Tbilisi GP Round 1: Stavroula upsets Vaishali
The first round of FIDE Tbilisi GP 2024 witnessed an upset. The lowest rated player of the field, IM Stavroula Tsolakidou (GRE) stunned GM Vaishali R. Vaishali made an incorrect exchange which dropped her exchange. The Greece no.1 woman had no trouble seizing her opportunity and converting it into a full point. IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ) scored the only other win of the round. She defeated IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP). Sara did not manage to thwart her opponent's attack on the kingside. Vaishali will face the former women's world champion, GM Alexandra Kosteniuk (SUI) in the second round. Round 2 starts today from 3 p.m. local time, 4:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Anna Shtourman
Bibisara subdues Sara
Bibisara - Sarasadat: 1-0
IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2470) faced IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (ESP, 2489) for the first time in a Classical rated game.
19.Rf6 not only attacks the knight on c6 but also asserts dominance on the kingside Ne7 20.a5 b5 21.Qe1 Ng6 22.R6f5 Qc6 23.Qf2 f6 24.g4 White starts improving her position.
31...Rd5? was the final mistake. 32.Raf1 b4 33.g5 hxg5 34.Nxg5 fxg5 35.Rxf8+ Qxf8 36.Rxf8+ Nxf8 37.hxg5 and it's over.
Stavroula - Vaishali
Black needed to play 25...c4 and everything would have been fine. Instead, GM Vaishali R (2506) blundered 25...Nxe5?? 26.dxc5+- gained an exchange for White. 26...Nd3 27.cxb6 axb6 28.Bc6! Qxc6 29.Rxd3 White just quickly got rid of the strong knight on d3.
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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.
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Round 1 results
Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
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1 | 1 | POL | 2474 | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | ½ - ½ | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2488 | 10 | |||
2 | 2 | UKR | 2525 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | ½ - ½ | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2508 | 9 | |||
3 | 3 | GEO | 2506 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | ½ - ½ | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2451 | 8 | |||
4 | 4 | KAZ | 2470 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | 1 - 0 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2489 | 7 | |||
5 | 5 | GRE | 2429 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | 1 - 0 | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2506 | 6 |
Standings after Round 1
Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Bdld | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
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1 | 4 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2470 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||
5 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2429 | 1 | 0 | 0,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | 8 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | GEO | 2451 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
9 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | UKR | 2508 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
10 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | SUI | 2488 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
6 | 1 | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | POL | 2474 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
2 | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2525 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
3 | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2506 | 0,5 | 0 | 0,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
9 | 6 | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2506 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
7 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | ESP | 2489 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 2 pairings
Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
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1 | 10 | SUI | 2488 | GM | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | GM | Vaishali, Rameshbabu | IND | 2506 | 6 | ||||
2 | 7 | ESP | 2489 | IM | Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2429 | 5 | ||||
3 | 8 | GEO | 2451 | IM | Javakhishvili, Lela | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2470 | 4 | ||||
4 | 9 | UKR | 2508 | GM | Muzychuk, Mariya | GM | Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2506 | 3 | ||||
5 | 1 | POL | 2474 | IM | Kashlinskaya, Alina | GM | Muzychuk, Anna | UKR | 2525 | 2 |