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Chess Olympiad 2008 is presently going on at Dresden, Germany.  Indian Men Chess Team was seeded 13th out of 154 teams and Indian Women Chess Team 11th out of 116 teams respectively.

Composition of Indian Chess Team (Open)

Title               Name                         Rating

GM    Sasikiran Krishnan              2694
GM    Harikrishna P                        2659
GM    Surya Shekhar Ganguly       2603
GM    Geetha Narayanan Gopal   2548
GM    Sandipan Chanda                2579

Composition of Indian Chess Team (Women)

Title               Name                 Rating

IM        Dronavalli Harika        2462
IM        Tania Sachdev            2425
WGM    Swathi Ghate             2320
WGM    Nisha Mohota            2311
WGM    Mary Ann Gomes       2298

We present you with Indian Chess Results and Indian Chess Games after completion of every round in the ongoing Chess Olympiad at Dresden, Germany.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 1  (13/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 48th seeded Canada in Round 1.  India rested GM Sasikiran.  GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly defeated GM Charbonneau Pascal on second board and rest of the games were drawn.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 38th seeded Switzerland in Round 1.  WGM Mary Ann Gomes was rested.  WGM Swathi Ghate defeated WFM Gavrilova Anastasia on fourth board and rest of the games were drawn.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 2  (14/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 30th seeded Sweden in Round 2.  Harikrishna was rested.  GM Sasikiran defeated GM Berg Emanuel on first board and GM GN Gopal defeated GM Hillarp Persson Tiger on third board.  Rest of the games were drawn.  India won 3 – 1.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 27th seeded Latvia in Round 2.  WGM Nisha Mohota was rested.  IM Tania Sachdev defeated WIM Berzina Ilze on board 2 and WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WFM Ni Viktorija on board 4.  Rest of the games were drawn.  India won 3 – 1.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 3  (15/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 91 seeded El Salvador in Round 3.  India rested GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly.  GM Sasikiran Krishnan defeated IM Leyva Hector on board 1,GM Harikrishna drew with IM Arias Lemmys on board 2, GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal defeated Chavez Hector Eduardo on board 3 and GM Sandipan Chanda defeated FM Martinez Nelson on board 4 respectively.  India won 3 1/2 – 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against top seeded Russia in Round 3.  WGM Mary Ann Gomes was rested.  IM Harika Dronavalli lost to GM    Kosteniuk Alexandra on board 1, IM Tania Sachdev defeated IM Kosintseva Tatiana on board 2, WGM Nisha Mohota lost to IM Kosintseva Nadezhda on board 3 and WGM Swathi Ghate defeated IM Korbut Ekaterina on board 4.  Indian held Russia 2 – 2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 4  (16/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against top seeded Russia in Round 4.  GM GN Gopal was rested.  GM Sasikiran drew with GM Vladimir Kramnik on board 1, GM Harikrishna defeated GM Peter Svidler on board 2, while GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly lost to Alexander Grischuk on board 3 and GM Sandipan Chanda lost to GM Alexander Morozevich on board 4 respectively.  India lost 1 1/2 – 2 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 12 th seeded Germany in Round 4.  WGM Nisha Mohota was rested.  IM Tania Sachdev defeated IM Kachiani Gersinska Ketino on board 2, WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WFM Hoolt Sarah on board 4 and rest of the games were drawn.  India won 3 – 1.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 5  (17/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 54th seeded Austria in Round 5.  India rested GM Sandipan Chanda.  GM Harikrishna defeated GM Kindermann Stefan on board 2, GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly defeated IM Atlas Valery on board 3 respectively, while rest of the games were drawn.  India won 3 – 1.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 8th seeded Hungary in Round 5.  IM Dronavalli Harika was rested.  WGM Nisha Mohota lost to IM Vajda Szidonia on board 2, while rest of the games were drawn.  India lost 1 1/2 – 2 1/2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 6  (19/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 29th seeded Bosnia & Herzegovina in Round 6.  GM GN Gopal was rested.  GM Sasikiran Krishnan defeated GM Nikolic Predrag on top board and rest of the games were drawn.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 33rd seeded Italy in Round 6.  WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WFM Brunello Marina in just 27 moves on last board, WGM Swathi Ghate defeated WFM Ambrosi Eleonora on third board.  On top Board IM Dronavalli Harika was held to a draw by IM Sedina Elena, while IM Tania Sachdev lost to WGM Zimina Olga on second board.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 7  (20/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 7th seeded France in Round 7.  India rested GM Sandipan Chanda.  GM Harikrishna lost to GM Vachier Lagrave Maxime on second board with black pieces, while rest of the games were drawn.  India lost 1 1/2 – 2 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 13th seeded Bulgaria in Round 7.  India rested WGM Nisha Mohota.  IM Tania Sachdev and WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WGM Djingarova Emilia and WFM Raeva Elitsa with white pieces on second and fourth boards respectively, IM Harika drew with GM Stefanova Antoaneta on top board while WGM Swathi Ghate was defeated by WGM Voiska Margarita on third board.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 8  (21/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 28th seeded Slovenia.  GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly was rested.  GM Harikrishna defeated GM Pavasovic Dusko on second board, GM Sasikiran  and GM GN Gopal drew their games with black pieces against GM Alexander Beliavsky and GM Lenic Luka respectively, while GM Sandipan Chanda was defeated by IM Borisek Jure on fourth board.  India drew 2 – 2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 10th seeded Serbia.  WGM Nisha Mohota was rested.  IM Harika Dronavalli defeated IM Maric Alisa, IM Tania Sachdev defeated IM Bojkovic Natasa on top boards.  WGM Swathi Ghate drew with WGM Stojanovic Andjelija while WGM Mary Ann Gomes lost to WGM Chelushkina Irina.  India won 2 1/2 – 1 1/2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 9 (22/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 10th seeded United States in Round 9.  India rested GM Sandipan Chanda.  In what was its worst defeat so far in this Olympiad, India managed only a draw from four games.  GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly drew against GM Onischuk Alexander.  GM Sasikiran, GM Harikrishna and GM GN Gopal lost their games to GM Gata Kamsky, GM Nakamura and GM Akobian respectively.  India lost 1/2 – 3 1/2.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 5th seeded France in Round 9.  India rested WGM Mary Ann Gomes.  IM Dronavalli Harika defeated GM Sebag Marie on top board after the later blundered in a weak critical position, while WGM Swathi Ghate lost to WGM Milliet Sophie on fourth board.  IM Tania Sachdev and WGM Nisha Mohota drew their games against IM Skripchenko Almira and IM Collas Silvia respectively on second and third boards.  India drew 2 – 2.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 10 (23/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 18th seeded Czech Republic in round 10. India rested GM Sandipan Chanda. GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly and GM GN Gopal defeated GM Laznicka Viktor and GM Stocek Jiri respectively while GM Sasikiran and GM Harikrishna drew their games. India won 3 – 1.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 14th seeded Slovenia in round 10. India rested WGM Nisha Mohota. WGM Swathi Ghate and WGM Mary Ann Gomes defeated WGM Srebrnic Ana and WFM Novak Ksenija respectively while IM Dronavalli Harika and IM Tania Sachdev drew their games. India won 3 – 1.

India at Chess Olympiad Dresden 2008 – Round 11 (25/11/2008)

Indian Men Chess Team was paired against 25th seeded Slovakia in round 11. India rested GM Sandipan Chanda. GM Harikrishna and GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly defeated GM Ftacnik Lubomir and GM Petrik Tomas respectively while GM Sasikiran and GM GN Gopal drew their games. India won 3 – 1.

Indian Women Chess Team was paired against 8th seeded Armenia in round 11.  India rested WGM Nisha Mohota.  IM Dronavalli Harika lost on top board against IM Danielian Elina while rest of the games were drawn.  India lost 1 1/2 – 2 1/2.

Final Standings of Indian Chess Teams

Indian Men (seeded 13th) were placed 16th on the final standings with 7 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses, while Indian Women (seeded 11th) were placed 15th with 6 wins, 2 draws and 3 losses after the conclusion of final round today.

India was placed 12th on Final Standings of Best Federations in the concluded Chess Olympiad 2008 at Dresden, Germany.  Indian Teams final placings were very good on view of the stiff competition at the Olympiad, where Top Seeded Russian Men Team finished 5th and Top Seeded Russian Women Team finished 4th on the final standings.

Games of Round 1 (Open)

GM Harikrishna P – GM Bluvshtein Mark

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. h3 a6 8. a4 Qe7 9. Bf4 Nbd7 10. e3 Bg7 11. Be2 O-O 12. O-O Ne8 13. Qc2 Nc7 14. e4 Rb8 15. Rab1 b5 16. b4 f5 17. Bg5 Qf7 18. axb5 Bxc3 19. Qxc3 fxe4 20. Nh2 Nxd5 21. Qa1 axb5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxb5 Be6 24. Ng4 Bxg4 25. hxg4 Nc7 26. Bc6 Rxb1 27. Qxb1 d5 28. Bh6 Rd8 29. Bg5 Rf8 30. Bh6 Rd8 31. Bg5 Rf8 1/2-1/2.

GM Charbonneau Pascal – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e5 c5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 Ne7 7. Qg4 Qc7 8. Bd3 c4 9. Be2 Nf5 10. Nf3 Nc6 11. Nh4 Nce7 12. Nxf5 Nxf5 13. O-O Bd7 14. a4 O-O-O 15. Qh3 Rdg8 16. Bg4 Ne7 17. Ba3 Qd8 18. Qf3 Qe8 19. a5 Kb8 20. Rfb1 Nc8 21. Bc5 Ka8 22. Rb4 Bc6 23. g3 g6 24. Qd1 h5 25. Bf3 Qd7 26. Ra2 a6 27. Rab2 Na7 28. Bxa7 Kxa7 29. Rb6 Qe7 30. R2b4 Rc8 31. Qc1 g5 32. Qe3 Ka8 33. Bg2 h4 34. g4 h3 35. Bf1 f5 36. f3 fxg4 37. fxg4 Rcf8 38. Be2 Rf4 39. Qc1 Rhf8 40. Rxc6 bxc6 41. Rb6 Ka7 42. Rxc6 Rb8 43. Rd6 Qf7 0-1.

GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal – IM Zugic Igor

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. Ngf3 Nc6 5. exd5 exd5 6. Bb5 Bd6 7. O-O Ne7 8. dxc5 Bxc5 9. Nb3 Bd6 10. Re1 O-O 11. Bd3 h6 12. h3 Nf5 13. c3 Qf6 14. Bc2 Rd8 15. Qd3 g6 16. Bd2 Bf8 17. Be3 Nxe3 18. Qxe3 Bd7 19. Nbd4 Bg7 20. Bb3 Be8 21. Rad1 Na5 22. Nc2 Nxb3 23. axb3 a5 24. Qd3 Qb6 25. Nfd4 Bc6 26. b4 axb4 27. Nxb4 Bf8 28. Qd2 Re8 29. Nd3 Bg7 30. Qf4 Re4 31. Rxe4 dxe4 32. Nxc6 Qxc6 33. Nb4 Qe6 34. Nd5 Rd8 35. c4 Rc8 36. b3 Kh7 37. Qe3 f5 38. Qa7 Qa6 39. Qxa6 bxa6 40. Nf4 Rc7 41. Ne6 Rc6 42. Nd8 Rb6 43. Rd7 Kg8 44. c5 Rxb3 45. c6 Rb1+ 46. Kh2 Be5+ 47. g3 e3 48. fxe3 Rb2+ 49. Kg1 Rc2 50. g4 fxg4 51. hxg4 a5 52. Ra7 h5 53. gxh5 gxh5 54. Nf7 Bh2+ 55. Kh1 h4 56. Nh6+ Kf8 57. Rxa5 Bc7 58. Ra1 1/2-1/2.

IM Noritsyn Nikolay – GM Sandipan Chanda

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. a4 Bf5 6. e3 e6 7. Bxc4 Bb4 8. O-O Nbd7 9. Qb3 a5 10. Na2 Be7 11. Qxb7 Rb8 12. Qa6 Ra8 13. Qb7 Rb8 14. Qa6 Ra8 15. Qb7 Rb8 16. Qa6 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 1 (Women)

IM Harika Dronavalli – WIM Heinatz Dr. Gundula

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Bf5 6. g3 e6 7. Bg2 Be7 8. O-O O-O 9. Nc3 Ne4 10. Re1 Nxc3 11. bxc3 Be4 12. Qb3 Qb6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Rd8 15. Rb1 Qxb3 16. Rxb3 b6 17. a4 f6 18. Nc4 Nd7 19. e4 Rac8 20. Be3 b5 21. Na5 Nb6 22. axb5 cxb5 23. Rc1 a6 24. d5 Nc4 25. Nxc4 Rxc4 26. Ra1 Rxe4 27. Rxa6 Rxd5 28. Rb6 Bc5 29. Bxc5 Rxc5 30. R6xb5 Rxb5 31. Rxb5 Rc4 32. Rb3 g5 33. Kf3 Kf7 34. Ke3 Rc5 35. f3 h5 36. Kd3 Rf5 37. Ke2 Rc5 38. Kd2 Kg6 39. Rb2 e5 40. Rc2 Kf5 41. c4 g4 42. Ke3 gxf3 43. Kxf3 Ke6 44. Ke3 f5 45. Kd3 Rc8 46. Ra2 f4 47. gxf4 exf4 48. Ra5 h4 49. Rh5 Rf8 50. Ke2 f3+ 51. Kf2 Rf4 52. c5 Kd7 53. Rh6 Kc7 54. h3 Kd7 55. Rg6 Rc4 56. Rd6+ Kc7 57. Kxf3 Rxc5 58. Rd4 Rh5 59. Kg4 Rh8 60. Kg5 Kc8 61. Kf6 Kc7 62. Ke6 Rh6+ 63. Ke7 Rh7+ 64. Kf6 Rh6+ 65. Kg7 Rh5 66. Kg6 Rh8 67. Kg5 Kc8 68. Rxh4 Rxh4 69. Kxh4 Kd8 70. Kg5 Ke8 71. Kg6 Kf8 72. Kh7 Kf7 73. h4 Kf8 74. h5 Kf7 75. h6 Kf8 76. Kh8 Kf7 77. h7 Kf8 1/2-1/2.

WIM Seps Monika – IM Tania Sachdev

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Bd6 5. O-O O-O 6. d3 h6 7. h3 a6 8. Bxc6 dxc6 9. Be3 c5 10. Nd2 Re8 11. Qe2 Be6 12. f4 exf4 13. Bxf4 Be7 14. Kh1 Nd7 15. Nf3 Nf8 16. Rad1 Ng6 17. Bg3 Qc8 18. Qf2 Rd8 19. Ne2 Rf8 20. Nf4 Nxf4 21. Bxf4 Kh7 22. Qg3 c6 23. Be5 Rg8 24. Bc3 Qb8 25. Be5 Qc8 26. Bc3 Qb8 27. Be5 Qc8 1/2-1/2.

