[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.1"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich variation (exaggerated fianchetto)"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Ba6 5. Qa4 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. dxc5 bxc5 8. O-O
Be7 9. Nc3 O-O 10. Rd1 Qb6 11. Bf4 Rd8 12. Rd2 Nc6 13. Rad1 Na5 14. b3 d5 15.
cxd5 exd5 16. Qa3 Re8 17. Na4 Qb5 18. Nc3 Qb6 19. Na4 Qb5 20. Nc3 Qb6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.2"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. e4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Be2 Nxd4 8.
Qxd4 Bg7 9. Be3 O-O 10. Qd2 Be6 11. Rc1 Qa5 12. f3 Rfc8 13. b3 a6 14. Na4 Qxd2+
15. Kxd2 Nd7 16. f4 Rab8 17. Ba7 Ra8 18. Be3 Rab8 19. Ba7 Ra8 20. Be3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.3"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "B06"]
[Opening "Robatsch (modern) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 g6 2. d4 Bg7 3. Nf3 d6 4. Bd3 Bg4 5. c3 Nd7 6. Nbd2 Nb6 7. h3 Bd7 8. O-O
Nf6 9. Re1 O-O 10. e5 Nfd5 11. Ne4 Bf5 12. a3 c6 13. exd6 exd6 14. Bg5 Qd7 15.
c4 Bxe4 16. Rxe4 Nc7 17. Re7 Qc8 18. Re1 Re8 19. Qd2 Ne6 20. Bh6 Bf6 21. Re2 Qd7
22. Rae1 Re7 23. b3 Rae8 24. Bc2 c5 25. d5 Nd4 26. Nxd4 Bxd4 27. h4 Nc8 28. Bg5
Re5 29. Bf4 R5e7 30. g3 a6 31. Kg2 b5 32. Rxe7 Rxe7 33. Rxe7 Qxe7 34. Bd3 bxc4
35. bxc4 Qb7 36. Qe2 Kg7 37. h5 Qb2 38. Bc2 Qc3 39. h6+ Kf8 40. Qg4 f5 41. Bxf5
Qe1 42. Bd3 Qxf2+ 43. Kh3 Ne7 44. Bxd6 Qe3 45. Qf4+ Ke8 46. Bc2 Qxf4 47. Ba4+
Kf7 48. Bxf4 Nc8 49. Kg4 Ke7 50. Bb3 Nd6 51. Kf3 Nf7 52. g4 Bf6 53. Ke4 Nd6+ 54.
Kd3 Nf7 55. Be3 Kd6 56. Ke4 g5 57. Bf2 Be5 58. Kf5 Bf4 59. Bd1 Nxh6+ 60. Kf6
Ng8+ 61. Kg7 Ne7 62. Kxh7 Nc8 63. Kg6 Nb6 64. Be2 Bc1 65. Bg3+ Kd7 66. Bd3 a5
67. Be5 a4 68. Bf5+ Kd8 69. d6 Nd7 70. Bc3 Ke8 71. Bc2 Bxa3 72. Bxa4 Bc1 73. Bf6
Bf4 74. Be7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.4"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "E17"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "old main line, 6.O-O"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb7 5. Bg2 Be7 6. O-O O-O 7. d5 exd5 8. Nh4
c6 9. cxd5 Nxd5 10. Nf5 Nc7 11. e4 d5 12. Nc3 Bf6 13. exd5 cxd5 14. Bf4 Nba6 15.
Rc1 Qd7 16. Bh3 Ne6 17. Ne4 Bxb2 18. Rc2 Rad8 19. Rxb2 dxe4 20. Rd2 Qb5 21. Rxd8
Rxd8 22. Qg4 Kh8 23. Nd6 Rxd6 24. Bxd6 Qc6 25. Rd1 e3 26. fxe3 Qh1+ 27. Kf2
Qxh2+ 28. Ke1 Qg1+ 29. Ke2 Qh2+ 30. Ke1 Qg1+ 31. Ke2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.5"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A46"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. g3 b6 4. Bg2 Bb7 5. O-O g6 6. b3 Bg7 7. Bb2 O-O 8. Nbd2
c5 9. e3 d6 10. Qe2 Nc6 11. Rfd1 Qe7 12. c4 a5 13. a4 h6 14. Rac1 Rab8 15. Nb1
e5 16. d5 Nb4 17. e4 Nh7 18. Rf1 Rbe8 19. Na3 Bc8 20. Rce1 Ng5 21. Nc2 f5 22.
Nxg5 hxg5 23. Nxb4 axb4 24. h3 g4 25. hxg4 fxg4 26. Bc1 Bf6 27. Qd2 Rf7 28. f3
Rh7 29. fxg4 Bxg4 30. Bf3 Bd7 31. Bg2 Rh8 32. Rf2 Rf8 33. Bf1 Rh5 34. Qc2 Rf7
35. Rh2 Rxh2 36. Qxh2 Bg5 37. Be3 Rf3 38. Bf2 Rxb3 39. Bh3 Rf3 40. Qg2 Rc3 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.03"]
[Round "1.6"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "E46"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Reshevsky variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Ne2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. Nf4
c6 9. Bd3 a5 10. O-O Na6 11. Bc2 Nc7 12. f3 c5 13. Na4 cxd4 14. exd4 Ne6 15.
Nxe6 Bxe6 16. Bd3 Bd7 17. Re1 Bd6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Bxh2+ 20. Kh1 Bxa4 21.
Qxa4 gxf6 22. Re2 Bg3 23. Bf5 Qf4 24. Bh3 Ra6 25. Qd7 Qxd4 26. Qxb7 Rb6 27. Qd7
Rxb2 28. Rxb2 Qxb2 29. Rd1 Be5 30. Qg4+ Kh8 31. f4 Bc7 32. Rxd5 Qxa3 33. Rf5
Qa1+ 34. Kh2 Rg8 35. Qh4 Rg5 36. Rxg5 fxg5 37. Qxg5 a4 38. Qf5 Qd4 39. Qc8+ Bd8
40. Bd7 Qxf4+ 41. g3 Qg5 42. Bxa4 Kg7 43. Qd7 Bb6 44. Bb3 Qh5+ 45. Kg2 Qe2+ 46.
Kh3 Qf1+ 47. Kg4 h6 48. Qxf7+ Qxf7 49. Bxf7 Kxf7 50. Kh3 Kg6 51. g4 Kg5 52. Kg2
Kh4 53. Kh2 Bc7+ 54. Kg2 Bd6 55. Kh1 Kh3 56. Kg1 Kxg4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.1"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A58"]
[Opening "Benko gambit accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "14101513"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 b5 4. cxb5 a6 5. bxa6 g6 6. Nc3 Bg7 7. a7 Rxa7 8. e4
O-O 9. Nf3 d6 10. a4 Na6 11. h3 Nb4 12. Bb5 Ba6 13. Bxa6 Rxa6 14. O-O Qa8 15.
Bd2 Rc8 16. b3 Nxe4 17. Nxe4 Bxa1 18. Qxa1 Qxd5 19. Qb1 Rb8 20. Nc3 Qd3 21. Nb5
Qxb1 22. Rxb1 Nc6 23. Rc1 f6 24. Be3 Na5 25. Nd2 Kf7 26. f4 Nc6 27. Kf2 Nb4 28.
Kf3 Rc8 29. Ne4 Rb8 30. Nd2 Rc8 31. Ne4 Rb8 32. Nd2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C91"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Bogolyubov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14111330"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. d4 Bg4 10. Be3 exd4 11. cxd4 Na5 12. Bc2 Nc4 13. Bc1 c5 14. b3 Nb6 15.
Nbd2 Rc8 16. h3 Bh5 17. d5 Nfd7 18. g4 Bg6 19. Nf1 Bf6 20. Rb1 h6 21. Ng3 a5 22.
Kg2 b4 23. h4 Ne5 24. h5 Nxf3 25. Qxf3 Bh7 26. Nf5 c4 27. Be3 cxb3 28. Bxb3 Nc4
29. Bxc4 Rxc4 30. Rbc1 Rc3 31. Rxc3 bxc3 32. Qe2 Bxf5 33. gxf5 Qc7 34. Rc1 Rb8
35. Qd3 Rb4 36. Kf3 a4 37. a3 Rb3 38. Rc2 Rb2 39. Bc1 Rxc2 40. Qxc2 Qc4 41. Qe2
Qb3 42. Kg2 c2 43. Qa6 Qb1 44. Qc8+ Kh7 45. Be3 Qd1 46. Qc4 Bg5 47. f4 Qg4+ 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.3"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "5008123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 d5 4. d4 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b6 8. b3 Nbd7
9. Qd3 Ba6 10. e4 dxc4 11. bxc4 e5 12. dxe5 Ng4 13. Bf4 g5 14. Nxg5 Ngxe5 15.
Qd2 Nxc4 16. Qc1 Nde5 17. Rd1 Nd3 18. Rxd3 Qxd3 19. Bf1 Qd8 20. h4 Qe8 21. Qd1
Bxg5 22. Bxg5 Qe6 23. Qa4 Bb5 24. Nxb5 cxb5 25. Qxb5 Rac8 26. Re1 Rc5 27. Qb1
Ne5 28. Bg2 Rfc8 29. Qd1 Rc2 30. a4 Qa2 31. Rf1 Qe6 32. h5 h6 33. Bf4 Kh7 34.
Qd4 Nc6 35. Qa1 Ra2 36. Qd1 Rd8 37. Qb1 Nd4 38. Bc7 Rc8 39. e5+ Kg7 40. Bd6 Rcc2
41. Qb4 Qg4 42. e6 Ne2+ 43. Kh2 Qxb4 44. Bxb4 fxe6 45. Rd1 Nd4 46. Rxd4 Rxf2 47.
Rd7+ Kf6 48. Rxa7 Rxg2+ 49. Kh3 Rh2+ 50. Kg4 Ke5 51. Ra6 Kd5 52. Bf8 Kc6 53. Ra7
Rac2 54. Re7 Rc4+ 55. Kf3 Rxh5 56. Rxe6+ Kd7 57. Rd6+ Kc7 58. Rf6 Rxa4 59. Bxh6
b5 60. Bf4+ Kb7 61. Ke3 Rd5 62. g4 b4 63. Rf7+ Kc6 64. g5 b3 65. Rc7+ Kb6 66.
