Forwarded from Unity Chess Club
Grandmaster Irina Krush made it through to the round of 32 by defeating IM Gaponenko 2-0 in rapid playoff.
Sabina Foisor lost 0-2 against Antoaneta Stefanova and couldn't advance to the next round.
Big names who got eliminated today: Natalia Zhokova, Sabina Foisor and Elina Danielian.
Big names who got eliminated yesterday: Lela Javakhishvili, Alina Kashlinskaya, Elisabeth Paehtz and Olga Girya.
Unibet is expecting to take more money on this month’s FIDE World Chess Championship showdown than some of the summer’s Fifa World Cup games.
21.f3! [White secures his center and prepares Ng4. However, he could immediately have played it.]
[21.Ng4! Nxg4 (21...Nh7 22.Nh5!±) 22.hxg4 Be7 (22...Bxg4? 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5+ Bg7 25.Qxg4+–) 23.f3 a5 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Rec8 26.Rfc1 a4 27.b4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 axb3 29.Ra7 Rb7 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qb2±; 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.h4 gxh4 23.Nxh4 Ng4 24.Nhf5 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Qd8 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.f4 Bg7 29.Nef5 Bxf5 30.Nxf5±]
21...Qd8 22.Ng4 a5 23.b3 Bg7 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxc5! dxc5 26.Ne3! [The strong retreat to attack the pawn on c4 and win control over the f5–square.]
26...Bb5 27.Bd1! Nd7 28.Rb1 Ba6 29.Ba4! Qc7 30.Ngf5 [30.Nef5 Bf8 31.Nh5 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qd5 Bc8 36.Be8!! Be6 37.Qxe5 Nd7 (37...Qxe8 38.Nf6+) 38.Bxd7 Bxd7 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Nxd7++–]
30...Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 33.d6 Qd8 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Nf5+ Kg6 36.d7 Bb7 37.Qd6+ [37.Qd6+ f6 38.Qe7 Qxe7 39.Nxe7+ Kf7 40.d8Q+–]1–0
[21.Ng4! Nxg4 (21...Nh7 22.Nh5!±) 22.hxg4 Be7 (22...Bxg4? 23.Bxg5 hxg5 24.Qxg5+ Bg7 25.Qxg4+–) 23.f3 a5 24.b3 cxb3 25.axb3 Rec8 26.Rfc1 a4 27.b4 Nb3 28.Bxb3 axb3 29.Ra7 Rb7 30.Rxb7 Qxb7 31.Qb2±; 21.Nf3 Kh7 22.h4 gxh4 23.Nxh4 Ng4 24.Nhf5 Nxe3 25.Nxe3 Qd8 26.b4 cxb3 27.axb3 a5 28.f4 Bg7 29.Nef5 Bxf5 30.Nxf5±]
21...Qd8 22.Ng4 a5 23.b3 Bg7 24.bxc4 bxc4 25.Bxc5! dxc5 26.Ne3! [The strong retreat to attack the pawn on c4 and win control over the f5–square.]
26...Bb5 27.Bd1! Nd7 28.Rb1 Ba6 29.Ba4! Qc7 30.Ngf5 [30.Nef5 Bf8 31.Nh5 Rxb1 32.Rxb1 Rb8 33.Rxb8 Nxb8 34.d6 Qd8 35.Qd5 Bc8 36.Be8!! Be6 37.Qxe5 Nd7 (37...Qxe8 38.Nf6+) 38.Bxd7 Bxd7 39.Ne7+ Kh7 40.Nf6+ Kh8 41.Nxd7++–]
30...Rxb1 31.Rxb1 Rb8 32.Rxb8+ Nxb8 33.d6 Qd8 34.Nxg7 Kxg7 35.Nf5+ Kg6 36.d7 Bb7 37.Qd6+ [37.Qd6+ f6 38.Qe7 Qxe7 39.Nxe7+ Kf7 40.d8Q+–]1–0