Monaco GP: Humpy continues her lead

by Shahid Ahmed
12/5/2019 – The second round of FIDE Women's Grand Prix at Monaco witnessed four decisive results and four game went for over four hours. Humpy continued her lead by beating Mariya Muzychuk. Harika Dronavalli scored the first victory of the round by defeating Germany no.1 woman IM Elisabeth Paehtz. Lagno won the All-Russian battle and handed Gunina her second consecutive defeat. Newly crowned European Individual Rapid and Blitz champion Alexandra Kosteniuk continued her momentum and broke Goryachkina's mystique by defeating her convincingly. Both Anna Muzychuk and Pia Cramling missed wonderful winning opportunities against Nana Dzagnidze and Zhao Xue respectively. A detailed report of round 2. Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

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Four decisive results in round 2

After round 1 witnessed only one decisive game and five draws, on the second day, all players arrived in fighting mood, and fight is what they did. More than half of the games ran for over four hours and all four of them had decisive results.

Harika's superb strategy against Paehtz

Paehtz opted for the Semi-Slav Defence against Harika and decided to get out of the opening with 5.c2:

 
Harika - Paehtz
Position after 5.Qc2

Harika felt that 5...bd7 made her life easier. She thought that after 6.cxd5 cxd5 the knight on d7 is misplaced.

 
Position after 11...Rc8

Although white continued here with 12.b3, Harika later realized that 12.♕e2 would have been a better implementation of her plan.

 
Position after 18...g5

In a post-game interview, Harika said that she felt 18...g5 was the critical moment of the game, it either works for black or it doesn't and in the game it didn't.

 
Position after 22...Qc7

Harika continued here with 23.h2, however there was an interesting continuation for white. Can you find it? Harika did not opt for it as she was unsure about it.

 
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1.d4 0 d5 0 2.c4 0 c6 0 3.Nc3 0 Nf6 1:05 4.Nf3 0 a6 1:39 5.Qc2 23 Nbd7 4:08 6.cxd5 6:16 cxd5 3 7.Bf4 20 e6 0 8.e3 51 b5 7:14 9.Bd3 0 Bb7 5 10.0-0 1:20 Be7 2:52 11.Rfc1 8:57 Rc8 16:00 12.Qb3 4:56 12.Qe2 12...0-0 0 13.a4 7:18 b4 8:35 14.Ne2 4:21 Qa5 9:10 15.Qd1 6:06 Ne4 16.Rxc8 5 Rxc8 35 17.Nc1 10:15 Qd8 0 18.Nb3 0 g5 1:30 18...a5 19.Bb5 19.Be5 4 Harika was considering 19.Bxe4 dxe4 20.Nxg5 Bxg5 21.Qg4 h6 22.h4 Nf6 23.Qg3 Nh5 24.Qg4 Nxf4 25.exf4 e3 19...f6 10:52 20.Bg3 17 h5 37 21.h3 5 Nxg3 0 22.fxg3 14:15 Qc7 2:18 White had already seen 22...g4 23.Nh2 f5 24.hxg4 hxg4 25.Nxg4 23.Nh2 0 Harika did not opt for this as she was not sure 23.Nxg5 fxg5 24.Qxh5 Nf8 25.Rf1 Bd8 26.Nc5 Qe7 27.Rxf8+ 23...Qxg3 24.Nf1 53 Qd6 5:22 24...Qh4 25.Na5 Ba8 26.Rc1 25.Qxh5 Nf8 33 26.h4 6:09 Bc6 46 27.hxg5 3:12 Be8 27...fxg5 28.Nh2 Be8 28.Qh2 White went for Queen exchange because she had very less time. She felt that strategically the endgame will always be better for her. Qxh2+ 3:26 29.Nxh2 35 fxg5 30.a5 Harika wasn't sure about 30.Bxa6 so she went with the text Rc2 31.Bb5 30...Ra8 1:22 31.Ng4 3:15 Bg6 6 32.Bxg6 27 Nxg6 4 Harika said that she felt this position is strategically lost for Black 33.Rc1 2 Ra7 0 34.Rc6 1:04 Kf7 3:15 35.Kf2 0 Bf8 30 36.Ke2 52 Be7 17 37.Kd3 1:21 Bf8 18 38.Rb6 1:34 Be7 0 39.Nc5 Bxc5 40.dxc5 34 Ke7 1:01 41.Kd4 31:36 Nh4 32:14 42.Ne5 0 Nf5+ 0 43.Kd3 0 Rc7 0 44.Nc6+ 0 Kf6 0 45.Rxa6 0 Ng3 0 46.Nd4 0 Rxc5 0 47.Rxe6+ 0 Kf7 0 48.a6 0 Ra5 0 49.Nc6 0 Ra1 0 50.Re7+ 0 Kf6 0 51.a7 0 1–0
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Harika,D2518Paehtz,E24751–02019D15FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.6