Rc1 Rf5 67. Bc7+ Kb7 68. Bd8 Re5+ 69. Kf3 Rb5 70. Bf6 Ra6 71. Kg4 Rc6 72. Rf1
Kc7 73. Kh5 b2 74. Bxb2 Rxb2 75. Rf7+ Kd8 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.4"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "13900145"]
[BlackFideId "1700030"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 e5 4. Nc3 Bd6 5. Bc4 Nf6 6. d3 h6 7. a4 Bc7 8. O-O
O-O 9. h3 Ne7 10. Be3 b6 11. a5 Bb7 12. Re1 d5 13. exd5 Nfxd5 14. Bd2 Ng6 15.
Nxd5 Bxd5 16. Bxd5 Qxd5 17. axb6 axb6 18. Rxa8 Rxa8 19. Bc3 f6 20. Nd2 Nf4 21.
Qg4 h5 22. Qf3 Qxf3 23. Nxf3 Ra2 24. Bd2 Rxb2 25. Bxf4 exf4 26. Re7 Bd6 27. Rd7
Be5 28. c4 Bc3 29. g3 fxg3 30. fxg3 g5 31. g4 h4 32. Kf1 Kf8 33. Rb7 Ke8 34. Ra7
Kd8 35. Ra3 Rc2 36. Ra7 Kc8 37. Re7 Rc1+ 38. Kg2 Rd1 39. Re6 Kc7 40. Re7+ Kd6
41. Re8 Kd7 42. Re3 Kc6 43. Re6+ Kb7 44. Re7+ Ka6 45. Rd7 b5 46. cxb5+ Kxb5 47.
Rd8 Kc6 48. Kf2 Ba1 49. Rc8+ Kb6 50. Rb8+ Kc7 51. Rb3 Kc6 52. Kg2 Kd5 53. Ra3
Bd4 54. Rb3 Be3 55. Ra3 Bf4 56. Rb3 Bg3 57. Ra3 Be5 58. Rb3 Ra1 59. Kf2 Ra2+ 60.
Kg1 Bd4+ 61. Nxd4 Kxd4 62. Rb6 Kxd3 63. Rxf6 c4 64. Rd6+ Ke3 65. Rc6 Rc2 66. Rc5
c3 67. Rxg5 Rd2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.5"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2902257"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 Bf5 4. O-O c6 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg4 7. h3 Bh5 8. Qe1
Be7 9. f4 h6 10. Kh1 Nbd7 11. e4 dxe4 12. dxe4 g5 13. fxg5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 Qc7 15.
Nd2 O-O-O 16. Nc4 Nxe4 17. Bf4 Nd6 18. Nf5 exf5 19. Qxe7 Nxc4 20. Bxc7 Kxc7 21.
Rae1 f6 22. Rxf5 Rde8 23. Qb4 Nce5 24. Rf4 Bf7 25. Rd1 Be6 26. Rh4 Rhg8 27. Kh2
Rg7 28. Rf4 Kc8 29. Qd4 Reg8 30. g4 Rh7 31. Kg1 Ng6 32. Re4 Bd5 33. Qxa7 Bxe4
34. Bxe4 Kc7 35. Qa5+ Kc8 36. Qa8+ Nb8 37. Bf5+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.04"]
[Round "2.6"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D83"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "Gruenfeld gambit, Botvinnik variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601903"]
[BlackFideId "14114550"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. e3 O-O 6. Rc1 c5 7. dxc5 Be6 8. Nf3
Nc6 9. Ng5 Bg4 10. f3 e5 11. Bg3 d4 12. Nb5 h6 13. exd4 exd4 14. fxg4 hxg5 15.
Bd3 Re8+ 16. Kf2 Nb4 17. Bb1 d3 18. Rf1 Ne4+ 19. Kg1 Nxg3 20. hxg3 Bd4+ 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.1"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Nbd2 Bb7 6. Bg2 c5 7. a3 Bxd2+ 8.
Bxd2 cxd4 9. O-O Bxf3 10. Bxf3 Nc6 11. Bf4 O-O 12. Bd6 Re8 13. b4 e5 14. b5 Na5
15. Bxa8 Qxa8 16. Rc1 Nb7 17. Bb4 d6 18. e3 dxe3 19. fxe3 Re6 20. Qf3 h6 21. Rc2
Qc8 22. Rd1 Nc5 23. Qc6 Qb8 24. Bxc5 dxc5 25. Rcd2 Re8 26. Rd6 e4 27. Rxf6 gxf6
28. Qxf6 Qc8 29. Qxh6 Qg4 30. Rd5 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.2"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B41"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Kan variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Be2 Nf6 6. Nc3 Qc7 7. O-O Bb4 8. Bg5
Nc6 9. Nxc6 bxc6 10. Qd4 Bd6 11. f4 e5 12. Qd2 exf4 13. Bxf4 Bxf4 14. Rxf4 d6
15. Rd1 Ke7 16. Rf3 Be6 17. Rg3 Rhg8 18. Kh1 h6 19. Qd4 c5 20. Qd2 Rab8 21. b3
Rb4 22. Rd3 Rb6 23. Bf3 Nd7 24. a4 c4 25. bxc4 Ne5 26. a5 Rc6 27. Nd5+ Bxd5 28.
Rxd5 Nxc4 29. Qd4 Ne5 30. Be2 Rb8 31. h3 f6 32. Bf1 h5 33. Kg1 Rb7 34. Kh1 Qb8
35. Be2 Rb2 36. Bd3 h4 37. Qe3 Rb1 38. Qg1 Rxd1 39. Qxd1 Qb2 40. Kh2 g6 41. Qg1
Nxd3 42. Qa7+ Ke6 43. Qa8 Kd7 44. Qa7+ Kc8 45. Rxd3 Qe5+ 46. Kh1 Qxa5 47. Rb3
Rc7 48. Qa8+ Kd7 49. Qf8 Qa1+ 50. Kh2 Qe5+ 51. Kh1 Qe7 52. Qa8 Rxc2 53. Rb7+ Rc7
54. Rxc7+ Kxc7 55. Qa7+ Kd8 56. Qxa6 Qc7 57. Qa3 Ke7 58. Qe3 Qa5 59. Qd4 Ke6 60.
Qe3 Ke5 61. Qf2 Qc3 62. Qa7 Qe1+ 63. Kh2 Qxe4 64. Qe7+ Kf5 65. Qd7+ Qe6 66. Qh7
Kg5 67. Qc7 Qe5+ 68. Kh1 Qe1+ 69. Kh2 d5 70. Qd7 Qe4 71. Qc6 Qe5+ 72. Kh1 d4 73.
Qc1+ Kh5 74. Qd1+ Kh6 75. Qc1+ Qe3 76. Qf1 Kg7 77. Qa1 d3 78. Qc3 Qe4 79. Kg1 g5
80. Kh1 Qd5 81. Qd2 Qd4 82. Qd1 d2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.3"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 Nd7 8. Be2
Qd8 9. O-O Be7 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 c5 12. dxc5 Nxc5 13. Qxd8+ Kxd8 14. Ne5 Rf8
15. Rad1+ Kc7 16. Nc3 a6 17. Bh5 g6 18. Bf3 Bf6 19. Rfe1 Rb8 20. b4 Nd7 21. Nxd7
Bxd7 22. Rc1 Rfd8 23. b5 Be8 24. a4 Bg5 25. Rc2 Rd2 26. Re2 Rxe2 27. Bxe2 Be7
28. c5 axb5 29. axb5 Bxc5 30. Ne4 b6 31. h4 f5 32. Nxc5 bxc5 33. Rxc5+ Kd6 34.
Rc3 Bxb5 35. Rb3 Kc5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "E01"]
[Opening "Catalan"]
[Variation "closed"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bd6 6. Nf3 c6 7. O-O Nbd7 8. Qc2
O-O 9. Rd1 Qe7 10. Bg5 h6 11. Bxf6 Nxf6 12. Nbd2 Bd7 13. Ne5 Rfd8 14. c5 Bc7 15.
f4 Be8 16. a4 Nd7 17. Ra3 Nxe5 18. fxe5 f6 19. exf6 Qxf6 20. Nf3 Bg6 21. Qb3
Rab8 22. Qe3 Be4 23. Rf1 Qe7 24. Nh4 Bh7 25. Bh3 e5 26. Bf5 e4 27. Raa1 Rf8 28.
Rf2 Rf6 29. Raf1 Rbf8 30. b4 Bxf5 31. Rxf5 Rxf5 32. Rxf5 Rxf5 33. Nxf5 Qe6 34.
Qf2 a6 35. Kg2 Qf6 36. h3 Qe6 37. Ne3 g6 38. Ng4 Kg7 39. Qe3 h5 40. Qh6+ Kg8 41.
Ne3 Qf6 42. b5 Ba5 43. bxa6 bxa6 44. g4 Qg7 45. Qxg7+ Kxg7 46. gxh5 gxh5 47.
Nf5+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.5"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B36"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "accelerated fianchetto, Maroczy bind"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 g6 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 d6 7. Nc2 Bg7 8. Be2
O-O 9. O-O Nd7 10. Bd2 Nc5 11. f3 f5 12. b4 Ne6 13. exf5 gxf5 14. Rc1 Bd7 15.
