Women's World Chess Championship 2010 - A nice first round

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

Hello Everyone,


All the chess players did their best in the first games of Round 1 at the Women's World Chess Championship in Antakya, Turkey. Of the 64 players, unfortunately, two couldn't make it to the venue.


Polish player Iweta Rajlich who was travelling with her husband and newborn had to skip the tournament because of the bad weather that shut down the Warsaw airport. They tried coming via Ukrainian city Lvov but the journey would have been too much for the baby. English player Jovanka Houska got a walkover. Australian player Arianne Caolli couldn't make it either so her Chinese opponent Ju Wenjun got a walkover.


Antakya (Arabic: انطاكية‎, Anṭākyä; from Greek: Ἀντιόχεια, Antiókheia or Antiócheia) is the seat of the Hatay Province in southern Turkey, near the border with Syria. In ancient times the city was known as Antioch and has historical significance for Christianity, being the place where the followers of Jesus Christ were called Christians for the very first time. The city and its massive walls also played an important role during the Crusades.


All the players played up to their rating strengths with some interesting draw results. Natalija Pogonina lost to lower-rated Baira Kovanova, E. Ovod beat higher-rated Shen Yang and Tatiana Shadrina beat higher-rated Elina Danielian.


You can find nice coverage of the event at www.chessdom.com, www.chessbase.com, www.chessvibes.com, www.europe-echecs.com, www.chess-news.ru apart from the official website. The link for the live broadcast of games is here along with a live video feed here. There is a separate live video feed for your iPhone here! You can go through all the games and analysis at any of these sites but here are a few interesting games.


Run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below. Enjoy.

Betul Yildiz

PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. c3 Nf6 3. e5 Nd5 4. d4 cxd4 5. cxd4 d6 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Bc4 Nb6 8.Bb3 d5 9. Nh4 e6 10. Nf3 Be7 11. O-O Bd7 12. Nc3 a6 13. a3 Rc8 14. c2 Na7 15. Bd3 Nc4 16. Ne2 Bb5 17. Ng3 h5 18. Ne2 Na5 19. Bxb5+ Nxb5 20. Qd3 Qb6 21. Re1 Nc4 22. Qb3 Na7 23. Qa2 Rc7 24. Rb1 Qa5 25. Rd1 Qb5 26. Nc3 Qd7 27. Qb3 b5 28. Bg5 O-O 29. Bxe7 Qxe7 30. Ne2 f6 31. exf6 Qxf6 32. Qd3 Nc6 33. Rf1 h4 34. Nd2 Rcf7 35. Nb3 e5 36. f3 e4 37. Qc3 exf3 38. Rxf3 Qg6 39. Rbf1 h3 40. Ng3 hxg2 41. Kxg2 Rxf3 42. Rxf3 Re8 43. Nc1 a5 44. b4 axb4 45. axb4 Qg4 46. Rd3 Qg5 47. Nb3 Re2+ 48. Kg1 Rb2 49. Qe1 Qg6 50. Kh1 Nxb4 51. Rf3 Rb1 52. Nc1 Nd6 53. Rb3 Rxb3 54. Nxb3 Nd3 55. Qe3 Ne4 56. Nd2 Ndf2+ 57. Kg2 Ng4 58. Qd3 Qh6 9. Ndxe4 dxe4 60. Qxe4 Qxh2+ 61. Kf3 Nf6 62. Qe6+ Kh7 63. Qf5+ Kh8 64. Qxb5 Qd2 65. Qb8+ Kh7 66. Qe5 Qd1+ 67. Kg2 Qd2+ 68. Kf3 Qd1+ 69. Kg2 Qd2+ 1/2-1/2

