Round 7 results:
O. Girya – A. Kosteniuk ½-½, O. Gritsayeva – A. Kashlinskaya 0-1, A. Bodnaruk – V. Gunina 0-1, N. Pogonina – E. Kovalevskaya ½-½, A. Galliamova – A. Goriachkina ½-½
Standings after round 7:
1-3. A. Goriachkina, A. Galliamova, V. Gunina – 5; 4. O. Girya – 4.5;
5. E. Kovalevskaya – 4; 6-7. A. Kosteniuk, A. Kashlinskaya – 3.5; 8. N.
Pogonina – 2.5; 9-10. A. Bodnaruk, O. Gritsayeva – 1.
Round 8 pairings:
A. Kosteniuk – A. Goriachkina, E. Kovalevskaya – A. Galliamova, V.
Gunina – N. Pogonina, A. Kashlinskaya – A. Bodnaruk, O. Girya – O.
Gritsayeva
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The leaders of the women’s contest, Alisa Galliamova and Aleksandra Goriachkina,
played a very complicated game. White was the first to gain the edge
but Black then stole back the initiative. Galliamova was a pawn down but
she defended very precisely and was able to trade down to an equal
endgame.
The game ended in a draw. Anastasia Bodnaruk and Valentina Gunina’s
encounter was very dramatic. At first, White got a big advantage and
Black had to give up an exchange but, in the middlegame, Black managed
to activate her pieces and equalise. In a position with an unusual
material balance, the players made a few mistakes, sometimes failing to
see the winning lines. Anastasia was the last to make a mistake,
however, and Valentina snatched her fifth win in a row.
Olga Girya managed to win a pawn in her game against Alexandra Kosteniuk,
but White failed to find a precise winning plan in the conversion
stage, whereas Black defended very tenaciously. The players agreed to a
draw on move 61.
Natalija Pogonina failed to convert her extra pawn in a game against Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. Black found the optimal defensive position and stopped the white pawns from advancing.
Oksana Gritsayeva was unable to counter the difficulties in her game with Alina Kashlinskaya and
got into a very bad position in the middlegame. Alina played precisely
and gained a decisive edge; Oksana surrendered owing to the inevitable
material losses.
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