Nd5 Rc8 16. Qe1 Ne5 17. Qh4 Rf7 18. Be3 b6 19. f4 Nxc4 20. Bh5 Rf6 21. Nxf6+
Bxf6 22. Qh3 Kh8 23. Bg6 Qg8 24. Bxf5 Nxe3 25. Nxe3 Rxc1 26. Rxc1 Nd4 27. Qh5
Nxf5 28. Nxf5 Qe6 29. g4 Qxa2 30. g5 Qg8 31. g6 Be6 32. Rc7 Bxf5 33. Qxf5 hxg6
34. Qh3+ Kg7 35. Rc8 Qh7 36. Qxh7+ Kxh7 37. b5 Kg7 38. Kg2 Kf7 39. Kf3 Ke6 40.
Kg4 d5 41. Rd8 d4 42. h3 Kf7 43. Kf3 e5 44. Rd6 Be7 45. Rc6 exf4 46. Kxf4 Bc5
47. Ke4 Kg7 48. Kd3 Kh6 49. Rc7 Kg5 50. Rxa7 Kf5 51. Rc7 Ke5 52. h4 Bd6 53. Rc6
Kd5 54. Rxb6 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.05"]
[Round "3.6"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "3.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. Nf3 c6 3. c4 e6 4. Qc2 dxc4 5. Qxc4 Nf6 6. Bg5 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. Nbd2
Nbd7 9. e3 Rc8 10. Be2 a6 11. a4 c5 12. d5 Qb6 13. dxe6 fxe6 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bxf6 gxf6 16. O-O c4 17. Rfd1 Bb4 18. Ne4 f5 19. Ng3 Nc5 20. Ne5 O-O 21. Bf3
Bxf3 22. gxf3 f4 23. exf4 Rxf4 24. Qc1 Rcf8 25. Ra8 Qb7 26. Qxf4 Rxa8 27. Nh5
Rf8 28. Nf6+ Rxf6 29. Qxf6 Qg7+ 30. Qxg7+ Kxg7 31. Nc6 Nd3 32. Nxb4 Nxb4 33.
Rd7+ Kf6 34. Rb7 Nc2 35. Rxb5 Nd4 36. Rh5 Nxf3+ 37. Kf1 Kg6 38. Rc5 Nxh2+ 39.
Kg2 Ng4 40. Rxc4 Ne5 41. Rc3 Kf5 42. b4 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.1"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "13601903"]
[BlackFideId "1700030"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. Qa4+ c6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qd3 Nbd7 8. e4
b4 9. Na4 Bb7 10. Bg5 Qa5 11. b3 c5 12. Bxf6 gxf6 13. dxc5 Bc6 14. Nd2 Bxa4 15.
bxa4 Qxc5 16. Rd1 Qc3 17. Qa6 Bh6 18. Bb5 Ke7 19. Bxd7 Rhd8 20. O-O Rxd7 21. Nb3
Rad8 22. Rxd7+ Rxd7 23. Qb5 Bf4 24. g3 Bd6 25. Qe2 Qc6 26. a5 Be5 27. Qe3 Qc3
28. Qe2 Qc6 29. Rc1 Bc3 30. Qe3 Qd6 31. Qe2 Qe5 32. Kf1 f5 33. exf5 Qxf5 34. Kg1
Qd5 35. Qg4 h5 36. Qf4 Qb5 37. Qe4 Rd5 38. Qh4+ Ke8 39. Qf4 Rd7 40. Qe4 Rd5 41.
Qe3 Rd7 42. Qf3 Qd5 43. Qe3 Qb5 44. Qf3 Qd5 45. Qf4 Qb5 46. Qe4 Qd5 47. Qe2 h4
48. gxh4 Rd8 49. f3 Ke7 50. Kh1 Qf5 51. Rd1 Rxd1+ 52. Qxd1 Qh3 53. Nc5 Bd4 54.
Nd3 Bc3 55. Nc5 Bd4 56. Nd3 Bc3 57. Qe2 Qf5 58. a6 Qb5 59. h5 Qxa6 60. h6 Qb5
61. Qe4 Qd5 62. h7 Qxe4 63. fxe4 Kf8 64. Nxb4 Kg7 65. Nc6 a6 66. Nd8 Kxh7 67.
Nxf7 Kg6 68. Nd8 Kf6 69. Nc6 Kg5 70. Nd8 Kf4 71. Nxe6+ Kxe4 72. Nc5+ Kd5 73.
Nxa6 Be5 74. h4 Kc4 75. a4 Bh8 76. Kg2 Kb3 77. Kf3 Kxa4 78. Nc7 Kb4 79. Ne6 Kb5
80. Ke4 Kc6 81. Kf5 Kd7 82. h5 Ke7 83. h6 Bb2 84. Ng5 Ba1 85. Kg6 Bb2 86. Ne4
Bc1 87. h7 Bb2 88. Ng3 Bh8 89. Nh5 Ke6 90. Ng3 Ke7 91. Ne4 Ke6 92. Ng5+ Ke7 93.
Nf7 Bb2 94. Nh6 Ke6 95. Nf5 Bh8 96. Ng7+ Ke7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.2"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "D41"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Semi-Tarrasch, 5.cd"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c5 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 cxd4 8.
cxd4 Bb4+ 9. Bd2 Bxd2+ 10. Qxd2 O-O 11. Bc4 Nd7 12. O-O b6 13. Rfe1 Bb7 14. Rad1
Rc8 15. Bd3 h6 16. Bb1 Qc7 17. d5 Rfd8 18. dxe6 fxe6 19. Nd4 Nf8 20. f4 Qc5 21.
Qf2 Rd7 22. Nb3 Qxf2+ 23. Kxf2 a5 24. Rd4 Rc3 25. Rxd7 Nxd7 26. Rc1 Rxc1 27.
Nxc1 Nf6 28. Kf3 Kf7 29. h3 Nd7 30. Ke3 e5 31. g3 Ke6 32. Nd3 Kd6 33. fxe5+ Nxe5
34. Kd4 Nc6+ 35. Ke3 Bc8 36. h4 Be6 37. Kf4 a4 38. Ke3 b5 39. Kd2 b4 40. Bc2 a3
41. e5+ Ke7 42. Kc1 Bxa2 43. Ba4 Bc4 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.3"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "14114550"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Qa4+ Nc6 6. Ne5 Qd6 7. Nxc6 Qxc6
8. Qxc6+ bxc6 9. b3 Nxc3 10. Bb2 Ne4 11. Bxh8 f6 12. h4 Bh6 13. e3 Nd6 14. Bd3
Bf5 15. Bxf5 gxf5 16. Bxf6 exf6 17. Rc1 Kd7 18. Ke2 a5 19. Rc2 f4 20. Rhc1 Ra6
21. Rc5 f5 22. Kf3 fxe3 23. dxe3 Bg7 24. Rd1 Ke6 25. Rdc1 Kd7 26. g4 fxg4+ 27.
Kxg4 a4 28. Kf3 axb3 29. axb3 Rb6 30. Rg1 Ne8 31. Rcg5 Bf8 32. Rf5 Ke7 33. Rg4
Nd6 34. Rh5 h6 35. b4 Rb5 36. Rc5 Rxc5 37. bxc5 Nb7 38. Rg6 Nxc5 39. Rxc6 Ne6
40. Ke4 Kd7 41. Kd5 Bd6 42. Rc1 Ng7 43. Rg1 Nf5 44. h5 Ne7+ 45. Ke4 Ke6 46. f4
Bc5 47. Kf3 Nf5 48. Rc1 Bb6 49. e4 Nd4+ 50. Kg4 c5 51. Ra1 Kd7 52. Ra6 Kc6 53.
f5 c4 54. f6 c3 55. f7 Ne6 56. Kf5 Nf8 57. Kf6 c2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "E00"]
[Opening "Catalan opening"]
[WhiteFideId "14111330"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 a5 5. Bg2 O-O 6. Nf3 b6 7. O-O Bb7 8. Bg5
Be7 9. Nc3 h6 10. Bxf6 Bxf6 11. e4 d6 12. e5 dxe5 13. dxe5 Be7 14. Qe2 Qc8 15.
Rfd1 a4 16. Nd4 Bxg2 17. Kxg2 Qb7+ 18. Qe4 Qxe4+ 19. Nxe4 Rd8 20. f4 Kf8 21. h4
c6 22. Kf3 Ra7 23. Ke2 Rad7 24. Nf3 Na6 25. Rxd7 Rxd7 26. Rd1 Rxd1 27. Kxd1 a3
28. bxa3 Bxa3 29. Nd4 Nb4 30. Nc2 Nxc2 31. Kxc2 h5 32. Kb3 Bc1 33. a4 Ke7 34. c5
Be3 35. cxb6 Bxb6 36. Kb4 Be3 37. a5 f5 38. Nd6 Kd7 39. Nb7 Ba7 40. a6 Ke7 41.
Nc5 Bb6 42. Na4 Ba7 43. Ka5 Kd7 44. Kb4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.5"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C48"]
[Opening "Four knights"]
[Variation "Rubinstein counter-gambit, exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13900145"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Nxd4 exd4 6. e5 dxc3 7. exf6 Qxf6
8. dxc3 Qe5+ 9. Be2 Bc5 10. O-O O-O 11. Bd3 d5 12. Qf3 Bd6 13. g3 c6 14. Be3 Qe6
15. Qh5 g6 16. Qh6 Re8 17. Rfe1 Bf8 18. Qf4 Bd6 19. Qh6 Bf8 20. Qf4 Bd6 21. Qh6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.06"]
[Round "4.6"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti"]
[Variation "King's Indian attack, Spassky's variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2902257"]
[BlackFideId "5008123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 b5 3. Na3 a6 4. c4 e6 5. b3 b4 6. Nc2 Bb7 7. Bg2 Be7 8. a3 a5
9. d4 O-O 10. O-O c5 11. dxc5 Bxc5 12. Bb2 Na6 13. Ne5 Bxg2 14. Kxg2 Qb6 15. Nd3
Be7 16. Bd4 Qb7+ 17. f3 d5 18. axb4 dxc4 19. bxc4 axb4 20. Ra5 Rfd8 21. Qa1 Nc7
22. Rb1 Qc6 23. c5 Qd7 24. Ne5 Rxa5 25. Qxa5 Qb5 26. Qxb5 Nxb5 27. Nc6 Nxd4 28.
N2xd4 Rd7 29. Nxe7+ Rxe7 30. Rxb4 Kf8 31. c6 Rc7 32. Rb7 Rc8 33. f4 Nd5 34. e4
Ne7 35. Rb6 Ke8 36. Kf3 g6 37. g4 f6 38. e5 fxe5 39. fxe5 Nd5 40. Rb7 Ne7 41.
