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Thanks to a powerful end, scoring 5 factors over her final six video games, GM Kateryna Lagno of Russia gained 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 had 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 versus the 2 German individuals WGM Dinara Wagner and IM Elisabeth Paehtz, after which additionally Zhu.
Lagno’s final two video games had been considerably disappointing as they each resulted in attracts rapidly, in each circumstances 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 remaining spherical, Lagno completed in sole first place (incomes 15,000 euros), 4 weeks after profitable the Chess.com Women’s Speed Chess Championship. She remained undefeated in a match the place she scored plus 5.
Two of her wins had been fairly attention-grabbing and had in widespread that Lagno did not fort. Against Tan, she appeared to start out taking part in 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 remaining day, Wagner provoked Lagno to start out 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 principle 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 battle in Ukraine, she modified her federation from Russia to Germany.
Her win within the remaining spherical over GM Polina Shuvalova set a rating of 5/11 for Wagner, adequate for her first IM norm. It may 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 adequate (other than breaking 2400).
Goryachkina dropped behind Lagno within the remaining spherical after a draw with IM Vaishali R. The older sister of GM Praggnananadhaa R. obtained 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 recreation 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 towards all of the robust girls gamers. It’s my first Grand Prix. I hope to work more durable, get stronger, and win the Grand Prix cycle subsequent yr!”
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 high two finishers within the total GP standings will qualify for the Women’s Candidates Tournament.
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