WGM Nisha Mohota – WGM Hund Barbara

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. e3 c6 8. Qc2 h6 9. Bh4 Nbd7 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Be7 12. h3 Ne4 13. Bxe7 Qxe7 14. Rae1 Ndf6 15. Ne5 Bf5 16. f3 Nxc3 17. bxc3 Bxd3 18. Qxd3 Nd7 19. Nxd7 Qxd7 20. e4 Qe6 21. e5 f5 22. f4 Rac8 23. Kh2 c5 24. Re2 g6 25. g4 Kh7 26. Rg2 cxd4 27. cxd4 Rf8 28. Rfg1 Rc6 29. Qa3 Rf7 30. g5 Ra6 31. Qf3 h5 32. Rb1 Ra4 33. Rd2 Qc6 34. Qe3 Re7 35. Qf3 b5 36. Qb3 a6 37. Rc2 Rc4 38. Rbc1 Rc7 39. Rxc4 dxc4 40. Qe3 Qd5 41. e6 Re7 42. Re1 c3 43. Qxc3 Rxe6 44. Qc7+ Kg8 45. Qc8+ Kf7 46. Qc7+ Kg8 47. Qc8+ Kf7 48. Qc7+ 1/2-1/2.

WFM Gavrilova Anastasia – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Nf3 e5 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d3 Bg7 7. Rb1 Nge7 8. O-O Rb8 9. a3 a6 10. b4 cxb4 11. axb4 b5 12. cxb5 axb5 13. e4 O-O 14. Be3 Nd4 15. Bxd4 exd4 16. Ne2 Qb6 17. Nf4 Bb7 18. Qb3 Rbc8 19. Rbc1 h6 20. h4 Rxc1 21. Rxc1 Rc8 22. Rxc8+ Bxc8 23. Qc2 Qc6 24. Qxc6 Nxc6 25. Nd5 Kf8 26. Kh2 Be6 27. Nc7 Bb3 28. Nxb5 Ke7 29. Ne1 Nxb4 30. f4 Nxd3 31. Nxd3 Bc4 32. Nxd4 Bxd4 33. Nb4 Kd7 34. g4 Bf2 35. Kh3 Ke6 36. Nd5 f5 37. gxf5+ gxf5 38. Nc3 Bd4 39. exf5+ Kxf5 40. Nd5 Bf2 41. Bf3 Bf1+ 42. Kh2 Bxh4 43. Ne3+ Kxf4 44. Nxf1 Kxf3 45. Nd2+ Kf4 46. Kg2 d5 47. Nf3 Be7 48. Kf2 Bc5+ 49. Kg2 h5 50. Ne1 Ke3 51. Nf3 Bd6 52. Nh4 Kf4 53. Nf3 Kg4 54. Nd4 h4 55. Nc6 h3+ 56. Kh1 Kf3 57. Nd4+ Ke4 58. Nc6 Kd3 59. Nd8 Bc7 60. Ne6 Be5 61. Kg1 Ke2 62. Kh1 Kf1 63. Nf4 d4 64. Nd3 Bd6 65. Nc1 Ke1 66. Kg1 Kd1 67. Nd3 Kd2 68. Nf2 Ke2 69. Ne4 d3 70. Nc3+ Ke1 71. Ne4 Bf4 72. Kh1 Kf1 73. Ng3+ Kf2 74. Ne4+ Kf3 75. Nf2 d2 76. Nd1 Be5 77. Nf2 Bc3 0-1.

Games of Round 2 (Open)

GM Berg Emanuel – GM Sasikiran Krishnan

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. a4 Bf8 14. Bd3 c6 15. Qc2 g6 16. b4 Nb6 17. a5 Nbd7 18. Bb2 Rc8 19. c4 exd4 20. Bxd4 bxc4 21. Qxc4 c5 22. bxc5 Nxc5 23. Bxc5 Rxc5 24. Qb4 Rc7 25. Qb1 Bg7 26. Ra3 Nd7 27. Bc4 Nc5 28. Bd5 Rce7 29. Nc4 Bxd5 30. exd5 Rxe1+ 31. Nxe1 Re4 32. Ne3 Bd4 33. N1c2 Bf6 34. Qb6 h5 35. g3 h4 36. g4 Qe7 37. Qb8+ Kg7 38. Qb1 Qe5 39. Ne1 Qb2 40. Qxb2 Bxb2 41. Ra2 Bf6 42. Nf3 Rb4 43. Rc2 Bd8 44. Nc4 Nb7 45. Nfd2 Rb5 46. Ne4 Rxd5 47. Rb2 Nxa5 48. Nexd6 Nxc4 49. Nxc4 Rd4 50. Nd2 a5 51. Nf3 Rd5 52. Ra2 Bf6 53. Kf1 Rb5 54. Ra4 Bd8 55. Nd2 Rb2 56. Ke1 Be7 57. Nf3 Bc5 58. Kd1 Rxf2 59. Rxa5 Rxf3 60. Rxc5 Rxh3 61. Ke2 Rg3 62. g5 h3 63. Kf2 h2 0-1.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly – GM Agrest Evgenij

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. Bd3 Nc6 5. c3 Qc7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nf3 g6 8. O-O Bg7 9. Re1 O-O 10. Bg5 Bf5 11. Bxf5 gxf5 12. Bxf6 Bxf6 13. Nbd2 e6 14. Nf1 Kh8 15. Ng3 Rg8 16. Qd2 Rg6 17. Nh5 Be7 18. Nf4 Rg7 19. Nh5 Rg6 20. Nf4 Rg7 21. Kh1 Rag8 22. g3 Qd8 23. Nh5 Rg6 24. Nf4 R6g7 25. Re2 Bd6 26. b4 Nb8 27. Ne5 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qc7 29. Nh5 Rg6 30. Nf4 R6g7 31. Nh5 Rg6 32. Nf4 1/2-1/2.

GM Hillarp Persson Tiger – GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal

1. g3 c5 2. Bg2 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 Nc6 5. a3 b6 6. d3 Bb7 7. e4 e6 8. Nge2 d6 9. Be3 Nd4 10. Qa4+ Bc6 11. Bxd4 Bxa4 12. Bxg7 Bc6 13. Bxh8 f6 14. h4 h5 15. d4 Kf7 16. d5 exd5 17. exd5 Bd7 18. Ne4 Bf5 19. N2c3 Qf8 20. O-O Rd8 21. Rfe1 Qh6 22. Bxf6 Nxf6 23. Ng5+ Kg8 24. Re7 Qf8 25. Rxa7 Rd7 26. Rxd7 Nxd7 27. Re1 Ne5 28. Bf1 Qf6 29. Be2 Nf7 30. Nxf7 Kxf7 31. a4 Qe5 32. Ra1 Kg7 33. a5 bxa5 34. Rxa5 Qd4 35. Ra6 Qd2 36. Rb6 Qe1+ 37. Kg2 Bh3+ 38. Kf3 Bg4+ 39. Ke3 Qc1+ 40. Ke4 Qd2 41. Bxg4 hxg4 42. Nb5 Qe2+ 0-1.

GM Sandipan Chanda – GM Cicak Slavko

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bxd7+ Bxd7 6. d4 cxd4 7. Qxd4 Rc8 8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 Qc7 10. Nc3 e5 11. Qd3 Be6 12. Rfd1 g5 13. Bg3 Nf6 14. Nd5 Bxd5 15. exd5 Qxc2 16. Qe3 Bg7 17. h4 O-O 18. hxg5 hxg5 19. Rac1 Qxb2 20. Rxc8 Rxc8 21. Qxg5 Qc2 22. Re1 Qg6 23. Rc1 Rc2 24. Rxc2 Qxc2 25. Nh4 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Qg4 27. Qxg4 Nxg4+ 28. Kh3 Nf6 29. Nf5 Nxd5 30. Nxd6 b5 31. Kg4 Nc3 32. Kf5 f6 33. Ne8 Nxa2 34. Nxg7 Kxg7 35. Bh4 a5 36. Bxf6+ Kf7 37. Bxe5 b4 38. Ke4 a4 39. Kd5 a3 40. Kc4 Nc1 41. Kxb4 Nd3+ 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 2 (Women)

WGM Rogule Laura – IM Dronavalli Harika

1. c4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. e4 e5 7. Nge2 Nge7 8. O-O O-O 9. Be3 Nd4 10. a3 Nec6 11. Rb1 a5 12. Qd2 Nb3 13. Qd1 Nbd4 14. Qd2 Nb3 15. Qd1 Nbd4 1/2-1/2.

IM Tania Sachdev – WIM Berzina Ilze

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. Nbd2 Nf6 5. g3 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c5 8. dxc5 Na6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. e4 Nf6 11. c6 bxc6 12. a3 Nc5 13. Ne5 Qc7 14. Nec4 e5 15. Qc2 Rd8 16. b4 Nd3 17. Bb2 Ba6 18. Bc3 Qd7 19. h3 Bb5 20. Rfb1 c5 21. Qa2 cxb4 22. Bxb4 Bxb4 23. axb4 Qd4 24. Ne3 Nxf2 25. Kxf2 Qxd2+ 26. Qxd2 Rxd2+ 27. Kg1 a6 28. Rd1 Rb2 29. Nd5 Kf8 30. Nc7 Rb8 31. Nxa6 Bxa6 32. Rxa6 R2xb4 33. Ra7 R8b7 34. Rxb7 Rxb7 35. Ra1 Ke7 36. Ra2 Nd7 37. Kf2 Nc5 38. Bf3 Ne6 39. h4 Nd4 40. Bg2 Rc7 41. Bf1 f6 42. Bd3 Nb3 43. Rc2 Rxc2+ 44. Bxc2 Nd4 45. Bd3 Kd6 46. Bc4 Kc5 47. Bg8 h6 48. Bh7 Kc4 49. Ke3 Kc3 50. Bg6 Kc2 51. Bh5 Kc3 52. Bd1 Nc2+ 53. Ke2 Na3 54. Kf3 Kd4 55. Kg4 Nb5 56. Kf5 Nd6+ 57. Kg6 Kxe4 58. Kxg7 Nf5+ 59. Kxf6 Nxg3 60. h5 Kf4 61. Kg6 Nf5 62. Be2 e4 63. Ba6 e3 64. Bd3 Ke5 65. Ba6 Ke4 66. Bb7+ Kd4 67. Ba6 Nd6 68. Be2 Nf5 69. Kxf5 1-0.

Skinke Katrina – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c3 Bg5 12. Nc2 Ne7 13. Nce3 Bxe3 14. Nxe3 Bb7 15. Qg4 O-O 16. Rd1 Qc7 17. Bd3 Rad8 18. O-O g6 19. h4 d5 20. Nxd5 Nxd5 21. exd5 Rxd5 22. Bc2 Rfd8 23. Bb3 Rxd1 24. Rxd1 Kg7 25. h5 Rxd1+ 26. Qxd1 Qc6 27. Qg4 Qd6 28. hxg6 hxg6 29. Qe2 Bc6 30. Qe3 Bd7 31. Qf3 Be6 32. Bxe6 Qxe6 33. b3 Qd6 34. Qe2 f5 35. c4 bxc4 36. Qxc4 Qd1+ 37. Kh2 Qh5+ 38. Kg1 Qd1+ 39. Kh2 Qh5+ 40. Kg1 Qd1+ 1/2-1/2.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes – WFM Ni Viktorija

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d6 6. d4 a6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. h3 Bd7 9. e4 e5 10. dxe5 dxe5 11. Be3 Be6 12. Qa4 Qd3 13. Nd5 b5 14. cxb5 axb5 15. Qd1 Qxd1 16. Rfxd1 Rac8 17. Rac1 Bxd5 18. exd5 Ne7 19. Rc5 Rfd8 20. Nxe5 Nfxd5 21. Bxd5 Bxe5 22. Bxf7+ Kxf7 23. Rxd8 Rxd8 24. Rxe5 Rd1+ 25. Kg2 Nd5 26. Bc5 c6 27. Re2 Rc1 28. Bd6 Ra1 29. a3 Rc1 30. f4 Rd1 31. Bc5 Rc1 32. Bf2 Nc7 33. Kf3 Ne6 34. Ke4 Rh1 35. h4 Ng7 36. Rc2 Rf1 37. g4 h5 38. gxh5 Nxh5 39. Kf3 Rb1 40. Be3 Rf1+ 41. Kg2 Re1 42. Bc1 Re6 43. Kf3 Nf6 44. Be3 Nd5 45. Bd4 Ke7 46. Be5 Kd7 47. Rh2 Re7 48. Kg4 Rh7 49. Kg5 Ne7 50. Rd2+ Ke6 51. Rd6+ Kf7 52. Rf6+ Ke8 53. Bd6 Rh5+ 54. Kg4 Nc8 55. Rxg6 Rd5 56. Be5 Ne7 57. Rd6 Rc5 58. h5 Rc1 59. h6 Rg1+ 60. Kf3 Rh1 61. Bg7 Rh2 62. b3 Rh3+ 63. Kg4 Rh1 64. a4 bxa4 65. bxa4 Kf7 66. f5 Rg1+ 67. Kh3 Rc1 68. Rf6+ Ke8 69. h7 Rh1+ 70. Kg2 Rxh7 71. Rf8+ Kd7 72. f6 Ng6 73. Rf7+ Ke6 74. Ra7 Ne5 75. Re7+ Kf5 76. a5 Kf4 77. Rxe5 Kxe5 78. a6 1-0.

Games of Round 3 (Open)

GM Sasikiran Krishnan – IM Leyva Hector

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Be7 4. cxd5 exd5 5. Bf4 c6 6. Qc2 Nf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Bd3 Re8 9. Nge2 Nbd7 10. h3 Nf8 11. g4 Be6 12. Bg3 Rc8 13. Rd1 Bd6 14. Bxd6 Qxd6 15. Kd2 c5 16. dxc5 Rxc5 17. Kc1 b5 18. g5 b4 19. gxf6 g6 20. Qa4 Rb8 21. Rd2 Bd7 22. Qxa7 bxc3 23. Nxc3 Rc7 24. Qa5 Rc5 25. Qa7 Rc7 26. Qa5 Rc5 27. Qa3 Rxc3+ 28. Qxc3 Rc8 29. Bc4 Qc6 30. Rhd1 dxc4 31. e4 Ra8 32. a3 Qc7 33. Rd6 Be6 34. f4 Re8 35. f5 Bc8 36. Qe3 Bxf5 37. Qh6 Ne6 38. exf5 c3 39. fxe6 cxb2+ 40. Kb1 1-0.