Rb6 Nd5 42. Rb2 Ne7 43. Rc2 g5 44. Ke4 h6 45. Rc5 Kf7 46. c7 Ke8 47. Nxe6 Kd7
48. Nd4 Rxc7 49. Rxc7+ Kxc7 50. Nf5 Ng8 51. Kd5 Kd7 52. h3 Kd8 53. Kd6 Ke8 54.
Ke6 Kf8 55. Kd7 Kf7 56. e6+ Kf6 57. e7 Nxe7 58. Nxe7 Ke5 59. Ng8 Ke4 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.1"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "Neo-Catalan accepted"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. g3 d5 4. Bg2 dxc4 5. Qa4+ Nbd7 6. O-O a6 7. Qxc4 c5 8. d3
b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Nc3 Be7 11. a4 Bc6 12. Nh4 Bxg2 13. Nxg2 Rb8 14. axb5 axb5 15.
Bf4 Rb7 16. Ra6 O-O 17. Rfa1 Nb8 18. Ra8 Qd7 19. Ne1 Nc6 20. Nf3 Ra7 21. R8xa7
Nxa7 22. Qb3 Nd5 23. Ne5 Qb7 24. Nxd5 exd5 25. Qa2 Nc8 26. Qa6 Qxa6 27. Rxa6 Re8
28. Nd7 Rd8 29. Nb8 Bf8 30. Nc6 Re8 31. Kf1 Re6 32. Nb8 Rxa6 33. Nxa6 Nb6 34.
Nc7 b4 35. Ke1 c4 36. Be3 Na4 37. Bd4 Bc5 38. Bxc5 Nxc5 39. Nxd5 cxd3 40. Nxb4
dxe2 41. Kxe2 Kf8 42. Nd5 Nb3 43. Kd3 Ke8 44. Nf4 Ke7 45. Kc3 Nc5 46. Nd3 Nd7
47. Kd4 Kd6 48. b4 h5 49. Nc5 Ne5 50. Ne4+ Ke6 51. h4 f6 52. b5 Kd7 53. Kd5 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.2"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E20"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "Kmoch variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. f3 d5 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
e3 Bf5 9. Ne2 Nbd7 10. Nf4 Nb6 11. Kf2 Rc8 12. g4 Bxg4 13. fxg4 Ne4+ 14. Kg1 Qh4
15. Qe2 c5 16. Bd2 Nxd2 17. Qxd2 Rfe8 18. Be2 cxd4 19. cxd4 Nc4 20. Bxc4 Rxc4
21. Rc1 Qxg4+ 22. Kf2 Qh4+ 23. Kf3 Rxc1 24. Rxc1 g5 25. Rg1 Kh8 26. Qg2 f6 27.
Nxd5 Qe4+ 28. Kf2 Qc2+ 29. Kg3 Qc6 30. Qf3 Kg7 31. Rf1 Re6 32. e4 Rd6 33. Ne7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.3"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Nc3 e6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Bb3 h6 11. h3 Re8 12. Nh4 Nf8 13. dxe5 Bxe5 14. Rd1 Qe7 15.
Nf5 Qc5 16. Nd4 Ne6 17. Nf3 Bc7 18. e4 Qh5 19. Nd5 cxd5 20. exd5 Bb6 21. dxe6
Bxe6 22. Bxe6 Rxe6 23. Bf4 Rae8 24. Re1 Ne4 25. Be3 Bxe3 26. Rxe3 Ng5 27. Nxg5
Rxe3 28. fxe3 Qxg5 29. Re1 Rxe3 30. Qc8+ Kh7 31. Qc2+ g6 32. Rf1 Qe7 33. Qd2 Kg8
34. Rc1 a6 35. Rc8+ Kg7 36. Qd4+ Qe5 37. Qxe5+ Rxe5 38. Rc7 Rb5 39. b3 h5 40. h4
Kf6 41. Kf2 Rb4 42. g3 Ke6 43. Kf3 a5 44. Ke3 b6 45. Rb7 f6 46. Kf3 Kf5 47. Rb8
Rb5 48. Rb7 Ke5 49. Ke3 Rb4 50. Rb8 Kd5 51. Rf8 Re4+ 52. Kf3 Re6 53. Rg8 f5 54.
Rc8 Re4 55. Rg8 Rg4 56. Rc8 a4 57. bxa4 Rxa4 58. Rg8 Rg4 59. a4 Ke5 60. Re8+ Kf6
61. Ra8 Kg7 62. Ra6 Rb4 63. a5 bxa5 64. Rxa5 Rg4 65. Ra7+ Kf6 66. Ra6+ Ke5 67.
Ra5+ Kd6 68. Ra6+ Kc5 69. Rf6 Kd5 70. Ra6 Ke5 71. Ra5+ Kf6 72. Ra6+ Kg7 73. Ra7+
Kh6 74. Ra6 Re4 75. Ra7 Re6 76. Kf4 Re1 77. Kf3 Rf1+ 78. Kg2 Rd1 79. Kf3 Rd8 80.
Kf4 Re8 81. Rb7 Re4+ 82. Kf3 Ra4 83. Rc7 Rg4 84. Rf7 Ra4 85. Rb7 Ra8 86. Kf4 Rg8
87. Ra7 Rg7 88. Ra4 Re7 89. Rb4 Re1 90. Rb7 Rf1+ 91. Ke3 f4+ 92. gxf4 Rh1 93. f5
Rh3+ 94. Kf4 Rxh4+ 95. Ke5 Ra4 96. f6 g5 97. f7 Rf4 98. Ke6 Kg7 99. f8=Q+ Kxf8
100. Rh7 h4 101. Rh5 Rg4 102. Kf5 Rg3 103. Rh7 h3 104. Kf6 Ke8 105. Ke6 Kd8 106.
Kd6 Kc8 107. Kc6 Kb8 108. Kb6 Rb3+ 109. Kc6 g4 110. Rh4 Rb1 111. Rh7 Rb2 112.
Rh4 h2 113. Rh7 g3 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.4"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "A15"]
[Opening "English, 1...Nf6 (Anglo-Indian defense)"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. g3 g6 3. b3 Bg7 4. Bb2 d6 5. Bg2 e5 6. e3 Nc6 7. Ne2 O-O 8. Nbc3
Re8 9. d3 Be6 10. a3 Qd7 11. h3 a5 12. Rc1 Rab8 13. Qd2 h6 14. Nd5 Nh7 15. d4 f5
16. Ndc3 Bf7 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. O-O Nf6 19. Rfd1 Ne4 20. Qc2 g5 21. f4 Nxc3 22.
Nxc3 Ng6 23. Rd3 b6 24. Nd5 Bxb2 25. Qxb2 Bxd5 26. cxd5 Qf7 27. Bf3 Re7 28. Qd4
Kh7 29. Rdc3 Rg8 30. Kf2 Qg7 31. Qxg7+ Rgxg7 32. Be2 Rgf7 33. Bd3 Kg7 34. b4
axb4 35. axb4 Nf8 36. Rc4 Nh7 37. Kf3 Nf6 38. Rd4 g4+ 39. hxg4 Nxg4 40. e4 fxe4+
41. Bxe4 h5 42. Rh1 Kh6 43. Kg2 Ne3+ 44. Kf3 Ng4 45. Rh4 Rg7 46. Rc4 Rg8 47. Rc1
Nf6 48. Bf5 Kg7 49. Ra1 Rge8 50. Be6 c6 51. Ra6 cxd5 52. f5 Rc7 53. Rxb6 Rc3+
54. Kf4 Ra8 55. Rxd6 Ra1 56. Ke5 Rd3 57. Rc6 Re1+ 58. Kd6 Rxg3 59. b5 Rb1 60. b6
Kh6 61. Kc7 Kg5 62. Rh2 Rgb3 63. Rg2+ Kf4 64. Bc8 Ne4 65. f6 Ke5 66. Re6+ Kd4
67. f7 Rf3 68. Re7 Rc1+ 69. Kd7 Nc5+ 70. Ke8 Ne4 71. b7 Nd6+ 72. Kd7 Nxb7 73.
Bxb7 Rcf1 74. Ke8 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "modern exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. e4 Nxc3 6. bxc3 Bg7 7. Nf3 c5 8.
Rb1 O-O 9. Be2 cxd4 10. cxd4 Qa5+ 11. Bd2 Qxa2 12. O-O Bg4 13. Bg5 h6 14. Be3
Nc6 15. d5 Na5 16. Bc5 b6 17. Bxe7 Rfe8 18. d6 Nc6 19. Bb5 Nxe7 20. h3 Bxf3 21.
Qxf3 Rec8 22. dxe7 Qe6 23. e8=Q+ Rxe8 24. Bxe8 Rxe8 25. Rfe1 Bf8 26. Qb3 Qxb3
27. Rxb3 Bc5 28. Kf1 a5 29. f3 a4 30. Rd3 a3 31. Rc1 Kg7 32. Rxc5 bxc5 33. Rxa3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.08"]
[Round "5.6"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "14101513"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Bf4 Nc6 5. e3 Nf6 6. Nc3 a6 7. Bd3 Bg4 8. Nge2
e6 9. Rc1 Be7 10. Qb3 Na5 11. Qa4+ Nc6 12. a3 O-O 13. Ng3 Bh5 14. h4 Bg6 15. Be2
h6 16. h5 Bh7 17. O-O Ne8 18. b4 Bd6 19. Bxd6 Nxd6 20. Qb3 Qg5 21. Na4 Ne7 22.