Hou Yifan

PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Nxe4 14. Qxe4 Nf6 15. Qd3 b5 16. Ne5 Qd5 17. Kb1 O-O 18. g4 Nd7 19. Nf3 c5 20. g5 hxg5 21. Rdg1 c4 22. Qe3 b4 23. Bxb4 Bxb4 24. Rxg5 f5 25. h6 Rf7 26. hxg7 Rxg7 27. Rhg1 Bf8 28. Rxg7+ Bxg7 29. Qh6 Kf8 30. Rxg7 Ke8 31. Qh4 Qd6 32. Ng5 Qb4 33. Qh5+ Kd8 34. Nxe6+ Kc8 35. Qe8+ 1-0





PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. a4 b4 9. d4 exd4 10. Nxd4 Na5 11. Ba2 O-O 12. c3 Rb8 13. cxb4 Rxb4 14. Nc3 c5 15. Nc2 Rb8 0-1






PGN: 1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8. Be3 d6 9. Nc3 b5 10. Bxa7 Rxa7 11. f4 Nge7 12. O-O O-O 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. f5 Ne5 6. Ne3 N7c6 17. Rad1 exf5 18. Nxf5 g6 19. Ne3 Nxd3 20. cxd3 Be6 21. Nd2 Qb6 22. Kh1 Ne5 23. Nf3 Nxf3 24. Rxf3 Qd4 25. Rg3 Re8 26. Rg5 d5 27. Nf1 dxe4 28. dxe4 Qf6 29. Rc5 Bb3 30. Rdc1 Rae7 31. Ng3 Re5 32. Qb5 h5 33. Qxa5 Rxc5 34. Qxc5 h4 35. Qb5 Qe6 36. Nf1 h3 37. Qxb4 hxg2+ 38. Kxg2 Qg4+ 39. Ng3 Bd5 40. Re1 Bc6 41. Qc4 Bd7 42. a5 Rc8 43. Qd3 Rb8 44. Re2 Qh3+ 45. Kg1 Bb5 46. Qb3 Qd7 47. Rf2 Rd8 48. Kg2 Qb7 49. Qf3 Rd3 50. Qg4 Bd7 51. Qe2 Rd6 52. Qc4 Be6 53. Qc5 Qd7 54. h4 Rd3 55. Qg5 Rb3 56. a6 Bc4 57. h5 Rb5 58. Qf6 Kh7 59. hxg6+ fxg6 60. Kg1 Qd1+ 61. Kg2 Qd7 62. Qh4+ Kg8 63. Qh6 Bf7 64. Rd2 Qc7 65. Qh4 Rb8 66. Qf6 Re8 67. Qd6 Qa7 68. b4 Rb8 69. e5 Re8 70. b5 Re6 71. Qd7 Qa8+ 72. Qb7 Qf8 73. a7 Re8 74. Rf2 Qg7 75. Qxf7+ Qxf7 76. Rxf7 Kxf7 77. b6 1-0




PGN: 1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 c6 3. e3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. Qc2 g6 6. d4 Bg7 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O b5 9. b3 Be6 10. Ne2 bxc4 11. bxc4 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Bd5 13. Ba3 Re8 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nd3 Nb6 16. Bb3 a5 17. Nc5 N8d7 18. e4 Bxb3 19. axb3 Qc7 20. Rfc1 e5 21. Bb2 exd4 22. Bxd4 Nxc5 23. Qxc5 Rxe4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Ng3 Re6 26. h4 Nd7 27. Qd4+ Nf6 28. Rc5 Rb8 29. Qc3 h5 30. Rcxa5 Qb6 31. Ra6 Qxb3 32. Rxc6 Qxc3 33. Rxc3 Rb4 34. Rc7 Ne8 35. Rca7 Rxh4 36. f3 Rc4 37. Ne4 Rc7 38. Rxc7 Nxc7 39. Rd1 Re7 40. Nc5 Kf6 41. Ne4+ Ke5 42. Nc3 f5 43. Kf2 f4 44. g3 fxg3+ 45. Kxg3 Kf5 46. Rd8 g5 47. Rf8+ Kg6 48. Rg8+ Rg7 49. Rb8 Ne6 50. Rb6 Kf7 51. Ne4 Rg6 52. Rb7+ Kg8 53. Rb8+ Kh7 54. Rb7+ Kg8 55. Rb8+ Kh7 56. Rb7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2




PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 Bg4 5. Bxc4 e6 6. h3 Bh5 7. Qb3 Bxf3 8. gxf3 Qc8 . Nc3 a6 10. Bd2 c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Rc1 Nc6 13. Na4 Ba7 14. Bc3 b5 15. Bxf6 bxa4 16. Qxa4 gxf6 17. Bd3 Qd7 18. Rxc6 Bc5 19. Ke2 Ke7 20. Rd1 Rhd8 21. Qe4 Qd5 22. Rc7+ Rd7 23. Rxd7+ 1-0

Round one results

Name	Fed.	Ti.	Rtng	Result	Name	Fed.	Ti.	Rtng
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	g	2507	1-0	Mezioud, Amina	ALG	wm	2029
Greeff, Melissa	RSA	wg	2082	0-1	Koneru, Humpy	IND	g	2600
Hou, Yifan	CHN	g	2591	1-0	Heredia Serrano, Carla	ECU	wm	2087
Mona, Khaled	EGY	wg	2093	0-1	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	g	2581
Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	g	2551	1-0	Kagramanov, Dina	CAN	wm	2101
Aliaga Fernandez, Ingrid Y	PER	wf	2154	0-1	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	g	2548
Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	m	2530	1-0	Zuriel, Marisa	ARG	wm	2208
Yildiz, Betul Cemre	TUR	wm	2225	½-½	Cramling, Pia	SWE	g	2526
Harika, Dronavalli	IND	m	2525	½-½	Nadig, Kruttika	IND	wg	2230
Caoili, Arianne	AUS	wm	2242	- +	Ju, Wenjun	CHN	wg	2524
Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	g	2522	1-0	Ozturk, Kubra	TUR	wm	2264
Demina, Julia	RUS	wg	2323	0-1	Cmilyte, Viktorija	LTU	g	2514
Chiburdanidze, Maia	GEO	g	2502	1-0	Meenakshi Subbaraman	IND	wg	2328
Soumya, Swaminathan	IND	wg	2332	0-1	Socko, Monika	POL	g	2495
Sebag, Marie	FRA	g	2494	1-0	Vasilevich, Irina	RUS	m	2333
Baginskaite, Camilla	USA	wg	2336	0-1	Ruan, Lufei	CHN	wg	2480
Mkrtchian, Lilit	ARM	m	2479	½-½	Zhang, Xiaowen	CHN	wg	2339
Lomineishvili, Maia	GEO	m	2347	0-1	Zatonskih, Anna	USA	m	2478
Zhu, Chen	QAT	g	2477	1-0	Muminova, Nafisa	UZB	wm	2360
Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	ECU	m	2363	0-1	Zhao, Xue	CHN	g	2474
Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	m	2474	½-½	Zawadzka, Jolanta	POL	wg	2368
Ding, Yixin	CHN	wg	2370	1-0	Hoang Thanh Trang	HUN	g	2473
Pogonina, Natalija	RUS	wg	2472	0-1	Kovanova, Baira	RUS	wg	2380
Shadrina, Tatiana	RUS	wg	2384	1-0	Danielian, Elina	ARM	g	2466
Muzychuk, Mariya	UKR	m	2462	1-0	Cori T., Deysi	PER	wg	2384
Ovod, Evgenija	RUS	m	2387	1-0	Shen, Yang	CHN	wg	2461
Ushenina, Anna	UKR	m	2460	½-½	Huang, Qian	CHN	wg	2402
Foisor, Cristina-Adela	ROU	m	2403	½-½	Skripchenko, Almira	FRA	m	2460
Dembo, Yelena	GRE	m	2454	½-½	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	MGL	m	2409
Romanko, Marina	RUS	m	2414	½-½	Zhukova, Natalia	UKR	g	2447
Rajlich, Iweta	POL	m	2446	- +	Houska, Jovanka	ENG	m	2421
Khukhashvili, Sopiko	GEO	m	2430	½-½	Turova, Irina	RUS	m	2439

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