Women’s Candidates: Tan knocks out Lagno, reaches semis

by Klaus Besenthal
12/4/2022 – At the Women’s Candidates Tournament in Khiva, Tan Zhongyi and her opponent Kateryna Lagno played the tiebreak of their quarterfinal match on Sunday. Tan won the first 15+10 game and drew the next three encounters to make it to the semifinals, where she will face Aleksandra Goryachkina in a similar 4-game match starting Tuesday. | Photos: FIDE / Timur Sattarov
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A win and three draws

Kateryna Lagno lost the first game after failing to calculate carefully enough in a critical situation — or perhaps she lacked optimism.

 

Russian and Chinese players have often dominated the women’s World Championship cycle

After a draw in the second game, Lagno got a winning position in the third, but could not convert her advantage into a full point.

 

In the final fourth game Lagno was also winning, this time in an endgame with an extra pawn, but once again Tan was able to save the draw. The Chinese won the tiebreak by a 2½-1½ score, thus advancing to the tournament’s semifinals.

Tan will face Aleksandra Goryachkina, starting Tuesday. A total of four classical games are again set to take place, as well as a tiebreak if necessary.

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1.e4 5 e5 13 2.Nf3 6 Nc6 8 3.Bb5 5 Nf6 21 4.d3 27 Bc5 33 5.Bxc6 20 dxc6 13 6.Nbd2 58 C65: Ruy Lopez: Berlin Defence (3...Nf6), unusual lines and 4 0-0 Bc5. Nd7 1:51 7.0-0 1:34 0-0 1:34 8.Nc4 1:33 Re8 1:22 9.Kh1 1:04
9...b6N 6:53 Predecessor: 9...Bf8 10.Ng1 Nc5 11.Ne2 a5 12.Ng3 b5 13.Ne3 a4 14.Nef5 Re6 15.f4 exf4 16.Bxf4 1-0 (61) Caruana,F (2835)-Petrosyan,M (2607) Chess.com INT 2020 10.Ng1 10:47 Nf8 3:53       11.Ne2 5:17 Ng6 9:29 12.Ng3 8:14 Be6 2:55 Black wants to play ...Bxc4. 13.Ne3 2:01 f6 3:09 14.Ngf5 3:18 Qd7 2:03 15.Qf3 5:43 Kh8 4:00 16.Rg1 3:16 Nf4 5:55 17.g3 4:40 17.Rd1= feels stronger. 17...Nh3 1:40 18.Rf1 3:10 Ng5 3:55 19.Qe2 27 Nf7 7:53 20.b3 7:17 Not 20.Qg4? g6 21.Qh4 gxf5-+ 20...Nd6 3:58 21.Nh4 6:52 Nb5 9:40 22.Bb2 1:23 Bd4 1:36 23.Bxd4 5:01 Nxd4 2:19 24.Qd1 23 c5 3:05 25.c3 3:03 Nc6 1:51 26.Qe2 18 26.Qc2 26...a5 2:53 27.f4 4:03 a4 3:47 White must now prevent ...Rad8. 28.Rab1 5:55 axb3 47 29.axb3 1 Red8 53 30.Rfd1 38 Ra3 1:18 30...exf4 31.gxf4 Ra3 31.Qc2 5:26 b5 2:09 32.Nf3 4:32 32.f5 was worth a try. Bf7 33.Nf3 32...Qf7 1:40 32...exf4-+ 33.gxf4 Qd6 33.Nd2 1:24 33.Qc1 Rda8 34.Rg1 33...exf4-+ 3:03 34.gxf4 4 f5? 26
34...Qh5-+ ...Qe2 is the strong threat. 35.Ng2 Rda8 35.exf5 2:44 35.Rg1 seems wilder. fxe4 36.Nxe4 Qxf4 37.Qg2 35...Bxf5 41 36.Nxf5 3 The position is equal. Qxf5 7 37.Ne4 21 Ne7 6:37 Don't play 37...Qxf4 38.Qg2 Ne5 39.Nxc5= 38.Qf2 2:36 Ng6 1:25 39.Qxc5 1:04 Qxc5 1:06 40.Nxc5 2 Nxf4 22 41.Ra1 6:48 Weighted Error Value: White=0.17 (very precise) /Black=0.18 (very precise) ½–½
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WhiteEloWBlackEloBResYearECOEventRnd
Kosteniuk,A2521Goryachkina,A2584½–½2022C65FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.1
Tan,Z2514Lagno,K2563½–½2022D35FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.1
Goryachkina,A2584Kosteniuk,A2521½–½2022C88FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.2
Lagno,K2563Tan,Z2514½–½2022B52FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.2
Kosteniuk,A2521Goryachkina,A25840–12022C50FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.3
Tan,Z2514Lagno,K2563½–½2022D39FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.3
Tan,Z2514Lagno,K25631–02022D23FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.5
Lagno,K2563Tan,Z2514½–½2022B31FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.6
Tan,Z2514Lagno,K2563½–½2022D23FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.7
Lagno,K2563Tan,Z2514½–½2022B31FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-231.8
Goryachkina,A2584Tan,Z2514½–½2022D37FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-232.1
Tan,Z2514Goryachkina,A2584½–½2022D36FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-232.2
Goryachkina,A2584Tan,Z2514½–½2022E11FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-232.3
Tan,Z2514Goryachkina,A25841–02022D52FIDE Womens Candidates Pool-B 2022-232.4
 

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Klaus Besenthal is computer scientist, has followed and still follows the chess scene avidly since 1972 and since then has also regularly played in tournaments.
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