IM Arias Lemmys A – GM Harikrishna P

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Nf3 Nd7 7. h4 h6 8. h5 Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bf4 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Nd5 13. Bd2 Nb4 14. Bxb4 Bxb4 15. Ne4 Qc7 16. Ne5 O-O-O 17. f4 Nf6 18. Qf3 Rhf8 19. f5 Nxe4 20. Qxe4 exf5 21. Qxf5+ Kb8 22. c3 Bd6 23. Rhe1 f6 24. Ng6 Rfe8 25. Re6 Qd7 26. Rde1 Be5 27. Nxe5 Qxe6 28. Qxe6 Rxe6 29. Nd7+ Rxd7 30. Rxe6 Kc7 31. Kd2 Kd8 32. g4 1/2-1/2.

GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal – Chavez Hector Eduardo

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Bg7 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 a5 9. O-O a4 10. Nxa4 Nxe4 11. Nb5 Ra6 12. c4 b6 13. Bf4 d6 14. Bc2 Nc5 15. Nxc5 bxc5 16. Qc1 Be6 17. Bb3 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Bxd4 19. Be3 Be5 20. Bf4 Bd4 21. Be3 Be5 22. Bd2 Qa8 23. Bc3 Bxc3 24. Qxc3 Rb8 25. Rfe1 Rab6 26. h4 h5 27. Rac1 d5 28. cxd5 Bxd5 29. Rxe7 Bxb3 30. axb3 Rxb3 31. Qc4 1-0.

FM Martinez Nelson – GM Sandipan Chanda

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Nd2 d6 6. g3 Nf6 7. Bg2 Qc7 8. O-O Be7 9. c4 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. b3 O-O 12. Bb2 a5 13. Re1 Nd7 14. Qc2 Bb7 15. f4 e5 16. Nf3 Rfe8 17. Rad1 f6 18. Bh3 Nf8 19. c5 exf4 20. gxf4 d5 21. e5 Ng6 22. Be6+ Kh8 23. Bf7 Bxc5+ 24. Qxc5 Qxf7 25. exf6 Nxf4 26. fxg7+ Kg8 27. Qd6 Qf5 28. Ne5 Qc2 0-1.

Games of Round 3 (Women)

GM Kosteniuk Alexandra – IM Dronavalli Harika

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e5 6. Ndb5 d6 7. Bg5 a6 8. Na3 b5 9. Nd5 Be7 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. c4 b4 12. Nc2 a5 13. Be2 O-O 14. O-O Bg5 15. Qd3 Bb7 16. Rfd1 Nb8 17. Nde3 Na6 18. Nf5 Nc5 19. Qxd6 Nxe4 20. Qxe5 Bf6 21. Rxd8 Bxe5 22. Rxa8 Rxa8 23. Nfd4 Rd8 24. Rd1 Nc5 25. b3 Be4 26. f3 Bxd4+ 27. Nxd4 Bb1 28. Rxb1 Rxd4 29. Kf2 Rd2 30. Rd1 Rxd1 31. Bxd1 Kf8 32. Ke3 Ke7 33. Bc2 h6 34. Be4 a4 35. bxa4 Nxa4 36. Kd4 Kd6 37. c5+ Nxc5 38. Kc4 g6 39. Kxb4 f5 40. Bc2 Ne6 41. Kc4 Nf4 42. g3 Nd5 43. Bd3 g5 44. Kd4 Nb4 45. a3 Nc6+ 46. Ke3 Ke5 47. f4+ gxf4+ 48. gxf4+ Ke6 49. a4 Ne7 50. a5 Kd5 51. h4 Kc5 52. h5 Nd5+ 53. Kf3 Nf6 54. Bxf5 Nxh5 55. Bd3 Nf6 56. f5 Nd5 57. Ke4 h5 58. Ke5 h4 59. a6 Ne7 60. Be4 Nc8 61. f6 1-0.

IM Tania Sachdev – IM Kosintseva Tatiana

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. Rc1 c6 8. a3 Bd6 9. e3 O-O 10. Bd3 Re8 11. O-O Nf8 12. Qc2 Ng6 13. Rce1 Bg4 14. Nh4 Bd7 15. f4 Nxh4 16. Bxh4 h6 17. Qb3 Be7 18. Bxf6 Bxf6 19. Bb1 Qc8 20. Ne2 c5 21. Nc3 Bc6 22. Nxd5 Bh4 23. g3 Qg4 24. e4 cxd4 25. Nc7 Red8 26. Nxa8 d3 27. Qd1 Qg6 28. Qf3 Be7 29. Bxd3 Rxa8 30. b4 Rd8 31. Rd1 Ba4 32. Rd2 Qb6+ 33. Qf2 Qc7 34. Bb1 Rc8 35. Qxa7 Bb5 36. Rc2 Qd7 37. Rxc8+ Qxc8 38. Rd1 Qg4 39. Qd4 Bh4 40. e5 g6 41. f5 Qe2 42. gxh4 1-0.

IM Kosintseva Nadezhda – WGM Nisha Mohota

1. e4 d5 2. exd5 Nf6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Be2 Nxd5 5. d4 Bf5 6. Nf3 e6 7. O-O Be7 8. a3 O-O 9. c4 Nb6 10. Nc3 Bg4 11. h3 Bxf3 12. Bxf3 Nc6 13. c5 Nd5 14. Nxd5 exd5 15. Be3 Bf6 16. Qd3 g6 17. Rfe1 Re8 18. b4 Ne7 19. g4 g5 20. h4 gxh4 21. g5 Bg7 22. Bg4 Ng6 23. Bf5 c6 24. Qd1 Qc7 25. Qg4 Re7 26. Re2 Rae8 27. Rae1 Qd8 28. Kf1 a6 29. Bd2 Rxe2 30. Rxe2 Rxe2 31. Kxe2 Qc7 32. Bxg6 hxg6 33. Qxh4 Qe7+ 34. Be3 f6 35. gxf6 Qxf6 36. Qg3 Qf7 37. a4 Bf8 38. Qb8 Qe7 39. Kd2 Qf7 40. Kc3 Kh7 41. b5 axb5 42. axb5 Bg7 43. Kb4 Qd7 44. Qd6 Qc8 45. Qe7 Kg8 46. Ka5 cxb5 47. Kxb5 Qc6+ 48. Kb4 Bf8 49. Qd8 Kf7 50. Qa8 Qb6+ 51. Kc3 Qb5 52. Qa2 Ke6 53. Kd2 Qb4+ 54. Kd1 Qb5 55. Qc2 Kf6 56. Ke1 Kf7 57. f3 Be7 58. Kf2 Bh4+ 59. Kg2 Bf6 60. Bf2 Bg7 61. Qd2 Qc6 62. Qf4+ Qf6 63. Qe3 Qe7 64. Qc1 Qe6 65. Qb1 Qa6 66. Qb3 Qc6 67. Qa2 Bf6 68. Qa8 Qd7 69. Qb8 Qc6 70. Qf4 Kg7 71. Be3 Qe8 72. Kf2 Kf7 73. Qh2 Kg7 74. Qh6+ Kg8 75. Qf4 Kg7 76. Qg4 Qe7 77. Ke2 Qe8 78. Qf4 Qb5+ 79. Kf2 Qe8 80. Bd2 Qf7 81. Ba5 Qe7 82. Bd2 Qe8 83. Be3 Qf7 84. Ke2 Qe8 85. Kd2 Kf7 86. Qh2 Kg7 87. Qd6 Qc6 88. Qb8 Qd7 89. Qh2 Qe8 90. Qh3 Kg8 91. Qg4 Kf7 92. Bg5 Bg7 93. Qf4+ Kg8 94. Bh6 Bxh6 95. Qxh6 Qe6 96. Qf4 Qc6 97. Qe5 Kf7 98. Kc3 Kg8 99. Kb4 Kf7 100. f4 Kg8 101. Qe7 Kh8 102. Qd6 Qc8 103. Qxd5 Qa8 104. Qd7 Qa6 105. Qd6 Qa8 106. Qxg6 Qd8 107. Qh6+ Kg8 108. Qg5+ 1-0.

WGM Swathi Ghate – IM Korbut Ekaterina

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. Be3 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Bb3 d6 9. f3 Nxd4 10. Bxd4 Qa5 11. Qd2 Be6 12. O-O-O Rfc8 13. Kb1 b5 14. Rhe1 Bxb3 15. cxb3 Rab8 16. a3 Rb7 17. b4 Qd8 18. g4 Qf8 19. Qe2 a6 20. g5 Nd7 21. Bxg7 Qxg7 22. Nd5 Nb6 23. Rc1 Rxc1+ 24. Rxc1 Qd4 25. Qe3 Qxe3 26. Nxe3 Kf8 27. Rc6 Ke8 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. exd5 Ra7 30. Rc8+ Kd7 31. Rf8 Rc7 32. Rxf7 Rc4 33. Rxh7 Rf4 34. Rg7 Rh4 35. Rxg6 Rxh2 36. Rg8 Rf2 37. Rf8 e5 38. dxe6+ Kxe6 39. f4 Ke7 40. Rf6 Rg2 41. Kc1 Rh2 42. f5 Rf2 43. Kb1 d5 44. Re6+ Kd7 45. Rxa6 Rxf5 46. g6 Rg5 47. Kc2 Rg3 48. b3 Kc7 49. a4 Kb7 50. Rf6 d4 51. a5 Ka7 52. Rb6 Ka8 53. Rxb5 Rxg6 54. Rd5 Rg2+ 55. Kd3 Rg3+ 56. Kxd4 Rxb3 57. Kc5 Rh3 58. Rd8+ Kb7 59. Rd7+ Kb8 60. a6 Rh8 61. b5 Rc8+ 62. Kd6 Rh8 63. Rb7+ Ka8 64. Rf7 Kb8 65. b6 Rh6+ 66. Kc5 Rh5+ 67. Kd4 Rh8 68. Ke5 Ka8 69. Kf5 Rg8 70. Kf6 Rb8 71. Ra7# 1-0.

Games of Round 4 (Open)

GM – Vladimir Kramnik – GM Sasikiran Krishnan

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 a6 5. e3 b5 6. b3 Bg4 7. Be2 Nbd7 8. h3 Bf5 9. g4 Bg6 10. Ne5 Nxe5 11. dxe5 Ne4 12. Nxe4 Bxe4 13. f3 Bg6 14. cxd5 cxd5 15. a4 b4 16. e6 Qd6 17. f4 Be4 18. exf7+ Kxf7 19. Bf3 Bxf3 20. Qxf3 g6 21. f5 Bg7 22. Ra2 Bc3+ 23. Bd2 Rhf8 24. O-O Kg8 25. Qf4 e5 26. Qh6 Rad8 27. e4 dxe4 28. Bg5 Rd7 29. Kg2 e3 30. Bxe3 Qd5+ 31. Kh2 e4 32. Raf2 Bg7 33. Qg5 Bf6 34. Qh6 Bg7 35. Qg5 1/2-1/2.

GM Peter Svidler – GM Harikrishna P

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bg5 Ne4 5. Bh4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 dxc4 7. e3 Be6 8. Be2 Bg7 9. Nf3 c5 10. O-O O-O 11. Ng5 Bd5 12. e4 h6 13. exd5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 cxd4 15. Bxc4 dxc3 16. Rc1 Qd6 17. Re1 Re8 18. Qe2 Kf8 19. Qf3 Nd7 20. Bf4 Qc5 21. Bb3 Kg8 22. g4 Nb6 23. d6 e6 24. Qxb7 Red8 25. Rxe6 Rab8 26. Qf3 Nc4 27. Re7 1-0.

GM Alexander Grischuk – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Rc1 Qa5 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 O-O 13. f4 Bg7 14. c4 Qxd2+ 15. Kxd2 b6 16. Be2 e5 17. Rhf1 f5 18. fxe5 Bxe5 19. Bh6 Re8 20. Bd3 fxe4 21. Bxe4 Bg7 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Rce1 Bd7 24. d6 Rad8 25. Bd5 Rxe1 26. Rf7+ Kh6 27. Kxe1 a5 28. Kf2 Bf5 29. Kf3 Rxd6 30. Kf4 Bb1 31. h4 Rd8 32. g4 g5+ 33. hxg5+ Kg6 34. Rf6+ Kg7 35. Rxb6 Bxa2 36. Rb7+ Kh8 37. g6 hxg6 38. Kg5 Rxd5+ 39. cxd5 Bxd5 40. Rb5 Kg7 41. Rxc5 Be4 42. Rxa5 1-0.

GM Sandipan Chanda – GM Alexander Morozevich

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Bg5 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 dxc4 6. Qc2 b5 7. a4 c6 8. e4 h6 9. Bxf6 Qxf6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Nd7 12. b3 c3 13. e5 Qe7 14. Ne4 bxa4 15. Rxa4 a5 16. Nxc3 Bb7 17. Ne4 c5 18. Nd6 Bd5 19. dxc5 Bxc5 20. Nc4 Bb4 21. Ne3 Bxf3 22. Bxf3 Rac8 23. Qb2 Rc3 24. Nd1 Rd3 25. Qe2 Nc5 26. Ra2 Rfd8 27. Ne3 Nxb3 28. Nd5 R3xd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. f4 d4 31. f5 d3 32. Qd1 Nc5 33. e6 d2 34. Rc2 Ne4 0-1.

Games of Round 4 (Women)

IM Dronavalli Harika – IM Paehtz Elisabeth

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 O-O 7. e3 c5 8. dxc5 Bxc3+ 9. bxc3 Be6 10. Bxf6 Qxf6 11. Qd4 Qe7 12. Bb5 Rc8 13. Rb1 Rxc5 14. O-O a6 15. Be2 Nc6 16. Qd2 Rc8 17. Bd3 Bg4 18. Nd4 Ne5 19. Rb3 Qc7 20. Rc1 Bd7 21. h3 Ba4 22. Rb4 Bd7 23. Rb3 Ba4 24. Rb4 1/2-1/2.

IM Kachiani Gersinska Ketino- IM Tania Sachdev

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 c5 4. d5 exd5 5. cxd5 d6 6. Nc3 g6 7. Bg2 Bg7 8. Nf3 O-O 9. O-O a6 10. a4 Nbd7 11. Bf4 Qe7 12. h3 h6 13. Qc1 g5 14. Bd2 Re8 15. h4 g4 16. Ne1 h5 17. Bh6 Qf8 18. Bxg7 Qxg7 19. Nc2 Ne5 20. Qf4 Bd7 21. a5 Rad8 22. Ne3 Bc8 23. b4 Ng6 24. Qc4 Nd7 25. Ne4 Nde5 26. Qb3 f5 27. Ng5 f4 28. Ne6 Bxe6 29. dxe6 Kh8 30. Nc4 Rxe6 31. bxc5 dxc5 32. Rad1 Rf8 33. Nxe5 Rxe5 34. Qxb7 Rxe2 35. Rd7 Re7 36. Rxe7 Nxe7 37. gxf4 Ng6 38. f5 Nxh4 39. Qxa6 Nf3+ 40. Kh1 Qg5 41. Bxf3 gxf3 0-1.

