New Delhi GP Round 4: No Punches Pulled

by Shahid Ahmed - 30/03/2023

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina ended IM Bibisara Assaubayeva's winning streak in the fourth roun of New Delhi GP 2023. The former Women's World Championship Challenger defeated the reigning two-time World Blitz Women champion to gain sole lead 3/4. It was a tough round for the Indians as IM Vaishali and GM Humpy both lost their respective games against GM Kateryna Lagno and WGM Zhu Jiner. The Chinese played some fantastic chess to beat Humpy. IM Polina Shuvalova defeated GM Nana Dzagnidze. Dzagnidze vs Humpy, Bibisara vs Harika and Vaishali vs Nino are few of the matches in Round 5 which starts today at 3 p.m. IST. Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Only decisive games

For the first time at New Delhi GP 2023, all four games ended decisively.

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina has taken sole lead 3/4 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Lagno - Vaishali

Position after 19.exd6

Timing is everything in sports. Black needed to play 19...Rf6 right now to shift her to the kingside and prevent any kind of potential onslaught. 19...c5 allowed 20.Bc3 which discouraged Black from playing Rf6. After ten moves, Black did play 29...Rf6 but the balance completely shifted in White's favor and it was too little too late to save the game.

Interview with Kateryna Lagno | Video: FIDE

GM Kateryna Lagno - IM Vaishali R: 1-0 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

GM Aleksandra Goryachkina - IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ): 1-0 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Interview with Polina Shuvalova | Video: FIDE

IM Polina Shuvalova - GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO): 1-0 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

Humpy - Jiner

Position after 21...Ne4!

WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN) found the excellent 21...Ne4! 22.fxe4 is incorrect due to dxe4 and Black recovers the material in the next move along with capitalize on White's exposed king. 22.Be1 Nd6 23.Rc1 Nc4 attacking both a3-pawn and threatening Ne3. 24.Bxc4 dxc4 25.Qxc4 Bg7 26.Bc3 Re3-+ and it all went downhill for White quickly. White had to return the extra pawn 26.d5 to restore some kind of semblance to the position.

The Soumya Swaminathan Breakdown - Zhu Jiner's stunner | Video: ChessBase India

GM Koneru Humpy - WGM Zhu Jiner (CHN): 0-1 | Video: ChessBase India

Round 4 | Photo: Abhyudaya Ram

New Delhi GP Round 4 Highlights | Video: ChessBase India

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Round 4 Results

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	11	2560	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	1 - 0	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	2433	7	PGN
2	9	2576	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	1 - 0	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	2440	6	PGN
3	10	2511	GM	Harika, Dronavalli	+ - -	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	2474	5
4	1	2484	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	1 - 0	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	2525	4	PGN
5	2	2576	GM	Koneru, Humpy	0 - 1	WGM	Zhu, Jiner	2489	3	PGN
6	8	2489	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	0		bye	0	-1

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Standings after Round 4

Rk.	SNo		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3	TB4	TB5
1	9	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	FID	2576	3	1	4,00	1	0	0
2	3	WGM	Zhu, Jiner	CHN	2489	2,5	2	5,50	1	0	0
3	10	GM	Harika, Dronavalli	IND	2511	2,5	2	2,75	0	0	0
4	1	IM	Shuvalova, Polina	FID	2484	2,5	1	4,50	1	0	0
5	11	GM	Lagno, Kateryna	FID	2560	2	2	3,00	1	0	0
6	6	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara	KAZ	2440	2	2	2,50	2	0	0
7	4	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana	GEO	2525	1,5	2	3,50	0	0	0
8	8	GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	GEO	2489	1,5	2	0,75	0	0	0
9	2	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	2576	1,5	1	3,50	0	0	0
10	7	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu	IND	2433	1	1	0,00	0	0	0
11	5	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth	GER	2474	0	0	0,00	0	0	0

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Round 5 pairings

Bo.	No.	Rtg		Name	Result		Name	Rtg	No.	PGN
1	3	2489	WGM	Zhu, Jiner		GM	Lagno, Kateryna	2560	11
2	4	2525	GM	Dzagnidze, Nana		GM	Koneru, Humpy	2576	2
3	5	2474	GM	Paehtz, Elisabeth		IM	Shuvalova, Polina	2484	1
4	6	2440	IM	Assaubayeva, Bibisara		GM	Harika, Dronavalli	2511	10
5	7	2433	IM	Vaishali, Rameshbabu		GM	Batsiashvili, Nino	2489	8
6	9	2576	GM	Goryachkina, Aleksandra	0		bye	0	-1

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