Quick 5-minute Summary
FIDE struggled this year to find a sponsor for the Women’s World Championship, but the usual ‘last resort’ Khanty-Mansiysk bravely stepped up to the plate. The first game was played on Saturday. The event finishes on the 25th.
Basic Details
A 64-player knock-out event; time control 90 minutes for 40 moves followed by 30 minutes to finish (plus 30′ per move). First prize is $60k, plus the world title.
Nobody can quite understand why the current world title holder Ju Wenjun, who won the title just some short months ago, must play in this knock out, but FIDE has long neglected to put its house into order with respect to sound and viable rules for the Women’s World Championships. Dvorkovich has promised to do so in time for the next cycle.
Round 1 Results
Some Games
Hardegen – Wenjun Khany-Mansiysk 3.11.2018 (0-1)
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1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 g6 4.d4 exd4 5.Nxd4 Bg7 6.Be3 Nf6 7.Nc3
O-O 8.O-O Re8 9.f3 a6 10.Nxc6 bxc6 11.Ba4 Bb7 12.Qd2 d6 13.Rad1
Nd7 14.Qf2 Qe7 15.Rfe1 Rad8 16.Bb3 Bf6 17.Qf1 Nb6 18.a4 a5 19.Bf2
Qf8 20.Kh1 c5 21.Qb5 Ra8 22.Nd5 Bxd5 23.Bxd5 Nxd5 24.exd5 Reb8
25.Qd7 Rxb2 26.Qxc7 Qd8 27.Qxd8+ Rxd8 28.Rc1 Rb4 29.Re4 Rxe4
30.fxe4 Re8 31.g3 Rxe4 32.c4 Bb2 33.Rc2 Bd4 34.Bxd4 Rxd4 35.Kg2
f5 36.Kf3 Kg7 37.h3 Re4 38.g4 Kf6 39.gxf5 Kxf5 40.Rc1 g5 41.Rc2
h5 42.Rc1 g4+ 43.hxg4+ hxg4+ 44.Kf2 Ke5 45.Kg3 Kd4 46.Rb1 Kxc4
47.Rb5 Kd3 48.Rxa5 c4 49.Ra6 c3 50.Rxd6 c2 51.Rc6 Rc4 52.Rxc4
Kxc4 53.d6 c1=Q 0-1
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Koneru – Toubal Khanty-Mansiysk 3.11.2018 (1-0)
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1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 c6 4.e3 f5 5.Bd3 Nf6 6.Nge2 Bd6 7.f3 b6
8.O-O O-O 9.b3 Ba6 10.Bb2 Qe7 11.Qd2 Bb7 12.a3 a5 13.Na4 Nbd7
14.Rfc1 Rfc8 15.Nxb6 Nxb6 16.c5 Bxh2+ 17.Kxh2 Qc7+ 18.Kg1 Nbd7
19.Bc3 h6 20.Nf4 Nf8 21.Bc2 g5 22.Nd3 Ng6 23.Ne5 Ne7 24.Kf2 Kg7
25.a4 Rf8 26.Rh1 Neg8 27.Rag1 Ne7 28.Ke1 Rh8 29.Kd1 Bc8 30.g4
fxg4 31.Nxg4 Nxg4 32.Rxg4 e5 33.Rg2 Be6 34.dxe5 Rhf8 35.Rxg5+
hxg5 36.Rh7+ Kg8 37.Qh2 Qd8 38.Rh8+ Kf7 39.Qh5+ Ng6 40.Rh7+ Ke8
41.Bxg6+ Bf7 42.Bxf7+ Kd7 43.Be6+ Kxe6 44.Qg6+ Rf6 45.exf6 Qf8
46.Re7+ 1-0
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February – Lagno Khanty-Mansiysk 3.11.2018 (0-1)
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1.e4 d6 2.d4 g6 3.Nc3 Bg7 4.f4 Nf6 5.e5 Nfd7 6.Nf3 c5 7.exd6
O-O 8.Be2 exd6 9.O-O Nc6 10.Kh1 Nxd4 11.Nxd4 cxd4 12.Nb5 Qb6
13.c3 dxc3 14.bxc3 a6 15.Nxd6 Bxc3 16.Nc4 Qf6 17.Rb1 Rd8 18.Ba3
Nc5 19.Qc1 Ne4 20.Bf3 Bf5 21.Rb3 Bd2 22.Qb2 Bc3 23.Qc1 Bd2 24.Qb2
Qxb2 25.Rxb2 Rac8 26.Nb6 Rc1 27.Rxc1 Bxc1 28.Rb3 Bxa3 29.Rxa3
Rd6 30.g4 Bxg4 31.Bxe4 Rxb6 32.Rd3 Rb4 33.Bd5 b5 34.Ra3 Rxf4
35.Rxa6 Bh3 36.Bg2 Bxg2+ 37.Kxg2 Ra4 0-1
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