Nc5 Nef5 23. Nxf5 Nxf5 24. Qd1 Rac8 25. Bd3 Nh4 26. Bxh7+ Kxh7 27. g3 b6 28. Nd7
Rfd8 29. Qd3+ Kg8 30. Rxc8 Rxc8 31. Qxa6 Rd8 32. Ne5 f6 33. Ng6 Nf3+ 34. Kg2
Qxh5 35. Nf4 Qg4 36. Qxb6 Re8 37. Qb5 Re7 38. Rc1 Kh7 39. Qe2 Nh4+ 40. Kf1 Nf3
41. Rc6 e5 42. dxe5 fxe5 43. Qd3+ e4 44. Qxd5 Re5 45. Qf7 Rf5 46. Qg6+ Qxg6 47.
Nxg6 Rd5 48. Kg2 Rd1 49. Nh4 Rg1+ 50. Kh3 Rh1+ 51. Kg2 Rg1+ 52. Kh3 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.1"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "2902257"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. g3 g6 3. Bg2 Bg7 4. O-O Nc6 5. e4 e5 6. Nc3 Nge7 7. d3 d6 8. a3 O-O
9. Nh4 Be6 10. Be3 h6 11. f4 exf4 12. gxf4 f5 13. Qe1 Nd4 14. Rc1 Kh7 15. Kh1
Qd7 16. Qg3 Rg8 17. Nf3 Nxf3 18. Qxf3 Rae8 19. Rce1 b6 20. Bf2 Rgf8 21. Qg3 b5
22. Rg1 a5 23. Bf3 Rg8 24. Qg2 b4 25. Nd1 Ref8 26. Be3 Bh8 27. Bc1 Bf6 28. Qf2
Bd4 29. Be3 fxe4 30. Bxe4 Bf6 31. axb4 axb4 32. c3 Nf5 33. cxb4 Bh4 34. Qd2 Bxe1
35. Rxe1 cxb4 36. Qxb4 Rb8 37. Qd2 Rge8 38. Bf2 Qb5 39. Kg1 d5 40. Bf3 d4 41.
Re5 Qb4 42. Qe2 Bf7 43. Bg4 Rxe5 44. fxe5 Bb3 45. Qe4 Qd2 46. Bxf5 Qg5+ 47. Bg3
gxf5 48. Qxd4 Rd8 49. Qa7+ Kh8 50. Nf2 Qc1+ 51. Kg2 Bd5+ 52. Kh3 Qg5 53. e6 Qh5+
54. Bh4 Qf3+ 55. Bg3 Qh5+ 56. Bh4 Bc6 57. d4 Qf3+ 58. Bg3 Qh5+ 59. Bh4 Rg8 60.
d5 Qf3+ 61. Bg3 Bxd5 62. Qf7 Rg7 63. Qe8+ Kh7 64. e7 Bc6 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.2"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A13"]
[Opening "English opening"]
[Variation "Agincourt variation"]
[WhiteFideId "13601903"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 e6 2. Nf3 d5 3. g3 dxc4 4. Qa4+ Nd7 5. Bg2 a6 6. Qxc4 b5 7. Qc2 Bb7 8. O-O
Ngf6 9. d3 Be7 10. b3 c5 11. Bb2 O-O 12. Nc3 Qb6 13. e4 Rfd8 14. Rfe1 Rac8 15.
Rad1 Nb8 16. Qb1 Nc6 17. Ne2 h6 18. a3 a5 19. h3 Qa6 20. Bf1 a4 21. bxa4 Qxa4
22. Nc3 Qa5 23. Nxb5 Ba6 24. Nc3 Rb8 25. Qa1 Nd4 26. Nxd4 cxd4 27. Ne2 e5 28. f4
Bxd3 29. Rxd3 Rxb2 30. fxe5 Nxe4 31. Nxd4 Rxd4 32. Rxd4 Bc5 33. Rxe4 Qd2 34. Be2
Bxd4+ 35. Kf1 Qc2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.3"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D31"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "3.Nc3"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "5008123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Nf3 dxc4 5. e4 b5 6. a4 c6 7. Bd2 a5 8. axb5
Bxc3 9. Bxc3 cxb5 10. b3 Nf6 11. Qb1 cxb3 12. Bxb5+ Bd7 13. Bxd7+ Nbxd7 14. e5
Nd5 15. Qxb3 a4 16. Qa3 Qe7 17. Bb2 N7b6 18. Qd3 Qb4+ 19. Qd2 Nc4 20. Qxb4 Nxb4
21. Bc3 Nc2+ 22. Ke2 Nxa1 23. Rxa1 O-O 24. Kd3 Rfc8 25. Bb4 Nb2+ 26. Kd2 a3 27.
Ra2 Nc4+ 28. Kd3 Ra4 29. Bc3 Nb6 30. Ne1 Nd5 31. Bd2 Rb8 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.4"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "D37"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "4.Nf3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "1700030"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. c4 e6 3. d4 Nf6 4. Nc3 dxc4 5. e4 Bb4 6. Bxc4 Nxe4 7. O-O Nxc3 8.
bxc3 Be7 9. Re1 Nc6 10. h4 h6 11. Rb1 a6 12. Bd3 Rb8 13. Bc2 Bf6 14. Qd3 Ne7 15.
h5 Nc6 16. Bf4 Bd7 17. c4 Be7 18. Bd2 b5 19. d5 bxc4 20. Qxc4 exd5 21. Qxd5 Rxb1
22. Bxb1 O-O 23. Bc3 Bd6 24. Qd3 f5 25. Qxa6 Kh7 26. Qc4 Ne7 27. Nd4 Qe8 28. Ne6
Bxe6 29. Qg4 Qf7 30. Rxe6 Kg8 31. Qc4 Rd8 32. Bc2 Kh7 33. Rxh6+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.5"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Nxe4 8.
Bxb4 Nxb4 9. Bxf7+ Kxf7 10. Qb3+ Kf8 11. Qxb4+ Qe7 12. Qxe7+ Kxe7 13. O-O Kd8
14. Re1 Nf6 15. Nc3 a5 16. Rac1 Ra6 17. d5 Rf8 18. Ng5 Rb6 19. b3 h6 20. Nge4
Nxe4 21. Rxe4 Rb4 22. d6 c6 23. Rxb4 axb4 24. Na4 Rf5 25. Nc5 Rd5 26. Ne4 b6 27.
f3 Ba6 28. a4 bxa3 29. Ra1 Ra5 30. b4 Ra4 31. Nc3 Rxb4 32. Rxa3 Bb7 33. Ra4 Rb3
34. Rf4 Ke8 35. Re4+ Kf8 36. Re7 Bc8 37. Ne4 Rd3 38. Kf2 c5 39. g4 c4 40. Ke2
Rd5 41. h4 c3 42. Nxc3 Rxd6 43. Re5 Ba6+ 44. Kf2 Rd2+ 45. Kg3 Bc4 46. g5 hxg5
47. Rf5+ Kg8 48. Rxg5 Rd3 49. Ne4 b5 50. h5 Kf8 51. Rf5+ Ke7 52. Rg5 Kf7 53.
Rf5+ Ke6 54. Rg5 Rd1 55. Kf4 Kf7 56. Rf5+ Kg8 57. Rg5 Kh7 58. Rg6 Rh1 59. Rd6
Be6 60. Ng5+ Kh8 61. Nxe6 dxe6 62. Kg4 Rg1+ 63. Kh4 Re1 64. Rb6 Rb1 65. Rxe6 b4
66. Rb6 b3 67. Kg5 b2 68. Kf5 Kg8 69. Rb7 Kf8 70. f4 Ke8 71. Rb3 Kd7 72. Rd3+
Kc6 73. Rd2 Kc5 74. Rg2 Kc4 75. Kg6 Kc3 76. Kxg7 Rf1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.09"]
[Round "6.6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "B31"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (with ...g6, without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14111330"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. Bxc6 dxc6 5. d3 Bg7 6. h3 Nf6 7. Nc3 b6 8. Bf4
Nd7 9. Qd2 h6 10. e5 Nf8 11. O-O Ne6 12. Ne4 Nxf4 13. Qxf4 Be6 14. Rad1 Qc7 15.
Rfe1 Rd8 16. d4 cxd4 17. Nxd4 Rxd4 18. Rxd4 Bxe5 19. Qd2 Bxd4 20. Qxd4 O-O 21.
Rd1 Qf4 22. f3 c5 23. Qa4 Qc7 24. Nc3 c4 25. Qb5 Kh7 26. a3 Rc8 27. Ne4 Qf4 28.
Qb4 Qc7 29. Qd2 Qe5 30. Qd4 Qb5 31. Kf2 Bf5 32. Re1 Be6 33. Rd1 Qh5 34. Qc3 Qh4+
35. Ke3 Qh5 36. Kf2 Qb5 37. Qd4 a5 38. Qc3 Qc6 39. Qe5 b5 40. Ke3 Qb6+ 41. Ke2
b4 42. axb4 axb4 43. h4 c3 44. b3 Qa6+ 45. Ke3 Qa7+ 46. Kf4 Qb6 47. Kg3 Ra8 48.
h5 Rg8 49. hxg6+ Rxg6+ 50. Kh2 Rg8 51. Nc5 Rg5 52. Qe4+ Bf5 53. Qxe7 Qg6 54. Qe2
Bxc2 55. Rd8 Rxc5 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "B76"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "dragon, Yugoslav attack, Rauser variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be3 Bg7 7. f3 O-O 8. Qd2
Nc6 9. O-O-O d5 10. exd5 Nxd5 11. Nxc6 bxc6 12. Bd4 Bxd4 13. Qxd4 Qb6 14. Na4
Qc7 15. Bc4 Rd8 16. Rhe1 Qxh2 17. Bb3 Rd6 18. Rxe7 Be6 19. Nc3 Rad8 20. Bxd5
Bxd5 21. Rde1 Be6 22. Qe3 Qxg2 23. Ne4 Bf5 24. Qf4 Re6 25. Rxe6 fxe6 26. Qc7 Rf8
27. Qxc6 h5 28. Nd6 Qg5+ 29. Kb1 h4 30. Nxf5 exf5 31. Qc4+ Kg7 32. Qd4+ Qf6 33.
Qxa7+ Rf7 34. Qb8 Re7 35. Rh1 g5 36. Qb4 Rd7 37. a4 Qd4 38. Qb5 Rd5 39. Qb7+ Rd7
40. Qc6 Re7 41. a5 Qf2 42. Qc3+ Kf7 43. b4 Qe2 44. Qb3+ Kf6 45. f4 g4 46. Qc3+
Kf7 47. Kb2 h3 48. Ra1 h2 49. Qh8 Qe4 50. Qh7+ Kf8 51. Qh8+ Kf7 52. Qh7+ Kf8 53.
