GM Irina Krush in Khanty
At the
World Women's Championship underway now in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, Grandmaster Irina Krush and 2017 US Women's Champion Sabina Foisor split both classical games in their round one matches against Inna Gaponenko and Antoeneta Stefanova. Both will playoff tomorrow for the chance to advance to the final 32 players. If Irina moves on, she'll play reigning World Champ Wenjun Ju while Sabina would face the winner of the playoff between Dinara Sadukassova (KAZ) and Ana Matnadze (Spain)
Sabina told CLO, "After the Olympiad playing such a strong player might be bringing out the best in me...I do not want to come home soon!"
Round 1 Games
[pgn] [Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Date "2018.11.03"]
[White "Foisor, Sabina-Francesca"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2264"]
[BlackElo "2490"]
[PlyCount "87"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Bulgaria"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "BUL"]
1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 c6 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. a4 Bb4 6. e3 b5 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Bb7 11. bxc4 b4 12. Bb2 Nf6 13. Bd3 Nbd7 14. O-O O-O
15. Re1 Re8 16. h3 Ne4 17. Bxe4 Bxe4 18. Nd2 Bb7 19. f4 Qc7 20. Rf1 a4 21. d5
exd5 22. Rxa4 Rxe3 23. Rxb4 Rd3 24. Rb3 dxc4 25. Rxd3 cxd3 26. Kh2 Ra2 27. Qb3
Qc6 28. Rf3 Qa6 29. Rxd3 Nf8 30. Rg3 g6 31. Qc3 f6 32. f5 Qc6 33. fxg6 hxg6 34.
Qb3+ Qd5 35. Ne4 Qxb3 36. Nxf6+ Kf7 37. Rxb3 Ba8 38. Ng4 Nd7 39. Ra3 Rxa3 40.
Bxa3 Ke6 41. Bb2 Nc5 42. Ne5 Be4 43. g4 Nd3 44. Nxd3 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn]
[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Date "2018.11.03"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "89"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "United States"]
[BlackTeam "Ukraine"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "USA"]
[BlackTeamCountry "UKR"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Nf3 O-O 6. Be2 e5 7. O-O exd4 8. Nxd4
Re8 9. f3 Nc6 10. Be3 Nh5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Qd2 f5 13. Rae1 f4 14. Bxf4 Nxf4
15. Qxf4 Bd4+ 16. Kh1 Rb8 17. Qd2 Qf6 18. Rd1 Be5 19. f4 Bxc3 20. bxc3 Rxe4 21.
c5 d5 22. Bd3 Ra4 23. Rde1 Bf5 24. Bxf5 gxf5 25. Re5 Re4 26. Re1 Qf8 27. h3 Re8
28. R1xe4 dxe4 29. Qd7 Rxe5 30. fxe5 e3 31. e6 e2 32. Qd2 Qf6 33. Qxe2 Kf8 34.
Qd3 Qxe6 35. Qd8+ Kf7 36. Qxc7+ Kf6 37. Qd8+ Kf7 38. Qb8 Qxa2 39. Qc7+ Kf6 40.
Qd8+ Kf7 41. Qh8 Kg6 42. Qe8+ Kf6 43. Qh8+ Kg6 44. Qe8+ Kf6 45. Qh8+ 1/2-1/2
[/pgn]
Round 2 Games
[pgn]
[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Foisor, Sabina-Francesca"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "A07"]
[WhiteElo "2490"]
[BlackElo "2264"]
[PlyCount "101"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Bulgaria"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "BUL"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 h6 6. Nbd2 e6 7. Qe1 Be7 8. e4
Bh7 9. Qe2 Na6 10. Kh1 O-O 11. Ne1 c5 12. f4 Nb4 13. g4 Kh8 14. g5 Ng8 15. a3
Nc6 16. exd5 Nd4 17. Qh5 Bg6 18. Qh4 exd5 19. Ndf3 Nf5 20. Qg4 h5 21. Qh3 f6
22. Bd2 Qb6 23. b3 Rae8 24. Ng1 fxg5 25. fxg5 Qe6 26. Nef3 Bd6 27. Rae1 Qc8 28.
Rxe8 Bxe8 29. Nh4 Nge7 30. g6 Kg8 31. Nxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Qxf5 33. Qxf5 Nxf5 34.
Bxd5+ Kf8 35. Ne2 b6 36. Nf4 Ke7 37. Nxh5 Bxg6 38. Nf4 Bxf4 39. Bxf4 Nd4 40. c3
Nb5 41. Be5 Nxa3 42. Bxg7 Bxd3 43. h4 c4 44. b4 a5 45. bxa5 bxa5 46. h5 Bh7 47.
h6 Kd6 48. Bf7 Ke7 49. Bd5 Kd6 50. Bf7 Ke7 51. Bd5 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
[pgn]
[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Date "2018.11.04"]
[White "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B69"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "60"]
[EventDate "2018.??.??"]
[WhiteTeam "Ukraine"]
[BlackTeam "United States"]
[WhiteTeamCountry "UKR"]
[BlackTeamCountry "USA"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Nc6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 Be7 8.
O-O-O a6 9. f4 Bd7 10. Nf3 b5 11. Bxf6 gxf6 12. Kb1 Qa5 13. Bd3 b4 14. Ne2 Qc5
15. Ng3 h5 16. Rhe1 h4 17. Nf1 a5 18. Qe3 Qxe3 19. Nxe3 Bd8 20. Bb5 Rh5 21. f5
Na7 22. Bxd7+ Kxd7 23. e5 d5 24. fxe6+ fxe6 25. exf6 Bxf6 26. Ng4 Bg7 27. Nge5+
Kd6 28. Nf7+ Kd7 29. N7e5+ Kd6 30. Nf7+ Kd7 1/2-1/2[/pgn]
You can follow the games live on the official website starting at 5 AM ET.
