Newsflash: Irina Krush Advances to Round Two in Khanty

Grandmaster Irina Krush defeated IM Inna Gaponenko 2-0 in their rapid playoff match, giving Irina a ticket to the round of 32. https://twitter.com/USChess/status/1059438902711410693

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[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[White "Krush, Irina"]
[Black "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "E94"]
[WhiteElo "2434"]
[BlackElo "2420"]
[PlyCount "143"]
[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 c6 8. d5 Na6
9. Be3 Ng4 10. Bg5 f6 11. Bh4 c5 12. Ne1 Nh6 13. f3 Qe7 14. Nd3 Bd7 15. a3 Nf7
16. b4 b6 17. b5 Nc7 18. a4 a5 19. bxa6 Rxa6 20. Qc2 Rfa8 21. Rfb1 Bh6 22. Bf2
Nd8 23. Ra2 Ne8 24. Bd1 Nb7 25. Rab2 Qd8 26. Qe2 Na5 27. Nc1 Bxc1 28. Rxc1 Nc7
29. Rcb1 Rb8 30. Bc2 Ne8 31. Bd3 Nc7 32. Be3 Ne8 33. g3 Ra7 34. f4 exf4 35.
gxf4 Bc8 36. e5 fxe5 37. fxe5 dxe5 38. Bxc5 Rab7 39. Bf2 Nd6 40. Nb5 Bf5 41.
Bxf5 Nxf5 42. Qxe5 Nxc4 43. Qe6+ Rf7 44. Re2 Ncd6 45. Nxd6 Qxd6 46. Qxd6 Nxd6
47. Rxb6 Rxb6 48. Bxb6 Rf5 49. a5 Rxd5 50. a6 Nc4 51. Bf2 Rg5+ 52. Kh1 Ra5 53.
a7 Kf7 54. Rc2 Nd6 55. Rc7+ Ke6 56. Rxh7 Nb5 57. Rb7 Nxa7 58. Rxa7 Rb5 59. Kg2
Rb4 60. Be3 Kf6 61. Kf3 Rc4 62. Bf4 Rc5 63. h4 Rc6 64. Bg5+ Ke6 65. Re7+ Kf5
66. Rf7+ Ke5 67. Kg4 Rc4+ 68. Rf4 Rc6 69. Bd8 Rc1 70. Kg5 Rc2 71. Bf6+ Ke6 72.
Kxg6 1-0

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[Event "FIDE Women's World Championship"]
[Round "4.9"]
[White "Gaponenko, Inna"]
[Black "Krush, Irina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B60"]
[WhiteElo "2420"]
[BlackElo "2434"]
[PlyCount "65"]
[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 Qb6 7. Nb3 g6 8.
Bxf6 exf6 9. Qd2 Be6 10. O-O-O O-O-O 11. Nd5 Bxd5 12. exd5 Ne5 13. f4 Bh6 14.
Qc3+ Kb8 15. Rd4 f5 16. Be2 Nd7 17. Rb4 Qc7 18. Rc4 Qb6 19. Na5 Rc8 20. Qa3
Rxc4 21. Nxc4 Bxf4+ 22. Kb1 Qc5 23. Qb3 Re8 24. Bf3 Nb6 25. Na3 Bxh2 26. c3 h5
27. Nc2 Bg1 28. Nb4 Re1+ 29. Bd1 Qe3 30. Qc2 Nc4 31. Nd3 Rf1 32. a4 Qe4 33. Nc1
0-1

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Irina will face reigning World Champion Wenjun Ju of China in round two of the 64-player knockout. Sabina Foisor fought valiantly to force a playoff against Antoaneta Stefanova in her own match, but lost to the former Women's World Champion in the rapid games. Look for more analysis of round one of the World Women's Championship later today from Grandmaster Elshan Moradiabadi.