Harika is off to a good start | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

Gunina suffers second consecutive loss

In another All-Russian battle between Gunina and Lagno, the latter opted for Berlin Defence in Ruy Lopez, however she spent almost 20 minutes on each of two different occasions.

 
Gunina-Lagno
Position after 11.d5

The second move where Gunina consumed another 20 minutes — 17...d5 — resulted in her having less than a minute left on the clock.

 
Position after 17...d5

White might be lacking in development here, but black is unable to do anything about it.

 
Position after 21...fxe6

It is evident that white has an advantage here, but how should white continue?

 
Position after 25...f4

This is a critical moment in the game. What is the best way for white to take on f4?

 
Position after 44...Be3

Lagno admitted the fact that she misplayed and blundered the c-pawn and had to grind another 29 moves to secure the full point. Can you find the correct continuation for white here?

However, Gunina got one last opportunity to redeem her mistakes and salvage a draw.

 
Position after 60.h4

Lagno's final big mistake was 60.h4 which gave Gunina a chance to come back. What did black miss here?

 
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1.e4 0 e5 0 2.Nf3 0 Nc6 0 3.Bb5 0 Nf6 34 4.0-0 0 Nxe4 53 5.Re1 0 Nd6 30 6.Nxe5 13 Nxe5 6 7.Rxe5+ 4 Be7 3 8.Bf1 18 0-0 31 9.d4 0 Bf6 1:08 10.Re1 0 Nf5 1:06 11.d5 29 d6 20:00 The main move according to Lagno is 11...Re8 12.Nd2 1:20 c6 0 13.Ne4 5:56 Be5 6:38 14.c3 0 cxd5 21:11 14...Qb6 15.Kh1 cxd5 16.Qxd5 Be6 17.Qb5 15.Qxd5 20 Be6 4 16.Qxb7 7:32 Rb8 1:17 17.Qa6 17.Qxa7 17...d5 20:34 Gunina had only a minute left on the clock 18.Ng5 6:06 Rb6 11:46 19.Qe2 10:19 Bb8 0 20.Qh5 1:53 h6 0 21.Nxe6 26 fxe6 2 22.Bd3 6:50 Lagno did not want to give any chances with 22.g3 Qf6 22...Qf6 0 23.Bxf5 2:56 exf5 30 24.Qf3 3:32 Qd6 0 25.g3 2:30 f4 15 26.gxf4 21:41 26.Bxf4 Qd7 27.Qe2 Bxf4 28.gxf4 Rbf6 26...Qd7 0 27.Be3 2:05 Rxb2 41 28.Red1 30 Qf7 1:07 29.Qxd5 1:44 a6 0 29...Bxf4 30.Bxa7 30.Qxf7+ 1:31 Rxf7 23 31.Rab1 2:48 Rxb1 15 32.Rxb1 3 Bxf4 0 33.Bd4 4:50 Rf5 7 34.Rb6 35 Rg5+ 0 35.Kh1 2:35 Ra5 34 36.Rg6 45 Rxa2 1:18 37.Rxg7+ 8 Kf8 0 38.Ra7 1:59 a5 31 39.Kg2 1:23 a4 9 40.c4 6:09 Lagno thought about 40.h3 followed by Kf3-e4-d5 40...Ke8 36 41.c5 30:24 a3 6:59 42.h3 0 42.c6 Rc2 42...Rd2 11:12 43.Bc3 0 Rc2 1:25 44.Rxa3 0 Be3 4 Lagno admits that she started missing a lot from here 45.Be1 0 45.c6 45...Bxc5 37 46.Ra6 0 Rc1 4:47 47.Re6+ 0 Kf7 13 48.Re2 0 Bf8 36 49.Ba5 0 Rc6 0 50.Rb2 0 Rg6+ 1:06 51.Kf1 0 Rf6 9 52.Bb6 0 Kg6 51 53.Be3 0 Ra6 23 54.Kg2 0 Re6 0 55.Rb5 0 Be7 34 56.Kg3 2:31 Bg5 4:06 57.Bd4 2:42 Rd6 1:29 58.Be5 47 Rd3+ 7 59.f3 1:50 Ra3 0 60.h4 32 Be7 52 60...Bxh4+ 61.Kxh4 Rxf3 61.h5+ 44 Kf7 1 62.Rb6 1:20 Bg5 1:03 63.Kg4 14 Be3 13 64.Rf6+ 23 Kg8 0 65.Rg6+ 38 Kf7 0 66.f4 27 Ra5 1:03 67.Rf6+ 58 Kg8 31 68.Rxh6 20 Bc5 25 69.Kf5 1:28 Bf8 0 70.Rh8+ 25 Kf7 0 71.h6 1:07 Ra6 1:06 72.Rxf8+ 57 Kxf8 4 73.h7 3 1–0
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Lagno,K2547Gunina,V24921–02019C67FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.3