Qh8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.2"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "A04"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "14114550"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 c5 2. c4 Nc6 3. Nc3 g6 4. e3 Nf6 5. d4 cxd4 6. exd4 d5 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Qb3 e6 9. Bg5 Be7 10. Bh6 Bf8 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Bh6 Bf8 13. Bg5 Be7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.3"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "D45"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[Variation "Stoltz variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "14101513"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Bd3 O-O 8. O-O
dxc4 9. Bxc4 e5 10. Rd1 Qc7 11. h3 h6 12. Bb3 Re8 13. a3 a6 14. dxe5 Nxe5 15.
Nd4 Bf8 16. f4 Ned7 17. e4 Nc5 18. e5 Nxb3 19. Nxb3 Qb6+ 20. Kh2 Nd5 21. Nxd5
cxd5 22. Qd3 Bd7 23. Be3 Qb5 24. Qxd5 Qxd5 25. Rxd5 Bc6 26. Rd3 f6 27. exf6 gxf6
28. Rc1 Re4 29. Bc5 Bxc5 30. Rxc5 Rxf4 31. Nd4 Be4 32. Rg3+ Kh8 33. Rh5 Kh7 34.
Ne6 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.4"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "C60"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "fianchetto (Smyslov/Barnes) defence"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 g6 4. c3 a6 5. Ba4 Bg7 6. d4 exd4 7. cxd4 b5 8. Bc2
d6 9. d5 Na5 10. O-O Ne7 11. Nbd2 O-O 12. Nb3 c5 13. Nxa5 Qxa5 14. h3 Bd7 15.
Bf4 Nc8 16. e5 Qc7 17. Re1 dxe5 18. Nxe5 Nd6 19. Qf3 Qb7 20. Nc6 Nc8 21. Rab1
Na7 22. Ne7+ Kh8 23. Be5 Bxe5 24. Rxe5 Qb6 25. Rbe1 Kg7 26. h4 Nc8 27. h5 Nxe7
28. Rxe7 Rae8 29. Qc3+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.5"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "C15"]
[Opening "French"]
[Variation "Winawer (Nimzovich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qd3 dxe4 5. Qxe4 Nf6 6. Qh4 c5 7. dxc5 Bxc3+ 8.
bxc3 Qa5 9. Qb4 Qc7 10. Nf3 O-O 11. Bf4 Qd8 12. Rd1 Nd5 13. Qa3 Bd7 14. Bd6 Re8
15. c4 Ne7 16. Bxb8 Rxb8 17. Ne5 Qc7 18. Nxd7 Rbd8 19. Qxa7 Rxd7 20. Rxd7 Qxd7
21. Be2 Nc6 22. Qa3 e5 23. O-O e4 24. Rd1 Qe7 25. Qe3 Qe5 26. c3 Ra8 27. Rd5 Qe6
28. Qd2 h6 29. h3 Qf6 30. Rd7 Rd8 31. Rxd8+ Nxd8 32. Bg4 Nc6 33. Bc8 Na5 34. Qd4
Qg5 35. Qxe4 g6 36. Qd4 h5 37. Bxb7 Nxb7 38. c6 Qe7 39. cxb7 Qxb7 40. a4 Qb1+
41. Kh2 Qb8+ 42. g3 Qc7 43. h4 Qc6 44. a5 Qa4 45. Qd5 Qc2 46. Kg2 Qa2 47. Qa8+
Kg7 48. a6 Qxc4 49. Qb7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.10"]
[Round "7.6"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "C54"]
[Opening "Giuoco Piano"]
[WhiteFideId "13900145"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bc4 Bc5 4. c3 Nf6 5. d4 exd4 6. cxd4 Bb4+ 7. Bd2 Bxd2+ 8.
Nbxd2 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. O-O O-O 11. Rc1 Bg4 12. h3 Bh5 13. Bxd5 Qxd5 14. Rc5
Bxf3 15. Nxf3 Qxa2 16. d5 Nb4 17. Rxc7 Qxd5 18. Qxd5 Nxd5 19. Rxb7 Rfb8 20.
Rxb8+ Rxb8 21. Ra1 Rxb2 22. Rxa7 f6 23. Ra8+ Kf7 24. Ra7+ Kg8 25. Ra8+ Kf7 26.
Ra7+ Kg8 27. Ra8+ 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.1"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B45"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Taimanov variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "1700030"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Nf6 6. Ndb5 Bb4 7. a3 Bxc3+ 8.
Nxc3 d5 9. exd5 Nxd5 10. Ne4 f5 11. Ng5 O-O 12. Bc4 h6 13. Nf3 Nb6 14. Ba2 Qf6
15. Qe2 Kh7 16. h4 Bd7 17. c4 Nd4 18. Nxd4 Qxd4 19. Be3 Qe5 20. O-O-O Rac8 21.
f4 Qc7 22. Kb1 Bc6 23. Ka1 Be4 24. Rhg1 Rfd8 25. Rc1 Qd7 26. c5 Nd5 27. Bd2 Qe7
28. Qf2 Nf6 29. Ba5 Rd7 30. Rge1 Bd5 31. Bb4 Qf7 32. Bb1 Be4 33. Ba2 Bd5 34. Bb1
Be4 35. Ba2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.2"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "D10"]
[Opening "QGD Slav defence"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "14111330"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. cxd5 cxd5 4. Nc3 e5 5. dxe5 d4 6. Ne4 Qa5+ 7. Bd2 Qxe5 8.
Ng3 Nc6 9. Nf3 Qd6 10. a3 Nf6 11. e4 dxe3 12. Bxe3 Nd5 13. Ne4 Qd7 14. Bc4 Nxe3
15. fxe3 Be7 16. O-O O-O 17. Nfg5 Qxd1 18. Raxd1 Ne5 19. Bd5 Bg4 20. Rc1 Rad8
21. Bxb7 h6 22. Nf3 Nxf3+ 23. gxf3 Bh3 24. Rf2 f5 25. Ng3 Rd3 26. Nf1 Rfd8 27.
Re2 f4 28. Ba6 Rd1 29. Re1 Rxe1 30. Rxe1 Bc5 31. b4 Bb6 32. Kf2 Rd6 33. Bc4+ Kf8
34. Ke2 Bxf1+ 35. Rxf1 Bxe3 36. Bd3 Rc6 37. Ra1 Rc3 38. h4 Bd4 39. Ra2 Rc1 40.
Rd2 Ra1 41. Bg6 Bf6 42. Rd7 Rxa3 43. h5 a6 44. Ra7 Rb3 45. Rf7+ Kg8 46. Rb7 Kf8
47. Kf2 Rb2+ 48. Kf1 Bc3 49. Rf7+ Kg8 50. Rb7 Kf8 51. Rf7+ Kg8 52. Rb7 Kf8 53.
Rf7+ Kg8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.3"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "E10"]
[Opening "Queen's pawn game"]
[WhiteFideId "13601903"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Qe7 6. Bg2 Bxd2+ 7. Nbxd2 d6 8.
O-O O-O 9. a3 a5 10. Qc2 Bd7 11. b3 h6 12. e3 Rfc8 13. Rfc1 Qe8 14. Qb2 e5 15.
d5 Ne7 16. e4 c6 17. Ne1 cxd5 18. cxd5 b5 19. Nd3 Qd8 20. b4 a4 21. Nxe5 dxe5
22. Qxe5 Be8 23. Nf1 Nd7 24. Qb2 f6 25. Ne3 Qb6 26. Bh3 Rd8 27. Be6+ Kh8 28.
Bxd7 Bxd7 29. Rc5 Ng6 30. f4 Qd6 31. Ng2 Re8 32. Re1 Re7 33. h4 Kg8 34. h5 Rae8
35. hxg6 Rxe4 36. Rxe4 Rxe4 37. Qc2 f5 38. Nh4 Qe7 39. Kf2 Qd6 40. Qd3 Kf8 41.
Qc3 Qe7 42. Rc7 Re2+ 43. Kf1 Ra2 44. Qe5 Rxa3 45. Rb7 Re3 46. Qxe7+ Rxe7 47. d6
Re8 48. Rxd7 Ra8 49. Nxf5 a3 50. Rf7+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.4"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 c5 4. d5 d6 5. Nc3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 f5 7. h4 Nf6 8. Bh6
Qa5 9. Qc2 Nbd7 10. e3 Rg8 11. Be2 Nb6 12. Nd2 Bd7 13. f3 Qa4 14. Qb3 O-O-O 15.
Kf2 e6 16. dxe6 Bxe6 17. Qb5 Qc2 18. Rhd1 Qxc3 19. Rac1 Qa3 20. Qb1 Na4 21. Qc2
Rd7 22. Nb1 Qb4 23. Rd3 Nb6 24. Rb3 Qa4 25. Qb2 Rf7 26. Nc3 Qc6 27. Nb5 Kb8 28.
Nxd6 Ne4+ 29. fxe4 Qxd6 30. Bf4 fxe4 31. g3 Ka8 32. Kg2 Qc6 33. Rxb6 Qxb6 34.
Qxb6 axb6 35. Rc3 Rxf4 36. exf4 Rd8 37. Rc2 h5 38. Kf2 Ka7 39. Ke3 Rd4 40. Rc3
Bf7 41. Ra3+ Kb8 42. Rc3 Kc7 43. Rc2 Be6 44. Rc3 Kd6 45. Rc2 b5 46. cxb5 Ra4 47.
Rd2+ Bd5 48. f5 gxf5 49. Bxh5 Ke5 50. Rc2 Ra3+ 51. Kf2 b6 52. Be2 Bxa2 53. h5
Bd5 54. Rc1 e3+ 55. Ke1 Ra7 56. Bc4 Bf3 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.5"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, 4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e3 Be7 5. d4 exd4 6. Nxd4 O-O 7. Be2 Re8 8.
