U.S. Women’s Championship 2017 / Rd 3
Playing Black Anna Zatonskih wins a long and tough end game Rook + Bishop vs. Rook against the 2016 Champ Nazi Paikidze ..
GM Irina Krush with back to back victories now leads 2.5/3 …
Rd3 IM Paikidze(2369) -IM Zatonskih(2451) 0-1
1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. d4 Nf6 5. O-O O-O 6. c4 c6 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. e4 dxc4 10. a4 c5 11. Rd1 cxd4 12. Nxd4 Qe7 13. b3 e5 14. Ndb5 cxb3 15. Qxb3 Nc5 16. Qa3 b6 17. Bg5 Bb7 18. Nd5 Bxd5 19. exd5 Qd7 20. Be3 Rac8 21. d6 Rfd8 22. Rac1 Ne8 23. Bxc5 bxc5 24. Rxc5 Bf8 25. Rxc8 Rxc8 26. Qe3 Nxd6 27. Nxa7 Qxa4 28. Rxd6 Qa1+ 29. Bf1 Rc1 30. Rd8 Rxf1+ 31. Kg2 Rg1+ 32. Kh3 Kg7 33. Re8 Re1 34. Qb6 Qd1 35. Qb7 Qh5+ 36. Kg2 Qe2 37. Qb5 Qe4+ 38. Kh3 Qe2 39. Qxe2 Rxe2 40. Nc6 Rc2 41. Nd8 Rxf2 42. Rxe5 h5 43. Rd5 Be7 44. Nc6 Bf6 45. Nd4 g5 46. g4 hxg4+ 47. Kg3 Ra2 48. Nf5+ Kg6 49. Kxg4 Rxh2 50. Rd6 Re2 51. Kf3 Re8 52. Ne3 Re5 53. Nd5 Rf5+ 54. Kg4 Rf1 55. Ne7+ Kh7 56. Nd5 Be5 57. Rd7 Kh6 58. Re7 f6 59. Re6 Kg6 60. Ra6 Rg1+ 61. Kf3 Rf1+ 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kf3 g4+ 64. Ke4 Re1+ 65. Ne3 Kg5 66. Kd3 Ra1 67. Rc6 Ra3+ 68. Ke4 Ra4+ 69. Nc4 Kh4 70. Rc8 Kg3 71. Kf5 Kf3 72. Nd2+ Ke3 73. Nc4+ Kf3 74. Nd2+ Kg2 75. Ne4 g3 76. Rc2+ Kf3 77. Nd2+ Ke2 78. Ne4+ Ke3 79. Nxg3 Bxg3 80. Rc3+ Kf2 81. Kxf6 Bf4 82. Kf5 Be3 83. Rd3 Kf3 84. Rd5 Rh4 85. Ke5 Rh5+ 86. Ke6 Rh8 87. Kf5 Rf8+ 88. Ke5 Bf4+ 89. Kd4 Ra8 90. Kd3 Ra4 91. Rf5 Ra3+ 92. Kd4 Ra7 93. Rd5 Ra1 94. Kd3 Kg4 95. Ke4 Re1+ 96. Kd3 Be3 97. Ra5 Kf4 98. Ra8 Rd1+ 99. Kc3 Bc5 100. Kc4 Bd6 101. Ra2 Ke3 102. Rc2 Bf4 103. Ra2 Ke4 104. Ra4 Bd6 105. Kc3+ Kd5 106. Kc2 Rh1 107. Kd3 Bc5 108. Rg4 Rh3+ 109. Ke2 Be3 110. Rg8 Bf4 111. Ra8 Be5 112. Kd2 Ke4 113. Kc2 Rh2+ 114. Kb3 Rb2+ 115. Kc4 Rc2+ 116. Kb3 Rc7 117. Kb4 Bd6+ 118. Kb5 Kd5 119. Kb6 Rc1 120. Ra5+ Bc5+ 121. Kb7 Rh1 122. Ra8 Rh7+ 123. Ka6 Kc4 124. Ka5 Rh6 125. Rc8 Rh1 126. Ka6 Rh7 127. Ra8 Kb4 128. Rb8+ Ka4 129. Ra8 Rg7 0-1
Rd3 WGM Abrahamyan(2364) – GM Krush (2444) 0-1
