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Friday, December 10, 2010

Women's World Chess Championship 2010 - Nice games from Round 3

Chess news and chess trivia blog (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2010

Hello Everyone,

The tough games at the Women's World Chess Championship in Hatay, Turkey continued as part of the first set of matches in Round 3 on Friday.

Here are the results of Round 3a:

  • GM Hou, Yifan CHN 2591 GM-Zhu, Chen QAT 2477 1-0
  • GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS 2507-WGM Ruan, Lufei CHN 2480 ½-½
  • GM Lahno, Kateryna UKR 2522-WGM Huang, Qian CHN 2402 1-0
  • GM Zhao, Xue CHN 2474-IM Dembo, Yelena GRE 2454 1-0
  • IM Harika, Dronavalli IND 2525-IM Muzychuk, Mariya UKR 2462 1/2-1/2
  • IM Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2530-WGM Ju, Wenjun CHN 2524 0-1
  • IM Skripchenko, Almira FRA 2460-GM Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU 2514 ½-½
  • IM Zatonskih, Anna USA 2478-GM Koneru, Humpy IND 2600 0-1
Here are the nice games from the first matches of Round 3. You can keep track of a live feed at the official website here. For the games, run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy!

PGN: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bg5 dxe4 5. Nxe4 Nbd7 6. Nf3 h6 7. Nxf6+ Nxf6 8. Be3 Bd6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. Qd2 Nd5 11. O-O-O b6 12. Kb1 Qe7 13. Rhe1 Bb7 14. Ne5 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nxe3 16. Qxe3 Rfd8 17. f4 Rd7 18. Rd2 Rad8 19. Red1 Kf8 20. g3 Qc5 21. Qxc5+ bxc5 22. Kc1 Bf3 23. Be2 Rxd2 24. Rxd2 Rxd2 25. Kxd2 Bd5 26. Kc3 Ke7 27. Bc4 Bc6 28. Bb3 Bb5 29. Bc4 Bc6 30. Kb3 Kd7 31. Bd3 Bd5+ 32. Ka4 Kc6 33. c4 Bf3 34. Ka5 Kb7 35. Kb5 g6 36. Kxc5 h5 37. Bc2 Bc6 38. b4 a6 39. a3 1-0







PGN: 1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 cxd4 5. Nxd4 Nc6 6. Bb5 Bd7 7. Nxc6 Bxc6 8. Bxc6+ bxc6 9. c4 dxe4 10. Nxe4 Qxd1+ 11. Kxd1 Nf6 12. Nxf6+ gxf6 13. Be3 c5 14. Kc2 Kd7 15. a3 a5 16. b3 Be7 17. Bd2 h5 18. Bc3 Kc6 19. Rhd1 Rhg8 20. g3 Rgd8 21. Rxd8 Bxd8 22. b4 a4 23. b5+ Kd7 24. Re1 Be7 25. Rd1+ Ke8 26. f3 f5 27. Be5 Rd8 28. b6 1-0





PGN:1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 dxc4 5. Bg2 a6 6. Ne5 Bb4+ 7. Nc3 Nd5 8. O-O O-O 9. Qc2 b5 10. Be4 Bb7 11. Bxh7+ Kh8 12. Be4 Bd6 13. b3 cxb3 14. axb3 Bxe5 15. dxe5 Nc6 16. Nxd5 exd5 17. Bg2 Nxe5 18. Ba3 Re8 19. Rfd1 c6 20. e4 Kg8 21. Rac1 Rc8 22. Bc5 Nd7 23. Bh3 Ra8 24. Ba3 Nf6 25. exd5 cxd5 26. Bb2 Ne4 27. Bd4 Ng5 28. Bg2 Rc8 29. Qb2 Rxc1 30. Qxc1 Ne6 31. Qd2 Nxd4 32. Qxd4 Qd7 33. h4 a5 34. Bf1 a4 35. bxa4 bxa4 36. Qc5 Rc8 37. Qd4 a3 38. Ra1 Ra8 39. h5 Qa4 40. Qb6 Qc6 41. Qd4 Ra4 42. Qe5 Re4 43. Qg5 d4 44. Rxa3 Re1 45. f3 Qc4 0-1


You can check the latest results for the first matches of Round 3 here.

