Women's Chess Grand Prix: Yildiz holds Humpy to draw

WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre: Nice game against Humpy

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WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre is unlikely to forget the third round of the Women's Chess Grand Prix being held in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. She drew with top seed GM Koneru Humpy. Cemre is rated 365 points below Humpy. This allowed GM Zhao Xue to catch up with Humpy in the standings. Now, both Humpy and Xue lead with 2.5/3 points.

The other games saw Hou Yifan beat Xu Yuhua, Zhu Chen lose to Zhao Xue and Munguntuul Batkhuyag lose to Antoaneta Stefanova. You can keep track of the event at the official website.

Results of Round 3

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1. GM Sebag Marie 2519 - WGM Shen Yang 2435 ½ - ½

2. WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235 - GM Koneru Humpy 2600 ½ - ½

3. GM Hou Yifan 2577 - GM Xu Yuhua 2488 1-0

4. GM Zhu Chen 2476 - GM Zhao Xue 2462 0-1

5. GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 ½ - ½

6. IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 0-1

Standings after Round 3

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1 GM Zhao Xue 2½

2. GM Koneru Humpy 2½

3. GM Hou Yifan 2

4. GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2

5. GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2

6. GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2

7. GM Xu Yuhua 1½

8. GM Sebag Marie 1

9. IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 1

10. WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre ½

11. GM Zhu Chen ½

12. WGM Shen Yang ½

Here is the nice game between Cemre and Humpy - all the way to 74 moves. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch the game in flash below.

PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 b6 4. Nc3 Bb7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 a6 7. Be2 Qc7 8. Be3 Nf6 9. f3 Be7 10. Rc1 O-O 11. O-O d6 12. a3 Nbd7 13. b4 Rac8 14. Nb3 h5 15. Bf2 Qb8 16. Qd2 Ba8 17. Rfd1 Ne5 18. Na4 Nfd7 19. Qe3 Rc6 20. Nd4 Rc7 21. Nb3 Qc8 22. Nb2 Bf6 23. Qd2 h4 24. Na4 Nxc4 25. Bxc4 Rxc4 26. Qxd6 Rd8 27. Qf4 Qc6 28. Rxc4 Qxc4 29. Qe3 Qc6 30. e5 Be7 31. Nc3 h3 32. Rd4 hxg2 33. Kxg2 Rc8 34. Rd3 Qc7 35. Bg3 Nf8 36. Ne2 Bd5 37. Rc3 Qb7 38. Nbd4 Ng6 39. Rxc8+ Qxc8 40. Nc3 Bg5 41. Qd3 Qc4 42. Qxc4 Bxc4 43. Na4 b5 44. Nc5 Be3 45. Ndb3 Nf4+ 46. Bxf4 Bxf4 47. Na5 Bd5 48. Nd3 Be3 49. Kg3 g5 50. Kg4 Kg7 51. Nc5 Bc1 52. Nxa6 Bxa3 53. Kxg5 Bxf3 54. Nb3 Bb2 55. Kf4 Bd5 56. Nbc5 Kg6 57. Nd3 Bc3 58. Nac5 Bd2+ 59. Kg4 Bc4 60. h3 Bc3 61. Nf4+ Kh6 62. Ncd3 Bd2 63. Kh4 f5 64. exf6 e5 65. f7 Kg7 66. Nxe5 Bxb4 67. Nxc4 bxc4 68. Kg4 Kxf7 69. Kf3 Bd2 70. Ne2 Kf6 71. Ke4 Kg5 72. Kd4 c3 73. Nxc3 Bxc3+ 74. Ke4 1/2-1/2

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