Lausanne Women's Grand Prix Day 6: Kashlinskaya Joins Leaders
In the sixth round of the Lausanne Women's Grand Prix, IM Alina Kashlinskaya joined GM Aleksandra Goryachkina in first place. Sunday is a rest day.
Results round 6
Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) – Marie Sebag (FRA) 1-0
Ju Wenjun (CHN) – Pia Cramling (SWE)
Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) – Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) ½-½
Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) – Anna Muzychuk (UKR) ½-½
Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) – Harika Dronavalli (IND)
Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) – Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) 1-0
Standings
| # | Fed | Name | Rtg | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pts | SB |
| 1 | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | 2579 | 2609 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0/6 | 11 | |||||||
| 2 | Kashlinskaya, Alina | 2485 | 2618 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4.0/6 | 10.75 | |||||||
| 3 | Harika, Dronavalli | 2517 | 2570 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 3.5/6 | 10.5 | |||||||
| 4 | Dzagnidze, Nana | 2509 | 2558 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 3.5/6 | 10 | |||||||
| 5 | Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 2461 | 2573 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3.5/6 | 9.25 | |||||||
| 6 | Muzychuk, Mariya | 2551 | 2505 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.0/6 | 9 | |||||||
| 7 | Cramling, Pia | 2475 | 2519 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 3.0/6 | 9 | |||||||
| 8 | Muzychuk, Anna | 2535 | 2524 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3.0/6 | 8.25 | |||||||
| 9 | Ju Wenjun | 2583 | 2441 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.5/6 | ||||||||
| 10 | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 2482 | 2381 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2.0/6 | 6.25 | |||||||
| 11 | Sebag, Marie | 2443 | 2383 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 2.0/6 | 5.75 | |||||||
| 12 | Stefanova, Antoaneta | 2453 | 2390 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 2.0/6 | 5 |
Kashlinskaya swapped places with GM Harika Dronavalli, who lost to GM Alexandra Kosteniuk. The former world champion finally won a game after her disastrous start of 1/5.
Harika had been under pressure throughout the game, but just when she could liquidate to a theoretically drawn endgame, she blundered mate:
Reigning European Women's Champion Kashlinskaya won a good game against GM Marie Sebag, who was surprised in the opening and spent 35 minutes on her ninth move. She probably had less time than she needed in the tactics that followed.
Meanwhile, IM Zhansaya Abdumalik is doing quite well, especially as one of the two non-grandmasters in the field and a last-minute replacement for GM Zhao Xue. On Saturday the Kazakh master defeated another ex-world champion, GM Antoaneta Stefanova, who is now in last place.
Games rounds 6
After Skolkovo and Monaco, Lausanne is the third Women's Grand Prix in the 2019-2020 series. The fourth and final leg will be held in May in Sardinia, Italy.
Each tournament is a 12-player round-robin. The prize fund in each Grand Prix is 80,000 euros, with 15,000 euros and 160 Grand Prix points awarded to the winner.
Pairings round 7 (Monday)
Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) – Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS)
Harika Dronavalli (IND) – Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ)
Anna Muzychuk (UKR) – Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS)
Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) – Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS)
Pia Cramling (SWE) – Nana Dzagnidze (GEO)
Marie Sebag (FRA) – Ju Wenjun (CHN)
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