Lagno scored a fine victory | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

Humpy continues her lead

Humpy got a pleasant position out of the Gruenfeld Exchange variation.

 
Humpy - Mariya
Position after 16...Nc6

White could have gone for 17.♖b1 followed by ♕d5 or ♘c4 depending on whether black plays 17...♛c7 or ♛a7

 
Position after 23.Qa4

Mariya Muzychuk went for the too passive 23...♜a8 instead of active play by giving up the a6 pawn. Humpy snowballed the advantage into a decisive one and liquidated it into a winning knight ending.

 
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Koneru,H2574Muzychuk,M25591–02019D87FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.2

Humpy

Humpy makes a perfect start | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

Kosteniuk continues her momentum

After winning the European Individual Women's Rapid and Blitz, Kosteniuk continued her momentum and defeated the World Championship Challenger Aleksandra Goryachkina. Kosteniuk got a pleasant position out of the opening in Caro-Kann Two Knights variation.

 
Kosteniuk - Goryachkina
Black's 29...Nf5 provokes white into doing the obvious

White soon gained a pawn and got a decisive advantage.

 
Position after 34.dxe6

It became just a matter of technique for Kosteniuk to convert the advantage into a win.

 
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1.e4 0 c6 0 2.Nc3 0 d5 0 3.Nf3 0 Bg4 16 4.h3 5 Bxf3 11 5.Qxf3 0 Nf6 21 6.g3 21 e6 4:22 7.Bg2 19 dxe4 0 8.Qe2 5:34 Nbd7 0 9.Nxe4 12 Nxe4 32 10.Qxe4 35 Nf6 1:22 11.Qe2 17 Bd6 5:47 12.b3 2:41 a5 1:37 13.a4 3:03 0-0 53 14.Bb2 48 Be7 54 15.0-0 9:35 Nd5 1:47 16.c4 0 Nb4 5:10 17.d4 0 Bf6 5:50 18.Rad1 49 Re8 2:41 19.Bc3 8:26 Qb6 5:28 20.Rfe1 5:57 Na6 10:23 21.Qb2 4:31 Nc7 5:52 21...Rad8 22.h4 22.Rd3 5:19 Red8 0 23.Red1 1:15 h6 1:09 24.Be4 8:43 Ne8 2:41 25.R3d2 6:34 Rd7 3:58 26.h4 14 Rad8 0 27.Rd3 5:40 Qa7 0 28.Qd2 30 Nd6 13 29.Bg2 1:00 Nf5 2:31 30.d5 0 Bxc3 30 31.Qxc3 30 cxd5 32.cxd5 0 Qa6 13:28 33.Bf1 3:41 Ne7 3:08 34.dxe6 4:26 Qxe6 0 35.Qxa5 41 35.Rxd7 Rxd7 36.Rxd7 Qxd7 37.Qxa5 35...Rxd3 1:01 36.Rxd3 0 Rc8 49 37.Re3 4:02 Qd7 12 38.Bc4 15 Nc6 19 39.Qc5 1:26 Re8 0 40.Qd5 10 Rd8 36 41.Qxd7 5:58 Rxd7 1 42.Re8+ 1:39 Kh7 1 43.h5 33 g6 7:10 44.hxg6+ 30 Kxg6 0 45.Kg2 3:05 Na5 2:22 46.Bb5 9 Rd4 1:10 47.Re7 3:36 Kg7 2:30 48.Rc7 2:20 Kf8 6:33 49.Bc4 8:07 Nxc4 0 50.bxc4 2 b6 7:37 51.Rc6 12 h5 1:04 52.Kh3 4:32 Kg7 1:49 53.f4 0 f6 1 54.Rxb6 4:02 Rxc4 2 55.a5 4 Ra4 56 56.a6 55 Kg6 0 57.Kh4 6 Ra1 1:20 58.g4 9 hxg4 55 59.Kxg4 1 Ra4 41 60.Kf3 2:07 Kf5 1:18 61.Ke3 7 Re4+ 0 62.Kd3 7 Ra4 19 63.Rc6 43 Ra1 44 64.Kc4 2:30 Kxf4 36 65.Rxf6+ 4 Ke5 4 66.Rh6 3 Rc1+ 0 67.Kb5 5 Kd5 14 68.a7 9 Rb1+ 12 69.Ka6 13 1–0
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Kosteniuk,A2483Goryachkina,A25721–02019B11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.4

The Chess Queen beat the 'Princess' Goryachkina | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

Anna Muzychuk's missed opportunity

Nana Dzagnidze went for the unusual 8.a4 in Symmetrical English opening, however soon after delaying castling landed her trouble. Muzychuk missed a good opportunity to capitalize on that fact.

 
Nana - Anna
Position after 21.Rd1

The former World Rapid and Blitz champion missed it and played 21...c8 instead. However, soon after another opportunity arose.

 
Position after 23.Be5

Instead of manoeuvring the knight to c4, Anna went with 23...d3 and that allowed Nana to equalize with 24.c4. The game liquidated into a drawn rook ending in another six moves and draw was agreed.

 
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1.Nf3 Nf6 2.c4 c5 3.Nc3 Nc6 4.d4 cxd4 5.Nxd4 e6 6.Bf4 d5 7.e3 A33: Symmetrical English: 2 Nf3 Nf6 3 d4 cxd4 4 Nxd4 e6 5 Nc3 Nc6 Bb4 8.Qa4 0-0 9.Nxc6 Bxc3+! 10.bxc3 bxc6 11.Bd3 Nd7N 11...dxc4= 12.Bxc4 12.Qxc4 a5= 12...Nd5 Predecessor: 11...a5 12.c5 Ba6 13.Bxa6 Rxa6 14.Qd4 Ne8 0-1 (52) Banusz,T (2616)-Rodshtein,M (2698) Minsk 2017 12.Qxc6 Double Attack 12.Bd6 Nb6 13.Qa3 Re8 12...Ba6! 13.Bd6 13.Bxh7+ Kxh7 14.Qxa6 13...Qc8 14.Qa4 Rd8! 15.Qc2 h6 16.cxd5 Bxd3! 17.Qxd3 Nb6! 18.Bg3 Rxd5 19.Qc2 Qc4 20.Qb3
20...Qa6! Don't play 20...Qd3?! 21.Rd1= 21.Rd1 21.Qb2 21...Rc8 21...Rad8-+ 22.Rxd5 Rxd5-+ 22.Rxd5 Nxd5 23.Be5
23...Qd3 Black should play 23...Nb6! And now ...Nd7 would win. 24.Bd4 Nc4 24.c4!= The position is equal. Qe4 25.0-0 Qxe5 25...Rxc4 with more complications. 26.Bd4 Nf4 27.f3 Ne2+ 28.Kf2 Qc2 26.cxd5 Qxd5 27.Qxd5 exd5 28.Rd1 Rc2 29.h4 Rxa2 30.Rxd5 g6 Accuracy: White = 52%, Black = 42%.
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Dzagnidze,N2520Muzychuk,A2537½–½2019A33FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.1

Anna would like to put the draw behind her | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

Cramling's misjudgement

In a completely advantageous position, the Swedish legend Pia Cramling misjudged her position and repeated moves to a draw the game.

 
Zhao - Pia
Position after 26.Nf3

Find out the best continuation for black.

