Tbilisi GP Round 3: Vaishali crushes Sara
GM R Vaishali scored her first win of the event in Round 3 of FIDE Tbilisi GP 2024. Vaishali crushed her opponent IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP). The IM got a cramped position out of the opening after choosing an inferior line in the Two-Knights' Defence. She only made things worse in the middlegame, allowing Vaishali to positionally outplay her opponent. GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) missed her second consecutive chance to push for a win. This time against IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL). IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) are the only two woman at 2/3. They are followed closely by seven women at 1.5/3. Vaishali will face IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) in Round 4. It starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Nana Dzagnidze misses again
Vaishali - Sarasadat: 1-0
GM Vaishali R (2506) had never defeated IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP, 2489) in a Classical rated game, until yesterday. Sara chose a line in the Two Knights' Defense which cramped her position and the pieces lacked enough space to move around.
If Black's position wasn't already bad, 23...f6? made things worse. It completely blinded the e7-bishop. 24.Nh4 was possible thanks to f6. 24...Nf7 25.Nf5 c6 26.Nf3 Bd8 27.N3h4 what's better than one knight in the attack? Another joining and supporting it. 27...Be8 28.Kh2 b6 29.b5 axb5 30.axb6 Rb8 31.dxc6 and Black went to lose the game in another 15 moves.
Nana - Kashlinskaya
GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO, 2506) got her best opportunity against IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL, 2474) after 38...Rc8. White needed to gain control of the seventh rank 39.Qe7 Qxa3 40.Rxd7 Qa2 41.Kg2 a5 42.h5 Qe6 43.Qxe6 fxe6 44.bxa5 bxa5 45.Ra7 is one of the possible lines where White gets a decisive advantage. 39.h5 g5 40.Qf6 Qb2 and the game eventually ended in a draw.
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Prizes
Total prize fund is €80000. The top three prizes are €18000, €13000 and €10500 each. The top three GP points are - 130, 105 and 85. For more details, check out the regulations below.
Schedule
Round 1-8 starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Only the final round on Saturday 24th August will start at 1 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Sole rest day is on Tuesday 20th August.
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Round 3 results
Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
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1 | 2 | UKR | 2525 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | ½ - ½ | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2488 | 10 | |||
2 | 3 | GEO | 2506 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | ½ - ½ | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | POL | 2474 | 1 | |||
3 | 4 | KAZ | 2470 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | ½ - ½ | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2508 | 9 | |||
4 | 5 | GRE | 2429 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | ½ - ½ | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2451 | 8 | |||
5 | 6 | IND | 2506 | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | 1 - 0 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2489 | 7 |
Standings after Round 3
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Bdld | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
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1 | 5 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2429 | 2 | 1 | 2,50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | 4 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2470 | 2 | 1 | 2,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
3 | 8 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2451 | 1,5 | 2 | 2,75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
4 | 9 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2508 | 1,5 | 2 | 2,50 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | 10 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2488 | 1,5 | 2 | 2,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
6 | 6 | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2506 | 1,5 | 2 | 1,25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | 1 | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | POL | 2474 | 1,5 | 1 | 2,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2525 | 1,5 | 1 | 2,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2506 | 1,5 | 1 | 2,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | 7 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2489 | 0,5 | 2 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 4 pairings
Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
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1 | 10 | SUI | 2488 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2489 | 7 | ||||
2 | 8 | GEO | 2451 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2506 | 6 | ||||
3 | 9 | UKR | 2508 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2429 | 5 | ||||
4 | 1 | POL | 2474 | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2470 | 4 | ||||
5 | 2 | UKR | 2525 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2506 | 3 |