23 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, five games were decisive. Koneru and Muzychuk won their final games giving them a final 7.5 points out of 11 rounds of play during the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012. Hou Yifan and Viktorija Cmilyte finished in joint 3-4th position with 7.0 points.
Final Standings:
Video of Press Conference: Nadezhda Kosintseva - Anna Muzychuk, Round 11
Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com
FIDE Women Grand Prix facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/FIDE-Grand-Prix/413889191967675
22 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Two decisive scores in the tenth round. IM Alisa Galliamova and GM Viktorija Cmilyte won their respective games. Meanwhile the three players in the lead are GM Humpy Koneru of India, GM Viktorija Cmilyte and GM Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia.
The official website of the tournament reported that before the last round of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Kazan three players are on top. Viktorija Cmilyte won against Nadezhda Kosintseva and replaced Elina Danielian, who was defeated by Alisa Galliamova. Elina chose to go into a sharp position in the middle game but missed intersting opportunity on 19th move and her position became worse.
Russian player Alisa Galliamova, who lost four previous games, played precisely today, neutralized all threats of her opponent and left with extra material. Other leaders Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru made draws against Hou Yifan and Alexandra Kosteniuk accordingly and share first place with Viktorija Cmilyte with 6.5 points.
Standings After Round 10:
Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com
(all photos from official website)
21 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 10 game between Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia and Hou Yifan of China. Anna Muzychuk is currently in third place with 6.0 points, while Hou Yifan is in fifth place with 5.5 points.
The tenth round pairings is shown below:-
Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com
21 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, Alexandra Kostenuik won her game against current leader, Elina Danielian in round 9 of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix. Meanwhile Humpy Koneru of India and Hou Yifan of China, both won their respective games.
The official website of the tournament reported that Elina Danielian lost the first game in the tournament to Alexandra Kosteniuk. Ex-world champion, who had white pieces, was playing for initiative from the opening and found nice sacrifice to open the central files and create a decisive attack on opponents ‘king. The defeat of Armenian player let Anna Muzychuk, who made a draw against Viktorija Chmilyte, and Humpy Koneru, who won against Katerina Lahno, reach her on top. Although two rounds to go there are three leaders in the tournament. Hou Yifan managed to win in close to draw rook endgame against Alisa Galliamova.
Standings After Round 9:
Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com
(All photos from tournament website)
Here is the round 9 game between Alexandra Kostenuik and Elina Danielian in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.
20 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – TWIC reported that The 4th Women's Grand Prix is taking place in Kazan 9th-23rd June 2012. Play starts at 12pm each day. Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan is the top seed but she had a very tough time in Danzhou only a few days before the start of this tournament. Elina Danielian leads with 6/8.
19 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Latest news: The Multimedia University (MMU) Chess Club International Chess Open 2012 due 30 June 2012 has been postponed to September 2012. A copy of the letter of postponement is shown below:-
So eager Malacca chess enthusiasts would have to wait till September 2012 to play in this chess tournament.
Pix 1. GM Elina Danielian leading in Kazan. (Photo from tournament website, Photos made by Rashit Shiriyazdanov and Anastasiya Karlovich)
19 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In last night’s game, Elina Danielian beats Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine giving her 6 points from 8 rounds of play during the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.
The official website of the tournament reported that four games in the eighth round in FIDE Women Grand Prix in Kazan were decisive today but in fact all of them could be scored if Betul Yildiz and Viktorija Cmilyte, who had big advantage, would defeat their opponents - sisters Nadezhda and Tatiana Kosintsevas.
Pix 2. Viktoria Cmilyte. (Photo from tournament website, Photos made by Rashit Shiriyazdanov and Anastasiya Karlovich)
The central game of the match between the leader Elina Danielian and chaser Katerina Lahno finished in favor of Armenian player. Anna Muzychuk got a better position after the opening in the game against Alisa Galliamova but later on didn’t play precisely and allowed black to equalize. In the deep endgame Slovenian player managed to find winning chances and beat her opponent.
World Champion Hou Yifan, who played white against Alexandra Kosteniuk, sacrificed the second knight on g7 square in this tournament as it also happened in the game with Antoaneta Stefanova in the sixth round. The attack of Chinese player was decisive and Alexandra could not defend her position. Humpy Koneru created strong initiative in the middle game and defeated Antoaneta Stefanova.
Here is the round 8 game between Hou Yifan of China and Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia during the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.
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(show chess board)(hide chess board) Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com
19 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Moscow, Magnus Carlsen of Norway created a dramatic finish to the Tal Memorial 2012 by winning it at the finishing line or rather in the final round 9. Carlsen scored 5.5 points, a half point better than T Radjabov and Fabiano Caruana of Italy.
TWIC reported that Magnus Carlsen has again won the Tal Memorial after a dramatic final round. He outplayed Luke McShane who himself could have won the event if he had won this game and the other results had remained the same. McShane's solid opening allowed Carlsen to equalise quite easily and then he subsided in time trouble after missing the key move 21...a5 in his calculations.
Fabiano Caruana misplayed a Gruenfeld sideline against Levon Aronian and was quickly in terrible difficulties on the board and the clock. Aronian started "playing rubbish" in his own words but won all the same. Hikaru Nakamura played a Sicilian sideline against Teimour Radjabov and this finished in a draw. Rajdabov admitted to lousy form and many discarded chances. Tomashevsky-Grischuk was a sort of Benoni where Tomashevsky had to hang tough to draw.
Kramnik-Morozevich ended in a draw with a Semi-Slav ending where it looked like Kramnik was close to winning at one stage.
(table courtesy of TWIC)
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