Norway Chess Women: Muzychuk in the lead

by Carlos Alberto Colodro
6/4/2024 – In the clash of co-leaders at the Norway Chess Women tournament, Anna Muzychuk defeated Ju Wenjun with white in Armageddon to go into the final three rounds atop the standings. Meanwhile, Humpy Koneru got the better of R Vaishali in their classical encounter and Lei Tingjie beat Pia Cramling in the Armageddon tiebreaker. | Photo: Stev Bonhage / Norway Chess
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Muzychuk (also) wins on time

Much like in the open section of the Norway Chess event, round 7 in the women’s tournament saw the most important confrontation of the day ending with one of the contenders losing on time. In this case, it was Ju Wenjun who ran out of time in the Armageddon tiebreaker against Anna Muzychuk. Muzychuk, who underperformed at the Candidates Tournament, is now the sole leader in Stavanger.

Ju, playing white, was flagged in the following — balanced — position.

Muzychuk v. Ju

60.Rh7+ was the last move played in the game. It is true that White is the one putting pressure with her active king and knight, but Black should get enough compensation to hold a draw due to White’s weakened pawn on a5.

Lei Tingjie also prevailed in Armageddon, as she beat Pia Cramling with black in the rapid tiebreaker. The one encounter that featured a decisive classical game was the all-Indian confrontation between Humpy Koneru and R Vaishali — Humpy inflicted a second consecutive classical loss on the former sole leader.

Vaishali now stands in third place, 1½ points behind Ju and 2 points behind Muzychuk, her round-8 opponent.

Anna Muzychuk, Ju Wenjun

Anna Muzychuk v. Ju Wenjun | Photo: Stev Bonhage

Humpy 1 - 0 Vaishali

Analysis by André Schulz

Humpy Koneru

Humpy Koneru | Photo: Stev Bonhage

Standings after round 7

Rk Name FED Rtg Pts
1 Anna Muzychuk UKR 2505 12
2 Ju Wenjun CHN 2559 11.5
3 R Vaishali IND 2489 10
4 Lei Tingjie CHN 2548 8.5
5 Humpy Koneru IND 2545 8
6 Pia Cramling SWE 2449 5.5

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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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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
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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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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