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The fifth stage of the the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix series 2013-2014 is taking place in Lopota, Georgia from the 19th of June until the 1st of July 2014. It is a twelve-player round robin with time controls of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, with 30 minutes plus an additional 30 seconds per move for the rest of the game. The total prize fund is 60,000, with the winner getting 10,000 Euro. |
Round Nine
Round 09 – June 29 2014, 15:00h |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
0-1
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
½-½
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
1-0
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
1-0
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
The tournament has become a close race for second place. Every result is important, but there is no question on who the winner will be. With two rounds to go Hou Yifan has a spectacular 8.0/9 and a performance of 2875 – the only player in the world who is expected to perform at that level is Magnus Carlsen.

Chess sets are everywhere, even at the bar...

Press officer l'Ami taking a deserved break
Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1 Stefanova, Antoaneta
Stefanova started out playing a brilliant game. Every move put pressure on her opponent and she seized an early initiative, despite being Black. The unbalanced position and her pair of bishops gave her great play, but she erred and basically threw all of her advantage away in one move. In a complex but still dangerous endgame for both sides it was Dzagnidze's turn to err and she blundered badly leaving her king too exposed. Stefanova pounced and took an important point from Dzagnidze who is now only tied for third.

Antoaneta doesn't always think at the board
Dronavalli Harika ½-½ Ju Wenjun
A fascinating and complex game. The King's Indian gave rise to a strategically difficult position. White won a pawn quickly but her piece activity was not great. Ju Wenjun might have been too hasty to push her e-pawn forward instead of saving the advance for until after she finished development. Harika took her chance to sacrifice the exchange and her powerful knights fully compensated the material deficit.
The Chinese player counter-sacrificed her own exchange and the resulting endgame was close to equal, eventually reaching its logical conclusion.

In solid second, Ju Wenjun looks behind to see who is trying to catch up with her

Post-mortem of a wonderfully interesting game, with Ju Wenjun and Harika
Muzychuk, Anna 0-1 Hou Yifan
A complete blowout. Muzychuk's dubious opening gave her opponent relatively easy equality. In an interesting position Muzychuk played 15.Qg5? completely underestimating the advance 17...a4! which left her pawn structure shattered and basically in a lost position. Black was winning by move 20.

A small technical issue with the clock was a minor annoyance at the start of the game

The key to success is clearly cat earrings
Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½ Zhao Xue
Kosteniuk certainly had the better end of this game. Her powerful attack on the kingside was well timed and well executed, but once the transition to the endgame occurred it seems as if she underestimated her opponent counterplay. Zhao Xue did not hesitate in transforming her c-pawn into a dangerous weapon and Kosteniuk had to give back the material she earned from the attack.

Aggression almost gave Alexandra a win

Zhao Xue remained alert and seized a counterattacking chance as soon as she got it
Danielian, Elina 1-0 Koneru, Humpy
Humpy held equality from the opening without problems, and tactical slip from Danielian allowed her to seize a powerful position with a wonderfully placed queen on d2. The Armenian's position was about to collapse but Humpy did not seize the opportunity; a couple of passive moves and the game was back to equal. Then, disaster struck, as Humpy's 38th move blundered a piece to a basic double attack.

A massive blunder turned the game around today in Danielian vs Humpy (above)
Muminova, Nafisa 1-0 Khotenashvili, Bela
A game that was certainly marked by strange decisions. First, Khotenashvili's choice of allowing a light-squared bishop trade and then not trading Muminova's remaining knight resulted in a powerful octopus on the d5 square the controlled the whole board. Muminova allowed certain counter-play but she was winning. However her technique in the endgame was questionable and Khotenashvili had an opportunity to draw the game. However she did not find it and Muminova finally converted a win.