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Nf6 5. Nxf6+ exf6 6. c3 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. Qc2 Re8+ 9. Ne2 h5 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O-O Nf8 12. Kb1 Be6 13. Nf4 Bxf4 14. Bxf4 b5 15. Be4 Bd5 16. Rhe1 Bxe4 17. Rxe4 Ne6 18. Rde1 a5 19. Bc1 a4 20. f4 Qd5 21. R4e2 Nc7 22. f5 Qd7 23. Rxe8+ Rxe8 24. Rxe8+ Qxe8 25. b3 axb3 26. axb3 Nd5 27. Kb2 Qe1 28. Bd2 Qh4 29. Qd3 Qxh2 30. Qe4 Qb8 31. Qh4 g6 32. Qe4 g5 33. Kc2 Qa8 34. Kb2 h4 35. Qf3 Ne7 36. c4 bxc4 37. bxc4 Qc8 38. Bb4 Nxf5 39. Bc3 Kg7 40. d5 cxd5 41. cxd5 Kg6 42. Qe4 Qb8+ 43. Kc2 Qg3 44. Kb3 Qf4 45. Qe8 Nd6 46. Qg8+ Kf5 47. Qh7+ Kg4 48. Qd3 Qe4 49. Qd1+ Kf5 50. Qf1+ Qf4 51. Qd3+ Ne4 52. Ka3 Qg3 0-1
Rd3 WGM Foisor, Sabina (2272) vs WGM Sharevich (2257)1-0
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 Be7 5. Bf4 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Na6 8. e3 Nxc5 9. Qc2 dxc4 10. Bxc4 a6 11. b4 Ncd7 12. b5 Qa5 13. O-O Nc5 14. Ne5 Nfd7 15. Nxd7 Nxd7 16. Bd3 h6 17. bxa6 e5 18. Bg3 bxa6 19. Nd5 Ba3 20. Rb1 Ra7 21. Bc4 Bb7 22. Rfd1 Bc6 23. Bb3 Ba8 24. Qf5 g6 25. Qg4 Kg7 26. h4 h5 27. Bxe5+ Nxe5 28. Qd4 Re7 29. Nxe7 Bxe7 30. f4 Bf6 31. fxe5 Bxe5 32. Qa7 Bb8 33. Qe7 Bc6 34. Rf1 Be8 35. Bc2 Be5 36. Bxg6 Qc3 37. Rb3 Qc7 38. Qxc7 Bxc7 39. Bxh5 Bb5 40. Rf5 f6 41. a4 Bd7 42. Rc5 Be5 43. Rb7 Kh6 44. Rxd7 Kxh5 45. g3 Kg4 46. Kg2 1-0
| Rank | Name | Score | M/F | Rating | TPR | W-We | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | GM Krush, Irina | 2.5 | F | 2444 | 2539 | +0.32 | ½ | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 2.0 | F | 2451 | 2371 | -0.25 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 3 | WGM Foisor, Sabina-Francesca | 2.0 | F | 2272 | 2437 | +0.66 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | WFM Virkud, Apurva | 2.0 | F | 2262 | 2369 | +0.43 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 5 | IM Paikidze, Nazi | 1.5 | F | 2369 | 2328 | -0.15 | ½ | 1 | 0 |
| 6 | WGM Abrahamyan, Tatev | 1.5 | F | 2364 | 2313 | -0.21 | 1 | ½ | 0 |
| 7 | WIM Yu, Jennifer R | 1.5 | F | 2196 | 2316 | +0.45 | 1 | 0 | ½ |
| 8 | WCM Feng, Maggie | 1.5 | F | 2162 | 2353 | +0.72 | ½ | ½ | ½ |
| 9 | WGM Nemcova, Katerina | 1.0 | F | 2359 | 2138 | -0.88 | ½ | 0 | ½ |
| 10 | WGM Sharevich, Anna | 1.0 | F | 2257 | 2139 | -0.47 | ½ | ½ | 0 |
| 11 | WFM Yip, Carissa | 1.0 | F | 2234 | 2152 | -0.32 | 0 | ½ | ½ |
| 12 | WIM Nguyen, Emily | 0.5 | F | 2173 | 2088 | -0.30 | ½ | 0 | 0 |
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