
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 five report
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 |
Two Russian players Alexandra Kosteniuk and Olga Girya lost their games
against Bela Khotenashvili and Ju Wenjun respectively. Another Russian,
Tatiana Kosintseva, had a winning position against Tuvshintugs Batchimeg
but missed a couple of chances and only drew. Viktorija Cmilyte and Nana
Dzagnidze were the last to finish their game in a draw after 72 moves.
A full summary of all six games is to be found here
on the official tournament site.
Analysis by Adrian Mikhalchishin

Adrian Mikhalchishin analysing with GM Anna
Muzychuk
Once again Arrian Mikhalchishin has sent us analysis of the key game. Incidentally
he received a mild reprimand for referring to Hou Yifan as the Women's World
Champion, althought the Chinese GM lost her title earlier this year to Anna
Ushenina. He replied: "I call Hou Yifan World Champion because I believe
that every former Champion has the right to be called that!" And he
does it without compunction in today's analysis.
1.e4 | 1,186,706 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,560 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,913 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 185,115 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,902 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,609 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,959 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,919 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,252 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.Bb5+ Bd7 3...Nd7 4.Bxd7+ Qxd7 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 g6 7.d4 cxd4 8.Nxd4 Bg7 9.f3 0-0 10.Be3 Nc6 11.0-0 a6!? 11...Qd8 12.a4 e6 13.Nxc6!N bxc6 13...Qxc6 14.Rc1 Qxc4? 15.Nd5 Qa2 16.Ra1 Qxb2 17.Bd4 Nxd5 18.Bxb2 Bxb2 19.exd5 14.a5 14.c5 d5 15.e5 Ne8 16.f4 Rb8 14.b4 Ng4 14...Qc7 14...Qe7 15.Bb6 15.Na4 d5 16.Bb6 Qf4 17.g3 Qg5 18.f4 Qh6 15.Qd2 c5 15...Qb8 15...Qe7 16.Na4 16.Ra3 Nd7 17.Rb3 Nxb6 18.Qd3 Qd8 19.Rxb6 Qg5 16...Nd7 17.Be3 c5 18.Qd2 Qc7 18...Rc8 19.Rfd1 Rc6 19.Rfd1 Ne5 20.Nb6 Rad8 21.Ra3 Nc6 21...f5 22.Bg5 Rde8 23.exf5 23.Qxd6? Qxd6 24.Rxd6 Nf7 23...Rxf5 24.Bh4 Bf8 25.Bg3 22.Rd3 Rfe8 23.Bg5 23.Rxd6 Bd4 24.Rxd8 Rxd8 25.Bxd4 Rxd4 26.Qe1 Qd6 23...Rb8 23...f6 24.Bf4 Nd4 25.b4 24.Rxd6 Nd4 24...Bd4+ 25.Rxd4 Nxd4 26.Bf6 Qd6 27.Qh6 Qf8 28.Qxf8+ Rxf8 29.b4 Rfe8 30.Bxd4 cxd4 31.Rxd4 25.Rd7 Qc6 26.Ra7 Rxb6 26...f5 27.b4 fxe4 28.bxc5 Qxc5 29.Rxg7+ 27.axb6 Qxb6 28.Rd7 Qb3 29.Kh1 29.Qd3 Qxb2 30.Rb1 Qa2 31.Rbb7 29...Qxc4 30.Qf4 Rf8 30...e5 31.Qc1 Qb5 32.Ra7 Rb8 33.Qa1 31.Rb7 Qa4 32.Re1 Nc2? 33.Rc1 Nb4 34.Qd2 Nc6 35.Qd7 h6 36.Be7 Ra8 37.Bxc5 Kh7 38.Bg1 1–0
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Muzychuk,A | - | Hou,Y | - | 1–0 | 2013 | B52 | Fondation Neva Women's Grand Prix | 5.5 |
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Struggling in this tournament: Former Women's
World Champion Hou Yifan

Adrian Bogdanovich Mikhalchishin – also spelled Mihalcisin or Mihalčišin,
was born on November 11 1954 in Lvov and has been a Grandmaster since 1978.
He is currently among the top five world trainers and the Chairman of the
FIDE Trainers' Commission. Mikhalchishin trained the team of USSR in the
1980s, the national teams of Slovenia, Poland and the Netherlands. He also
Maya Tchiburdanidze 1978, Nana Aleksandria -1983, Anatoly Karpov 1980-1986,
Aleksandr Beliavsky 1986-1995, Vasyl Ivanchuk 1990, the Polgar sisters 1992-1994,
Alisa Marich 1994-2000, Zhaoqin Peng 2002-2007, Mateusz Bartel 2000-2009,
Ilya Nyzhnyk 2009, Richard Rapport 2010, Arkady Naidich -2005-2006. He is
currently coaching the Women's Team in Turkey.

