
Neva Women's Grand Prix in Geneva
The Neva Foundation in partnership with the Internation Chess Federation
(FIDE) has organised the first leg of the official Women's Grand Prix series
for the first time in Geneva. From May 3 to May 15, twelve of the best women
players featuring current Women World Champion Anna Ushenina from Ukraine,
will confront each other at the N'vY
Manotel. The tournament is an eleven-round all-play-all at classical
time controls.
Round ten report

Georgian IM (and soon GM to be) Bela Khotenashvili confidently won her
game against Katerina Lagno and is now half a point above Anna Muzychuk,
who made a draw against Viktorija Cmilyte. Tatiana Kosintseva drew against
Anna Ushenina and remains on the third place before the last round. Nana
Dzagnidze defeated Ju Wenjun and shares the fourth place with Anna Ushenina,
one point behind of Tatiana Kosintseva. Olga Girya and Tuvshintugs Batchimeg
made a relatively quick draw while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan played
for six hours to finish their game in a draw too.
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
½-½
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |

Nana Dzagnidze (above) didn’t expect her opponent to choose the Dutch
Defence and had prepared mainly for the Kings Indian. However, Ju Wenjun,
who won with the Dutch against Anna Ushenina a few rounds ago, chose to
play this opening again and got quite a comfortable position with black.

It was not the type of position which Nana enjoys playing, but when Ju
Wenjun (above) played 21...b5 and let White’s pieces have more space
for maneuvers, the Georgian player found good counterplay and later on managed
to transfer the game into a winning endgame with opposite color bishops.

The longest and most complicated game of the round was between two former
world champions. After the opening Alexandra Kosteniuk (above right) could
not find the right plan and “was choosing strange moves”, as
she pointed out during the press conference. She lost a pawn but was hoping
to get some counter chances due to the pair of bishops. Chinese GM Hou Yifan
missed some opportunities to get huge advantage and later on the players
ended up in a very complicated endgame with unbalanced material (two bishops,
knight and four pawns against rook, bishop and six pawns). After 95 moves
the signed a peace agreement.
Analysis by Adrian Mikhalchishin
The famous chess trainer, who coached a number of participants of the Geneva
Grand Prix from their pre-teen years, provides live commentary during the
games.

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1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.e4 d6 5.Nf3 0-0 6.h3 Na6?! 7.Bg5 c6 8.Be2 8.Nd2 8...e5 9.d5 h6 10.Be3 Nh5 11.dxc6 11.Nh2 Nf4 12.Bf1 cxd5 13.cxd5 Bd7 14.Qd2 f5 15.g3 g5 16.h4 b5 17.hxg5 hxg5 18.f3 Nh5 19.Bxg5 Qb6 20.Be3 Qa5 21.Bh3 11...bxc6 12.Qd2 Nf4 13.0-0 13.0-0-0?! 13...Nxe2+ 14.Nxe2 Be6 14...g5 15.Rad1 d5 16.cxd5 cxd5 17.exd5 f5 18.d6 Be6 15.Bxh6 Bxc4 16.Bxg7 Kxg7 17.Rfd1 Qc8? 17...Qf6 18.Ng3 Rfd8 19.Rac1 Bb5 20.b3 Nc5 18.Ng3 Be6 18...f6 19.Qc3 d5 20.Nxe5 fxe5 21.Qxe5+ Kh7 22.b3 19.Qxd6 f6 20.Rac1 c5 21.Nxe5! 21.b3 21...fxe5 22.Qxe5+ Kh7 22...Rf6 23.Qg5 Rf7 24.Nh5+ Kh7 25.Nf4 Rxf4 26.Qxf4 23.Rd6 Re8 24.Nh5! gxh5 25.Qxh5+ Kg7 26.Rc3 Rg8 27.Rg3+ 27.Rf3 27...Kf8 28.Rxg8+ Bxg8 29.Rf6+?! 29.Qh8 Ke7 30.Qf6+ Ke8 31.Qe5+ Kf8 32.Rf6+ Bf7 33.Rh6 Bg8 34.Qf6+ Ke8 35.Qg7 Bf7 36.Qe5+ Kf8 37.Rh8+ Bg8 38.Qf6+ 29...Ke7 30.Qg5 Be6 31.f4 Nc7 32.f5 Bf7 33.Re6+ Kf8 34.Rh6 34.Qe7+ Kg8 35.Rg6+ Bxg6 36.fxg6 Qe6 37.Qh7+ Kf8 38.g7+ 34...Bg8 35.Rf6+ Bf7 36.Rh6 Bg8 37.Qf6+ Ke8 38.Qg7 Qd8 39.Qxg8+ Kd7 40.Qg4 Kc8 41.e5 Qd5 42.Qf4 Kb7 42...Qd4+ 43.Qxd4 cxd4 44.Rh8+ Kd7 45.Rxa8 Nxa8 46.Kf1 Nb6 47.Ke2 Nc4 48.e6+ Kd6 49.Kd3 Kd5 50.e7 Nd6 51.h4 Ke5 52.g4 Kf6 53.Kxd4 Kxe7 54.Kd5 43.Rd6! Qxa2 44.Qe4+ Kc8 45.e6 1–0
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Khotenashvili,B | - | Lagno,K | - | 1–0 | 2013 | E90 | Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix | 10.1 |
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Down to 50%: one of the favourites Kateryna
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A new grandmaster: Bela Khotenashvili, with
a 2703 performance in Geneva
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Current standings

Information and photos supplied by FIDE Press Officer
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Schedule and results
Round 1 on Friday, May 3rd 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
½-½
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
½-½
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
Round 2 on Saturday, May 4th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
½-½ |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
1-0 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
½-½
|
GM |
1-0 |
2522 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
1-0
|
WGM |
½-½ |
2298 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
1-0
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
½-½ |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
½-½
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
0-1 |
Round 3 on Sunday, May 5th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
½-½
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
1-0
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
0-1
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
Round 4 on Monday, May 6th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
0-1
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
1-0
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
1-0
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
Round 5 on Wednesday, May 8th 2013 at 14:00 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
½-½
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
1-0
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
0-1
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
Round 6 on Thursday, May 9th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
0-1
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
½-½
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
1-0
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
Round 7 on Friday, May 10th 2013 at 14:00 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
0-1
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
0-1
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
1-0
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
0-1
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
0-1
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
0-1
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
Round 8 on Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
0-1
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
0-1
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
½-½
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
Round 9 on Monday, May 13th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
0-1
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
0-1
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
½-½
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
½-½
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
½-½
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
1-0
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
1-0
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
½-½
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
½-½
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
Round 11 on Wednesday, May 15th 2013 at 12:00 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |