Munich FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2-13 Feb 2023

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 3 | Munich | 04.02.2023

Tan, Zhongyi — Paehtz, Elisabeth ½ — ½
Kosteniuk, Alexandra — Wagner, Dinara 1 — 0
Dronavalli, Harika — Kashlinskaya, Alina ½ — ½
Abdumalik, Zhansaya — Zhu, Jiner 0 — 1
Muzychuk, Mariya — Humpy, Koneru ½ — ½
Muzychuk, Anna — Dzagnidze, Nana ½ — ½

Round 4 | Munich | 05.02.2023

Wagner, Dinara — Dzagnidze, Nana ½ — ½
Humpy, Koneru — Muzychuk, Anna 1 — 0
Zhu, Jiner — Muzychuk, Mariya 0 — 1
Kashlinskaya, Alina — Abdumalik, Zhansaya ½ — ½
Paehtz, Elisabeth — Dronavalli, Harika ½ — ½
Kosteniuk, Alexandra — Tan, Zhongyi 1 — 0

[Mick Norris]

Great start for Kosteniuk

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 5 | Munich | 06.02.2023

Tan, Zhongyi — Wagner, Dinara ½ — ½
Dronavalli, Harika — Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½ — ½
Abdumalik, Zhansaya — Paehtz, Elisabeth ½ — ½
Muzychuk, Mariya — Kashlinskaya, Alina 0 — 1
Muzychuk, Anna — Zhu, Jiner ½ — ½
Dzagnidze, Nana — Humpy, Koneru ½ — ½

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 6 | Munich | 08.02.2023

Wagner, Dinara — Humpy, Koneru ½ — ½
Zhu, Jiner — Dzagnidze, Nana ½ — ½
Kashlinskaya, Alina — Muzychuk, Anna ½ — ½
Paehtz, Elisabeth — Muzychuk, Mariya ½ — ½
Kosteniuk, Alexandra — Abdumalik, Zhansaya ½ — ½
Tan, Zhongyi — Dronavalli, Harika ½ — ½

Round 7 | Munich | 09.02.2023

Dronavalli, Harika — Wagner, Dinara ½ — ½
Abdumalik, Zhansaya — Tan, Zhongyi ½ — ½
Muzychuk, Mariya — Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½ — ½
Muzychuk, Anna — Paehtz, Elisabeth ½ — ½
Dzagnidze, Nana — Kashlinskaya, Alina 1 — 0
Humpy, Koneru — Zhu, Jiner ½ — ½

Kosteniuk 5.5/7
Dzagnidze 4.5
Koneru 4
Harika, Muzychuk A & M, Paehtz & Tan 3.5
Jiner & Kashlinskaya 3
Abudmalik 2.5
Wagner 2.

[LawrenceCooper]

Almost a brilliancy for Humpy today following a line that Anish Giri used to win a brilliant game recently:
https://twitter.com/MaaikeKeetman/statu ... 6813316099

[Matt Mackenzie]

The last three rounds have rather seen the wins drying up, hopefully a more exciting finish beckons.

[LawrenceCooper]

The last three rounds have rather seen the wins drying up, hopefully a more exciting finish beckons.

The games have been exciting enough though, Kosteniuk in particular has had to escape from a variety of bad positions.

[NickFaulks]

The games have been exciting enough though, Kosteniuk in particular has had to escape from a variety of bad positions.

Yesterday, for instance, she ducked a fairly simple loss of a piece.

[LawrenceCooper]

Round 8 | Munich | 10.02.2023

Wagner, Dinara — Zhu, Jiner 0 — 1
Kashlinskaya, Alina — Humpy, Koneru 0 — 1
Paehtz, Elisabeth — Dzagnidze, Nana 1 — 0
Kosteniuk, Alexandra — Muzychuk, Anna 1 — 0
Tan, Zhongyi — Muzychuk, Mariya ½ — ½
Dronavalli, Harika — Abdumalik, Zhansaya ½ — ½

Kosteniuk 6.5/8
Koneru 5
Dzagnidze & Paehtz 4.5
Harika, Muzychuk M, Tan, Zhu 4
A Muzychuk 3.5
Abdumalik & Kashlinskaya 3
Wagner 2

[NickFaulks]

A day of bishop endings. If the engine is to be believed ( not a given ) all three losses could have been saved.

[Mick Norris]

Koneru, Humpy - Paehtz, Elisabeth 1-0
Dzagnidze, Nana - Kosteniuk, Alexandra ½-½
Muzychuk, Mariya - Harika, Dronavalli ½-½
Abdumalik, Zhansaya - Wagner, Dinara 1-0
Zhu, Jiner - Kashlinskaya, Alina 0-1
Muzychuk, Anna - Tan, Zhongyi 0-1

[Mick Norris]

Round 10
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (7) — Humpy, Koneru (6) is the key game in the penultimate round
Tan, Zhongyi (5) — Dzagnidze, Nana (5)
Dronavalli, Harika — Muzychuk, Anna
Abdumalik, Zhansaya — Muzychuk, Mariya
Wagner, Dinara — Kashlinskaya, Alina
Paehtz, Elisabeth — Zhu, Jiner

Round 11
Muzychuk, Mariya — Wagner, Dinara
Muzychuk, Anna — Abdumalik, Zhansaya
Dzagnidze, Nana — Dronavalli, Harika
Humpy, Koneru — Tan, Zhongyi
Zhu, Jiner — Kosteniuk, Alexandra
Kashlinskaya, Alina — Paehtz, Elisabeth

[NickFaulks]

Round 10
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (7) — Humpy, Koneru (6) is the key game in the penultimate round

Another Houdini act from Kosteniuk.

[Mick Norris]

Think's seem to have gone her way, she's a point clear, last round starts at noon UK time

Penultimate round report

[Mick Norris]

Kosteniuk looks likely to lose, but still finish clear first