Women's Grand Prix round 1 wrap up
Women's Grand Prix round 1 wrap up
The first round of the 6th stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix tournament got under way in the building of TCF on the 16th of September 2012. The President of TCF, FIDE Vice-President Ali Nihat Yazici made symbolic move 1.e4 in the game between Betul Yildiz and Humpy Koneru.
In spite of the fact that the current Women's World Champion Hou Yifan has already won the Grand Prix 2011-2012 and cannot be caught by any of the other player, the one who placed second in the Series still have the chance to become the challenger in the match in 2013
It might be possible if current world champion will also win World Cup in Khanty-Mansiysk on December 2012. Anna Muzychuk, Humpy Koneru, Zhao Xue and Ju Wenjun keep the chances for the second place in Grand Prix Series 2011-2012.
Therefore the opening round passed in a tense struggle on all the boards and, as a result, only two games finished peacefully. Chinese players Ruan Lufei and Zhao Xue won their games against Kubra Ozturk and Antoaneta Stefanova respectively. Their compatriot Ju Wenjun made a draw with the top-seed of the tournament Anna Muzychuk. Viktorija Cmilyte and Humpy Koneru overplayed with black pieces Monika Socko and Betul Yildiz. The longest game of the first round between Munguntuul Batkhuyag and Tatiana Kosintseva finished in a draw.
Munguntuul Batkhuyag - Tatiana Kosintseva 1/2-1/2
Munguntuul Batkhuyag: “The game was very complicated. it seemed white had a good position as they had an extra pawn. So maybe I had to play different way but I didn’t really see how I could improve my position. I didn’t see direct win at any moment. “
Tatiana Kosintseva: “After the opening we’ve got into complicated Spanish position. In one moment I started to play not very well. I made few inaccurate moves and white took the initiative. Maybe I should have played 25…Bc8 instead of 25…h5 in order to have 26…g5 if white play 26.h5. In the endgame with opposite color bishop I sacrificed a pawn. I think it was necessary otherwise the rooks of my opponent could have come to the eighth rank. Later on I was trying just to escape.”
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