Adrian sent us this enchanting picture showing
two of his young chess students in
Ukraine from over a decade ago. You figure out who the two future GMs are.
Trainings DVDs by Adrian Mikhalchishin in the ChessBase Shop

Replay all games of the round

1.e4 | 1,186,706 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 960,560 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,913 | 56% | 2440 | --- |
1.c4 | 185,115 | 56% | 2442 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,902 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,609 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,959 | 48% | 2376 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,919 | 50% | 2383 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,791 | 48% | 2379 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,252 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 93 | 66% | 2506 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Qc2 0-0 5.Nf3 c5 6.dxc5 Na6 7.g3 Qa5 8.Bg2 Bxc3+ 9.Qxc3 Qxc3+ 10.bxc3 Nxc5 11.Ba3 b6 12.Nd4 Rb8 13.Nb5 Ba6 14.Rb1 Bxb5 15.Bxc5 Bxc4 16.Bxf8 Kxf8 17.Kd2 d5 18.Rhe1 Rc8 19.a4 Ng4 20.f3 Ne5 21.f4 Nd7 22.a5 b5 23.e4 Nc5 24.exd5 exd5 25.Re5 a6 26.Rh5 g6 27.Rxh7 Kg8 28.Rh4 Nb3+ 29.Rxb3 Bxb3 30.f5 Re8 31.Rf4 Bc4 32.Bf3 Kg7 33.f6+ Kh6 34.Bd1 g5 35.Rf2 Rb8 36.Bc2 b4 37.cxb4 Rxb4 38.Kc3 Rb5 39.Rf5 Rxa5 40.Kd4 Ra2 41.Kc3 a5 42.Re5 Ra3+ 43.Kd4 Rf3 44.Bf5 g4 45.Bxg4 Rxf6 46.Bd7 Rf2 47.Re8 Kg7 48.h4 Rf3 49.Ra8 Rxg3 50.Rxa5 Rf3 51.Ra7 Rf4+ 52.Kc5 Rxh4 53.Be6 Rf4 54.Bxd5 Bxd5 55.Kxd5 Kf6 56.Ra1 Kf5 57.Rg1 Rf3 58.Kd6 Ke4 59.Re1+ Kf4 60.Ke7 Kg3 61.Rg1+ Kh2 62.Rg7 f5 63.Kf6 Rf1 64.Ke5 f4 65.Rg4 f3 66.Kf4 Kh1 67.Rg3 f2 68.Kf3 Ra1 69.Kxf2 Ra2+ 70.Kf3 Ra3+ 71.Kg4 Rxg3+ 72.Kxg3 ½–½
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Cmilyte,V | 2522 | Dzagnidze,N | 2545 | ½–½ | 2013 | E32 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.1 |
Lagno,K | 2548 | Ushenina,A | 2491 | ½–½ | 2013 | D11 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.2 |
Girya,O | 2463 | Ju,W | 2544 | 0–1 | 2013 | E81 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.3 |
Khotenashvili,B | 2505 | Kosteniuk,A | 2491 | 1–0 | 2013 | E04 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.4 |
Muzychuk,A | 2585 | Hou,Y | 2617 | 1–0 | 2013 | B52 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.5 |
Batchimeg,T | 2298 | Kosintseva,T | 2517 | ½–½ | 2013 | D38 | Geneva WGP 2013 | 5.6 |
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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 |
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
Round 7 on Friday, May 10th 2013 at 14:00 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
Round 8 on Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
|
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
|
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
Round 9 on Monday, May 13th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
|
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2585 |
|
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
|
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
|
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
|
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2491 |
|
GM |
Yifan Hou |
2617 |
GM |
Nana Dzagnidze |
2545 |
|
WGM |
Wenjun Ju |
2544 |
GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2517 |
|
GM |
Anna Ushenina |
2491 |
IM |
Bela Khotenashvili |
2505 |
|
GM |
Kateryna Lagno |
2548 |
WGM |
Tuvshintugs Batchimeg |
2298 |
|
WGM |
Olga Girya |
2463 |
GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2522 |
|
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 |