 
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1.g319,64956%2427---
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1.Nc33,74951%2385---
1.b41,73548%2378---
1.a31,18753%2403---
1.e31,06348%2408---
1.d394050%2378---
1.g465846%2359---
1.h444152%2372---
1.c341951%2423---
1.h327756%2416---
1.a410659%2469---
1.Nh38866%2510---
1.f38745%2429---
1.Na34063%2477---
1.c4 0 e5 0 2.Nc3 4 Bb4 0 3.g3 0 Bxc3 1:52 4.dxc3 0 d6 34 5.Bg2 2:18 Ne7 2:09 6.Nf3 2:25 Nbc6 23 7.e4 2:32 0-0 0 8.Qe2 0 a6 9:29 9.Be3 3:24 b6 19:46 10.0-0-0 15:05 Qe8 46 11.b3 4:25 f6 0 12.Nh4 2:17 Be6 0 13.f4 2:25 Rd8 6:22 14.f5 2:58 Bf7 2:38 15.Rd2 0 b5 4:29 16.c5 0 d5 2:17 17.Rhd1 1:35 d4 3:59 18.cxd4 exd4 8 19.Bf4 11:56 Ne5 8:49 20.Rxd4 2:00 Rxd4 5 21.Rxd4 3 N7c6 7 22.Rd2 1:35 Qe7 7:48 23.Be3 0 a5 0 24.Qxb5 21:18 Rb8 6 25.Qa6 15 Qe8 4:57 25...Nb4 26.Qxa5 Nec6 27.Qa4 Qe5 28.Kd1 Bh5+ 29.Ke1 Qa1+ 30.Kf2 Ne5-+ 26.Nf3 2:45 Ra8?! 1:22 26...Nc4 27.Bf1 27.bxc4?? Qxe4-+ 27...Nxe3 28.Bb5 Rxb5 29.Qxb5 Qxe4-+ 27.Qb5 Rb8 5 28.Qa6 1:42 Ra8 3 29.Qb5 Rb8 6 30.Qa6 3:59 Ra8 ½–½
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Zhao,X2485Cramling,P2461½–½2019A21FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.5

Pia needs to start converting her advantages | Photo: Karol Bartnik / FIDE

The eleven-round event continues on Thursday. The games start at 15:00 local time (16:00 CEST).

Pairings of Round 2

NameRtg.Nt.Pts.Pts.NameRtgNt.
GM
GM
2574

1
GM
2492
1

2
GM
2559
1

Ø 2526
2/2
2574
6
1-0
7
GM

1
GM
2547
½

2
GM
2483
0

Ø 2515
0.5/2
2572
GM
GM
2547

1
GM
2572
½

2
GM
2492
1

Ø 2532
1.5/2
2547
1-0
GM

1
GM
2483
½

2
GM
2485
½

Ø 2484
1/2
2461
GM

1
GM
2461
½


Ø 2517
1.5/2
2483
6
1-0
4
GM
GM
2475

1
GM
2485
½

2
GM
2518
0

Ø 2502
0.5/2
2475
GM

1
GM
2537
½

2
GM
2574
0

Ø 2556
0.5/2
2559
5
½-½
GM

1
GM
2518
½

2
GM
2537
½

Ø 2528
1/2
2520
GM
GM
2485

1
GM
2475
½

2
GM
2461
½

Ø 2468
1/2
2485
4
1-0
GM
GM
2518

1
GM
2520
½

2
GM
2475
1

Ø 2498
1.5/2
2518
GM

1
GM
2559
½

2
GM
2520
½

Ø 2540
1/2
2537
½-½
GM
GM
2492

1
GM
2574
0

2
GM
2547
0

Ø 2561
0/2
2492

Standings after Round 2

Rk.NameRtg.Nt.Pts.n
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
TBPerf.
1
GM
GM
2574

