd7 26.Qa1 All of White's pieces are tied down. The queen protects a4, the b3-knight prevents b2 from falling, and even if the pin is removed, the knight on d4 protects the b3-knight. Qg6! Black swings around to penetrate with the queen. The end is near. 27.Kf2 Qg5 28.Nc5 Qd2+ 29.Kg3 Bc8 Protecting b7 while attacking the queenside pawns. 30.Qf1 b6 31.Nd3 Qg5+ 32.Kf2 Qe3+ 33.Kg3 Nd2 Mate is on the horizon so... 0–1
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Kosintseva,N2528Muzychuk,A25980–12012C094th WGP Kazan 201211


Anna Muzychuk is poised to become the fourth woman to break
2600 and the second highest rated female player behind Judit Polgar
in the next rating list.

This win guaranteed her at least a share of first, depending only on Humpy Koneru's result against Alisa Galliamova. Humpy also managed to win with black, and score her first major win since her failed title attempt against Hou Yifan. They were joint winners, since according to The regulations in case of a tie the Grand Prix ranking points and prize money will be split equally.


Humpy Koneru is ready to put her disappointing title bid behind her

Tatiana Kosintseva looked like she might lose the game against Katerina Lahno. Lahno built a massive attack, but at the critical moment, failed to find the strongest continuation and missing a zwischenzug, panicked and quickly lost.


Tatiana Kosintseva had an irregular event but managed to turn the tables in the last round

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Lahno,K2546Kosintseva,T25320–12012E564th WGP Kazan 201211


Even tailender Beatriz Yildiz will take home a memorable moment as she scored an
important win over Hou Yifan, 300 Elo her superior.

The closing ceremony

The closing ceremony took place in the Korston Hotel and was attended by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Minister on Affairs of Youth, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Rafis Burganov, players, officials and spectators. The winners Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru were awarded with big wooden chess pieces and all the participants of FIDE Grand Prix in Kazan were awarded with flowers and presents.


Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru pose with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov


Antoaneta Stefanova admires Anna Muzychuk's carved trophy

Viktorija Cmilyte received a special prize devoted to 100 years anniversary since the birthday of Rashit Nezmetdinov. Her victory against World Champion Hou Yifan was chosen by the organizing committee as the best game.


Viktorija Cmilyte won the prize for Best Game against Hou Yifan

At the closing ceremony FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has made a surprising gift for the Chess Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan - a set of electronic boards, in which participants played!


A group picture with the participants and officials

Final Statistics

The final round with five wins in six games, typified the fighting spirit displayed in the tournament. As can be seen below, the draw rate was actually below 50%, which is remarkable.

Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov (above)

Final standings (after eleven rounds of play)

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Kosintseva,N2528Muzychuk,A25980–12012B304th WGP Kazan 201211
Stefanova,A2518Cmilyte,V2508½–½2012A374th WGP Kazan 201211
Lahno,K2546Kosintseva,T25320–12012E564th WGP Kazan 201211
Kosteniuk,A2457Yildiz,B23331–02012C704th WGP Kazan 201211
Galliamova,A2484Koneru,H25890–12012A404th WGP Kazan 201211
Hou Yifan2623Danielian,E24841–02012B194th WGP Kazan 201211

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