Batkhuyag Munguntuul crushes the Sicilian like a boss!
The SBI Life AICF Women's Grandmaster Invitation tournament is very interestingly poised after seven rounds. Gulrukhbegim Tokhirjonova joined Guliskhan Nakhbayeva at the top after she defeated the woman in form Srija Seshadri. Although the game played by Gulrukhbegim was very nice, the honours for the best game of the day surely went to top seed Batkhuyag Munguntuul who defeated overnight leader Vo Thi Kim Phung in an excellent game from the white side of the Sicilian Defence. We set you test positions and ask you to solve them and see if you can play like the Mongolian!
Top seed of the tournament Batkhuyag Munguntuul played an excellent game to beat Vietnamese Vo Thi Kim Phung from the white side of a Sicilian Defence. | Photo: Sagar Shah
Batkhuyag Munguntuul vs Vo Thi Kim Phung
The move ...h5 by Vo Thi Kim Phung has already been played by a few players before. But it is quite risky, considering that White is fully developed and the king on e8 is in the centre.
...e5 is a move that you shouldn't really make when your king is in the centre. How did White take advantage of this?
Of course! The knight jumps into d5!
Munguntuul was in top form and just ripped the black's king shelter with the move c5!
The final combination of the game. Black has taken the pawn on c5. How should White finish the game?
Results of round 7:
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | ||||
| 1 | 4 | 2067 | Rakshitta Ravi | 0 - 1 | WIM | Tomilova Elena | 2334 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 5 | 2323 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | ½ - ½ | IM | Zozulia Anna | 2314 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 6 | 2410 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 1 - 0 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | 2376 | 2 | ||
| 4 | 7 | 2207 | WIM | Srija Seshadri | 0 - 1 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | 2379 | 1 | ||
| 5 | 8 | 2295 | WIM | Monnisha G K | 1 - 0 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | 2138 | 11 | ||
| 6 | 9 | 2279 | WIM | Vantika Agrawal | ½ - ½ | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2297 | 10 |
Crosstable after round 7:
| Rk. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | ||
| 1 | WGM | Tokhirjonova Gulrukhbegim | 2379 | UZB | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5,0 | 1,0 | 17,25 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 2 | WGM | Nakhbayeva Guliskhan | 2323 | KAZ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5,0 | 0,0 | 15,50 | 4 | 2 | |||||
| 3 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 | MGL | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4,5 | 0,0 | 15,50 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 4 | WGM | Vo Thi Kim Phung | 2376 | VIE | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 12,75 | 3 | 1 | |||||
| 5 | IM | Zozulia Anna | 2314 | BEL | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,5 | 0,0 | 12,50 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 6 | WIM | Tomilova Elena | 2334 | RUS | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4,0 | 0,0 | 10,75 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 7 | WIM | Srija Seshadri | 2207 | IND | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3,5 | 2,0 | 10,50 | 3 | 2 | |||||
| 8 | WIM | Aakanksha Hagawane | 2297 | IND | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 9,75 | 2 | 0 | |||||
| 9 | WIM | Vantika Agrawal | 2279 | IND | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3,5 | 0,5 | 8,50 | 2 | 2 | |||||
| 10 | WIM | Monnisha G K | 2295 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2,5 | 0,0 | 6,75 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| 11 | WFM | Divya Deshmukh | 2138 | IND | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1,5 | 0,0 | 2,25 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 12 | Rakshitta Ravi | 2067 | IND | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0,0 | 0,0 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 |