A very welcome win for Nafisa Muminova
Standings after nine rounds

Round nine games

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1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.Nc3 e6 5.e3 a6 6.b3 Bb4 7.Bd2 Nbd7 8.Bd3 0-0 9.0-0 Bd6 10.e4 dxc4 11.bxc4 e5 12.c5 Bc7 13.Bg5 exd4 14.Na4 Re8 15.Qc2 Nf8 16.e5 h6 17.exf6 hxg5 18.fxg7 Kxg7 19.Rfe1 Bg4 20.Rxe8 Qxe8 21.Re1 Qd8 22.Nd2 Qf6 23.Rb1 Ne6 24.Nf1 Rh8 25.f3 Bh5 26.Rxb7 g4 27.fxg4 Bxg4 28.Qf2 Qe5?! 28...Bf4! 29.Nb6 Qxc5? 29...Qf4! 30.Nd7 Qg5 31.Rxc7 Nxc7 32.Qxd4+ f6 33.Nxf6 Qxf6 34.Qxg4+ Kf8 35.Qc8+ Ne8 36.Qxa6 Qd4+ 37.Kh1 Nf6 38.Bf5 c5 39.h3 Qe5 40.Bd3 Kg7 41.Qb7+ Kf8 42.Bc4 Rh7 43.Qc8+ Kg7 44.a4 Rh4 45.Qb7+ Kh6 46.Qb3 Qe4 47.Bb5 c4 48.Qa3 Rf4 49.Ng3 Qe1+ 50.Kh2 Qe5 51.Qc1 Kg7 52.a5 Rh4 53.Bd7 Nxd7 54.a6 c3 55.Qa3 Nf6 56.Kh1 Qe1+ 0–1
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Dzagnidze,N | 2541 | Stefanova,A | 2488 | 0–1 | 2014 | D45 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.1 |
Harika,D | 2503 | Ju,W | 2532 | ½–½ | 2014 | E90 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.2 |
Muzychuk,A | 2561 | Hou,Y | 2629 | 0–1 | 2014 | B40 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.3 |
Kosteniuk,A | 2532 | Zhao,X | 2538 | ½–½ | 2014 | E12 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.4 |
Danielian,E | 2460 | Koneru,H | 2613 | 1–0 | 2014 | A40 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.5 |
Muminova,N | 2332 | Khotenashvili,B | 2518 | 1–0 | 2014 | B06 | Lopota WGP 2014 | 9.6 |
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Schedule and results
Round 01 – June 19 2014, 15:00h |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
½-½
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
½-½
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Round 02 – June 20 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
½-½
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
0-1
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
½-½
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
½-½
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Round 03 – June 21 2014, 15:00h |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
0-1
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
½-½
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
1-0
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Round 04 – June 22 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
1-0
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
1-0
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
0-1
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
0-1
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Round 05 – June 24 2014, 15:00h |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
1-0
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Round 06 – June 25 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
0-1
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
0-1
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
1-0
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
0-1
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
1-0
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Round 07 – June 26 2014, 15:00h |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
1-0
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
½-½
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
1-0
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Round 08 – June 27 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
1-0
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
½-½
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
½-½
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
½-½
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
½-½
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
½-½
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Round 09 – June 29 2014, 15:00h |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
0-1
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
½-½
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
0-1
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
½-½
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
1-0
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
1-0
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Round 10 – June 30 2014, 15:00h |
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
|
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |
|
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
|
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
|
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
|
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
|
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
Round 11 – July 01 2014, 13:00h |
Dronavalli Harika |
2503 |
|
Stefanova, Antoaneta |
2488 |
Muzychuk, Anna |
2561 |
|
Dzagnidze, Nana |
2541 |
Kosteniuk, Alexandra |
2532 |
|
Ju Wenjun |
2532 |
Danielian, Elina |
2460 |
|
Hou Yifan |
2629 |
Muminova, Nafisa |
2332 |
|
Zhao Xue |
2538 |
Khotenashvili, Bela |
2518 |
|
Koneru Humpy |
2613 |