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

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

Hello Everyone,

Want to check out some games from Round 3a at the Women's World Chess Championship currently on in Hatay, Turkey? Here is the official website. However, you can play the moves in the pgnplayer for our games below or simply run the flashplayer. Enjoy. (And, don't forget to leave comments!)

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 Ne4 7. Qc2 c5 8. dxc5 Nc6 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Nf3 Qf6 11. h4 Bf5 12. Bg5 Qe6 13. Qc1 h6 14. Be3 Qf6 15. Bg5 Qe6 16. Bf4 d4 17. e3 O-O 18. Bc4 Qf6 19. exd4 Nxd4 20. Nxd4 Qxd4 21. Be3 Qf6 22. O-O Qxh4 23. Bd5 Qe7 24. Re1 Rad8 25. Bxe4 Qxe4 26. Bg5 hxg5 27. Rxe4 Bxe4 28. Qxg5 Bc6 29. Re1 Rd5 30. Qc1 Rfd8 31. b4 a6 32. Qf4 R5d7 33. Re3 Rd4 34. Qc7 R4d7 35. Qg3 Rd1+ 36. Kh2 R8d5 37. Qb8+ Rd8 38. Qc7 R1d7 39. Qf4 Rd4 40. Qf5 Rh4+ 41. Rh3 g6 42. Qc2 Rg4 43. f3 Rgd4 44. Qc3 R8d5 45. Kg3 Rg5+ 46. Kf2 Rgd5 47. Ke3 Bd7 48. Rh1 1-0




PGN: 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. b4 Be7 7. O-O d5 8. exd5 Nxd5 9. b5 Na5 10. Nxe5 Nxc4 11. dxc4 Nb6 12. Ba3 Bxa3 13. Qxd8 Rxd8 14. Nxa3 Na4 15. Rac1 f6 16. Nf3 Bg4 17. Nd4 Nxc3 18. Rxc3 Rxd4 19. Nc2 Rd2 20. Nb4 Rad8 21. h3 Be2 22. Rfc1 Rd1+ 23. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 24. Kh2 Rd4 25. Nd5 Rxc4 26. Re3 Bh5 27. Ra3 Rc5 28. Nf4 Bf7 29. Rxa7 g5 30. Ne2 Rxb5 31. Nd4 Rd5 32. Ne2 Rd2 33. Nc3 Rb2 34. a4 c5 35. Ne4 c4 36. Nxf6+ Kg7 37. Ne4 Bd5 38. Nc3 Bc6 39. Ra5 Kf6 40. Rc5 Kg6 41. Kg1 Rb4 42. a5 Bd7 43. Kf1 h6 44. Ke2 Be6 45. Ke3 Rb2 46. Rb5 Rxb5 47. Nxb5 Bd5 48. f3 Bc6 49. Nd6 c3 50. Kd3 h5 51. Kxc3 g4 52. hxg4 hxg4 53. Ne4 Kf5 54. Kd4 gxf3 55. gxf3 Kf4 56. Nd2 Bb5 57. Kc5 Ba6 58. Kb6 Ke3 59. Ne4 Kxf3 60. Nc5 Bf1 61. Nxb7 Ke4 62. Nd6+ Kd5 63. Nb5 Ke6 64. a6 Kd7 65. a7 Bg2 66. Na3 Be4 67. Nc4 Ba8 68. Ne5+ Kd6 69. Nd3 Kd7 70. Nc5+ Kd6 71. Nb7+ Kd7 72. Na5 Kd6 73. Nc4+ 1/2-1/2

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. e4 Nc6 4. Nf3 Bg4 5. d5 Ne5 6. Bf4 Ng6 7. Be3 Nf6 8. Bxc4 e5 9. Nbd2 Bd6 10. Qb3 Bc8 11. Bb5+ Nd7 12. Bg5 f6 13. Be3 O-O 14. O-O a6 15. Bd3 Nf4 16. Rfc1 Nxd3 17. Qxd3 Nb6 18. Rc2 Bd7 19. b3 f5 20. a4 a5 21. Rac1 h6 22. Bc5 fxe4 23. Nxe4 Bf5 24. Nfd2 Bxc5 25. Rxc5 Rf7 26. Nf3 Rd7 27. Nxe5 Rxd5 28. Rxd5 Qxd5 29. Nf6+ gxf6 30. Qxf5 Qxe5 31. Qg6+ Kf8 32. Qxh6+ Ke8 33. Qh8+ Ke7 34. Qg7+ Ke6 35. Kf1 Qd4 36. Re1+ Kd5 37. Qf7+ Kc5 38. Qe7+ Kd5 39. Qf7+ Kc5 40. Qxc7+ Kb4 41. Qe7+ Kxb3 42. Re3+ Kc2 43. Re2+ Kb3 44. Re3+ Kc2 45. Qh7+ Kb2 46. Re2+ Ka3 47. Qb1 Qc4 48. Qxb6 Re8 49. Qd6+ Kb3 50. Qd1+ Ka3 51. Qd6+ Kb3 52. Qd1+ Ka3 53. Qd6+ 1/2-1/2

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