Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Congress R7 - Great games girls play

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Hi everyone,

Have you read our earlier report on the happenings during the seventh round at the Tradewise Gibraltar Chess Congress 2011 here at www.chessblog.com? Here are some nice games from the same round. Enjoy.

You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

Salome Melia

PGN: 1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8. Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 O-O 10. O-O Be7 11. Re1 Bf6 12. Nxd5 exd5 13. Ne5 Qb6 14. Bc3 g6 15. a4 a5 16. Qf3 Ne7 17. Bb5 Kg7 18. b4 axb4 19. Bxb4 Qxd4 20. Qa3 Bxe5 21. Rad1 Qb2 22. Rxe5 Qxe5 23. Bc3 d4 24. Bxd4 Qxd4 25. Rxd4 Nf5 26. Rd1 Kg8 27. Qf3 h5 28. h3 Rb8 29. Bc4 Ng7 30. Bxf7+ 1-0

Anna Zatonskih

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. g3 c5 5. Bg2 Qa5+ 6. Qd2 Qxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Nc6 9. N2b3 Ng4 10. Nb5 O-O 11. Na3 Nge5 12. O-O b6 13. f4 Ng4 14. h3 Nf6 15. e4 Rd8 16. e5 Ne8 17. Be3 Ba6 18. Nd4 Nxd4 19. Bxd4 Rac8 20. b3 d5 21. Bf2 dxc4 22. Nxc4 Bxc4 23. bxc4 Rxc4 24. Rfd1 Rcc8 25. a4 f6 26. Rxd8 Rxd8 27. a5 fxe5 28. axb6 axb6 29. Bxb6 Rd3 30. Ra7 Kf7 31. Bc5 Nd6 32. Bxd6 Rxd6 33. Ra4 Rd2 34. fxe5 Bxe5 35. Ra2 Bd4+ 36. Kf1 Rd3 37. g4 Kf6 38. Ra5 e5 39. Rb5 Rd2 40. Be4 Kg5 41. Rb7 Kf4 42. Bc6 Rc2 43. Rf7+ Ke3 44. Bb7 e4 45. Re7 Rf2+ 46. Kg1 Rf4 47. Kg2 h6 48. Kg3 g5 49. h4 Bc3 50. hxg5 hxg5 51. Bd5 Kd3 52. Bc6 Ke3 53. Re8 Be1+ 54. Kh3 Kf3 55. Ra8 Rxg4 56. Ra3+ Kf4 57. Ra4 Rg3+ 58. Kh2 Re3 59. Kg2 Bh4 60. Rb4 g4 61. Bd5 Bf6 62. Ra4 Be5 63. Bc6 g3 64. Ra2 Rc3 65. Bd5 Bd4 66. Re2 e3 67. Bb7 Rd3 68. Bc6 Bc3 69. Bb7 Rd1 70. Ba6 Be1 71. Bb7 Bf2 72. Bc6 Rd6 73. Bb7 Rd2 74. Bf3 Kg5 75. Kf1 Kf5 76. Rxd2 exd2 77. Ke2 Be1 78. Bg2 Ke5 79. Bf3 Kd4 80. Bg2 Kc3 81. Be4 g2 0-1

Irina Krush

PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 e6 4. e3 Nf6 5. b3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bb2 Bd6 9. Nbd2 O-O 10. Qe2 Qe7 11. Rad1 e5 12. dxe5 Nxe5 13. cxd5 Nxd3 14. Qxd3 cxd5 15. Nd4 Qe5 16. N2f3 Qe4 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. Rc1 Rxc1 19. Rxc1 Rc8 20. Rxc8+ Bxc8 21. Qd1 Ba6 22. Nc6 Qe8 23. Bxf6 Qxc6 24. Be5 Bxe5 25. Nxe5 Qc3 26. Nf3 Bd3 27. Nd4 b5 28. a3 a5 29. h4 h6 30. Qf3 Be4 31. Qf4 a4 32. Qb8+ Kh7 33. Qxb5 Bd3 34. Qxd5 Qe1+ 35. Kh2 Qxf2 36. Nf3 Bc2 37. bxa4 Qxe3 38. Qxf7 Qxa3 39. Qf4 Qxa4 40. Qxa4 Bxa4 1/2-1/2

Of course there are other pretty girls at the tournament and other pretty games they played. For that, check the official website here.


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