1
GM
2492
1

2
GM
2559
1

Ø 2526
2/2
2574
2.0
2
0.00
3326
2
GM
GM
2518

1
GM
2520
½

2
GM
2475
1

Ø 2498
1.5/2
2518
1.5
2
0.50
2691
3
GM

1
GM
2461
½


Ø 2517
1.5/2
2483
1.5
2
0.50
2710
4
GM
GM
2547

1
GM
2572
½

2
GM
2492
1

Ø 2532
1.5/2
2547
1.5
2
0.00
2725
5
GM

1
GM
2518
½

2
GM
2537
½

Ø 2528
1/2
2520
1.0
2
1.00
2528
6
GM

1
GM
2483
½

2
GM
2485
½

Ø 2484
1/2
2461
1.0
2
1.00
2484
7
GM

1
GM
2559
½

2
GM
2520
½

Ø 2540
1/2
2537
1.0
2
0.50
2540
8
GM
GM
2485

1
GM
2475
½

2
GM
2461
½

Ø 2468
1/2
2485
1.0
2
0.50
2468
9
GM

1
GM
2547
½

2
GM
2483
0

Ø 2515
0.5/2
2572
0.5
2
0.50
2322
10
GM

1
GM
2537
½

2
GM
2574
0

Ø 2556
0.5/2
2559
0.5
2
0.50
2363
11
GM
GM
2475

1
GM
2485
½

2
GM
2518
0

Ø 2502
0.5/2
2475
0.5
2
0.50
2309
12
GM
GM
2492

1
GM
2574
0

2
GM
2547
0

Ø 2561
0/2
2492
0.0
2
0.00
1761
TBs: Koya, Wins with black, Wins

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MoveNResultEloPlayers
1.e41,161,23254%2421---
1.d4943,61155%2434---
1.Nf3280,29556%2441---
1.c4181,39556%2442---
1.g319,64956%2427---
1.b314,14254%2427---
1.f45,86848%2376---
1.Nc33,74951%2385---
1.b41,73548%2378---
1.a31,18753%2403---
1.e31,06348%2408---
1.d394050%2378---
1.g465846%2359---
1.h444152%2372---
1.c341951%2423---
1.h327756%2416---
1.a410659%2469---
1.Nh38866%2510---
1.f38745%2429---
1.Na34063%2477---
1.e4 0 c5 0 2.Nf3 0 a6 4 3.c3 47 Nf6 17 4.e5 26 Nd5 4 5.d4 2:31 cxd4 19 6.cxd4 2:58 d6 58 7.Bc4 41 e6 2:36 8.0-0 2:42 Be7 3:32 9.Bxd5 15:33 exd5 27 10.Nc3 6 Be6 7:08 11.exd6 11:36 Bxd6 19:54 12.Ng5 15:53 0-0 1:07 13.f4 1:54 h6 12:23 14.f5 3:53 hxg5 2:33 15.fxe6 7 fxe6 4 16.Rxf8+ 1:16 Qxf8 23 17.Qg4 59 Qf5 13:08 18.Qxf5 2:12 exf5 35 19.Bxg5 29 Nc6 3 20.Rd1 3:35 Re8 3:19 21.Nxd5 2:37 Nxd4 5:44 22.Be3 5:48 Nc6 3:10 23.Bf4 2:27 Bxf4 1:13 24.Nxf4 5 Kf7 3:16 25.Kf2 1:35 Ne5 9:25 26.h3 1:05 g5 1:46 27.Nd3 3:18 Nxd3+ 37 28.Rxd3 6 b5 7:30 29.Rd7+ 5:09 Kf6 2 30.Rd6+ 45 Ke5 57 31.Rxa6 6:03 Rc8 2 32.Ra5 1:03 Rc2+ 5 33.Kf3 2:06 Rxb2 21 34.a4 5 Rb3+ 9 35.Kf2 5 Rb2+ 14 36.Kf3 29 Rb3+ 10 37.Kf2 14 Rb2+ 4 38.Kg1 1:21 Kf4 1:32 39.Rxb5 35 Ra2 2 40.Rb4+ 19 Kg3 39 41.Rb3+ 30:12 Kf4 31:12 42.Rb4+ 34 ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Harika,D2518Dzagnidze,N2520½–½2019B28FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.1
Paehtz,E2475Zhao,X2485½–½2019B33FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.2
Cramling,P2461Kosteniuk,A2483½–½2019E43FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.3
Goryachkina,A2572Lagno,K2547½–½2019B51FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.4
Gunina,V2492Koneru,H25740–12019C80FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.5
Muzychuk,M2559Muzychuk,A2537½–½2019D43FIDE Women GP Monaco 20191.6
Dzagnidze,N2520Muzychuk,A2537½–½2019A33FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.1
Koneru,H2574Muzychuk,M25591–02019D86FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.2
Lagno,K2547Gunina,V24921–02019C67FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.3
Kosteniuk,A2483Goryachkina,A25721–02019B11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.4
Zhao,X2485Cramling,P2461½–½2019A21FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.5
Harika,D2518Paehtz,E24751–02019D15FIDE Women GP Monaco 20192.6
Paehtz,E2475Dzagnidze,N25200–12019B42FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.1
Cramling,P2461Harika,D2518½–½2019D31FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.2
Goryachkina,A2572Zhao,X24851–02019D38FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.3
Gunina,V2492Kosteniuk,A24831–02019E17FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.4
Muzychuk,M2559Lagno,K25471–02019E97FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.5
Muzychuk,A2537Koneru,H2574½–½2019C42FIDE Women GP Monaco 20193.6
Dzagnidze,N2520Koneru,H2574½–½2019E15FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.1
Lagno,K2547Muzychuk,A25370–12019C78FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.2
Paehtz,E2475Cramling,P24610–12019B41FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.3
