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R7 results -

Gunina,V (2502) 0-1 Ju,W (2576)

Koneru,H (2560) 1-0 Stefanova,A (2491)

Lagno,K (2545) 1/2 Paehtz,E (2479)

Sebag,M (2450) 1/2 Goryachkina,A (2564)

Kashlinskaya,A (2487) 0-1 Kosteniuk,A (2495)

Harika,D (2503) 1-0 Cramling,P (2487)

1. Ju 5.5/7

2. Koneru 5/7

3-4. Goryachkina, Lagno 4.5/7

5. Paehtz 4/7

6-8. Gunina, Harika, Kosteniuk 3.5/7

9. Seba 2.5/7

10-11. Stefanova, Kashlinskaya 2/7

12. Cramling 1.5/7

Tomorrow we have

Ju, Wenjun - Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Kashlinskaya, Alina
Cramling, Pia - Sebag, Marie
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Harika, Dronavalli
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Koneru, Humpy
Gunina, Valentina - Lagno, Kateryna

Seventy moves for Cramling yesterday

Yesterday, as Black, she looked to be on the ropes in the opening... but reached an equalish ending with pawns and B & N v. B & B.

However, she made the mistake of exchanging her N for the wrong colour bishop and ended up in a same colour bishops ending with 1 pawn against 2...

Hope she does better today.

Wins for Ju, Koneru and, would you believe Cramling today. Gunina will also score a full point if she can convert her extra pawn in a rook ending against Lagno.

Gunina,V vs Lagno,Kateryna

1. e4 e5 2. Bc4 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. d3 Na5 5. Bg5 Be7 6. Bxf6 Bxf6 7. Nd5 O-O 8. h4 c6 9. Nxf6+ Qxf6 10. Qd2 Nxc4 11. dxc4 d6 12. O-O-O Be6 13. Nf3 Rad8 14. b3 d5 15. cxd5 cxd5 16. Qe3 d4 17. Qg5 Qxg5+ 18. hxg5 f6 19. Rh4 Bf7 20. gxf6 gxf6 21. Ne1 Bg6 22. Nd3 Rde8 23. f3 f5 24. exf5 Rxf5 25. Re1 Rg5 26. Re2 b6 27. Kd2 h5 28. Ke1 Kg7 29. Kf2 Kf6 30. Kg1 Rf5 31. Kh2 Rc8 32. f4 exf4 33. Nxf4 Bf7 34. Nd3 Rd8 35. Ree4 Rc8 36. Ne1 Bg6 37. Rxd4 Rf1 38. Rdf4+ Rxf4 39. Rxf4+ Ke5 40. Ra4 Bxc2 41. Nxc2 Rxc2 42. Rxa7 Kf5 43. Ra4 Rb2 44. Kg3 Kg5 45. Ra8 Kf5 46. Rf8+ Kg5 47. Rf2 h4+ 48. Kf3 Rb1 49. Rd2 Rf1+ 50. Ke2 Ra1 51. Kf2 Rc1 52. Rd5+ Kg4 53. Rd4+ Kg5 54. a4 Rc2+ 55. Kg1 Rc3 56. Rb4 Rc6 57. Kh2 Rd6 58. Kg1 Rf6 59. Re4 Rc6 60. Kf2 Rc3 61. Re3 Rc5 62. Ke2 b5 63. axb5 Rxb5 64. Kd2 Kg4 65. Ke2 Ra5 66. Kf2 Rb5 67. Rd3 Rb4 68. Rc3 Rf4+ 69. Kg1 Rf8 70. b4 Rb8 71. Rb3 Rb5 72. Kf2 Kf4 73. Ke1 *

Thanks, Mick.

Gunina duly won K & Q v. k & pawn on h2.

R8 results -

Ju 1-0 Kosteniuk

Paehtz 0-1 Koneru

Goryachkina 1/2 Kashlinskaya

Gunina 1-0 Lagno

Cramling 1-0 Sebag

Stefanova 1/2 Harika

Tomorrow:

Lagno, Kateryna - Ju, Wenjun
Koneru, Humpy - Gunina, Valentina
Harika, Dronavalli - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Sebag, Marie - Stefanova, Antoaneta
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Cramling, Pia
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Goryachkina, Aleksandra

Standings -

1.Ju (2576) 6.5/8
2.Koneru (2560) 6/8
3.Goryachkina (2564) 5/8
4-5.Lagno (2545), Gunina (2502) 4.5/8
6-7.Harika (2503), Paehtz (2479) 4/8
8.Kosteniuk (2495) 3.5/8
9-12.Stefanova (2491), Cramling (2487) ,Kashlinskaya (2487), Sebag (2450) 2.5/8

Mick Norris wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 19, 2019 9:13 pm

Tomorrow:

Lagno, Kateryna - Ju, Wenjun
Koneru, Humpy - Gunina, Valentina
Harika, Dronavalli - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Sebag, Marie - Stefanova, Antoaneta
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Cramling, Pia
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Goryachkina, Aleksandra

Tomorrow has become today and play has just started.

Thouhht you'd seen the last of the Blumenfeld Gambit? Gunina giving it a punt today.

Ju under a little pressure for once.

Ju loses, which means Koneru takes the lead if she finishes off Gunina. But Goryachkina is also in the mix, as she has absolutely trashed Kosteniuk in a Winawer.

Saturday:

Ju, Wenjun (6.5) - Goryachkina, Aleksandra (6)
Cramling, Pia - Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Kashlinskaya, Alina
Paehtz, Elisabeth - Sebag, Marie
Gunina, Valentina - Harika, Dronavalli
Lagno, Kateryna (5.5) - Koneru, Humpy (7)

Sunday:
Koneru, Humpy - Ju, Wenjun
Harika, Dronavalli - Lagno, Kateryna
Sebag, Marie - Gunina, Valentina
Kashlinskaya, Alina - Paehtz, Elisabeth
Kosteniuk, Alexandra - Stefanova, Antoaneta
Goryachkina, Aleksandra - Cramling, Pia

The world championship rehearsal looking very much like a win for Ju, which would put her and Koneru level and a point and a half clear of the rest with one round to play, in which they meet. I wonder how that will go.

Ju ended up drawing, as did Lagno, so we will have

Koneru, Humpy (7.5) - Ju, Wenjun (7)