WGM Swathi Ghate – WGM Michna Marta

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nc6 4. Nf3 Nf6 5. e5 Ne4 6. Bd3 Bb4 7. Bd2 Nxd2 8. Qxd2 Bd7 9. a3 Bxc3 10. Qxc3 f6 11. exf6 Qxf6 12. Bb5 O-O 13. O-O a6 14. Bxc6 Bxc6 15. Qe3 Rae8 16. Ne5 Bb5 17. Rfe1 Re7 18. c3 Be8 19. Re2 Bg6 20. Rae1 Bf5 21. g4 Bg6 22. f3 Be8 23. Rf2 g5 24. Kg2 Bg6 25. h4 gxh4 26. Qh6 Rg7 27. Kh3 Qe7 28. Qxh4 Qd6 29. Qg3 c5 30. Nxg6 Qxg3+ 31. Kxg3 Rxg6 32. dxc5 h5 33. Rfe2 Kf7 34. Rd1 Rc8 35. Rh1 hxg4 36. fxg4 Rxc5 37. Rh7+ Kf6 38. Rxb7 Rc4 39. Rb6 Rcxg4+ 40. Kf3 Rg3+ 41. Kf2 Rg2+ 42. Ke1 Rxe2+ 43. Kxe2 a5 44. a4 Rg4 45. b4 Rg2+ 46. Kd3 Ra2 47. Ra6 axb4 48. cxb4 Kf5 49. b5 Ke5 1/2-1/2.

WFM Hoolt Sarah – WGM Mary Ann Gomes

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. g3 e5 7. Nb3 b5 8. a4 b4 9. Nd5 Bb7 10. Nxf6+ Qxf6 11. Bg2 a5 12. O-O Nd7 13. Re1 Qe6 14. Nd2 Be7 15. b3 Nb6 16. Nf1 d5 17. exd5 Bxd5 18. Bxd5 Nxd5 19. Qh5 Bf6 20. Bb2 O-O 21. Ne3 g6 22. Qg4 Nxe3 23. Qxe6 fxe6 24. Rxe3 Rac8 25. Re2 e4 26. Bxf6 Rxf6 27. Rd1 Rf5 28. Rdd2 Rd5 29. Kf1 Kf7 30. Ke1 Rcd8 31. Rxd5 exd5 32. Kd2 Rc8 33. Re3 Ke6 34. f3 Ke5 35. fxe4 dxe4 36. Re1 Kd4 37. Rf1 e3+ 38. Kd1 e2+ 39. Kxe2 Rxc2+ 40. Kf3 Rxh2 41. Kg4 Kc3 42. Rf3+ Kc2 43. Re3 Rh5 44. Kf4 Rc5 45. Kg4 Rc3 46. Re5 Kxb3 47. Rxa5 Ka2 0-1.

Games of Round 5 (Open)

GM Sasikiran Krishnan – GM Ragger Markus

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 Nbd7 9. Bd2 Bd6 10. b3 e5 11. cxd5 exd4 12. exd4 Qe7+ 13. Be2 Nxd5 14. Nxd5 cxd5 15. O-O O-O 16. Bf3 Nf6 17. Re1 Qd7 18. Bg5 Rfe8 19. Qd3 Bc7 20. Rac1 Rxe1+ 21. Rxe1 Re8 22. Rxe8+ Nxe8 23. Kg2 Bb6 24. a4 a5 25. Qb5 Qxb5 26. axb5 Bxd4 27. Bxd5 b6 28. Kf3 Nd6 29. Bc6 Kf8 30. h4 f6 31. Bc1 Ke7 32. g4 Ke6 33. Ke2 Bc5 34. Bb2 Ke7 35. Bc3 Ke6 36. f3 Ke7 37. Bd2 Ke6 38. Be1 Ke7 39. Kd3 Ke6 40. f4 Bg1 41. Bc3 Bf2 42. Ke2 Bc5 43. Bb2 Ke7 44. Kd3 Ke6 45. Bd4 Bxd4 46. Kxd4 Nc8 47. Be8 g5 48. fxg5 1/2-1/2.

GM Kindermann Stefan – GM Harikrishna P

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d3 O-O 6. O-O d5 7. exd5 Nxd5 8. h3 Nb6 9. Bb5 Bd6 10. Re1 Ne7 11. d4 exd4 12. Nxd4 Ng6 13. Nd2 c5 14. N4f3 Bf5 15. Nc4 Nxc4 16. Bxc4 Qd7 17. a4 h6 18. Be3 Rad8 19. Bf1 Qc6 20. Nd2 Ne5 21. Qb3 Bb8 22. Qb5 Qc8 23. Qxc5 Qxc5 24. Bxc5 Rxd2 25. Bxf8 Kxf8 26. Rad1 Rxd1 27. Rxd1 Bc7 28. Be2 Bc2 29. Rd4 Bb6 30. Rd5 Nc6 31. Rd7 Bxa4 32. Rxb7 Nd8 33. Rb8 Ke7 34. Bf3 Bb3 35. Kf1 Kd6 36. Ke1 Kc7 37. Ra8 g6 38. h4 Kd7 39. h5 gxh5 40. Be4 Ba4 41. g3 Bc6 42. Bf5+ Kd6 43. Rb8 Bb7 0-1.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly – IM Atlas Valery

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 d6 6. g4 e5 7. Nf5 h5 8. Bg5 hxg4 9. Nd5 Bxf5 10. Bxf6 gxf6 11. exf5 Nc6 12. c3 Bh6 13. h4 Kf8 14. Rg1 Ne7 15. Rxg4 Nxf5 16. Qf3 Ng7 17. Nxf6 Ne8 18. Nxe8 Kxe8 19. Bc4 Qe7 20. Ke2 Rc8 21. Rag1 Rc6 22. Rg8+ Rxg8 23. Rxg8+ Kd7 24. Bb5 Qe6 25. Qg4 d5 26. Bxc6+ bxc6 27. Qxe6+ Kxe6 28. Rc8 Kd6 29. Ra8 Bc1 30. h5 Bxb2 31. Kd2 d4 32. h6 Bxc3+ 33. Kc2 Kd5 34. h7 1-0.

IM Neubauer Martin – GM GN Gopal

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. c4 Bg7 4. Nc3 d5 5. Bf4 O-O 6. e3 c5 7. dxc5 Qa5 8. Rc1 dxc4 9. Bxc4 Qxc5 10. Bb3 Qa5 11. O-O Na6 12. h3 Nc5 13. Bc4 Be6 14. Qe2 Rac8 15. Bxe6 Nxe6 16. Be5 Rfd8 17. Qb5 Qxb5 18. Nxb5 Ne4 19. Bxg7 Kxg7 20. Nfd4 Nxd4 21. Nxd4 e5 22. Nb3 b6 23. Rxc8 Rxc8 24. Rc1 Rxc1+ 25. Nxc1 Nd2 26. b3 e4 27. Ne2 Kf6 28. Nd4 a5 29. f4 exf3 30. gxf3 Nb1 31. Kf2 Nc3 32. a4 Ke5 33. Nc2 f5 34. Ke1 Nd5 35. Kd2 g5 36. Kd3 Nb4+ 37. Nxb4 axb4 38. Ke2 h5 39. Kf2 Kf6 40. Kg3 Kg6 41. Kf2 Kf6 42. Kg2 Ke5 43. Kf2 Kd5 44. Kg3 Ke5 45. Kf2 Kf6 46. Kg2 Kg7 47. Kg3 Kf7 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 5 (Women)

IM Tania Sachdev – GM Hoang Thanh Trang

1. d4 e6 2. Nf3 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 f5 5. O-O Nf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. d5 Qc8 9. Bf4 O-O 10. Qd2 Na6 11. Bh6 Nc5 12. Bxg7 Kxg7 13. dxe6 dxe6 14. b4 Nce4 15. Nxe4 Bxe4 16. Qc3 Qb7 17. Rfd1 Rae8 18. Qe5 Re7 19. Rd2 Kg8 20. Rad1 Qa8 21. h3 h6 22. a3 Kh7 23. Ne1 Bxg2 24. Nxg2 Qe4 25. Qc3 e5 26. f3 Qc6 27. Ne3 f4 28. Nd5 Nxd5 29. Rxd5 Qf6 30. g4 Rfe8 31. Rd7 Qh4 32. Qxe5 Qg3+ 33. Kf1 Qxh3+ 34. Kg1 Qg3+ 35. Kf1 Qh3+ 1/2-1/2.

IM Vajda Szidonia- WGM Nisha Mohota

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. O-O Be7 7. Re1 b5 8. e5 Nxe5 9. Rxe5 d6 10. Re1 bxa4 11. Nxd4 Bd7 12. Qf3 O-O 13. Nc6 Bxc6 14. Qxc6 d5 15. Qxa4 Ne4 16. Nd2 Nc5 17. Qd4 Re8 18. Nf3 Ne4 19. Qa4 Bf6 20. Rb1 Rb8 21. Bf4 Re6 22. Qa5 Rc6 23. c3 Rb5 24. Qa4 Nc5 25. Qc2 Ne6 26. Be5 h6 27. Rbd1 Bxe5 28. Nxe5 Rd6 29. c4 dxc4 30. Nxc4 Rxd1 31. Rxd1 Rd5 32. Ne3 Rxd1+ 33. Qxd1 Qf6 34. Qc2 Qd4 35. h3 g6 36. Nc4 h5 37. Qa4 Qe4 38. Qxa6 Qe1+ 39. Kh2 Qxf2 40. Qa8+ Kg7 41. Qf3 Qc5 42. Qe4 Qf2 43. a4 h4 44. a5 Qg3+ 45. Kg1 Kh7 46. Qf3 Qe1+ 47. Qf1 Qe4 48. Qxf7+ Kh6 49. Nd2 Qd5 50. Nf3 Qd1+ 51. Kh2 Qd6+ 52. Kh1 Qd1+ 53. Ng1 Nd4 54. Qd5 c5 55. Qxc5 Nf5 56. Kh2 Qe1 57. Nf3 Qg3+ 58. Kg1 Qb8 59. b4 Qd8 60. a6 Ng3 61. Qg5+ 1-0.

WGM Swathi Ghate – IM Madl Ildiko

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 a6 8. O-O-O Bd7 9. f4 Be7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. f5 Qb6 13. Kb1 O-O-O 14. g3 Kb8 15. fxe6 fxe6 16. Bh3 Bc8 17. Qe1 Rhe8 18. Rf1 Bf8 19. Ne2 Bg7 20. Nf4 Re7 21. Rf2 Bh8 22. Rfd2 Qc5 23. Rd3 f5 24. exf5 exf5 25. Qg1 Qxg1 26. Nxg1 Ne5 27. Re3 Rf7 28. c3 Bb7 29. Bg2 Bxg2 30. Nxg2 Ng4 31. Re6 Nxh2 32. Nh4 f4 33. gxf4 Rxf4 34. Rh6 Rf7 35. Rh5 Kc7 36. Nh3 Bf6 37. Ng5 Bxg5 38. Rxg5 Rdf8 39. a4 Rf1 40. Rxf1 Rxf1+ 41. Ka2 Rf4 42. Rg7+ Kb6 43. Rxh7 Rxa4+ 44. Kb3 Nf1 45. Nf5 Nd2+ 46. Kc2 Ne4 47. Re7 a5 48. Re8 Nc5 49. Rb8+ Kc7 50. Rxb5 Rf4 51. Nd4 1/2-1/2.

WIM Schneider Veronika – WGM Mary Ann Gomes

1. e4 c5 2. c3 d5 3. exd5 Qxd5 4. d4 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Na3 cxd4 7. Bc4 Qe4+ 8. Be3 Nh6 9. cxd4 O-O 10. O-O Bg4 11. Ng5 Qxe3 12. fxe3 Bxd1 13. Raxd1 Nd7 14. Ne6 Rfc8 15. Nxg7 Kxg7 16. g4 Nb6 17. Bb3 e6 18. h3 Ng8 19. Nb5 Rd8 20. e4 a6 21. Nc3 Rac8 22. Rf2 Rc7 23. e5 Ne7 24. Ne4 Nc6 25. Nd6 Nc8 26. Nxc8 Rcxc8 27. Rfd2 Na5 28. Rd3 Rd7 29. R1d2 Nxb3 30. Rxb3 f6 31. exf6+ Kxf6 32. Kf2 Rc1 33. Rb6 Ke7 34. Re2 Rd1 35. Rexe6+ Kd8 36. Re4 Kc7 37. Rb4 a5 38. Rc4+ Kd6 39. Rc2 Rf7+ 40. Kg2 b6 41. Rce2 Kd5 42. Re6 Rb7 43. b3 Rd3 44. R2e4 Rf7 45. R6e5+ Kd6 46. Re6+ Kd5 47. R6e5+ Kd6 48. Re6+ 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 6 (Open)

GM Nikolic Predrag – GM Sasikiran Krishnan

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 O-O 5. O-O d5 6. c4 c6 7. Nbd2 a5 8. b3 Bf5 9. Bb2 a4 10. e3 Qa5 11. Qc1 Nbd7 12. Bc3 Qa6 13. Rd1 Rfc8 14. Bf1 Qb6 15. b4 Qc7 16. Nh4 Be6 17. Qc2 dxc4 18. Nxc4 Nd5 19. Be1 c5 20. bxc5 Nxc5 21. Rac1 Nd7 22. Qb1 N5b6 23. Na5 Qb8 24. Bg2 Ra7 25. Rxc8+ Qxc8 26. d5 Bg4 27. Rc1 Qa8 28. Qb5 Nc8 29. h3 Nd6 30. Qxa4 Ne5 31. Qb3 Be2 32. Qc2 Nd3 33. Qxe2 Nxc1 34. Qd2 Bc3 35. Qxc1 Bxe1 36. Qxe1 Rxa5 37. e4 Rxa2 38. Kh2 Qa5 39. Qc1 Ra1 40. Qg5 f6 41. Qg4 Qe1 0-1.

GM Harikrishna P – GM Predojevic Borki

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Bd3 dxc4 9. Bxc4 g6 10. O-O Bg7 11. Qc2 O-O 12. Ne4 Qe7 13. Bb3 e5 14. Nc3 Kh7 15. Rfe1 f5 16. Rac1 e4 17. Nd2 Nf6 18. Ne2 Bd7 19. Qc5 Qxc5 20. Rxc5 Rfc8 21. Rec1 Bf8 22. R5c2 Re8 23. Nc4 Be6 24. Na5 Bxb3 25. Nxb3 Bd6 26. Na5 Re7 27. Nc4 Rd8 28. Rb1 Nd5 29. a3 g5 30. b4 a6 31. Nc3 f4 32. Nxd5 cxd5 33. Nb6 Rc7 34. Rbc1 Rxc2 35. Rxc2 fxe3 36. fxe3 Kg6 37. Rc8 Rxc8 38. Nxc8 Bf8 39. Nb6 a5 40. bxa5 Bxa3 41. Nxd5 Kf5 42. Kf2 h5 43. Ke2 Ke6 44. Nc3 Kf5 45. Na4 Ke6 46. Kd2 Bb4+ 47. Kc2 Bxa5 48. Nc5+ Kd5 49. Nxb7 Bc7 50. h3 Bb6 51. g4 hxg4 52. hxg4 Bxd4 53. exd4 Kxd4 54. Nd6 Ke3 55. Kd1 Kf4 56. Ke2 Ke5 1/2-1/2.