O-O Bf8 9. b3 g6 10. Bb2 Bg7 11. Nxc6 dxc6 12. Qxd8 Rxd8 13. Rfd1 Bf5 14. f3
Rxd1+ 15. Rxd1 Re8 16. g4 Bc8 17. Kf2 Bh6 18. Rd3 Nd7 19. Ne4 f5 20. gxf5 gxf5
21. Nf6+ Nxf6 22. Bxf6 f4 23. e4 Bg7 24. Bxg7 Kxg7 25. Rd4 c5 26. Rd5 b6 27. Bf1
h6 28. Rd1 Kf6 29. Rd5 Be6 30. Rh5 Kg6 31. Re5 Kf6 32. Rh5 Kg6 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.11"]
[Round "8.6"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "C81"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "open, Howell attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "5008123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Nxe4 6. d4 b5 7. Bb3 d5 8. dxe5
Be6 9. Qe2 Be7 10. Rd1 O-O 11. c4 bxc4 12. Bxc4 Bc5 13. Be3 Bxe3 14. Qxe3 Qb8
15. Bb3 Qb6 16. Qxb6 cxb6 17. Na3 Rfd8 18. Nc2 Nc5 19. Ncd4 Nb4 20. a3 Nbd3 21.
Rd2 Nxb3 22. Nxb3 Nc5 23. Nxc5 bxc5 24. Rc1 Rdc8 25. Rdc2 Rab8 26. Rxc5 Rxc5 27.
Rxc5 Rxb2 28. h3 Rb3 29. Ra5 Bxh3 30. Rxd5 h6 31. Nd2 Rxa3 32. gxh3 Rxh3 33. Nc4
Rh4 34. Rd8+ Kh7 35. Nd6 Rd4 36. Rf8 Rd1+ 37. Kg2 Re1 38. Nxf7 g5 39. Re8 a5 40.
Re6 a4 41. Ra6 a3 42. Rxa3 Kg6 43. Ra7 g4 44. Nh8+ Kf5 45. Rf7+ Kg5 46. Rg7+ Kf4
47. Nf7 h5 48. Rh7 Kf5 49. Rxh5+ Kg6 50. Rh1 Rxh1 51. Kxh1 Kxf7 52. Kg2 Ke6 53.
Kg3 Kxe5 54. Kxg4 Kf6 55. Kf4 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.1"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A05"]
[Opening "Reti opening"]
[WhiteFideId "13900145"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 Nf6 2. g3 d5 3. Bg2 c6 4. O-O Bf5 5. d3 e6 6. Nh4 Bg6 7. Nxg6 hxg6 8. Nd2
Nbd7 9. e4 Be7 10. Qe2 dxe4 11. dxe4 Qc7 12. Re1 e5 13. Nf3 Nc5 14. Ng5 Nfd7 15.
Qc4 O-O 16. h4 a5 17. Bh3 b5 18. Qe2 Nf6 19. Bd2 Rad8 20. Rad1 Rd4 21. Bg2 Rfd8
22. Bc1 R8d7 23. Rxd4 Rxd4 24. a3 Rd8 25. Qf3 Qd7 26. Qc3 Qc7 27. Qf3 Bf8 28.
Bf1 Rd7 29. Bh3 Rd8 30. Bf1 Rd7 31. b4 Nb7 32. Qb3 axb4 33. axb4 Rd4 34. c3 Rd8
35. Be3 Ra8 36. Rd1 Ng4 37. Bd2 Nd6 38. Be1 Nf6 39. f3 Qa7+ 40. Bf2 Qa4 41. Qb1
Nc4 42. Bxc4 bxc4 43. Rd2 Be7 44. Kg2 Qa3 45. Qc2 Qa1 46. Rd1 Qa2 47. Qc1 Qb3
48. Rd2 Kf8 49. Rb2 Qa4 50. Qf1 Qa3 51. Qxc4 Nd5 52. Rc2 Bxg5 53. hxg5 Ne7 54.
Bc5 Qa6 55. Bxe7+ Kxe7 56. Qc5+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.2"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "E14"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "2902257"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. e3 b6 4. c4 Bb7 5. Nc3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bb5+ c6 8. Bd3
Bd6 9. O-O O-O 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Nxe4 12. Bxe4 Nd7 13. Bg5 Be7 14. Bxe7 Qxe7
15. Re1 Qd6 16. Ne5 Rae8 17. Rc1 Nxe5 18. dxe5 Qb8 19. Qd6 c5 20. Qxb8 Rxb8 21.
Bxb7 Rxb7 22. Rcd1 Re7 23. f4 f6 24. Rd6 h5 25. g3 Rfe8 26. Rd5 Kf7 27. Kg2 fxe5
28. fxe5 Ke6 29. Rd2 Rd7 30. Rf2 Red8 31. Rfe2 Rd2 32. Kf3 g5 33. h4 gxh4 34.
gxh4 Rf8+ 35. Kg3 Rg8+ 36. Kf3 Rd7 37. Re4 Rf7+ 38. Ke3 Rg3+ 39. Kd2 Rf2+ 40.
Kc1 Rgg2 41. Ra4 Rxb2 42. Rxa7 Rxa2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.3"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D43"]
[Opening "QGD semi-Slav"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 c6 4. Nc3 e6 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 g6 8. Bd3
dxc4 9. Bxc4 Nd7 10. O-O Bg7 11. a4 O-O 12. a5 Qe7 13. Qc2 Rd8 14. Rfd1 Rb8 15.
h3 Qb4 16. Ra4 Qe7 17. Raa1 Qb4 18. Ra4 Qe7 19. Raa1 Qb4 20. Ra4 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.4"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "E33"]
[Opening "Nimzo-Indian"]
[Variation "classical, Milner-Barry (Zurich) variation"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 Nc6 5. Nf3 d6 6. Bd2 Qe7 7. a3 Bxc3 8. Bxc3
e5 9. d5 Nb8 10. Nd2 a5 11. b3 O-O 12. e3 Nbd7 13. Be2 Nc5 14. b4 axb4 15. axb4
Rxa1+ 16. Bxa1 Na6 17. Bc3 c6 18. dxc6 bxc6 19. Qb2 Re8 20. O-O d5 21. b5 d4 22.
Ba5 cxb5 23. cxb5 Nc5 24. exd4 exd4 25. Bf3 Qa7 26. Nc4 Nce4 27. b6 Qd7 28. Rd1
Ng5 29. Qxd4 Nxf3+ 30. gxf3 Qh3 31. Nd6 Rd8 32. Qc4 Be6 33. Qf4 Qh5 34. Ra1 Nd5
35. Qg3 f5 36. Qe5 Qg5+ 37. Kh1 Nf4 38. Rg1 Qh6 39. Bd2 Bd5 40. Qxd5+ Nxd5 41.
Bxh6 Rxd6 42. b7 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.5"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "D85"]
[Opening "Gruenfeld"]
[Variation "exchange variation"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "14114550"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. cxd5 Nxd5 5. Bd2 Bg7 6. e4 Nxc3 7. Bxc3 O-O 8.
Be2 c5 9. d5 e6 10. Nf3 exd5 11. exd5 Nd7 12. O-O Nf6 13. Bc4 Ne4 14. Bxg7 Kxg7
15. Rc1 Qf6 16. Bd3 Nd6 17. Rxc5 Qxb2 18. Qa4 Rd8 19. Rc7 b5 20. Qh4 Qf6 21. Qb4
Bb7 22. Bxb5 Rab8 23. Be2 Ba6 24. Qd2 Rb2 25. Rc2 Ne4 26. Qc1 Bxe2 27. Qxb2 Qxb2
28. Rxb2 Bxf1 29. Kxf1 Rxd5 30. Rc2 Rd3 31. Rc4 Rxf3 32. Rxe4 Ra3 33. Re2 g5 34.
f3 f5 35. Kf2 Kf6 36. g3 f4 37. gxf4 gxf4 38. Kg2 Kf5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.13"]
[Round "9.6"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, 9.h3"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "14101513"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Re8 10. d4 Bb7 11. Nbd2 Bf8 12. d5 Nb8 13. Nf1 Nbd7 14. N3h2 Nc5 15.
Bc2 c6 16. b4 Ncd7 17. dxc6 Bxc6 18. Bg5 Qc7 19. Bxf6 Nxf6 20. Ng4 Nxg4 21. hxg4
Be7 22. Bb3 Bg5 23. Qf3 Qb7 24. Rad1 Red8 25. Rd3 a5 26. Ng3 g6 27. Red1 a4 28.
Bd5 Rac8 29. Ne2 Kg7 30. g3 Qd7 31. Kg2 h6 32. Bxc6 Qxc6 33. a3 Qc4 34. Rd5 Qb3
35. Qd3 Rb8 36. Ra1 Qb2 37. Qd1 Rdc8 38. Kf1 Rc4 39. f3 Rb6 40. Qb1 Qxb1+ 41.
Rxb1 Kf8 42. Kf2 Ke7 43. f4 Bf6 44. Ke3 exf4+ 45. gxf4 Bxc3 46. Kd3 Bf6 47. Rxb5
Rbc6 48. Ra5 Rc2 49. b5 Rc8 50. Ra7+ Ke6 51. b6 Ra2 52. f5+ Ke5 53. Ra5+ 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.1"]
[White "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Black "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2549"]
[BlackElo "2573"]
[ECO "B30"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Nimzovich-Rossolimo attack (without ...d6)"]
[WhiteFideId "14111330"]
[BlackFideId "13601903"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. Nc3 Qc7 5. O-O Nd4 6. Re1 a6 7. Bc4 e6 8. e5
Ng8 9. d3 b5 10. Bb3 Bb7 11. Ne4 Nxb3 12. axb3 f5 13. Ng3 Ne7 14. d4 cxd4 15.
