50% decisive games
The third round had three decisive games. Apart from Goryachkina, GM Kateryna Lagno and GM Alexandra Kosteniuk were the other two victors against IM Polina Shuvalova and GM Tan Zhongyi.
IM Vaishali played well against IM Bibisara Assaubayeva | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Bibisara - Vaishali: 0.5-0.5
IM Vaishali R (2449) made an interesting knight sacrifice for a pawn in the endgame against IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2443).
Position after 25...bxa3
Although computer recommends 25...Nxd2 to be fine for Black, a human can definitely appreciate 25...bxa3. 26.fxe5 a2 27.Ra1 Nxb2 28.Bxb2 Rxb2 29.Nc5 Rc2 and the game ended in a draw in another seven moves.
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IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) - IM Vaishali R: 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
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Round 3 Results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 2547 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | 1 - 0 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | 2510 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 3 | 2491 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 0 - 1 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 2579 | 1 | |||
| 3 | 4 | 2443 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | ½ - ½ | IM | Vaishali R | 2449 | 11 | |||
| 4 | 5 | 2525 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | 0 - 1 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2521 | 10 | |||
| 5 | 6 | 2358 | WGM | Wagner Dinara | ½ - ½ | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2503 | 9 | |||
| 6 | 7 | 2477 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | ½ - ½ | WGM | Zhu Jiner | 2464 | 8 |
Round 4 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 12 | 2510 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | WGM | Zhu Jiner | 2464 | 8 | ||||
| 2 | 9 | 2503 | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2477 | 7 | ||||
| 3 | 10 | 2521 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | WGM | Wagner Dinara | 2358 | 6 | ||||
| 4 | 11 | 2449 | IM | Vaishali R | GM | Tan Zhongyi | 2525 | 5 | ||||
| 5 | 1 | 2579 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 2443 | 4 | ||||
| 6 | 2 | 2547 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2491 | 3 |
