Joel Benjamin On Danielian Vs Zhu Chen

12 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – Once in a while the Internet Chess Club passes along some free videos for the public to watch. Well, one of the goodies just fell onto my lap and here it is for readers of fireyrook!

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	Three-time U.S. Champion GM Joel Benjamin brings you a new show every Friday at 15:00 Server Time. Joel is regarded by many as one of the best commentators and analysts' we have in the game today -- so if you want to get ahead of the game, get ready to tune-in! | Full Show (FREE TO ALL)
Players: GM Elina Danielian vs. GM Zhu Chen Description: Qatar Women GP 2011 ECO: ECO: E61: QGD: King's Indian Run Time: 00:43:10

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Koneru, Danielian Joint First

6 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Doha, Qatar FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011, Koneru Humpy did the impossible and won the last two rounds of games and came out tops and joint first with Danielian Elina of Armenia.

With this win, Koneru Humpy will now qualify to challenge the reigning World Women’s Champion, GM Hou Yifan to the world title.

 

 

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN via TWIC

Thrilling Round As Koneru Back In The Hunt!

5 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Qatar FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011, Danielian Elina lost to Pia Crampling in last night’s game and sets the scene for a thrilling final 11th round game today, 5th March 2011, 5pm Malaysian local time.

Humpy Koneru back in the hunt after an odd day of chess in Doha.

Photo © | http://qatar2011.fide.com

Mark Crowthers of TWIC reports that the fate of the 6th Doha Grand Prix and qualification for the Women's World Chess Championship was blown wide open today after a series of results that couldn't have gone better for Humpy Koneru. For a start Koneru didn't play especially well, she threw away an opening advantage and it was her opponent Lilit Mkrtchian who miscalculated in not taking a small edge but instead going for everything and blundering a piece.

Then leader Elina Danielian was outplayed nicely by Pia Cramling. Marie Sebag took a quick draw against Maia Chiburdinadze. Now in the final round if Danielian takes a quick draw with white against Antoaneta Stefanova (not out of the question as it guarantees a share of first), Sebag can't win with black against Batkhuyag Munguntuul then Koneru needs a win with black against Zhu Chen (but who won today) to qualify. More tension is guaranteed in the final round.

Here is the tenth round game between Koneru Humpy of India and Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia which gave Koneru an important win and point. After white plays 44.Rxd3, white has a possible mate with Qe8#, if black takes the rook at d3, 44…Rxd3 ??.

[Event "FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011"] [Site "Doha, Qatar"] [Date "2011.03.04"] [Round "?"] [White "Koneru, Humpy (IND)"] [Black "Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM)"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "87"] [EventDate "2011.03.04"] [TimeControl "5400"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b5 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O d5 6. a4 b4 7. c4 bxc3 8. Nxc3 a5 9. Qb3 Ba6 10. Bf4 c6 11. Rfd1 Be7 12. Ne5 O-O 13. e4 Ra7 14. exd5 Rb7 15. Qc2 cxd5 16. Bf1 Bxf1 17. Kxf1 Ne8 18. Rac1 Qb6 19. Nd3 Qxd4 20. Nb5 Qb6 21. Be3 Qd8 22. Nc5 Rb6 23. Qd2 Nd6 24. Qxa5 Nf5 25. Bf4 Nc6 26. Qd2 Nd6 27. Nxd6 Bxd6 28. Be3 Ne5 29. b4 Qa8 30. Bf4 Nf3 31. Qd3 d4 32. Bxd6 Nxh2+ 33. Ke2 Rxd6 34. Rh1 e5 35. Rxh2 e4 36. Qc4 Qd8 37. Nxe4 d3+ 38. Kf1 Rd4 39. Qc6 Qe7 40. Rh4 f5 41. Nc3 Rxh4 42. gxh4 Qxh4 43. Rd1 Rd8 44. Rxd3 1-0

Based on ICC live coverage results, GM Danielian has taken a quick draw against GM Stefanova of Bulgaria as shown below:-

The other drawn game is between GM Chibudanidze and GM Dzagnizde. All other games are still on-going as this blog posts.

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN via TWIC
• Chessbase

Elina Has One Point Lead, Qatar FIDE GP

4 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Qatar Women’s FIDE GP, GM Danielian Elina won the 9th round game and maintains a one point lead over GM Sebag Marie. Elina has 7.5 points from 9 rounds with two more rounds to go.

 

Official website: http://qatar2011.fide.com/index.php

 

Here is the round 9 game between Marie Sebag of France and Nana Dzagnidze which ended in a win for Marie Sebag. After white played 30.Qd5+, the white queen pins the king to the undefended black rook at a8, winning a piece.

[Event "FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011"] [Site "Doha, Qatar"] [Date "2011.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Sebag, Marie (FRA)"] [Black "Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO)"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "59"] [EventDate "2011.03.03"] [TimeControl "5400"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 Bg7 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 a6 7. Bc4 b5 8. Bb3 Nge7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Nd5 h6 11. Bf4 d6 12. Qd2 Kh7 13. h4 Bg4 14. Ng5+ Kg8 15. Nxf7 Rxf7 16. Bxh6 Nxd4 17. Bxg7 Nxb3 18. Qh6 Rxg7 19. Nf6+ Kf8 20. axb3 Be6 21. h5 Kf7 22. Nh7 Qh8 23. Ng5+ Kf6 24. e5+ Kxe5 25. Nf3+ Kd5 26. Qe3 Nf5 27. O-O-O+ Kc6 28. Qxe6 Qh6+ 29. Kb1 Qf4 30. Qd5+ 1-0

 

Here is the ninth round game between Danielian Elina of Armenia and Fierro Martha of Ecuador which gave Elina the win after losing in the eighth round to Koneru Humpy of India.

