Kazan Chess Grand Prix Top: Koneru Muzychuk Cmilyte Hou Kosteniuk Danielian

One of the strongest women’s chess tournaments ever, the 2012 Kazan Chess Grand Prix just ended! Congratulations to Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk for their 7.5 points win. Cmilyte and the current world champion Hou Yifan ended up with 7 points, and I (Alexandra Kosteniuk) finished 5th with Danielian 6th. Tatiana Kosintseva 7th, Lahno 8th, Stefanova 9th, Nadezhda Kosintseva 10th, Galliamova 11th and Yildiz 12th. I am pretty happy with my result, with 4 wins, against Cmilyte, Galliamova, Danielian and Yildiz, and a good finish 2.5/3 which will let me gain about 15 ELO points in the next FIDE rating list. Below is the full results table. The official site has a great photo gallery.




Women Grand Prix Kazan 2012
Ranking crosstable after Round 11
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	2	GM	Humpy Koneru	2589	IND	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	1	1	7.5	0.5	36.75	3
2	12	GM	Anna Muzychuk	2598	SLO	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	1	7.5	0.5	36.5	3
3	5	GM	Viktorija Cmilyte	2508	LTU	½	½	*	1	0	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	7	1	35	3
4	11	GM	Hou Yifan	2623	CHN	½	½	0	*	1	1	1	½	1	½	1	0	7	0	37.25	4
5	9	GM	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2457	RUS	½	½	1	0	*	1	½	0	½	0	1	1	6	1	31	3.5
6	1	GM	Elina Danielian	2484	ARM	½	½	½	0	0	*	1	1	½	1	0	1	6	0	30.75	2.5
7	4	GM	Tatiana Kosintseva	2532	RUS	½	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	1	5.5	0	27.5	2
8	8	GM	Keteryana Lahno	2546	UKR	0	½	½	½	1	0	0	*	½	½	1	½	5	0	25.5	2.5
9	7	GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2518	BUL	0	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	1	½	½	4.5	1	22	2
10	6	GM	Nadezhda Kosintseva	2528	RUS	½	0	0	½	1	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	4.5	0	22.75	2.5
11	10	IM	Alisa Galliamova	2484	RUS	0	0	0	0	0	1	½	0	½	0	*	1	3	0	13.5	1.5
12	3	WGM	Betul Cemre Yildiz	2333	TUR	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	½	½	0	*	2.5	0	14	1







Above: Congratulations to the top 2 winners Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru (with Kirsan Ilyumzhinov)







Above: At the prize ceremony of the 2012 Kazan Chess Grand Prix







Above: Chess Queen™ Alexandra Kosteniuk getting her prize







Above: Kazan is a beautiful city for sightseeing!







Above: The Kazan 2012 Chess Grand Prix was one of the strongest women’s tournaments ever!







Above: I’m playing Humpy Koneru in the 10th round (the game was drawn)







Above: A happy moment: Antoaneta Stefanova, Alexandra Kosteniuk and Anna Muzychuk




Here is my game of the last round against Yildiz. The analysis and game applet was generated by the chess software “Chess King” and the board colors were changed to pink for this site.




Kosteniuk, Alexandra (2457) – Yildiz, Betul Cemre (2333)

Result: 1-0

Site: Kazan, RUS

Date: 2012.06.22

[…] 1.e4 e5 2.¤f3 ¤c6 3.¥b5 The Ruy Lopez opening 3…a6 4.¥a4 ¤ge7 5.c3 g6 6.d4 exd4 7.cxd4 b5 8.¥c2 d5 +0.419.¤c3 +0.26 N

(9.exd5 ¤xd5 10.O-O ¥g7 11.¥g5 f6 12.¥h4 O-O 13.¤c3 ¤xc3 …1/2-1/2, Nadanian Ashot 2436 – Turov Maxim 2643 , Jermuk 6/20/2011 Memorial Karen Asrian (open))

