Norway Chess Women: Muzychuk beats Cramling

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/2/2024 – Anna Muzychuk collected a second consecutive classical win in round 5 of the Norway Chess Women tournament. The Ukrainian GM beat Pia Cramling to climb to sole second place in the standings. R Vaishali is still the sole leader in Stavanger, as she prevailed in the Armageddon tiebreaker against Lei Tingjie. Ju Wenjun, now in third place, won a fifth rapid tiebreaker in a row. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
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Vaishali still sole leader

Halfway through the inaugural edition of the Norway Chess Women tournament, 22-year-old R Vaishali stands as the sole leader with 10 points to her name. The Indian GM has so far won two classical games and prevailed in two out of the three Armageddon encounters she had to face. In Saturday’s fifth round, she beat Lei Tingjie with white in the rapid tiebreaker.

Vaishali outplayed Lei from a balanced knight and rook endgame.

Vaishali v. Lei

Lei would have likely defended this position in a classical game, but with 1 minute per side by this point of the struggle, it all came down to the ability of the players to handle the time pressure — and it was Vaishali who prevailed in the game that ended up lasting 76 moves.

Vaishali Rameshbabu, Lei Tingjie

Vaishali playing white against Lei Tingjie | Photo: Stev Bonhage

Similarly, Ju Wenjun defeated Humpy Koneru with white after making the most of her extra pawn in a rook endgame that engines evaluate as drawn.

Ju v. Humpy

Humpy, a great technical player, could not find the precise defensive scheme to hold a draw with black from this position. At this point, on move 36, she had a bit over a minute on the clock. The game lasted 64 moves.

Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun | Photo: Stev Bonhage

Muzychuk’s second classical win in a row

Standing in sole second place is now Anna Muzychuk, who collected consecutive classical wins in rounds 4 and 5. After beating Humpy on Thursday, the Ukrainian GM got the better of Pia Cramling in the fifth round.

Muzychuk, Anna25051–0Cramling, Pia2449
Norway Chess Women 2024
Stavanger01.06.2024[Besenthal,Klaus-Guenther]
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0-0 Nge7 5.d4 cxd4 6.Nxd4 Ng6 7.Be3 Be7 8.c3 0-0 9.Re1 a6 10.Bf1 b5 11.Nxc6 dxc6 12.Qxd8 Rxd8 13.Nd2 e5 14.Nb3 Nf8 15.a4 Rb8 16.axb5 cxb5 17.Ba7 Ra8 18.Bb6 Rd7 19.Nc5 Bxc5 20.Bxc5 Bb7 21.f3 Ne6 22.Be3 Kf8 23.c4 bxc4 24.Rec1 Rc8 25.Rxc4 Rxc4 26.Bxc4 Rd6 27.Ra5 f6 28.Ra4 Ke8 29.Rb4 Nd8 30.Kf2 Kd7 31.Bg8 h6
Black has been under considerable pressure for some time - a difficult defence to lead. 32.Kg3 Rd3?! This attempt to take action was not the best solution. The computer generates this variation: 32...Bc6 33.Bc4 Ne6 34.Rb6 Bb5 35.Bxb5+ axb5 36.Rxb5 Rd1± Black is a pawn down, but her pieces are very well placed. 33.Bc5 Stronger was 33.Bc4! and after Rxe3? 34.Kf2 White is clearly better. 33...a5 34.Rb5 Bc6? The knight wants to go to b7, but the manoeuvre does not work for Black. Better was 34...a4 35.Rxa5 Nb7 36.Ra7 Kc7 37.Bc4 Rd2 38.Bf8
Diese Stellung war klar gewonnen für die Weiße. 38...g5 39.Bxh6 Rxb2 40.Bg7 g4 41.Bxf6 Kd6 42.Ra6 gxf3 43.gxf3 Nc5 44.Bxe5+ Kxe5 45.Rxc6 Nxe4+ 46.fxe4 Kxe4 47.h4 Rb7 48.Rc5 Kd4 49.Rc6 Ke5 50.Kg4 Rg7+ 51.Kh5 Rg3 52.Kh6 1–0

Pia Cramling

Pia Cramling | Photo: Stev Bonhage

Standings after round 5

Rk Name FED Rtg Pts
1 R Vaishali IND 2489 10
2 Anna Muzychuk UKR 2505 9
3 Ju Wenjun CHN 2559 7.5
4 Lei Tingjie CHN 2548 6
5 Humpy Koneru IND 2545 4
6 Pia Cramling SWE 2449 3

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1.d4 3 Nf6 18 2.c4 7 g6 6 3.Nc3 7 d5 16 4.cxd5 15 Nxd5 3 5.e4 7 Nxc3 6 6.bxc3 5 Bg7 4 7.Nf3 17 c5 7 8.Bb5+ 36 Nc6 18 9.0-0 9 0-0 16 10.Bxc6 20 bxc6 3 11.Qc2 19 Qa5 38 12.a4 20 Rd8 1:50 13.Ba3 5:45 cxd4 1:27 14.cxd4 17 Bg4 38 15.Ne5 31 Bxe5 37 16.dxe5 3 Qxe5 1:10 17.f3 2:52 Bc8 19:36 18.Rfd1 8:37 Be6 6:55 19.Rac1 16:36 c5 16:10 20.Bxc5 12:00 Rxd1+ 8:34 21.Qxd1 3 Rc8 3:07 22.Bxe7 9:28 Rxc1 34 23.Qxc1 3 f5 7:38 24.exf5 8:45 Bxf5 18 25.Bc5 42 a6 4:42 26.h4 7:06 h5 6:22 27.Bf2 2:47 Qd5 5:15 28.Qf4 55 Kf7 2:01 29.Kh2 5:04 Ke6 2:35 30.Bg3 4 Qc6 1:29 31.a5 1:40 Kd5 3:02 32.Qb4 6:36 Qb5 2:09 33.Qd6+ 57 Kc4 3 34.Be1 14 Kb3 1:58 35.Qd1+ 1:26 Bc2 27 36.Qd6 2:53 Bf5 23 37.Qd2 1:57 Qe5+ 4:31 38.Bg3 9 Qc3 1:05 39.Qd1+ 1:25 Qc2 2:57 40.Qd8 2:18 Qd3 1:04 41.Qb6+ 2:01:41 Kc2 2:01:45 42.Be5 1:39 Qc4 1:21 43.Qb2+ 15 Kd1 20 44.Bg3 1:54 Qc2 58 45.Qa1+ 27 Qb1 0 46.Qa4+ 10 Qc2 3 47.Qb4 40 Qd2 18 48.Qc5 1:08 Qd3 1:33 49.Bf4 3 Ke2 1:05 50.Kg3 1:24 Kd1 26 51.Qc1+ 2:02 Ke2 0 52.Qg1 0 Bd7 41 53.Kh2 1:13 Bf5 6 54.Qc1 43 Bd7 0 55.Bg3 19 Qd2 0 56.Qc5 36 Qd3 5 57.Bf4 35 Bf5 4 58.Kg3 0 Kd1 1 59.Bg5 17 Ke2 0 60.Qc1 12 Qd6+ 0 61.Bf4 0 Qd3 0 62.Qg1 15 Bd7 0 63.Qf2+ 0 Kd1 0 64.Qb2 2 Bf5 0 65.Qc1+ 7 Ke2 0 66.Qc5 0 Kd1 0 67.Be3 0 Ke2 0 68.Kf4 0 Kf1 0 69.Qc1+ 0 Ke2 0 70.Qb2+ 0 Qc2 0 71.Qxc2+ 0 Bxc2 0 72.g4 0 hxg4 0 73.fxg4 0 Kd3 0 74.Bb6 0 Kc4 0 75.Ke5 0 Kb5 0 76.Kf6 0 Kc6 0 77.Kg7 0 Bd1 0 78.Kxg6 0 Bxg4 0 79.h5 0 Bxh5+ 0 80.Kxh5 0 Kb7 0 ½–½
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Ju,W2560Vaishali,R2490½–½2024D85Norway Chess Women 20241.1
Muzychuk,A2505Lei,T2548½–½2024C07Norway Chess Women 20241.2
Cramling,P2449Koneru,H2545½–½2024E40Norway Chess Women 20241.3
Vaishali,R2490Koneru,H25451–02024C50Norway Chess Women 20242.1
Lei,T2548Cramling,P2449½–½2024B33Norway Chess Women 20242.2
Ju,W2560Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024C28Norway Chess Women 20242.3
Muzychuk,A2505Vaishali,R2490½–½2024C78Norway Chess Women 20243.1
Cramling,P2449Ju,W2560½–½2024D55Norway Chess Women 20243.2
Koneru,H2545Lei,T2548½–½2024D32Norway Chess Women 20243.3
Cramling,P2449Vaishali,R24900–12024D85Norway Chess Women 20244.1
Koneru,H2545Muzychuk,A25050–12024D31Norway Chess Women 20244.2
Lei,T2548Ju,W2560½–½2024D35Norway Chess Women 20244.3
Vaishali,R2490Lei,T2548½–½2024C48Norway Chess Women 20245.1
Ju,W2560Koneru,H2545½–½2024D27Norway Chess Women 20245.2
Muzychuk,A2505Cramling,P24491–02024B30Norway Chess Women 20245.3
Vaishali,R2490Ju,W25600–12024B22Norway Chess Women 20246.1
Lei,T2548Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024A33Norway Chess Women 20246.2
Koneru,H2545Cramling,P2449½–½2024E29Norway Chess Women 20246.3
Koneru,H2545Vaishali,R24901–02024D79Norway Chess Women 20247.1
Cramling,P2449Lei,T2548½–½2024D13Norway Chess Women 20247.2
Muzychuk,A2505Ju,W2560½–½2024C67Norway Chess Women 20247.3
Vaishali,R2490Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024D00Norway Chess Women 20248.1
Ju,W2560Cramling,P24491–02024E46Norway Chess Women 20248.2
Lei,T2548Koneru,H25451–02024D20Norway Chess Women 20248.3
Lei,T2548Vaishali,R24901–02024A34Norway Chess Women 20249.1
Koneru,H2545Ju,W2560½–½2024D38Norway Chess Women 20249.2
Cramling,P2449Muzychuk,A2505½–½2024D32Norway Chess Women 20249.3
Vaishali,R2490Cramling,P2449½–½2024B22Norway Chess Women 202410.1
Muzychuk,A2505Koneru,H2545½–½2024C70Norway Chess Women 202410.2
Ju,W2560Lei,T25481–02024D14Norway Chess Women 202410.3

