"My 10-month-old baby helped a lot"
Alina Kashlinskaya started the Tbilisi Women's Grand Prix - the inaugural event of the series - with 5 draws in a row. After the rest day, however, she collected 3 wins in 4 games (she drew the remaining encounter) to claim outright victory in Georgia's capital. She beat R. Vaishali, Lela Javakhishvili and Mariya Muzychuk in rounds 6, 8 and 9 to claim the title. Her victory granted her 130 GP points and a 20,000 Euros prize.
Aged 30, Kashlinskaya is married to Polish GM Radoslaw Wojtaszek. Last year, the couple had a son, who now joined his mother at the tournament in Tbilisi. After securing tournament victory, Kashlinskaya confessed, referring to her 10-month-old son:
He helped a lot. I will definitely bring him with me to the next tournament. [...] For motherhood, it is important to be with the baby as much as possible.
This video course includes GM Anish Giri's deep insights and IM Sagar Shah's pertinent questions to the super GM. In Vol.1 all the openings after 1.e4 are covered.
Kashlinskaya's 6/9 undefeated performance earned her a second GM norm and 16.4 rating points. She is now ranked 13th in the women's live ratings list.
Sole second place went to 20-year-old Bibisara Assaubayeva from Kazakhstan. The youngster had grabbed the sole lead after round 7, but her final 2 draws allowed the eventual champion to leapfrog her in the standings. Still, Assaubayeva collected 105 GP points in the event - the top 2 finishers in the series will get spots in the next edition of the Women's Candidates.
A 3-player pack tied for third place, with Nana Dzagnidze joining Anna Muzychuk and Stavroula Tsolakidou in this group thanks to her final-round win over Sara Khadem.
As per the FIDE calendar, the next event of the series should start on 29 October in Shymkent, a city in Kazakhstan located near the border with Uzbekistan.

The podium: Bibisara Assaubayeva (2nd), Alina Kashlinskaya (1st) and Stavroula Tsolakidou (3rd on tiebreaks) | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman
M. Muzychuk 0 - 1 Kashlinskaya
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.Re1 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 0-0 9.h3 Bb7 10.d4 Re8 11.Nbd2 Bf8 12.Bc2 Nb8 13.a4 Nbd7 14.Bd3 c6 15.Qc2 h6 15...g6 16.b3 Rc8 17.Bb2 Nh5 18.Bf1 exd4 19.cxd4 d5 16.Nf1 exd4 17.cxd4 c5 18.Ng3 18...c4 18...cxd4 19.axb5 axb5 20.Rxa8 Qxa8 21.Bxb5 Rc8 22.Qe2 19.Bf1 d5 20.e5 Ne4 21.Bf4 Nb8 22.Nxe4 dxe4 23.Nd2 23.Rxe4 Bxe4 24.Qxe4 Nd7 25.Bxh6 gxh6 26.axb5 Nb6 27.bxa6 23...Nc6 24.Nxe4 Nxd4 25.Qc3 Bxe4 26.Rxe4 Nb3 26...Ne6 27.Be3 Rc8 27.Rae1 Nc5 28.Rd4 Qc8 29.a5 Ne6 30.Rde4 Nxf4 30...Qc6 31.g3 Rad8 31.Rxf4 Qe6 32.Rfe4 Rad8 33.Kh2 33.b3 cxb3 34.R4e3 33...Qf5 34.f3 Rd5 35.g4 Qd7 36.Kg3 Bc5 37.R1e2 Rd3 38.Qc2 Qd5 39.Kg2 Rxe5 40.Qc1 40.Rxe5 Qxf3+ 41.Kh2 Qg3+ 42.Kh1 Qg1# 40...Rxe4 41.Rxe4 Rd2+ 42.Be2 Qd3 43.Qe1 Rxb2 44.h4 c3 45.g5 h5 46.Kg3 Qd6+ 47.Kh3 Qd7+ 48.Kg3 c2 49.Qc3 Rb1 50.Qxc2 Qc7+ 51.f4 51.Rf4 Rg1+ 52.Kh3 Qxf4 51...Bf2+ 0–1
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Alina Kashlinskaya during round 9 | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

Local favourite Nana Dzagnidze scored a win on Saturday | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman

Stavroula Tsolakidou and Alexandra Kosteniuk in good spirits | Photo: FIDE / Anna Shtourman
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