Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010
Nazi Paikidze
Hello Everyone,
The Russian Women's Superfinal is taking place from November 16-27 in Moscow. After six rounds, it is Nazi Paikidze who is leading with 4.5 points.
It is a round-robin event with 12 participants and a prize fund close to 50,000 USD. Eleven rounds will be played with time control 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, and 30 minutes to the end, with 30 seconds increment starting at move 1.
Standings after Round 6
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1. Paikidze Nazi 2401 - 4½
2. Pogonina Natalija 2472 - 4
3. Kosintseva Nadezhda 2576 - 4
4. Galliamova Alisa 2487 - 3½
5. Shadrina Tatiana 2384 - 3
6. Kosteniuk Alexandra 2507 - 3
7. Kosintseva Tatiana 2581 - 3
8. Nebolsina Vera 2377 - 3
9. Bodnaruk Anastasia 2407 - 3
10. Gunina Valentina 2479 - 2½
11. Girya Olga 2435 - 2
12. Matveeva Svetlana 2389 - ½
You can find great photos, all the great games and more information at the official website of www.russiachess.org.
Meanwhile, here are two games from Round 6. You can run the moves through our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bh4 O-O 7. e3 Ne4 8. Bxe7 Qxe7 9. Rc1 c6 10. Bd3 Nxc3 11. Rxc3 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nd7 13. O-O b6 14. Bd3 c5 15. Bb5 Rd8 16. Bc6 Rb8 17. Qc2 Nf6 18. dxc5 bxc5 19. b3 Ba6 20. Rc1 Nd5 21. Bxd5 Rxd5 22. e4 Rdd8 23. h3 c4 24. bxc4 Qc5 25. Nd2 Bb7 26. Nb3 Qe5 27. Re3 Bc6 28. Qc3 Qc7 29. Rg3 e5 30. Rd3 Rxd3 31. Qxd3 Rd8 32. Qe3 Qd7 33. f3 f6 34. c5 Bb5 35. Qc3 Kh7 36. c6 Qc7 37. Qa5 Qb6+ 38. Kh2 Rc8 39. c7 Kg6 40. Rc5 Bd7 41. Qc3 h5 42. f4 exf4 43. Qf3 Kf7 44. Qxh5+ Kf8 45. e5 Rxc7 46. Qh8+ Kf7 47. exf6 gxf6 48. Rh5 f3 49. Rh7+ Ke6 50. Qg8+ Kd6 51. Qg3+ Ke6 52. Qg4+ Kd6 53. Qf4+ Kc6 54. Qxf3+ Kb5 55. Qd5+ 1-0
PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. g4 h6 7. Be3 a6 8. f3 b5 9. Qd2 b4 10. Nce2 e5 11. Nb3 a5 12. c4 Be6 13. Ng3 a4 14. Nc1 Nc6 15. Nd3 Rb8 16. Rc1 h5 17. g5 h4 18. Nf5 g6 19. Nh6 Nh7 20. f4 Be7 21. Rg1 exf4 22. Bxf4 Nxg5 23. Bxg5 Bxg5 24. Rxg5 Rxh6 25. Rb5 Rh8 26. Nxb4 Ne5 27. Qe3 h3 28. Be2 Kf8 29. a3 Qh4+ 30. Qf2 Rc8 31. c5 Qxe4 32. c6 Kg7 33. c7 Bg4 34. Rc3 Rhe8 35. Kd2 Bxe2 36. Qxe2 Nc4+ 0-1
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Interesting kid this Nazi Paikidze. Thanks Chess Queen for sharing.
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