GM Saric Ibro – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Bd7 6. Qh4 Nxc3 7. dxc3 Nc6 8. Bf4 f6 9. Bh6 e5 10. Bxf8 Kxf8 11. Qh6+ Kf7 12. e4 Be6 13. Nd2 Qf8 14. Qe3 Kg7 15. Bb5 Qd6 16. Nc4 Bxc4 17. Bxc4 Rhd8 18. a4 Na5 19. Bd5 Qb6 20. b4 Qxe3+ 21. fxe3 Nc6 22. a5 a6 23. O-O-O Rd6 24. Rd2 Kf8 25. Rhd1 Ke7 26. Kc2 Nd8 27. Bg8 Rxd2+ 28. Rxd2 Ne6 29. Bxh7 Kf7 30. Rd7+ Ke8 31. Rd2 Kf7 32. Rd7+ 1/2-1/2.

IM Stojanovic Dalibor – GM Sandipan Chanda

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 Na5 8. Bb5 a6 9. Ba4 b5 10. Bc2 c5 11. Nbd2 Nd7 12. Nf1 Nb6 13. Ng3 Bf6 14. h3 g6 15. a4 Bd7 16. b4 cxb4 17. cxb4 Nc6 18. a5 Nc8 19. Qd2 N8e7 20. Bb2 Be6 21. d4 Nxd4 22. Nxd4 exd4 23. Bxd4 Bxd4 24. Qxd4 Nc6 25. Qd2 Rc8 26. Rac1 d5 27. Bb3 dxe4 28. Qxd8 Rfxd8 29. Bxe6 fxe6 30. Rxe4 Kf7 31. Nf1 e5 32. Ne3 Rd4 33. Rxe5 Nxe5 34. Rxc8 Rxb4 35. Rc7+ Kf8 36. Ra7 Ra4 37. Rxa6 Nc4 38. Ra8+ Kf7 39. a6 Ra1+ 40. Kh2 Nxe3 41. fxe3 b4 42. Ra7+ Kf6 43. Kg3 b3 44. Rb7 Rxa6 45. Rxb3 g5 46. Kf3 h5 47. g4 h4 48. Ke4 Ra4+ 49. Kd5 Ra5+ 50. Kd4 Ra4+ 51. Kd3 Ra2 52. Rb6+ Ke5 53. Rb5+ Kf6 54. Ke4 Ra4+ 55. Kd5 Ra3 56. Rb6+ Kf7 57. Ke4 Ra4+ 58. Kf3 Ra2 59. Rb5 Kf6 60. Rf5+ Kg6 61. Ke4 Ra4+ 62. Kd3 Ra3+ 63. Ke2 Ra2+ 64. Kf1 Ra1+ 65. Kg2 Ra2+ 66. Rf2 Ra3 67. Kf3 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 6 (Women)

IM Sedina Elena – IM Dronavalli Harika

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 g6 3. d4 Bg7 4. c3 cxd4 5. cxd4 d5 6. exd5 Nf6 7. Bc4 O-O 8. Nc3 Nbd7 9. O-O Nb6 10. Bb3 Nfxd5 11. h3 a5 12. Re1 Nxc3 13. bxc3 a4 14. Bc2 Qc7 15. Bg5 Be6 16. Be4 Rfd8 17. Qc1 Rac8 18. Qa3 Qxc3 19. Qxc3 Rxc3 20. Bxe7 Rd7 21. Bc5 Rxc5 22. dxc5 Bxa1 23. Rxa1 Nd5 24. Rd1 Nf6 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. c6 bxc6 27. Bxc6 Nb6 28. a3 Kf8 29. Nd4 Ke7 30. Nxe6 fxe6 31. f4 Kd6 32. Be8 Kd5 33. Kf2 Kc4 34. Kf3 Kb3 35. Ke4 Kxa3 36. Ke5 Nd5 37. g4 Nc7 38. Bxa4 Kxa4 39. f5 exf5 40. gxf5 gxf5 41. Kxf5 Kb4 42. Kg5 Ne6+ 43. Kh6 Nf4 1/2-1/2.

IM Tania Sachdev – WGM Zimina Olga

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 c6 4. e3 Nd7 5. Nc3 Ngf6 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bb7 9. e4 b4 10. Na4 c5 11. e5 Nd5 12. Nxc5 Nxc5 13. dxc5 Bxc5 14. Bb5+ Ke7 15. O-O h6 16. Bd2 Qb6 17. Be2 Rac8 18. a3 a5 19. axb4 axb4 20. Qb1 Ra8 21. Rxa8 Bxa8 22. Ne1 Bb7 23. Nd3 Ba6 24. Nc1 Bd4 25. Bxa6 Qxa6 26. Qe4 Qb6 27. Nd3 Rc8 28. Qh7 Rc2 29. Bc1 Qb5 30. Rd1 b3 31. h3 Bxe5 32. Nxe5 Qe2 33. Ng6+ Kf6 34. Rf1 fxg6 35. Qg8 g5 36. Be3 Nf4 37. Qb8 Qc4 38. Qd8+ Kg6 39. Bxf4 gxf4 40. Re1 Kh7 41. Qd6 Rxb2 42. Qxe6 Qxe6 43. Rxe6 Rc2 0-1.

WFM Ambrosi Eleonora – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Nxd7 5. d4 cxd4 6. Nxd4 Ngf6 7. Nc3 a6 8. O-O g6 9. f4 Bg7 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Nf3 Nc5 12. Qe1 Nfd7 13. f5 Rc8 14. Qh4 e6 15. Bg5 f6 16. Bh6 Qe7 17. Nd4 e5 18. Nde2 g5 19. Qh3 Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Nb6 21. b3 Qf7 22. Rad1 Rcd8 23. Nd5 Nxd5 24. exd5 b5 25. c4 bxc4 26. bxc4 Rb8 27. Rb1 Ne4 28. Rxb8 Rxb8 29. Ng3 Nd2 30. Re1 Qf8 31. Qh5 Nxc4 32. Qe2 Nb6 33. Qxa6 Nxd5 34. Qc4 Qf7 35. Ne4 Ne3 36. Qxf7+ Kxf7 37. Nxd6+ Ke7 38. h4 Nxg2 39. Kxg2 Kxd6 40. hxg5 fxg5 41. Rd1+ Ke7 42. Rh1 Kf6 43. Kf3 Rb7 44. Ke4 Rb4+ 45. Ke3 Kxf5 46. Rxh7 Ra4 47. Rf7+ Kg4 48. Rf2 Kh4 49. Rh2+ Kg3 50. Rh5 g4 51. Rxe5 Rxa2 52. Rg5 Kh3 53. Rh5+ Kg2 54. Rg5 g3 55. Kd4 0-1.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes – WFM Brunello Marina

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 e6 4. O-O Be7 5. d3 O-O 6. Nbd2 c5 7. e4 Nc6 8. Qe2 Rb8 9. e5 Nd7 10. Re1 b5 11. Nf1 Bb7 12. h4 Qb6 13. h5 h6 14. Bf4 d4 15. N1h2 Nb4 16. Ng4 Rfc8 17. Qd2 Bf8 18. Bxh6 gxh6 19. Nxh6+ Bxh6 20. Qxh6 Bxf3 21. Bxf3 Nd5 22. Bxd5 exd5 23. e6 Nf8 24. Qg5+ Kh7 25. Qf5+ Kg7 26. Qxf7+ Kh8 27. h6 1-0.

Games of Round 7 (Open)

GM Sasikiran Krishnan – GM Bacrot Etienne

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 a6 4. e3 b5 5. a4 Bb7 6. b3 e6 7. axb5 axb5 8. Rxa8 Bxa8 9. bxc4 bxc4 10. Bxc4 Nf6 11. Qa4+ Bc6 12. Qc2 Bxf3 13. gxf3 Bb4+ 14. Bd2 Bxd2+ 15. Nxd2 O-O 16. O-O Nbd7 17. Nb3 Qa8 18. Be2 Qd5 19. Ra1 Rb8 20. Bd1 Qg5+ 21. Kh1 Qb5 22. Kg1 Qg5+ 23. Kh1 Qb5 24. Kg1 1/2-1/2.

GM VachierLagrave Maxime – GM Harikrishna

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Nb8 10. d4 Nbd7 11. Nbd2 Bb7 12. Bc2 Re8 13. Nf1 Bf8 14. Ng3 g6 15. b3 Bg7 16. d5 Rc8 17. Be3 c6 18. c4 Nb6 19. Qe2 bxc4 20. bxc4 a5 21. Rab1 Nfd7 22. Bd3 Ba6 23. Rec1 Na4 24. Qd2 Nac5 25. Bf1 Rf8 26. Rd1 a4 27. Ne1 h5 28. f3 Re8 29. Nc2 Bf8 30. Nb4 Bb7 31. Ne2 Qa5 32. Nc3 Ba8 33. dxc6 Bxc6 34. Nb5 Re6 35. Nd5 Qxd2 36. Bxd2 Bxd5 37. cxd5 Ree8 38. Nc3 Kh7 39. Bb5 a3 40. Bc6 f5 41. Nb5 fxe4 42. fxe4 Rb8 43. Bb4 Red8 44. Rf1 Kg8 45. Bxd7 Nxd7 46. Bxa3 Rdc8 47. Bxd6 Ra8 48. Bxf8 Nxf8 49. Rf2 Rcb8 50. Rfb2 Nd7 51. Nc3 Rc8 52. Rb7 Nc5 53. R7b6 Ra3 54. Rc6 Rxc6 55. dxc6 Rxc3 56. Rb8+ 1-0.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly – GM Fressinet Laurent

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Bc5 5. O-O O-O 6. Re1 d6 7. c3 a6 8. Bb3 Be6 9. Bc2 d5 10. Qe2 Re8 11. h3 h6 12. Nbd2 Bf8 13. Nf1 b5 14. Ng3 g6 15. Rd1 Bg7 16. Be3 Qe7 17. a4 b4 18. Rac1 bxc3 19. bxc3 Rab8 20. d4 exd4 21. Nxd4 Nxd4 22. Bxd4 Nxe4 23. Nxe4 dxe4 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Qxe4 Qc5 26. Qd4+ Qxd4 27. cxd4 Red8 28. Be4 Rb4 29. Rxc7 Rxa4 30. Bb7 1/2-1/2.

GM Tkachiev Vladislav – GM GN Gopal

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. d4 Nb6 7. Nc3 Nc6 8. e3 O-O 9. O-O Re8 10. d5 Na5 11. Nd4 Bd7 12. e4 Rc8 13. Rb1 c6 14. Re1 cxd5 15. exd5 Nac4 16. b3 Nd6 17. Bb2 Na8 18. Nce2 Qa5 19. a4 Bg4 20. h3 Bxe2 21. Nxe2 Bxb2 22. Rxb2 Nb6 23. Nf4 Qb4 24. Rbe2 Rc3 25. Rxe7 Rxe7 26. Rxe7 Qxb3 27. Qe2 Rc1+ 28. Kh2 Qd1 29. Re8+ Nxe8 30. Qxe8+ Kg7 31. Ne6+ fxe6 32. Qe7+ Kg8 33. Qe8+ 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 7 (Women)

GM Stefanova Antoaneta – IM Dronavalli Harika

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Be7 6. Bg2 O-O 7. O-O c6 8. Bf4 b6 9. Nc3 Nbd7 10. cxd5 cxd5 11. Nb5 Ne8 12. Rc1 Ba6 13. Qa4 Bxb5 14. Qxb5 Bd6 15. Ne5 Nxe5 16. dxe5 g5 17. Bxg5 Qxg5 18. exd6 Nxd6 19. Qb4 Rac8 20. Rxc8 Nxc8 21. e4 Qe7 22. Qd2 dxe4 23. Bxe4 Nd6 24. Bb1 Rd8 25. Qh6 Nf5 26. Qh5 Qf6 27. Rc1 h6 28. Rc4 Rd4 29. Rc8+ Kg7 30. Qe2 Rd7 31. Qg4+ Qg5 32. Bxf5 exf5 33. Qb4 Qe7 34. Qc3+ f6 35. h4 Qe2 36. Rc7 Qe7 37. Rc6 Qe5 38. Qxe5 fxe5 39. h5 e4 40. Rg6+ Kf7 41. Rxh6 Rd1+ 42. Kg2 Rd2 43. Kf1 Rxb2 44. a4 Rc2 45. Rh7+ Kf6 46. Rxa7 Kg5 47. Ra6 Ra2 48. Rxb6 Kxh5 49. Rb5 Kg4 50. a5 f4 51. gxf4 Kf3 52. Rb3+ Kxf4 53. Rb5 Kf3 54. Rb3+ 1/2-1/2.

IM Tania Sachdev – WGM Djingarova Emilia

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. O-O exd5 10. exd5 O-O 11. Nbc3 Bf5 12. Be3 Na6 13. b3 Re8 14. Qd2 Qd7 15. Rfd1 Rac8 16. a3 h5 17. Rac1 Kh7 18. h4 Rcd8 19. Nf4 Nc8 20. Bf1 Nd6 21. Kh2 b5 22. Re1 b4 23. Na4 Ne4 24. Qd1 Qd6 25. axb4 Nxb4 26. Nxc5 Nxd5 27. Nxd5 Qxd5 28. Qxd5 Rxd5 29. Nxe4 Bxe4 30. Bxa7 Rde5 31. b4 Bf3 32. Rxe5 Bxe5 33. Bg2 Bxg2 34. Kxg2 Bb8 35. Bxb8 Rxb8 36. Rb1 Kg7 37. Kf3 Kf6 38. Ke4 Ke6 39. b5 Rb6 40. Kd4 Kd6 41. Kc4 Kc7 42. Ra1 Rf6 43. f4 Kb7 44. Ra6 Rf5 45. Rd6 Kc7 46. Rd5 Rf6 47. Kc5 Re6 48. Re5 Rf6 49. Re7+ Kd8 50. Ra7 Kc8 51. b6 Rf5+ 52. Kc6 Rf6+ 53. Kb5 Re6 54. Ka6 Re3 55. Ra8+ Kd7 56. b7 Ra3+ 57. Kb6 Rb3+ 58. Ka7 Ra3+ 59. Kb8 Rxg3 60. Ra7 1-0.