(9.e5 ¥g7 10.¤bd2 O-O 11.h3 f6 12.exf6 ¦xf6 13.O-O £f8 …1/2-1/2, Karjakin Sergey 2772 – Aronian Levon 2807 , Monaco 3/24/2011 It “Amber” (active))

(9.¥g5 dxe4 10.¥xe4 £d6 11.O-O f6 12.¥h4 ¥g7 13.¥g3 £d7 …1-0, Gara Ticia 2375 – Papp Petra 2256 , Szeged 10/ 4/2011 Ch Hungary (w))

(9.O-O ¥g7 10.exd5 ¤b4 11.¥b3 ¤bxd5 12.¦e1 O-O 13.¥g5 £d6 …1/2-1/2, Maximov Dmitry 2492 – Kryvoruchko Yuriy 2666 , Alushta 5/ 5/2011 Ch Ukraine (1/2 final))

9…¥g7 +0.2410.¥g5 +0.15 The position after the opening is equal, now middle game is starting

10…h6 +0.1711.¥h4 -0.17

(11.¥xe7 +0.18 11…¤xe7 +0.18 12.e5 +0.15 12…O-O +0.22 13.O-O +0.22)

11…¥g4 -0.1712.e5 -0.2412…¥xf3 -0.0613.gxf3 -0.1113…g5 +0.0514.¥g3 +0.0514…£d7 +0.0015.a4 +0.0015…b4 +0.0516.¤e2 +0.0016…£h3 +0.1217.f4 +0.1217…a5 +0.2718.£d3 +0.1818…¦b8 +0.62*

(18…b3 +0.18 19.£xb3 +0.26 19…¤b4 +0.26 20.¦c1 +0.26)

19.b3 +0.6219…f5 +0.6220.exf6 +0.33*

(20.O-O-O +0.64 20…¤d8 +0.72)

20…¥xf6 +0.3321.O-O-O +0.3321…¢d7 +0.3322.f5 +0.2822…¦hf8 +0.2823.£f3 +0.17

(23.¦he1 +0.29 23…¥g7 +0.15)

23…¥g7 +0.1024.¤g1 -0.14

(24.¦he1 +0.11 24…¦xf5 +0.15)

24…¦xf5 25.£e2 -0.1425…£g2 -0.1426.¥xf5+ -0.1326…¤xf5 -0.1527.¤f3 -0.44*

(27.£g4 -0.15 27…¦f8 -0.37 28.¤e2 -0.22 28…¢c8 -0.37)

(27.£f3 -0.80 27…£xf3 -0.76 28.¤xf3 -0.60 28…¤fxd4 -0.68 29.¤xd4 -0.68)

27…¤fxd4 +3.78*

(27…¦e8 -0.44 28.¤e5+ -0.29 28…¥xe5 -0.41 29.dxe5 -0.33)

(27…¤xg3 +0.00 28.hxg3 +0.00 28…¦f8 +0.00 29.¤e5+ +0.00 29…¤xe5 +0.00)

28.¤xd4 +3.7128…¤xd4 +3.0429.£g4+ +2.1629…¢c6 +2.1630.¦he1 +2.2730…¤xb3+ +3.1931.¢b1 +2.9431…¥f8 +3.7632.¦e6+ +3.7632…¥d6 +3.5833.£e2 +3.5833…£h3 +12.6334.¥xd6 +12.49 Mate is approaching 34…£f5+ +10.5735.¢b2 +9.4135…cxd6 +299.9636.£a6+ +299.9736…¢c5 +299.9737.£xd6+ +299.9837…¢c4 +299.9838.¦e2 +299.9438…¦f8 +299.9839.£c6+ Mate next move. Black resigns.




And the press conference with analysis of the game in video:




The photos from the official site are by Rashit Shiriyazdanov and Anastasiya Karlovich.







Posted by Chess Queen™ Grandmaster Alexandra Kosteniuk
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