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1.d4 Nf6 2.Nf3 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Bf4 Bg7 5.Nb5 Na6 6.e3 D00: 1 d4 d5: Unusual lines. 0-0 6...0-0 is better than 6...c6. 7.h3 Ne4 8.Be2 c6 9.Nc3 Qa5 10.0-0 Nxc3 11.bxc3 Qxc3 12.Rb1 Qa5 13.c4 dxc4 14.Bxc4 b5 15.Bb3N Predecessor: 15.Bd3 Rd8 16.Qc2 Bd7 17.Rfc1 Rac8 18.Ne5 Bxe5 19.Bxe5 c5 20.Qb2 c4 21.Be4 0-1 Espinosa,P (2091)-Ippolito,D (2356) Charlotte Carolinas op 2022 (3) 15...Bb7 16.Rc1 Rac8 17.Ng5 e6 17...Qb6= 18.Ne4 18.Bd6± 18...Rcd8 18...Ba8= keeps the balance. 19.Bg5± f6 20.Bf4 Kh8 21.Nd6 Qc7
22.Nxb7! And not 22.Bxe6 Rxd6 23.d5 Rfd8 24.Bxd6 Rxd6 24...Qxd6 25.dxc6 Bxc6 26.Rxc6= 22...Qxb7 23.Bxe6 c5 24.Qb3 24.a4± aiming for axb5. b4 25.Qe2 cxd4 26.exd4 24...cxd4 24...Qb6! should be considered. 25.exd4± Rxd4 26.Be3 Rd6 27.Rfd1 Rxd1+ 28.Rxd1 Nb8 28...Nc7 29.Bd5± Qd7 29...Qa6 30.Bf3 f5 30.Bf3 Qc7 31.Qxb5 f5 32.Rc1 Qf7 33.Bd5 Qf6? 33...Qd7 is a better defense. 34.a4 a6 34.Bxa7+- Qe5 34...Qa6 35.Qxa6 35.Bxb8? loses. Qxb5 36.Bd6 Qxd5-+ 35...Nxa6 35.a4 Rd8 36.Bc4 Qf4 37.Be3 Qe4 38.Bf1 f4 39.Bb6 Rg8 40.a5 f3 41.g3 Bd4 42.Qc4 Bxf2+ 43.Bxf2 43.Kxf2 Qxc4 44.Bxc4 1–0
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Ju,W2560Vaishali,R24901–02024D00Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20241.1
Muzychuk,A2505Lei,T25480–12024C07Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20241.2
Cramling,P2449Koneru,H2545½–½2024D63Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20241.3
Ju,W2560Muzychuk,A25051–02024C28Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20242.1
Lei,T2548Cramling,P24491–02024B32Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20242.1
Koneru,H2545Lei,T25481–02024D03Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20243.1
Muzychuk,A2505Vaishali,R2490½–½2024C68Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20243.1
Cramling,P2449Ju,W2560½–½2024D55Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20243.1
Lei,T2548Ju,W25600–12024D00Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20244.1
Ju,W2560Koneru,H25451–02024D23Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20245.1
Vaishali,R2490Lei,T25481–02024C48Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20245.1
Lei,T2548Muzychuk,A25050–12024A33Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20246.1
Koneru,H2545Cramling,P2449½–½2024E12Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20246.1
Muzychuk,A2505Ju,W25601–02024C50Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20247.1
Cramling,P2449Lei,T25480–12024D18Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20247.1
Vaishali,R2490Muzychuk,A25051–02024C48Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20248.1
Koneru,H2545Ju,W25600–12024A06Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20249.1
Cramling,P2449Muzychuk,A25050–12024D02Norway Chess Women Armageddon 20249.1
Muzychuk,A2505Koneru,H25451–02024C70Norway Chess Women Armageddon 202410.1
Vaishali,R2490Cramling,P2449½–½2024D02Norway Chess Women Armageddon 202410.1

The Jobava London System is a minor form of the London System. White tries to play Lf4 quickly followed by Nc3.

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Carlos Colodro is a Hispanic Philologist from Bolivia. He works as a freelance translator and writer since 2012. A lot of his work is done in chess-related texts, as the game is one of his biggest interests, along with literature and music.
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