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Tbilisi GP Round 3: Vaishali crushes Sara

by Shahid Ahmed - 18/08/2024

GM R Vaishali scored her first win of the event in Round 3 of FIDE Tbilisi GP 2024. Vaishali crushed her opponent IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP). The IM got a cramped position out of the opening after choosing an inferior line in the Two-Knights' Defence. She only made things worse in the middlegame, allowing Vaishali to positionally outplay her opponent. GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) missed her second consecutive chance to push for a win. This time against IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL). IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) and IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) are the only two woman at 2/3. They are followed closely by seven women at 1.5/3. Vaishali will face IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO) in Round 4. It starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Nana Dzagnidze misses again

GM Vaishali outplayed IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP) positionally | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Vaishali - Sarasadat: 1-0

GM Vaishali R (2506) had never defeated IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP, 2489) in a Classical rated game, until yesterday. Sara chose a line in the Two Knights' Defense which cramped her position and the pieces lacked enough space to move around.

Position after 23...f6?

If Black's position wasn't already bad, 23...f6? made things worse. It completely blinded the e7-bishop. 24.Nh4 was possible thanks to f6. 24...Nf7 25.Nf5 c6 26.Nf3 Bd8 27.N3h4 what's better than one knight in the attack? Another joining and supporting it. 27...Be8 28.Kh2 b6 29.b5 axb5 30.axb6 Rb8 31.dxc6 and Black went to lose the game in another 15 moves.

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GM Vaishali R scored an emphatic win over IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP) | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Nana - Kashlinskaya

Position after 38...Rc8

GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO, 2506) got her best opportunity against IM Alina Kashlinskaya (POL, 2474) after 38...Rc8. White needed to gain control of the seventh rank 39.Qe7 Qxa3 40.Rxd7 Qa2 41.Kg2 a5 42.h5 Qe6 43.Qxe6 fxe6 44.bxa5 bxa5 45.Ra7 is one of the possible lines where White gets a decisive advantage. 39.h5 g5 40.Qf6 Qb2 and the game eventually ended in a draw.

GM Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) missed a good opportunity in her second consecutive game | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

GM Anna Muzychuk (UKR) - GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) - GM Mariya Muzychuk (UKR): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) - IM Lela Javakhishvili (GEO): 0.5-0.5 | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

Round 3 in progress | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman

GM Vaishali analyzes her game with one of the official commentators - WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili (GEO) | Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Lela Javakhishvili: "It is an advantage for me to play in Georgia" | Video: FIDE
Alexandra Kosteniuk: "Georgia is a special country for women's chess" | Video: FIDE

Replay live stream

Replay Round 3 Live Commentary by WGM Keti Tsatsalashvili (GEO) and GM Valeriane Gaprindashvili (GEO) | Video: FIDE

Prizes

Total prize fund is €80000. The top three prizes are €18000, €13000 and €10500 each. The top three GP points are - 130, 105 and 85. For more details, check out the regulations below.

Schedule

Round 1-8 starts at 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Only the final round on Saturday 24th August will start at 1 p.m. local time, 2:30 p.m. IST. Sole rest day is on Tuesday 20th August.

Replay Round 3 games

Round 3 results

Bo.No.FEDRtg NameResultName FEDRtgNo.
12UKR2525
GMMuzychuk, Anna½ - ½GMKosteniuk, Alexandra
SUI248810
23GEO2506
GMDzagnidze, Nana½ - ½IMKashlinskaya, Alina
POL24741
34KAZ2470
IMAssaubayeva, Bibisara½ - ½GMMuzychuk, Mariya
UKR25089
45GRE2429
IMTsolakidou, Stavroula½ - ½IMJavakhishvili, Lela
GEO24518
56IND2506
GMVaishali, Rameshbabu1 - 0IMKhademalsharieh, Sarasadat
ESP24897

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Standings after Round 3

Rk.SNo NameFEDRtgBdldPts. TB1  TB2  TB3  TB4  TB5 
15
IMTsolakidou, StavroulaGRE2429212,50100
24
IMAssaubayeva, BibisaraKAZ2470212,00100
38
IMJavakhishvili, LelaGEO24511,522,75000
49
GMMuzychuk, MariyaUKR25081,522,50000
510
GMKosteniuk, AlexandraSUI24881,522,25000
66
GMVaishali, RameshbabuIND25061,521,25100
71
IMKashlinskaya, AlinaPOL24741,512,25000
2
GMMuzychuk, AnnaUKR25251,512,25000
3
GMDzagnidze, NanaGEO25061,512,25000
107
IMKhademalsharieh, SarasadatESP24890,521,00000

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Round 4 pairings

Bo.No.FEDRtg NameResultName FEDRtgNo.
110SUI2488
GMKosteniuk, AlexandraIMKhademalsharieh, Sarasadat
ESP24897
28GEO2451
IMJavakhishvili, LelaGMVaishali, Rameshbabu
IND25066
39UKR2508
GMMuzychuk, MariyaIMTsolakidou, Stavroula
GRE24295
41POL2474
IMKashlinskaya, AlinaIMAssaubayeva, Bibisara
KAZ24704
52UKR2525
GMMuzychuk, AnnaGMDzagnidze, Nana
GEO25063

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