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14 Comments:

  • At December 10, 2010 at 12:25 PM , Anonymous Saira Fernando, Madrid said...

    Take it steady Chess Queen. Expecting a win from you tomorrow so that no tie-breaks. All the best.

     

  • At December 10, 2010 at 12:26 PM , Anonymous Alexis Cochran, New Zealand said...

    My daily prayer for you Chess Queen.

    For You Chess Queen I will post this comment every day so please don't delete it.

    Prayer for Victory
    A Psalm of David.

    JEHOVAH answer thee in the day of trouble;
    The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
    Send thee help from the sanctuary,
    And strengthen thee out of Zion;
    Remember all thy offerings,
    And accept thy burnt sacrifice; [Selah
    Grant thee thy heart’s desire,
    And fulfil all thy counsel.
    We will triumph in thy salvation,
    And in the name of our God we will set up our banners:
    Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
    Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed;
    He will answer him from his holy heaven
    With the saving strength of his right hand.
    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
    But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
    They are bowed down and fallen;
    But we are risen, and stand upright.
    Save, Jehovah:
    Let the King answer us when we call.

     

  • At December 10, 2010 at 12:27 PM , Anonymous Alexis Cochran, New Zealand said...

    Come on Chess Queen this prayer is now for tomorrow. Today I was waiting all day for your post but you put it up so late. Now you had to draw because my prayer was missed. So this prayer is for tomorrow now. JUST WIN. KILL 'EM KILL EM.

     

  • At December 10, 2010 at 6:18 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    0 - 1 Go Alexandra! You can win this again!

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 12:24 AM , Anonymous Alexis Cochran, New Zealand said...

    My daily prayer for you Chess Queen.

    For You Chess Queen I will post this comment every day so please don't delete it.

    Prayer for Victory
    A Psalm of David.

    JEHOVAH answer thee in the day of trouble;
    The name of the God of Jacob set thee up on high;
    Send thee help from the sanctuary,
    And strengthen thee out of Zion;
    Remember all thy offerings,
    And accept thy burnt sacrifice; [Selah
    Grant thee thy heart’s desire,
    And fulfil all thy counsel.
    We will triumph in thy salvation,
    And in the name of our God we will set up our banners:
    Jehovah fulfil all thy petitions.
    Now know I that Jehovah saveth his anointed;
    He will answer him from his holy heaven
    With the saving strength of his right hand.
    Some trust in chariots, and some in horses;
    But we will make mention of the name of Jehovah our God.
    They are bowed down and fallen;
    But we are risen, and stand upright.
    Save, Jehovah:
    Let the King answer us when we call.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 12:32 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    You can win today Chess Queen. You're the best.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 3:10 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Go Alexandra! We believe in you... Dont' let us down... :)

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 4:10 AM , Anonymous Youngbloed said...

    Succes withe ur second game in this round !
    Thx for sharing via ur Blog
    Chessqueen :-)

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 4:34 AM , Anonymous Amrit Puri, Knights Chess Club, New Delhi said...

    Listen Chess Queen, we have big meeting lined up here tomorrow so please finish off the match and get into Round 4 today itself. I won't have time for tie-breaks. Just do it. Okay.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 6:12 AM , Anonymous Janet Llewyn, London said...

    You have to win today. You just have to Chess Queen. All the best.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 7:26 AM , Anonymous Asheema Thapa, Aniruddha Thapa, Vishnu, Holi, Sheema and all your fans from Kathmand, Nepal said...

    Go win today Chess Queen Alexandra Kosteniuk. Best of Luck.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 7:37 AM , Anonymous J.C., London said...

    I am sure you will win today Chess Queen. Just remember to post all about it to the blog okay. Don't wait till tomorrow. I keep waiting for your posts.

     

  • At December 11, 2010 at 7:38 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Kill 'em Babes.

     

  • At December 17, 2010 at 11:42 PM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

    Alexandra, I am so sorry for your loss.. We all love you and know you will gain your title back next time! You are still the best to me. David Pratt

     

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