WGM Voiska Margarita – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. Bd3 Bb7 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d5 8. cxd5 exd5 9. b3 Nbd7 10. Bb2 a6 11. Rc1 Bd6 12. Ne2 Re8 13. Ng3 g6 14. Qc2 Ng4 15. Rfe1 Ndf6 16. Ne5 Rc8 17. f4 Nh6 18. Qe2 Ra8 19. Rf1 Ne4 20. Bxe4 dxe4 21. d5 Bxd5 22. Rfd1 Bb7 23. Nc4 Re6 24. Nxd6 Rxd6 25. Rxd6 Qxd6 26. Be5 Qd5 27. Rxc7 Rd8 28. h3 b5 29. Kh2 Rf8 30. Qb2 f6 31. Bxf6 Rf7 32. Rxf7 Qxf7 33. Qe5 Qf8 34. Be7 Qa8 35. Bc5 Nf7 36. Qf6 Qd8 37. Be7 Qd7 38. Ba3 Qd8 39. Qc3 Qf8 1-0.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes – WFM Raeva Elitsa

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Nf6 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O e6 5. d3 Be7 6. b3 O-O 7. Bb2 h6 8. Nbd2 c5 9. Qe1 Nc6 10. e4 Bh7 11. Ne5 Nd4 12. Rc1 Qc7 13. f4 Rad8 14. c3 Nc6 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. Qe2 a5 17. Rce1 a4 18. exd5 cxd5 19. f5 c4 20. d4 Rde8 21. bxc4 exf5 22. Qd1 a3 23. Bc1 dxc4 24. Qa4 Bd6 25. Nxc4 Rxe1 26. Rxe1 Bxg3 27. hxg3 Qxg3 28. Re3 Qh4 29. Qxa3 f4 30. Rf3 g5 31. Qb2 Be4 32. Rh3 Qe1+ 33. Bf1 g4 34. Bd2 Qd1 35. Rxh6 g3 36. Bxf4 Qf3 37. Rh4 Ng4 38. Be3 Nxe3 39. Qe2 Nf5 40. Rxe4 Qxc3 41. Qg4+ Ng7 42. Re3 f5 43. Qxg7+ 1-0.

Games of Round 8 (Open)

GM Alexander Beliavsky – GM Sasikiran Krishnan

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Bf4 Nbd7 7. e3 g6 8. Nh4 Be6 9. Bd3 Bg7 10. O-O Nh5 11. Bg3 Bf6 12. f4 Nxg3 13. hxg3 Bxh4 14. gxh4 Bf5 15. g4 Bxd3 16. Qxd3 Nf6 17. g5 Nh5 18. Kf2 Qd7 19. Ne2 f6 20. Ng3 Ng7 21. Kg2 Rg8 22. b4 Qg4 23. Qd1 Qe6 24. Qf3 Kd7 25. a4 Nf5 26. Nxf5 gxf5 27. Kf2 fxg5 28. hxg5 h6 29. Rg1 Rg6 30. gxh6 Rxh6 31. Rh1 Rxh1 32. Rxh1 a5 33. bxa5 Rxa5 34. Rb1 Kc7 35. Qd1 Qc8 1/2-1/2.

GM Harikrishna P – GM Pavasovic Dusko

1. Nf3 d5 2. g3 Bg4 3. Bg2 Nd7 4. O-O c6 5. d3 Ngf6 6. Nbd2 e5 7. e4 dxe4 8. dxe4 Bc5 9. Qe1 O-O 10. h3 Bh5 11. a3 Re8 12. b4 Bf8 13. Nc4 Qc7 14. Nh4 b5 15. Na5 c5 16. c3 Nb6 17. f4 exf4 18. Bxf4 Qd7 19. g4 Bg6 20. Rd1 Qe6 21. Nxg6 hxg6 22. e5 Nfd5 23. Bg3 cxb4 24. cxb4 Rac8 25. Rd3 g5 26. Qd2 Nf4 27. Bxf4 gxf4 28. Qxf4 Re7 29. Qf5 Qxf5 30. gxf5 Nc4 31. e6 Nxa5 32. bxa5 fxe6 33. fxe6 Rec7 34. a6 Rc1 35. Rxc1 Rxc1+ 36. Kf2 Bc5+ 37. Kg3 Ra1 38. Rd8+ Kh7 39. Be4+ Kh6 40. Kf4 Rf1+ 41. Ke5 Bxa3 42. Rd7 Bb2+ 43. Kd5 Rd1+ 44. Kc6 Re1 45. Bd5 Bd4 46. Bb3 Bf2 47. Rf7 Bd4 48. e7 Bf6 49. Rxf6+ gxf6 50. Kd7 Rxe7+ 51. Kxe7 f5 52. Kd6 f4 53. Kc5 1-0.

GM Lenic Luka – GM GN Gopal

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. Bg5 Ne4 6. Bh4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 dxc4 8. Qa4+ Qd7 9. Qxc4 b6 10. e3 Ba6 11. Qb3 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 O-O 13. Ke2 c5 14. Rhd1 cxd4 15. cxd4 Nc6 16. Rac1 Na5 17. Qb4 e6 18. Rc3 Qd5 19. Qa4 Rfc8 20. Rdc1 Qb7 21. Qc2 Rxc3 22. Qxc3 Qa6+ 23. Qd3 Qb7 24. Qc3 Qa6+ 25. Qd3 Qb7 26. Qc3 1/2-1/2.

GM Sandipan Chanda – IM Borisek Jure

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 d5 12. e5 Ne4 13. Nc3 Nxc3 14. bxc3 Qd7 15. h3 Bh5 16. g4 Bg6 17. Bg5 Ba3 18. Bc1 Be7 19. Bg5 Ba3 20. Qd2 Na5 21. Nh4 Nc4 22. Bxc4 bxc4 23. Nxg6 hxg6 24. f4 Rab8 25. f5 Rb2 26. Qe3 gxf5 27. Bf6 f4 28. Qxf4 Re8 29. Bxg7 Kxg7 30. Qg5+ Kh8 31. Rf1 Rb6 32. Rf5 Bf8 33. Raf1 Rg6 34. Qf4 Rg7 35. g5 c5 36. h4 cxd4 37. cxd4 Be7 38. Kh2 Qe6 39. Rf3 Rc8 40. Rc3 Qb6 41. Rc2 Qe6 42. Rc3 Rb8 43. Rc2 a5 44. Rg2 Rh7 45. Rc2 a4 46. Kg3 a3 47. Rc3 Rb2 48. Re3 Rd2 49. Rf6 Bxf6 50. gxf6 Rh5 51. Rxa3 Rd3+ 52. Rxd3 cxd3 53. a4 Qf5 54. Qc1 Qg6+ 0-1.

Games of Round 8 (Women)

IM Harika Dronavalli – IM Maric Alisa

1. d4 e6 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 O-O 5. Bg5 c5 6. e3 cxd4 7. exd4 d5 8. Be2 dxc4 9. O-O Nbd7 10. Bxc4 Bxc3 11. bxc3 Qc7 12. Qe2 b6 13. Rac1 Bb7 14. Bd3 Ng4 15. Be4 Bxe4 16. Qxe4 Ngf6 17. Qe2 Rac8 18. c4 h6 19. Bh4 Qf4 20. Rfe1 Rfd8 21. Rc3 Nf8 22. Rb3 N8d7 23. Bg3 Qf5 24. Ra3 Ra8 25. Ne5 Nxe5 26. Bxe5 Nd7 27. Rf3 Qh5 28. Bxg7 Kh7 29. Bxh6 1-0.

IM Bojkovic Natasa – IM Tania Sachdev

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. O-O f6 6. d4 exd4 7. Nxd4 c5 8. Ne2 Qxd1 9. Rxd1 Bd7 10. Nbc3 O-O-O 11. Be3 b6 12. Rd2 Re8 13. Rad1 Bc6 14. f3 Ne7 15. Nf4 Ng6 16. Nxg6 hxg6 17. Bf4 Be7 18. Nd5 Bd8 19. h3 f5 20. exf5 gxf5 21. Bg3 Bg5 22. Bf4 Bd8 23. Bg3 Rhf8 24. c4 g5 25. Bf2 Re6 26. Re1 Rxe1+ 27. Bxe1 Re8 28. Kf1 Bd7 29. Nc3 Be6 30. b3 c6 31. Bf2 Be7 32. Re2 Bf6 33. Na4 Kc7 34. Rd2 Rd8 35. Rxd8 Bxd8 36. g4 Bf6 37. Ke2 Bg8 38. Bg3+ Kb7 39. Bd6 Bh7 40. Kd2 fxg4 41. hxg4 Bd8 42. Nc3 Kc8 43. Ne4 Kd7 44. Bg3 Be7 45. Ke3 b5 46. Be5 Bg6 47. Bg7 Bf7 48. Kd3 Ke6 49. Bh6 Bg6 50. Ke3 Bxe4 51. Kxe4 Kf6 52. f4 gxf4 53. Bxf4 Ke6 54. g5 Bf8 55. Be5 Be7 56. g6 Bh4 57. Bb2 Bg3 58. Kf3 Be1 59. Kg4 Bd2 60. g7 Kf7 61. Kf5 Be3 62. Ke5 b4 63. Kd6 Bd4 64. Bc1 Kxg7 65. Kxc6 Kf6 66. Bf4 Kf5 67. Bd6 Ke4 68. Bxc5 Bc3 69. Kb6 Kd3 70. Kxa6 Kc2 71. Kb5 0-1.

IM Swathi Ghate – WGM Stojanovic Andjelija

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Qb6 8. Nb3 a6 9. O-O-O Be7 10. f3 O-O 11. g4 Rd8 12. Be3 Qc7 13. g5 Nd7 14. h4 b5 15. Qf2 Nce5 16. Kb1 b4 17. Ne2 Nc4 18. Bc1 a5 19. h5 Bb7 20. g6 Bf6 21. gxf7+ Kxf7 22. Ned4 Ndb6 23. h6 g6 24. Bh3 Re8 25. Rhe1 a4 26. Nd2 Qc5 27. Nxc4 Nxc4 28. f4 Kg8 29. Re2 e5 30. fxe5 Bxe5 31. Qg1 b3 32. cxb3 axb3 33. Nxb3 Qb5 34. Nd4 Bxe4+ 35. Rxe4 Bxd4 36. Rexd4 Na3+ 37. Ka1 Nc2+ 38. Kb1 Na3+ 39. Ka1 Nc2+ 1/2-1/2.

WGM Chelushkina Irina – WGM Mary Ann Gomes

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b6 3. Bg2 Bb7 4. d4 e6 5. O-O Be7 6. c4 O-O 7. Nc3 d6 8. Re1 Ne4 9. Qc2 f5 10. d5 Nxc3 11. Nd4 Ne4 12. Nxe6 Qe8 13. Nxc7 Qf7 14. Nxa8 Bxa8 15. f3 Nc5 16. b4 Ncd7 17. Bb2 b5 18. cxb5 Bxd5 19. a4 f4 20. Bd4 Nb6 21. a5 Nc4 22. gxf4 Qxf4 23. e3 Qf7 24. e4 Be6 25. Bxa7 Bh4 26. Bf2 Bxf2+ 27. Qxf2 Qd7 28. a6 Qxb5 29. a7 Na6 30. f4 Nc7 31. f5 Na8 32. Qd4 Bf7 33. Bf1 Qe5 34. Red1 Ncb6 35. Qxe5 dxe5 36. Ra5 Re8 37. Bb5 Rc8 38. Ba6 Re8 39. Bb7 Bb3 40. Rc1 Kf7 41. Bxa8 Nxa8 42. Ra3 1-0.

Games of Round 9 (Open)

GM Sasikiran Krishnan – GM Gata Kamsky

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Bc4 c5 8. Ne2 Nc6 9. Be3 O-O 10. O-O Na5 11. Bd3 b6 12. Rc1 e5 13. Qa4 Bd7 14. Qa3 Be6 15. d5 Bd7 16. f4 Nb7 17. c4 Nd6 18. Rce1 Re8 19. Ng3 exf4 20. Bxf4 Be5 21. Qc1 Qe7 22. Kh1 Rac8 23. Ne2 b5 24. Ng1 f6 25. Nf3 Bxf4 26. Qxf4 bxc4 27. Bc2 Nf7 28. Rb1 Qd6 29. Nd2 Qxf4 30. Rxf4 c3 31. Nc4 Rb8 32. Rxf6 Ba4 33. Rb3 Rb4 34. Rxf7 Bxb3 35. axb3 Kxf7 36. Kg1 Rxc4 0-1.

GM Nakamura Hikaru – GM Harikrishna P

1. g3 d5 2. Bg2 Nf6 3. d3 g6 4. Bd2 Bg7 5. Qc1 Qd6 6. c4 dxc4 7. Na3 O-O 8. Nxc4 Qe6 9. Nh3 Nc6 10. Nf4 Qd7 11. Bc3 Nd4 12. h4 Re8 13. e3 Ne6 14. Qc2 Rb8 15. O-O-O Nxf4 16. gxf4 b5 17. Na5 Qe6 18. Kb1 b4 19. Bd4 Qa6 20. Qxc7 Bf5 21. Qxa7 Bxd3+ 22. Ka1 Qxa7 23. Bxa7 Rb5 24. Rxd3 Rxa5 25. Bb6 Rb5 26. Bd8 Rc5 27. Kb1 e5 28. Bb6 Rb5 29. Bc7 e4 30. Rd8 Rxd8 31. Bxd8 Rd5 32. Be7 Rd2 33. Bxb4 Rxf2 34. Rc1 h5 35. Rc2 Ng4 36. Rxf2 Nxf2 37. a4 Nd1 38. Bc5 Nxb2 39. a5 Na4 40. a6 Nc3+ 41. Kc2 Nb5 42. Bxe4 Bf8 43. Bxf8 Kxf8 44. Kb3 1-0.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly – GM Onischuk Alexander

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. O-O Nxe4 5. d4 Nd6 6. Bxc6 dxc6 7. dxe5 Nf5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Nc3 Ne7 10. h3 Ng6 11. b3 a5 12. Bb2 Nf4 13. Rad1+ Ke8 14. Nd4 Bb4 15. a4 Bd7 16. Kh2 Bxc3 17. Bxc3 c5 18. Nb5 Bxb5 19. axb5 Ke7 20. g3 Ne6 21. f4 Rhd8 22. Rxd8 Nxd8 23. Bb2 Ne6 24. f5 Nd4 25. Bxd4 cxd4 26. Kg2 Rd8 27. Kf3 d3 28. Rc1 d2 29. Rd1 g6 30. g4 gxf5 31. gxf5 f6 32. e6 Rd5 33. Kf4 Rd4+ 34. Ke3 Rd5 35. Kf4 Rd4+ 36. Ke3 Rd5 37. Ke4 1/2-1/2.

