Monday, September 24, 2012

2012 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Ankara

All DRAWS??????  Okay...  Muzychuk, who outranks Stefanova by 100 points, took a draw with the white pieces?  PGN isn't available yet -- what did they play - 14 moves?  Zhao Xue drew with Kubra Ozturk, whom she outranks by 250 points?  Did they play - 7 moves?  Were they trying for Fool's Mate, perhaps? Holy Goddess!  Guess the ladies really wanted to get to free time and that day off tomorrow.  Really, I've no other explanation for what happened today except to shake my head in disbelief.  So, maybe this is the way it is in the big leagues, rather than each player battling it out until the bitter end.  But you know what, it still sucks. 

The only player I give any credit to, today, is Koneru, because I know Munguntuul is a tough player and she's still trying to pull herself up in the ranks.  Everyone else just mailed it in.

Round 8 on 2012/09/24 at 15:00
SNo.NameRtgRes.NameRtgSNo.
12GMKOSINTSEVA TATIANA2524½ - ½WGMRUAN LUFEI249210
11WGMJU WENJUN2528½ - ½GMCMILYTE VIKTORIJA25209
1IMMUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG2434½ - ½GMKONERU HUMPY25938
2GMMUZYCHUK ANNA2606½ - ½GMSTEFANOVA ANTOANETA25027
3WGMOZTURK KUBRA2294½ - ½GMZHAO XUE25496
4GMSOCKO MONIKA2463½ - ½WGMYILDIZ BETUL CEMRE23415

Standings after R8:

RankSNo.NameRtgFED123456789101112PtsRes.SB
18GMKONERU HUMPY2593IND*½1½1½111024,75
22GMMUZYCHUK ANNA2606SLO*½½½11½116018,25
36GMZHAO XUE2549CHN½½*½0111½5½20,25
410WGMRUAN LUFEI2492CHN0½*½½1½115½14,25
59GMCMILYTE VIKTORIJA2520LTU½1½*½0011½17,00
611WGMJU WENJUN2528CHN0½0½*111½½12,75
71IMMUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG2434MGL½½0*½½½½14½13,50
812GMKOSINTSEVA TATIANA2524RUS00½1½*½½14½13,00
95WGMYILDIZ BETUL CEMRE2341TUR00010½*½½08,50
107GMSTEFANOVA ANTOANETA2502BUL0½0½00½½*209,50
113WGMOZTURK KUBRA2294TUR0½00½½½*0207,75
124GMSOCKO MONIKA2463POL000½00½1*205,50

Free day tomorrow.  Round 9 match-ups as follows:

Round 9 on 2012/09/26 at 15:00
SNo.NameRtgRes.NameRtgSNo.
5WGMYILDIZ BETUL CEMRE2341-GMKOSINTSEVA TATIANA252412
6GMZHAO XUE2549-GMSOCKO MONIKA24634
7GMSTEFANOVA ANTOANETA2502-WGMOZTURK KUBRA22943
8GMKONERU HUMPY2593-GMMUZYCHUK ANNA26062
9GMCMILYTE VIKTORIJA2520-IMMUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG24341
10WGMRUAN LUFEI2492-WGMJU WENJUN252811

A Key Game is Koneru v. Muzychuk.  Everyone will be watching that on September 26th.  The Chinese will triple-team and put themselves in excellent position to steal the title in the last rounds.  Everyone, pull out your calculators and try your hands at various win/loss/draw scenarios to see what the odds are for Koneru to be knocked out of first place.  Stefanova may actually win a game, if she wakes up long enough.  Is Monika Socko pregnant?  Just wondering.  I've no other explanation for her dismal performance in this event thus far.  She earned her GM title by beating some formidable male players, and now she can't do jack-crap against much lower rated players?  What'sup, chess femme? 

1 comment:

Eugene Wee said...

"PGN isn't available yet"

Even after the games have ended and before the PGN game scores have been posted, I think the most recent round's games should still be available for replay using the live games feature on the website.

"Zhao Xue drew with Kubra Ozturk, whom she outranks by 250 points? Did they play - 7 moves?"

You're off by more than 60 moves :P

I'm hoping that Humpy Koneru will win this one :)
Who are you supporting, if any?

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