“Dessert is on me”
Alina Kahslinskaya scored her first win at the Munich Grand Prix in Monday’s fifth round. After surviving a losing position and making the most of Mariya Muzychuk’s mistakes, the Polish IM talked to press officer Michael Rahal. Referring to the fact that her husband, GM Radoslaw Wojktaszek, had joined the commentary team precisely during this round, Kashlinskaya noted:
I thought, ‘Come on, you misplayed everything, you prepared this’. We were discussing this line, and then I misplayed everything, I played slowly, so basically everything I shouldn’t do I did today.
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There is a silver lining for the couple, though. Kashlinskaya added:
We have an agreement with my husband: when I win, I buy him dessert. [...] So today dessert is on me!
With this win, Kashlinskaya went into the one rest day of the event with a 2½/5 score, two points behind runaway leader Alexandra Kosteniuk. The latter was in real danger in round 5, but saw her opponent, Harika Dronavalli, misplaying the position soon after the time control. The game ended in a draw.
But Harika and Mariya Muzychuk were not the only players who missed big opportunities in the fifth round. Tan Zhongyi could not make the most of a massive advantage on the clock against Dinara Wagner, while Humpy Koneru could have collected a second consecutive win, but failed to convert her material advantage into a win in her game with black against Nana Dzagnidze. Humpy and Dzagnidze are sharing second place on 3/5 points.

Zhansaya Abdumalik and Elisabeth Paehtz before their round-5 encounter | Photo: David Llada
Kashlinskaya takes her chance
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Nf6 4.d3 d5 5.exd5 Nxd5 6.h3 Be7 7.0-0 Nb6 8.Bb3 a5 9.a3 Qd6 10.Re1 a4 11.Ba2 Be6 12.Bxe6 Qxe6 13.Qe2 0-0 13...Bf6 14.Nc3 0-0 15.Qe4 14.Nxe5 Nd4 15.Qd1 Rae8 16.Nd2 Bf6 17.Nef3 Nxf3+ 18.Nxf3 Qd5 19.Nd2 Be5 20.Ne4 Re6 20...h6 21.Ng5 Ree8 22.c3 h6 23.Nf3 Bd6 24.Be3 c5 25.c4 Qf5 26.Rc1 Re6 27.d4 Rfe8 28.dxc5 Bxc5 29.Nd4 29.g4 29...Rg6 30.Nh4 Qf6 31.Nxg6 Rxe3 32.Rxe3 Bxe3 33.fxe3 fxg6 34.c5 Nc8 29...Bxd4 30.Qxd4 Rg6 31.Kh1 Kh7 32.Red1 Qe6 33.Rd3 33.c5 Qc6 34.f3 Nd7 35.Bf2 33...Re7 34.f3 34.Qc3 Nd7 35.Re1 34.Qf4 Nd7 35.Rdd1 34...Rd7 35.Qc3 Rxg2 36.Kxg2 Qg6+ 37.Kf2 Rxd3 38.Qe5 Nd7 39.Qf4 Qe6 40.Rg1 g5 41.Qe4+ Qxe4 42.fxe4 Ne5 43.Ke2 Rb3 44.Bd4 Nf3 45.Rd1 Nxd4+ 46.Rxd4 Rxb2+ 47.Kf1 Rb3 48.Rd7 Kg6 49.Kg2 Kf6 50.c5 h5 51.Rc7 h4 52.c6 bxc6 53.Rxc6+ Kg7 54.Rc5 f6 55.e5 fxe5 56.Rxe5 Kf6 57.Ra5 Rxa3 58.Kh2 Kg6 59.Ra8 Kf5 60.Rf8+ Ke4 61.Re8+ Kf3 62.Rf8+ Ke2 63.Ra8 Ra2 64.Ra5 Kf3+ 65.Kg1 g4 66.hxg4 Kg3 67.Kf1 h3 0–1

Mariya Muzychuk playing white against Alina Kashlinskaya | Photo: David Llada
Harika plays brilliantly, then fails with f3-f4
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.cxd5 cxd5 4.Bf4 Nc6 5.e3 Nf6 6.Nc3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3 Bb4 9.Ne5 0-0 10.Nxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 bxc6 12.Qa3 Nd7 13.Rc1 Qb6 14.Be2 Rfe8 15.0-0 e5 16.dxe5 Nxe5 17.Rfe1 Re6 18.Qc3 Nd7 19.Red1 h6 20.b4 Nf6 21.a4 Ne4 22.Qd4 Qb7 23.b5 23...Rd8 24.f3 Nf6 25.e4 Bg6 26.bxc6 Rxc6 27.Rxc6 Qxc6 28.Be5 a5 29.Bb5 Qc2 30.Rd2 Qc1+ 31.Rd1 Qc2 32.Re1 Nh5 33.exd5 f6 34.Bg3 Nxg3 35.hxg3 Qc7 36.Rd1 Rd6 37.Bc6 Rd8 38.Kh2 Bf7 39.Qc5 Rd6 40.Qb5 Rd8 41.Qb7 Qd6 41...Qxb7 42.Bxb7 Be8 43.Rd4 42.Qb6 Rb8 43.Qxa5 Rb4 44.Kh1 h5 45.Rc1 Rb2 46.Qc3 Rf2 47.f4 47.Be8 Qxd5 48.Bxf7+ Kxf7 49.Qe1 47...h4 48.Kg1 hxg3 49.Qxg3 Rxf4 50.Rc3 Qb4 51.Rf3 Qb1+ 52.Kh2 Qh7+ 53.Kg1 Qb1+ 54.Kh2 Qh7+ 55.Kg1 ½–½
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Harika Dronavalli | Photo: David Llada
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