GM Akobian Varuzhan – GM GN Gopal

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 Nc6 10. d5 Ne5 11. Nxe5 Bxe5 12. Qd2 e6 13. f4 Bc7 14. O-O exd5 15. exd5 Ba5 16. d6 b6 17. Bb2 Bf5 18. Rbd1 Qd7 19. Bf3 Rad8 20. Rfe1 Rfe8 21. h3 c4 22. Ba3 b5 23. Re7 Qc8 24. Bd5 Rxe7 25. dxe7 Re8 26. g4 Bd3 27. f5 Qd7 28. Bg2 b4 29. f6 Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. Re1 Be2 32. Bxb4 Bxb4 33. cxb4 c3 34. Rxe2 c2 35. Qc1 Qd4+ 36. Kh1 Qd1+ 37. Re1 1-0.

Games of Round 9 (Women)

IM Dronavalli Harika – GM Sebag Marie

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nbd2 Bf5 5. Nh4 Bg6 6. Qb3 Qc7 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. g3 e6 9. Bg2 Nbd7 10. O-O Be7 11. e4 dxe4 12. Nxe4 Nxe4 13. Bxe4 O-O 14. Be3 Nf6 15. Bf3 Rfd8 16. Rad1 Rd7 17. Rfe1 Qa5 18. Bd2 Qf5 19. Re5 Qh3 20. Bg5 Rad8 21. d5 cxd5 22. cxd5 Nxd5 23. Rdxd5 Rxd5 24. Rxd5 Rxd5 25. Bxe7 Rd7 26. Ba3 Qf5 27. Kg2 b5 28. Qb4 a6 29. b3 Kh7 30. Bb2 Qc2 31. Qc3 Qxc3 32. Bxc3 f6 33. Be1 e5 34. a4 bxa4 35. bxa4 f5 36. a5 e4 37. Be2 Rd6 38. h4 Rc6 39. Bf1 Rc1 40. Bd2 Rc2 41. Be3 Ra2 42. Bxa6 Rxa5 43. Bc4 Ra4 44. Bf7 Ra6 45. Kf1 Rf6 46. Bb3 Rc6 47. Ke2 Rc3 48. Bd5 Rd3 49. Ba2 Rc3 50. Kd2 Rd3+ 51. Kc2 Rd6 52. Bc4 Rd7 53. Kc3 Rd1 54. Kb4 Rb1+ 55. Kc5 Rb2 56. Bd5 g5 57. hxg5 Kg6 58. Kd6 Kh5 59. Ke7 g6 60. Kf6 Rc2 61. Bb3 Rc6+ 62. Ke5 Kg4 63. Bd1+ Kh3 64. Kf4 Rd6 65. Be2 Rd5 66. Bf1+ Kh2 67. Bc4 Rd6 68. g4 fxg4 69. Kxg4 Kg2 70. Bf7 Ra6 71. Bd5 Kf1 72. Bc4+ 1-0.

IM Skripchenko Almira – IM Tania Sachdev

1. e4 c5 2. b3 d6 3. Bb2 Nd7 4. f4 Qc7 5. Qf3 e6 6. Ne2 Ngf6 7. g4 b6 8. Ng3 Bb7 9. g5 Ng8 10. Nc3 Ne7 11. Bg2 h6 12. h4 O-O-O 13. O-O-O a6 14. Kb1 Nc6 15. Nce2 Kb8 16. Qf2 Rg8 17. c3 g6 18. d4 cxd4 19. cxd4 b5 20. Nc3 Qb6 21. Qd2 Ne7 22. h5 gxh5 23. Nxh5 Qa5 24. d5 e5 25. fxe5 Nxe5 26. gxh6 Bxh6 27. Qxh6 Rxg2 28. Nf4 Rgg8 29. Nce2 N7g6 30. Nxg6 Nxg6 31. Rhf1 Qc7 32. Qh7 Rgf8 33. Ng3 Rc8 34. Rd2 Qe7 35. Rdf2 Rc7 36. Bg7 Rfc8 37. Bf6 Qd7 38. Nf5 Re8 39. Qh1 b4 40. Bd4 Qb5 41. Qf3 Rd7 42. Qg3 Ka8 43. Rd1 Rxe4 44. Nxd6 Qxd5 45. Nxe4 Qxe4+ 46. Rc2 Rxd4 47. Re1 Qf4 48. Re8+ Ka7 49. Qg1 Qg4 50. Qf2 Qf4 51. Qg1 Qg4 52. Qf2 Qf4 1/2-1/2.

WGM Nisha Mohota – IM Collas Silvia

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. b4 c6 7. Bb2 a6 8. Be2 Bg4 9. h3 Bxf3 10. gxf3 dxc4 11. Bxc4 Qd6 12. a3 e5 13. dxe5 Qxe5 14. f4 Qe7 15. Qb3 Nbd7 16. O-O Nb6 17. Be2 Rad8 18. Rad1 Rxd1 19. Rxd1 Rd8 20. Kh2 Rxd1 21. Nxd1 Ne4 22. Bxg7 Kxg7 23. Bf3 Nd5 24. Qb2+ Ndf6 25. Qd4 Nd6 26. Nb2 Nb5 27. Qe5 Qxe5 28. fxe5 Nd5 29. Nc4 f6 30. exf6+ Kxf6 31. Bg4 Na7 32. e4 b5 33. e5+ Ke7 34. Nb2 Nb6 35. Be2 Ke6 36. f4 Kd5 37. Nd3 Nc4 38. Nc5 Nxa3 39. Nxa6 Nc2 40. Kg3 Kd4 41. Bg4 c5 42. Nxc5 Nxb4 43. Ne6+ Ke3 44. Nc7 Nbc6 45. h4 b4 46. Nd5+ Kd4 47. Nxb4 Nxb4 48. h5 gxh5 49. Bf5 Nac6 50. Kh4 Nxe5 51. fxe5 Kxe5 1/2-1/2.

WGM Milliet Sophie – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Nf6 4. d3 Be7 5. O-O O-O 6. a4 d6 7. a5 a6 8. h3 Be6 9. Nc3 Qd7 10. Bd2 Rae8 11. Nd5 Bd8 12. Bb3 h6 13. c3 Na7 14. Ba4 c6 15. c4 Nh7 16. Ne3 Ng5 17. Nxg5 Bxg5 18. b4 g6 19. Nd5 f5 20. exf5 Bxd5 21. cxd5 Rxf5 22. d4 exd4 23. Bc2 Nb5 24. Bxf5 Qxf5 25. Bxg5 Qxg5 26. dxc6 bxc6 27. Qd3 Kg7 28. Rae1 Re7 29. Rxe7+ Qxe7 30. Qf3 c5 31. Qc6 d3 32. Qxa6 Qd7 33. Qb6 c4 34. a6 d5 35. Ra1 Na7 36. Qb7 Qf7 37. b5 c3 38. Kf1 c2 39. Qxf7+ Kxf7 40. Ke1 1-0.

Games of Round 10 (Open)

GM Navara David – GM Sasikiran Krishnan

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 a6 3. Nge2 Nf6 4. g3 d6 5. Bg2 g6 6. d4 Nbd7 7. dxc5 Nxc5 8. Be3 Ncd7 9. O-O Ng4 10. Bc1 Bg7 11. h3 Ngf6 12. Be3 O-O 13. g4 Ne8 14. Qd2 b5 15. a4 b4 16. Nd5 e6 17. Bg5 f6 18. Be3 a5 19. Ndf4 Ne5 20. b3 Ra6 21. Nd4 Nc7 22. Rad1 Nf7 23. Nb5 Re8 24. Qe2 e5 25. Nxc7 Qxc7 26. Nd5 Qb7 27. Qf3 Kh8 28. Nxf6 Rf8 29. Nd5 Nd8 30. Qg3 Rc6 31. f4 exf4 32. Bxf4 Nf7 33. Ne3 Qb6 34. g5 Rc3 35. Rf2 Be6 36. Bf1 Kg8 37. Kg2 Re8 38. Bd3 Bd4 39. Rdf1 Bxb3 40. Ng4 Be6 41. Be3 Bxe3 42. Rxf7 Bxg5 43. Nf6+ Bxf6 44. Rxh7 Kxh7 45. Rxf6 Bf5 46. Qh4+ Kg7 47. exf5 Qc6+ 48. Kg1 Qc5+ 49. Kf1 Re1+ 50. Qxe1 Kxf6 51. Qe6+ Kg5 52. Qe7+ Kf4 53. Qe4+ Kg5 54. Qe7+ Kf4 55. Qe4+ Kg5 56. h4+ Kh6 57. Qe6 Kh5 58. Qe7 Kg4 59. fxg6 Rxd3 60. Qe4+ Kh5 61. Qxd3 Kh6 62. Qe4 d5 63. Qd3 Qc4 64. Ke2 Qg4+ 65. Kd2 d4 66. Kc1 Qxh4 67. Kb2 Qf6 68. Kb3 Qe6+ 69. Kb2 Qe3 70. Qb5 Qc3+ 71. Kb1 Qe1+ 72. Kb2 Qc3+ 73. Kb1 Qe1+ 74. Kb2 Qc3+ 1/2-1/2.

GM Harikrishna P – GM Hracek Zbynek

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 c5 5. g3 cxd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Bg2 d5 8. cxd5 Nxd5 9. Qb3 Nc6 10. Nxc6 bxc6 11. O-O Qa5 12. Bd2 Bxc3 13. bxc3 Ba6 14. Rfd1 Qc5 15. e4 Bc4 16. Qa4 Nb6 17. Qb4 Qh5 18. Re1 c5 19. Qa5 Rfc8 20. Bf4 e5 21. g4 Qxg4 22. Bxe5 Be2 23. Bg3 Bf3 24. h3 Qh5 25. Qb5 Bxg2 26. Kxg2 Qg6 27. Rad1 Rc6 28. a4 h5 29. h4 Qe6 30. a5 a6 31. Qe2 Nc4 32. Rd5 Nxa5 33. Qxh5 Nc4 34. Qe2 Nb6 35. Re5 Qc4 36. Qf3 Nd7 37. Re7 Rf6 38. Qh5 Rh6 39. Qd5 Nb6 40. Qb7 Rf8 41. Rd1 Qxc3 42. e5 Re6 43. Rc7 Qb4 44. Rd6 Nc8 45. Rdd7 Qxb7+ 46. Rxb7 Nb6 47. Rd1 Nc4 48. Rd5 Rfe8 49. Rdd7 Nxe5 50. Bxe5 Rxe5 51. Rxf7 Kh8 52. Rxg7 Rg8 53. Rg3 Re2 54. Kf3 Re6 55. Rg5 Rf6+ 56. Kg3 Rc6 57. Kf4 Rxg5 58. hxg5 c4 59. Rb2 c3 60. Rc2 Kg7 61. Ke4 Kg6 62. f4 Rc4+ 63. Ke5 Rc5+ 64. Kd4 Rf5 65. Ke4 Rc5 66. Kd3 Rf5 67. Rf2 Rc5 68. Kc2 Kf5 69. Rf3 Rc4 70. Rxc3 Rxf4 71. Rc5+ Kg6 72. Rc6+ Kxg5 73. Rxa6 1/2-1/2.

GM Laznicka Viktor – GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. dxc5 Bxc5 8. Qxd8+ Kxd8 9. Be2 Ke7 10. Ne5 Nbd7 11. Nc4 Ne4 12. Nbd2 Ndf6 13. Nb3 Ba7 14. Rd1 Bd7 15. f3 Nc5 16. Nd4 Rac8 17. Kf1 Rhd8 18. e4 Nd3 19. Rxd3 Rxc4 20. Be3 Bb8 21. Rb3 Rc7 22. a4 Ne8 23. a5 f6 24. Rb4 Nd6 25. e5 Nf7 26. exf6+ gxf6 27. Nb3 Rdc8 28. Rd1 Bc6 29. Bb6 Rd7 30. Rxd7+ Bxd7 31. Bc5+ Bd6 32. Bxd6+ Nxd6 33. Rh4 Rh8 34. Nc5 Bc6 35. Bd3 h6 36. Kf2 f5 37. Ke3 Kf6 38. g4 fxg4 39. fxg4 Nf7 40. Ne4+ Kg7 41. Rh5 Rd8 42. h4 Rb8 43. Nc5 Kf6 44. b4 Rg8 45. Kf4 Bd5 46. Be4 e5+ 47. Kf3 Bxe4+ 48. Nxe4+ Kg7 49. Nc5 Kf6 50. Ne4+ Kg7 51. Rf5 Rd8 52. Nc5 Rd1 53. Ne6+ Kg8 54. g5 Rf1+ 0-1.

GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal – GM Stocek Jiri

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. f4 b5 8. e5 dxe5 9. fxe5 Qc7 10. exf6 Qe5+ 11. Be2 Qxg5 12. O-O Qe5 13. Kh1 Ra7 14. Nf3 Qxf6 15. a4 b4 16. Ne4 Qd8 17. Qe1 Nc6 18. Qf2 f5 19. Ne5 Nxe5 20. Qxa7 fxe4 21. Bxa6 Bxa6 22. Qxa6 Bd6 23. Rad1 Ke7 24. Qb7+ Qc7 25. Qxe4 Qc4 26. Qe3 h6 27. h3 Qxc2 28. Rxd6 Kxd6 29. Qd4+ Ke7 30. Qxb4+ Kd7 31. Qd4+ Kc8 32. Qxe5 Qc7 33. Qxe6+ Kb8 34. Rf7 1-0.

Games of Round 10 (Women)

IM Muzychuk Anna – IM Dronavalli Harika

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. g3 g6 4. Bg2 Bg7 5. d3 d6 6. f4 Nf6 7. Nf3 O-O 8. O-O Rb8 9. h3 b5 10. g4 b4 11. Ne2 a5 12. Be3 Ba6 13. Rc1 c4 14. g5 Nh5 15. b3 cxd3 16. cxd3 Rc8 17. Nh2 Qd7 18. Ng4 e6 19. f5 Rfe8 20. fxg6 fxg6 21. Nf6+ Bxf6 22. gxf6 Rf8 23. Kh2 Rxf6 24. Rxf6 Nxf6 25. Qd2 Nh5 26. Bf3 Ng7 27. d4 Rf8 28. Bg2 Nh5 29. d5 Ne5 30. Nd4 exd5 31. exd5 Rc8 32. Nc6 Re8 33. Bd4 Qf5 34. Bxe5 Rxe5 35. Nxe5 Qxe5+ 36. Kg1 Nf4 37. Re1 1/2-1/2.

