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Thanks to a powerful end, scoring 5 factors over her final six video games, GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia received the primary leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Astana, Kazakhstan. She completed half a degree forward of her compatriot GM Aleksandra Goryachkina of Russia whereas WGM Zhu Jiner of China got here third.
When we final reported on the match, six rounds had been performed, and Goryachkina and Zhu have been in a tie for first place. Lagno had crushed GM Tan Zhongyi in that sixth spherical, and he or she continued with three extra wins vs. the 2 German members WGM Dinara Wagner and IM Elisabeth Paehtz, after which additionally Zhu.
Lagno’s final two video games have been considerably disappointing as they each led to attracts shortly, in each instances with a widely known theoretical variation that results in a transfer repetition proper out of the opening.
Because Goryachkina was held to a draw within the last spherical, Lagno completed in sole first place (incomes 15,000 euros), 4 weeks after successful the Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship. She remained undefeated in a match the place she scored plus 5.
Two of her wins have been fairly attention-grabbing and had in widespread that Lagno did not fort. Against Tan, she appeared to begin enjoying on the kingside however then reacted strongly to her opponent’s untimely pawn break on the opposite facet of the board, finally trapping the queen:
After the remainder day, Wagner provoked Lagno to begin pushing her pawns on the kingside and this time it was certainly the beginning of a powerful assault on the opponent’s king. In this case, it was concept for a very long time:
Wagner (née Dordzhieva) is a Kalmyk-born participant who moved to Germany in 2021 and married German GM Dennis Wagner. Shortly after the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine, she modified her federation from Russia to Germany.
Her win within the last spherical over GM Polina Shuvalova set a rating of 5/11 for Wagner, ok for her first IM norm. It might show helpful for her to have this norm over 11 rounds, as a result of her subsequent match is the European Club Cup subsequent week, the place a norm over seven rounds would get her to 18 video games. Then a norm over 9 extra video games could be enough (aside from breaking 2400).
Goryachkina dropped behind Lagno within the last spherical after a draw with IM Vaishali R. The older sister of GM Praggnananadhaa R. bought an invite (after GM Humpy Koneru needed to withdraw for medical causes) and scored 5/11 as nicely.
Vaishali was, in truth, dominating that final sport and missed a win within the rook endgame:
Despite this slight disappointment on the finish, Vaishali was in good spirits: “It was simply a tremendous expertise to play in opposition to all of the sturdy girls gamers. It’s my first Grand Prix. I hope to work more durable, get stronger, and win the Grand Prix cycle subsequent 12 months!”
FIDE Women GP Astana 2022 | Final Standings
All video games rounds 7-11
The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix First Leg (of 4) befell September 18-29, 2022, in Astana, Kazakhstan. The format was a round-robin match with 12 gamers. The time management was 90 minutes for the primary 40 strikes, adopted by half-hour for the remainder of the sport, plus a 30-second increment beginning on transfer one. The prize fund was 80,000 euros.
Three extra legs on this Women’s Grand Prix comply with: one in Munich, Germany (February 1-14, 2023) one in India in March 2023, and one in Bydgoscz, Poland in May 2023. The prime two finishers within the general GP standings will qualify for the Women’s Candidates Tournament.
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