Kosteniuk Wins The Young WGM Moscow Open

8 February 2011, Kuala Lumpur – At the Young WGM Moscow Chess Open 2011, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (pix left, courtesy of open.moscochess.ru) was declared the winner with 7.0 points from 9 rounds of play from the 29 January 2011 to 6th February 2011.

Kosteniuk beats nine other women chess players in her group. At the closing ceremony, she remarked that “it is always a pleasure to win a tournament. Morever, I have not win an individual [tournament] in a while.” When asked about her future plans, she said that she have lots of plans for this year but they are all about chess. She plans to take part in «Aeroflot Open» in a few days and then Russian Team Championship, and then she hopes to be nominated from Russia to FIDE Grand Prix. Subsequently she plans to participate in two team competitions this year – European Championship and World Championship.

She quipped that in the near future she will be seen at the chess board fairly often.

In second place was Batkhuyag Munguntuul of Mongolia with 7.0 points and in third was Zhao Xue of China with 5.5 points.

Crosstable Results – Young WGM – B – Moscow Open 2011.

Here is the last ninth round game between Munguntuul and Kosteniuk of the Young WGM Moscow Open 2011. The game ended in a draw after 64 hard fought moves.

[Event "Moscow Open Young WGM"] [Site "Moscow RUS"] [Date "2011.02.06"] [Round "9"] [White "Munguntuul, Batkhuyag"] [Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"] [Result "1/2-1/2"] [ECO "C88"] [WhiteElo "2410"] [BlackElo "2498"] [PlyCount "127"] [EventDate "2011.01.29"] 1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 O-O 8. h3 Bb7 9. d3 Re8 10. Nc3 h6 11. a3 Bc5 12. Nd5 Nd4 13. Nxd4 Bxd4 14. c3 Bc5 15. Qf3 Nxd5 16. Bxd5 Bxd5 17. exd5 a5 18. Be3 Bf8 19. Bd2 Ra6 20. Re4 Qa8 21. c4 bxc4 22. dxc4 Bc5 23. Be3 Qa7 24. Re1 Rf6 25. Qg3 Bxe3 26. Qxe3 Qxe3 27. R1xe3 Rb8 28. b3 d6 29. Rc3 g5 30. g3 Rg6 31. c5 Rb5 32. Rec4 dxc5 33. Rxc5 Rgb6 34. a4 Rxc5 35. Rxc5 Rxb3 36. Rxc7 Rb4 37. d6 Rd4 38. d7 Kg7 39. Ra7 Kf6 40. Kf1 Ke6 41. Rxa5 Kxd7 42. Ra7+ Ke6 43. Ra6+ Ke7 44. g4 Re4 45. a5 Ra4 46. Ra8 Ra2 47. a6 e4 48. a7 Kf6 49. Ke1 Kg7 50. Kd1 Kf6 51. Kc1 Kg7 52. Kb1 Ra6 53. Kb2 Rb6+ 54. Kc3 Rb7 55. Kd4 Re7 56. Kd5 Kf6 57. Rh8 Rxa7 58. Rxh6+ Kg7 59. Rh5 Kg6 60. Kxe4 f5+ 61. Kf3 Ra3+ 62. Kg2 Ra4 63. Kg3 Ra3+ 64. Kg2 1/2-1/2
 

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