IM Tania Sachdev – WGM Krivec Jana

1. d4 d5 2. c4 dxc4 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 c5 6. O-O a6 7. Bb3 Be7 8. Nc3 O-O 9. Qe2 Nc6 10. Rd1 cxd4 11. exd4 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. Ne5 Bb7 14. a3 Rc8 15. Rd3 Nc4 16. Rb1 g6 17. Bh6 Re8 18. Bb3 Nd5 19. Ne4 f6 20. Nf3 Qc7 21. Re1 Nf4 22. Bxf4 Qxf4 23. Nfd2 f5 24. Ng3 Bd5 25. Nf3 Qc7 26. Ne5 Bf6 27. Rc3 Bxe5 28. dxe5 Qb7 29. f3 Nb6 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Bxd5 Nxd5 32. Qd2 Qb6+ 33. Kh1 Qc5 34. Ne2 Qf2 35. Rg1 Rc4 36. Qd3 Qe3 37. Qxe3 Nxe3 38. Rc1 Rxc1+ 39. Nxc1 Nc4 40. Nd3 a5 1/2-1/2.

WGM Srebrnic Ana – WGM Swathi Ghate

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nf6 3. Nc3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 d6 6. O-O Nbd7 7. b3 g6 8. Bb2 Bg7 9. d3 O-O 10. e3 a6 11. a3 Qc7 12. Qe2 Rad8 13. Rab1 Qb8 14. Ba1 Qa8 15. b4 Ne5 16. e4 Nfd7 17. bxc5 bxc5 18. Ne1 Nc6 19. Nc2 e6 20. f4 Nd4 21. Nxd4 cxd4 22. Na2 Nc5 23. Nb4 a5 24. Nc2 e5 25. f5 Bc6 26. g4 Rb8 27. Rbd1 Rb3 28. f6 Bh6 29. h4 Rfb8 30. g5 Bf8 31. Ne1 Rb1 32. Nf3 Rxd1 33. Rxd1 Rb3 34. Bb2 Qc8 35. Ne1 Na4 36. Rd2 Qb8 37. Bc1 Rb1 38. Rc2 Bd7 39. Bd2 Qa7 40. Kh2 Nc5 41. h5 Qb6 42. hxg6 hxg6 43. Nf3 Ba4 44. Rc1 Rxc1 45. Bxc1 Qb1 46. Qe1 Nxd3 47. Qxa5 Nxc1 48. Qxa4 Qxe4 49. Qd1 Qf4+ 50. Kh1 d3 51. Qd2 Qxc4 0-1.

WGM Mary Ann Gomes – WFM Novak Ksenija

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Nc6 4. O-O Bg7 5. c4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 O-O 8. a3 d6 9. Rb1 Rb8 10. b4 b6 11. Bd2 h6 12. e3 Be6 13. b5 Na5 14. e4 f5 15. exf5 Bxf5 16. Qe2 Qd7 17. Nh4 Bh3 18. Bxh3 Qxh3 19. Qe4 Qe6 20. Nd5 Nxd5 21. cxd5 Qe8 22. Nxg6 Rf6 23. Nh4 Nb7 24. Nf5 Bf8 25. f4 exf4 26. Qxf4 Kh7 27. Bc3 Qg6 28. Bxf6 Qxf6 29. Rbe1 Nd8 30. Re8 Rb7 31. Qe4 1-0.

Games of Round 11 (Open)

GM Sasikiran Krishnan – GM Movsesian Sergei

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 a6 5. c5 Bf5 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Qb3 Qc8 8. Nxg6 hxg6 9. e3 Nbd7 10. Bd2 e5 11. f4 exf4 12. exf4 Be7 13. O-O-O Nf8 14. Bd3 Ne6 15. Ne2 Ng4 16. Rdf1 f5 17. h3 Nf6 18. g4 Ne4 19. Bxe4 dxe4 20. Ba5 Qd7 21. Rd1 Bd8 22. Bd2 Be7 23. Ba5 Bd8 24. Bd2 Be7 1/2-1/2.

GM Ftacnik Lubomir – GM Harikrishna P

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 b6 3. g3 Bb7 4. Bg2 g6 5. Nc3 Bg7 6. O-O Nf6 7. d4 Ne4 8. Nxe4 Bxe4 9. dxc5 bxc5 10. Ng5 Bxg2 11. Kxg2 Qc8 12. Qd5 Qc6 13. Rb1 Qxd5+ 14. cxd5 Na6 15. Bd2 Rb8 16. Rfc1 O-O 17. b3 d6 18. Rc4 Nc7 19. e4 h6 20. Nh3 g5 21. Re1 f5 22. Ba5 Nb5 23. f4 Na3 24. Rcc1 Bb2 25. Rcd1 c4 26. exf5 Rb5 27. Bd2 c3 28. Bxc3 Bxc3 29. Rxe7 Rxf5 30. Rxa7 Nc2 31. Rc1 Ne3+ 32. Kf3 Nxd5 33. Ke4 Rf8 34. fxg5 hxg5 35. a4 Rc5 36. Nxg5 Nb4 37. Rxc3 Rxc3 38. Ne6 d5+ 39. Kd4 Nc6+ 40. Kxc3 Rf3+ 41. Kd2 Nxa7 42. Nd4 Rf2+ 43. Kc3 Kf7 44. b4 Ke7 45. b5 Kd7 46. Kb4 Rxh2 47. Kc5 Nc8 48. a5 Ra2 49. a6 Ra3 50. g4 Rc3+ 51. Kxd5 Rg3 52. Nc6 Kc7 53. Ne5 Kb6 54. Ke6 Kxb5 55. Kf6 Kxa6 56. g5 Kb6 57. g6 Nd6 58. Nd7+ Kc7 59. Nf8 Kd8 60. Ne6+ Ke8 61. Kg7 Ke7 62. Nf8 Nf5+ 63. Kg8 Rg1 0-1.

GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly – GM Petrik Tomas

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. Qe2 Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Bg5 a6 10. O-O-O b5 11. Bd3 Be7 12. Rhe1 Bb7 13. Nfxd4 Nxd4 14. Nxd4 Qd5 15. Nf5 Qxa2 16. Qe5 Qa1+ 17. Kd2 Qa5+ 18. c3 Ne4+ 19. Bxe4 Bxg5+ 20. Ke2 Bxe4 21. Nxg7+ Kf8 22. Qxg5 Qc7 23. Qh6 Qc4+ 24. Ke3 Ke7 25. Rd4 Qc5 26. Nxe6 Qb6 27. Qg5+ Kxe6 28. Kxe4 f6 1-0.

IM Vavrak Peter – GM GN Gopal

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. g3 Bg7 4. Bg2 d5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nb6 7. Ne2 c5 8. d5 e6 9. O-O O-O 10. Nbc3 Na6 11. Nf4 exd5 12. Nfxd5 Nb4 13. Be3 N6xd5 14. Nxd5 Nxd5 15. exd5 b6 16. Qb3 Bf5 17. Rfd1 Qd7 18. d6 Rac8 19. a4 Rfe8 20. Qb5 h6 21. Rd2 c4 22. Rc1 Red8 23. Qb4 Be6 24. a5 bxa5 25. Qxa5 Rb8 26. Bd5 Qb5 27. Qxb5 Rxb5 28. Bxc4 Rxb2 29. Bxe6 Rxd2 30. Bxd2 Rxd6 31. Rc8+ Kh7 32. Bxf7 Rxd2 33. Bg8+ Kh8 34. Bf7+ Kh7 35. Rc6 Bd4 36. Bxg6+ Kg7 37. Be4 Rxf2 38. Rg6+ Kf7 39. Kh1 Re2 40. Bf5 Rf2 41. g4 h5 42. Rd6 Be5 43. Ra6 Rxh2+ 44. Kg1 hxg4 45. Rxa7+ Kf6 46. Bxg4 Rh4 47. Ra6+ 1/2-1/2.

Games of Round 11 (Women)

IM Dronavalli Harika – IM Danielian Elina

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 Nf6 3. c4 dxc4 4. e3 e6 5. Bxc4 a6 6. O-O c5 7. Bb3 cxd4 8. exd4 Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Bf4 Nc6 11. Re1 Na5 12. Bc2 b5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bg5 Nc6 15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Nxd5 Be6 17. Bxh7+ Kxh7 18. Qc2+ Kg8 19. Nxf6+ Qxf6 20. Qxc6 Qxb2 21. Qe4 Qf6 22. h4 Rac8 23. Ng5 Bf5 24. Qe5 Qxe5 25. Rxe5 Bg6 26. Nf3 Rfe8 27. Rd1 f6 28. Rxe8+ Bxe8 29. Rd6 a5 30. Nd4 b4 31. Ra6 a4 32. Ra7 Rb8 33. Re7 Bf7 34. Re2 Rc8 35. f3 Rc1+ 36. Kf2 Ra1 37. Nc2 Rb1 38. Nd4 a3 39. Ke3 Rb2 40. Nc2 Bxa2 41. Nxb4 Rb3+ 42. Kd4 0-1.

IM Mkrtchian Lilit – IM Tania Sachdev

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 d5 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 c5 7. e3 h6 8. Bh4 c4 9. Nf3 Nc6 10. Be2 O-O 11. O-O Bxc3 12. bxc3 Qd6 13. Nd2 Re8 14. Bf3 Ne7 15. e4 Nxe4 16. Nxe4 dxe4 17. Qxe4 Qe6 18. Qxe6 fxe6 19. Bh5 g6 20. Bxe7 gxh5 21. Bd6 Rd8 22. Be5 Bd7 23. Rfe1 Kh7 24. Re3 Rg8 25. Rh3 Bc6 26. f3 Rg5 27. Kf2 Rag8 28. Rg1 R8g6 29. Rh4 Rf5 30. Re1 Rfg5 31. Rg1 Rf5 32. h3 Rg8 33. f4 Be8 34. g4 Rff8 35. Bd6 Rf6 36. Be5 Rff8 37. Bd6 Rf6 38. Be5 1/2-1/2.

WGM Swathi Ghate – WGM Aginian Nelly

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e5 Nfd7 5. f4 c5 6. Nf3 Nc6 7. Be3 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Bc5 9. Qd2 O-O 10. O-O-O Qe7 11. Qf2 f6 12. exf6 Nxf6 13. h3 Bb4 14. Kb1 e5 15. Nxc6 bxc6 16. fxe5 Ne4 17. Nxe4 Rxf2 18. Nxf2 Qxe5 19. Bd4 Qg3 20. Nd3 Bd6 21. Bf2 Qg6 22. g4 a5 23. Bg2 a4 24. Bd4 Be6 25. Rhe1 Rc8 26. Nc5 Bxc5 27. Bxc5 h5 28. Bf3 hxg4 29. hxg4 Qf7 30. Rd3 Rb8 31. Be2 Qb7 32. b3 Bf7 33. Re3 axb3 34. axb3 Bg6 35. Kb2 Be4 36. Bd3 Bxd3 37. Rxd3 Qb5 38. Rc3 Ra8 39. Ra1 Re8 40. Ra7 Re4 41. g5 Rg4 42. Ra8+ Kh7 43. Rc8 Qb7 44. Re8 Rxg5 45. Rh3+ Kg6 46. Re7 Qc8 47. Rhe3 Rg2 48. Bd4 Kh7 49. Rc3 Rg4 50. Rh3+ Kg8 51. Rhe3 Qf5 52. c3 Qf1 53. Re2 Rg2 54. Rxg2 Qxg2+ 55. Ka3 g5 56. Rc7 g4 57. Rxc6 Qc2 58. Rc7 Qe4 59. b4 Qe2 60. Ka4 Qa6+ 61. Kb3 Kf8 62. Rc5 Qb7 63. b5 g3 64. Kb4 g2 65. Rc6 Qe7+ 66. Ka5 Ke8 67. Rg6 Kd7 68. b6 Kc8 69. Rxg2 Qa3+ 70. Kb5 Qb3+ 71. Kc5 Qa3+ 72. Kc6 Qa4+ 73. Kd6 Qa3+ 74. Ke6 Qf8 75. Rg7 Qe8+ 76. Kd6 Qd8+ 77. Kc5 Qf8+ 78. Kb5 Qf1+ 79. Kc5 Qf8+ 80. Kxd5 Qf5+ 81. Kc4 Qe6+ 82. Kb4 Qd6+ 83. Bc5 Qd5 84. Re7 Kb8 85. b7 Qc4+ 1/2-1/2.

WIM Galojan Lilit – WGM Mary Ann Gomes

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. b3 d5 6. Bg2 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bd6 8. cxd5 exd5 9. Nc3 O-O 10. O-O Re8 11. Re1 Bb7 12. Nb5 Bf8 13. Bf4 Na6 14. a3 c6 15. Nc3 Nc7 16. Bc1 Ne4 17. Bb2 g6 18. Qc2 Nxc3 19. Qxc3 Bg7 20. Rad1 Nb5 21. Qc1 Rc8 22. a4 Nd6 23. Qa1 Ne4 24. Ne5 Qe7 25. e3 c5 26. Bxe4 dxe4 27. Nc4 Bd5 28. Rc1 cxd4 29. Bxd4 Bxd4 30. Qxd4 Red8 31. Red1 Qe8 32. Qf6 Qe6 33. Qg5 f6 34. Qh6 Qg4 35. Qf4 Qxf4 36. exf4 Be6 37. Rxd8+ Rxd8 38. a5 Rc8 39. axb6 axb6 40. Rb1 Rc6 41. Ne3 Kf7 42. g4 Rc3 43. b4 Ke7 44. f5 gxf5 45. gxf5 Bf7 46. Ra1 Rb3 47. Ra7+ Kf8 48. Ng4 Kg7 49. h4 Rxb4 50. Nh6 Kxh6 51. Rxf7 Rb5 52. Rxf6+ Kh5 53. Re6 Kxh4 54. f6 Rg5+ 55. Kf1 Rf5 56. Rxe4+ Kg5 57. Re7 Kg6 58. Rg7+ Kh6 59. Rb7 Rxf6 60. Kg2 Kg6 61. Kg3 h5 62. f3 Kg5 63. Rg7+ Rg6 64. Rf7 h4+ 65. Kg2 Rf6 66. Rg7+ Kf5 67. Rh7 Rg6+ 68. Kf2 Kg5 69. Kg2 Rh6 70. Rg7+ Kf6 71. Rb7 h3+ 72. Kh2 Ke5 73. Re7+ Kd4 74. Re1 b5 75. f4 b4 76. f5 b3 77. Re6 Rh5 78. f6 Rf5 79. Kxh3 Kc5 80. Re3 Kc4 81. Re6 b2 82. Rb6 Kc3 83. Rc6+ Kd2 84. Rd6+ Kc2 85. Rc6+ Kb3 86. Rb6+ Kc3 87. Rc6+ Kd3 88. Rb6 Kc2 89. Rc6+ Kb1 90. Kg4 Rb5 91. f7 Rb8 92. Kg5 Ka2 93. Rc2 Kb3 94. Rxb2+ Kxb2 95. Kg6 1/2-1/2.