[Event "FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011"] [Site "Doha, Qatar"] [Date "2011.03.03"] [Round "?"] [White "Danielian, Elina (ARM)"] [Black "Fierro, Martha (ECU)"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "101"] [EventDate "2011.03.03"] [TimeControl "5400"] 1. Nf3 g6 2. g3 Bg7 3. Bg2 Nf6 4. O-O O-O 5. d4 d6 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 Qa5 8. h3 e5 9. e4 Nbd7 10. Re1 exd4 11. Nxd4 Ne5 12. Bf1 Be6 13. Nxe6 fxe6 14. Kg2 Rad8 15. Be3 c5 16. Qb3 Rd7 17. Rad1 a6 18. Be2 Qb4 19. f4 Nc6 20. Qxb4 cxb4 21. Na4 Nxe4 22. Bg4 Re8 23. Bb6 h5 24. Rxe4 hxg4 25. hxg4 Kf7 26. b3 Ree7 27. Re2 e5 28. Red2 Nd4 29. fxe5 dxe5 30. Bc5 Re8 31. Bxb4 b5 32. Nc5 Ra7 33. Ne4 Kg8 34. Bd6 bxc4 35. bxc4 Rb7 36. Rf1 Rc8 37. c5 Rf7 38. Rxf7 Kxf7 39. Rb2 Ke6 40. Rb7 Bf6 41. g5 Bd8 42. g4 Kd5 43. Nf6+ Ke6 44. Rg7 Nb5 45. Rxg6 Nxd6 46. Nh7+ Kd5 47. Rxd6+ Kxc5 48. Rd1 Rb8 49. g6 Kc6 50. g7 Be7 51. Nf8 1-0

 

Links

• Official website
• Games in PGN via TWIC

Elina Maintains Lead Women’s GP 2011

 

2 March 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Women’s Grand Prix 2011 in Qatar, Elina Danielian continues to win by overcoming Zhu Chen in the round 7 game. Elina has 6.5 points from 7 rounds. Her nearest rival is Sebag Marie who has five points. Sebag beat Pia Cramling in the seventh round.

 

Here is the seventh round game between GM Danielian Elina (top right) of Armenia and GM Zhu Chen (top left) of Qatar in which Elina won decisively.

[Event "FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011"] [Site "Doha, Qatar"] [Date "2011.03.01"] [Round "?"] [White "Danielian, Elina (ARM)"] [Black "Zhu Chen (QAT)"] [Result "1-0"] [PlyCount "91"] [EventDate "2011.03.01"] 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bf4 d6 6. e3 Nh5 7. Bg5 h6 8. Bh4 c5 9. dxc5 g5 10. Nd2 Nf6 11. Bg3 dxc5 12. Be2 Nc6 13. O-O Bf5 14. h3 Rc8 15. Re1 Bg6 16. Bf3 b6 17. Bxc6 Rxc6 18. Qa4 Rc8 19. Nf3 Ra8 20. Ne5 Bh7 21. Rad1 Qc8 22. Nd5 Re8 23. Nc6 Nxd5 24. cxd5 Bxb2 25. e4 Bg7 26. h4 a6 27. hxg5 hxg5 28. Qc4 e6 29. a4 Bf8 30. Qc3 exd5 31. exd5 Be4 32. Ne5 Qf5 33. f3 Bc2 34. Rd2 Bxa4 35. d6 Rad8 36. Qa1 Bb5 37. Ng4 Bg7 38. Be5 Qe6 39. Rdd1 Qg6 40. Bxg7 Rxe1+ 41. Rxe1 f5 42. Nf6+ Kxg7 43. Re7+ Kf8 44. Qe5 f4 45. Rh7 Re8 46. Qe7+ 1-0

Official website: http://qatar2011.fide.com/index.php

Women’s GP Qatar – Elina Leads

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26 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Qatar FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011, GM Danielian Elina is leading with 4 points after four rounds of play. Twelve of the world’s top chess players are participating in this year’s Grand Prix tournament in Qatar 2011. It is being held from 20th February till 6th March 2011.

Here are the round 4 results and ranking table after round 4 :-

 

Here is the fourth round game between Dzagnidze of Georgia and Danielian of Armenia who is now the current fourth leader of the Qatar FIDE Women’s GrandPrix 2011. The Queen’s Gambit Declined [D36] transpired during the game.

[Event "FIDE Women Grand Prix 2011"]
[Site "Doha, Qatar"]
[Date "2011.02.25"]
[Round "4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana (GEO)"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina (ARM)"]
[Result "0-1"]
[EventDate "2011.02.25"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 Nbd7 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 Be7 8.
Qc2 O-O 9. Bd3 Re8 10. h3 Nf8 11. O-O-O b6 12. Kb1 Bb7 13. g4 a6 14. Rhg1 N6d7 15. h4 c5 16. Bf5 c4 17. Bxe7 Qxe7 18. g5 b5 19. h5 b4 20. Ne2 a5 21. g6 fxg6 22. hxg6 h6 23. Nf4 a4 24. e4 b3 25. Qc3 a3 26. Rd2 Nb6 27. axb3 axb2 28. Rxb2 Ra3 29. Nxd5 Bxd5 30. exd5 Qf6 31. Bg4 Rea8 32. Kc2 cxb3+ 33. Rxb3 Ra2+ 34. Kd1 Ra1+ 35. Ke2 R8a2+ 36. Nd2 Rxg1 37. Be6+ Nxe6 38. Rxb6 Rxd2+ 39. Qxd2 Nf4+ 40.Kf3 Qxb6 0-1

       Position after 40…Qxb6, 0-1.

 

Official website: http://qatar2011.fide.com/