Zhao,X2485Gunina,V24921–02019E11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.4
Harika,D2518Goryachkina,A25720–12019D45FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.5
Kosteniuk,A2483Muzychuk,M2559½–½2019B10FIDE Women GP Monaco 20194.6
Cramling,P2461Dzagnidze,N2520½–½2019D39FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.1
Goryachkina,A2572Paehtz,E2475½–½2019B07FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.2
Gunina,V2492Harika,D25180–12019D45FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.3
Muzychuk,M2559Zhao,X2485½–½2019B31FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.4
Muzychuk,A2537Kosteniuk,A24830–12019C43FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.5
Koneru,H2574Lagno,K2547½–½2019D86FIDE Women GP Monaco 20195.6
Dzagnidze,N2520Lagno,K25470–12019A05FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.1
Kosteniuk,A2483Koneru,H2574½–½2019C24FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.2
Zhao,X2485Muzychuk,A25370–12019D80FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.3
Harika,D2518Muzychuk,M25591–02019D79FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.4
Paehtz,E2475Gunina,V24921–02019B11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.5
Cramling,P2461Goryachkina,A25720–12019D52FIDE Women GP Monaco 20196.6
Goryachkina,A2572Dzagnidze,N25201–02019E32FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.1
Gunina,V2492Cramling,P24610–12019E11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.2
Muzychuk,M2559Paehtz,E24751–02019D48FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.3
Muzychuk,A2537Harika,D2518½–½2019B31FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.4
Koneru,H2574Zhao,X24851–02019A06FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.5
Lagno,K2547Kosteniuk,A24831–02019C84FIDE Women GP Monaco 20197.6
Dzagnidze,N2520Kosteniuk,A24830–12019A34FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.1
Zhao,X2485Lagno,K2547½–½2019D71FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.2
Harika,D2518Koneru,H2574½–½2019C45FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.3
Paehtz,E2475Muzychuk,A2537½–½2019C89FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.4
Cramling,P2461Muzychuk,M2559½–½2019A33FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.5
Goryachkina,A2572Gunina,V24921–02019E09FIDE Women GP Monaco 20198.6
Gunina,V2492Dzagnidze,N25200–12019B30FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.1
Muzychuk,M2559Goryachkina,A2572½–½2019C11FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.2
Muzychuk,A2537Cramling,P2461½–½2019B90FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.3
Koneru,H2574Paehtz,E24750–12019E73FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.4
Lagno,K2547Harika,D2518½–½2019B31FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.5
Kosteniuk,A2483Zhao,X2485½–½2019C77FIDE Women GP Monaco 20199.6
Dzagnidze,N2520Zhao,X2485½–½2019B03FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.1
Harika,D2518Kosteniuk,A24830–12019C44FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.2
Paehtz,E2475Lagno,K2547½–½2019A48FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.3
Cramling,P2461Koneru,H2574½–½2019E11FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.4
Goryachkina,A2572Muzychuk,A2537½–½2019D85FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.5
Gunina,V2492Muzychuk,M2559½–½2019D43FIDE Women GP Monaco 201910.6
Muzychuk,M2559Dzagnidze,N2520½–½2019B48FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.1
Muzychuk,A2537Gunina,V2492½–½2019C67FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.2
Koneru,H2574Goryachkina,A25721–02019D47FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.3
Lagno,K2547Cramling,P24611–02019B32FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.4
Kosteniuk,A2483Paehtz,E24751–02019B10FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.5
Zhao,X2485Harika,D25181–02019A13FIDE Women GP Monaco 201911.6

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