Nxd4 Ng6 16. c3 Be7 17. Qh5 O-O 18. Bg5 Bc5 19. Rad1 Nxe5 20. Bf4 Bd6 21. Bxe5
Bxe5 22. Ndxf5 exf5 23. Nxf5 d6 24. f4 g6 25. Nh6+ Kh8 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.2"]
[White "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Black "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "WGM"]
[WhiteElo "2530"]
[BlackElo "2445"]
[ECO "C92"]
[Opening "Ruy Lopez"]
[Variation "closed, Flohr-Zaitsev system (Lenzerheide variation)"]
[WhiteFideId "4128125"]
[BlackFideId "4147855"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3
O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Re8 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Nd7 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 c5 15.
N1h2 cxd4 16. Nxd4 Bf8 17. Nf5 Ne5 18. Bd2 Nac6 19. Bb3 Na5 20. Bd5 Bxd5 21.
exd5 Nac4 22. Bc3 Qg5 23. Ng3 b4 24. Bd4 Ng6 25. Qh5 Rxe1+ 26. Rxe1 Qxh5 27.
Nxh5 Rb8 28. Rc1 Nce5 29. f4 Nd3 30. Rf1 f5 31. g3 b3 32. axb3 Rxb3 33. Nf3 Nxb2
34. Ng5 Nc4 35. Ne6 Nd2 36. Rc1 Nf3+ 37. Kf2 Nxd4 38. Nxd4 Rb2+ 39. Kf3 Ne7 40.
Ne6 Rb3+ 41. Kf2 Rb8 42. Ra1 Ra8 43. Ra5 h6 44. g4 Kf7 45. g5 Kg6 46. Ng3 Kf7
47. Nh5 Kg6 48. Ng3 Kf7 49. Nh5 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.3"]
[White "Cramling, Pia"]
[Black "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2513"]
[BlackElo "2578"]
[ECO "D38"]
[Opening "QGD"]
[Variation "Ragozin variation"]
[WhiteFideId "1700030"]
[BlackFideId "5008123"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. Nf3 d5 2. d4 Nf6 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. Bg5 h6 6. Bxf6 Qxf6 7. e3 O-O 8. Rc1
dxc4 9. Bxc4 c5 10. O-O cxd4 11. Ne4 Qe7 12. exd4 Rd8 13. Qe2 Bd7 14. a3 Bd6 15.
Nxd6 Qxd6 16. Rfd1 Ba4 17. Re1 Nd7 18. Bb5 Bxb5 19. Qxb5 Qb6 20. Qe2 Rac8 21.
Rc2 Rxc2 22. Qxc2 Nb8 23. h4 Nc6 24. Re4 Rd5 25. b4 a5 26. bxa5 Rxa5 27. Qd3 Rb5
28. Nd2 Rd5 29. Nf3 Qb2 30. Re2 Qc1+ 31. Re1 Qf4 32. g3 Qd6 33. Qb3 Rf5 34. Re4
Na5 35. Qd3 Nc6 36. Qb3 b5 37. Qe3 Rd5 38. Kg2 Na5 39. Qc3 Nc6 40. Qe3 Qd8 41.
Kg1 Rd6 42. Kg2 Na5 43. Qc3 Rc6 44. Qb4 Nc4 45. Qxb5 Rc7 46. Qb4 Qa8 47. Re2
Nxa3 48. Ra2 Ra7 49. Qc5 Nb5 50. Rxa7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.4"]
[White "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Black "Hou, Yifan"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2528"]
[BlackElo "2671"]
[ECO "B51"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "Canal-Sokolsky (Nimzovich-Rossolimo, Moscow) attack"]
[WhiteFideId "14114550"]
[BlackFideId "8602980"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. O-O a6 5. Bd3 Ngf6 6. c4 g6 7. Nc3 Bg7 8. Re1
Ng4 9. Bf1 Nge5 10. d3 O-O 11. Be3 Nxf3+ 12. Qxf3 Ne5 13. Qd1 Nc6 14. Qd2 Rb8
15. Ne2 e5 16. Nc3 Be6 17. Nd5 b5 18. b3 f5 19. g3 f4 20. gxf4 exf4 21. Nxf4 Bg4
22. Bg2 Ne5 23. h3 Nf3+ 24. Bxf3 Bxf3 25. Ne6 Qh4 26. Ng5 h6 27. Nxf3 Rxf3 28.
d4 Rxh3 29. Kf1 Qg4 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.5"]
[White "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Black "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2397"]
[BlackElo "2500"]
[ECO "A40"]
[Opening "Modern defence"]
[WhiteFideId "12512214"]
[BlackFideId "2902257"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 g6 2. c4 Bg7 3. Nf3 e6 4. Nc3 Ne7 5. g3 d5 6. cxd5 exd5 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nbc6 9. h3 Nf5 10. Bg5 Nce7 11. Bf4 c6 12. Be5 f6 13. Bf4 g5 14. Bc1 Nd6 15. b3
Ng6 16. Ba3 Re8 17. Rc1 Bf5 18. Nd2 a6 19. Bxd6 Qxd6 20. e4 Be6 21. exd5 cxd5
22. Re1 Rad8 23. Qf3 Ne7 24. Nf1 b5 25. Ne3 Rf8 26. Qe2 Bf7 27. Qd3 Qd7 28. Re2
f5 29. Rce1 Bf6 30. Rc1 h5 31. Nc2 Qd6 32. Rce1 Rc8 33. Ne3 Qd7 34. Nc2 Nc6 35.
Nd1 f4 36. gxf4 gxf4 37. Kh2 Kh8 38. Qf3 Bg6 39. Qxd5 Qxd5 40. Bxd5 Ne7 41. Nb4
a5 42. Rxe7 Bxe7 43. Nc6 Bb4 44. Rg1 Bf7 45. Bf3 Rg8 46. Rf1 Bg6 47. Ne5 Be8 48.
Nb2 Bc3 49. Rc1 b4 50. Nbd3 Rd8 51. d5 Rg5 52. Nc4 Bf7 53. Rd1 Bf6 54. h4 Rgxd5
55. Bxd5 Rxd5 56. Rd2 Bc3 57. Rd1 Bg6 58. Ndb2 Rxd1 59. Nxd1 Bb1 60. Nxa5 Bc2
61. Nxc3 bxc3 62. Nc6 Bxb3 63. Nb4 c2 64. Nd3 Bxa2 65. Kg2 Bd5+ 66. f3 Kg7 67.
Kf2 Kf6 68. Nc1 Ke5 69. Ke2 Kd4 70. Kd2 Bc4 71. Kxc2 Ke3 72. Kc3 Be2 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.14"]
[Round "10.6"]
[White "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Black "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2482"]
[BlackElo "2441"]
[ECO "E15"]
[Opening "Queen's Indian"]
[Variation "4.g3"]
[WhiteFideId "14101513"]
[BlackFideId "13900145"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 b6 4. g3 Bb4+ 5. Bd2 Bxd2+ 6. Qxd2 Ba6 7. b3 d5 8.
cxd5 Ne4 9. Qe3 exd5 10. Nc3 Bb7 11. Bg2 O-O 12. Nxe4 dxe4 13. Ne5 Qd5 14. O-O
f6 15. Nc4 f5 16. Qc3 Nd7 17. Rfd1 Nf6 18. Ne5 Qd6 19. Rac1 Nd5 20. Qd2 c6 21.
e3 Rf6 22. f3 exf3 23. Bxf3 Rd8 24. e4 fxe4 25. Bxe4 Ne7 26. Qd3 g6 27. Ng4 Rff8
28. Qe3 Nd5 29. Qg5 Nf6 30. Nh6+ Kh8 31. Bg2 Ng8 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.1"]
[White "Hou, Yifan"]
[Black "Kosteniuk, Alexandra"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2671"]
[BlackElo "2530"]
[ECO "C26"]
[Opening "Vienna"]
[Variation "Paulsen-Mieses variation"]
[WhiteFideId "8602980"]
[BlackFideId "4128125"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. g3 Nc6 4. Bg2 Bc5 5. Nge2 d6 6. h3 Be6 7. Na4 a6 8. Nxc5
dxc5 9. d3 Qd6 10. Be3 Nd7 11. O-O f6 12. c3 O-O-O 13. Qc2 f5 14. Rad1 Nf6 15.
f4 fxe4 16. dxe4 Qe7 17. f5 Bf7 18. g4 h6 19. Nc1 Na5 20. b3 b6 21. Bf3 Kb8 22.
Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. h4 Nh7 24. Qh2 c4 25. b4 Nb7 26. Kg2 Nd6 27. g5 Be8 28. Qg3 Bc6
29. Qg4 hxg5 30. Bxg5 Nxg5 31. Qxg5 Qxg5+ 32. hxg5 Bxe4 33. Re1 Bxf5 34. Rxe5 g6
35. Re7 Bd3 36. Bc6 Nb5 37. Bxb5 axb5 38. Re5 Kb7 39. Kf2 Kc6 40. Ke3 Rh8 41.
Nxd3 Rh3+ 42. Kd2 Rxd3+ 43. Kc2 Kd6 44. Rxb5 Rg3 45. a4 Rg2+ 46. Kb1 Re2 47. Kc1
Kc6 48. Kb1 Re3 49. Kc2 Re1 50. Kb2 Re8 51. Ka2 Kd6 52. Kb2 Re1 53. Kc2 Re2+ 54.
Kc1 Ra2 55. a5 Kc6 56. Re5 bxa5 57. Rc5+ Kb6 58. Rxc4 a4 59. Rc5 Rg2 60. Kb1 a3
61. Ra5 Rb2+ 62. Ka1 Rg2 63. Kb1 c6 64. Rc5 Rb2+ 65. Ka1 Rg2 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.2"]
[White "Skripchenko, Almira"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Mariya"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "IM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2441"]
[BlackElo "2528"]
[ECO "B23"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "closed, 2...Nc6"]
[WhiteFideId "13900145"]
[BlackFideId "14114550"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nc3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nd4 4. Bc4 e6 5. Nge2 Nf6 6. O-O a6 7. d3 b5 8. Bb3
Nxb3 9. axb3 Bb7 10. f4 d5 11. e5 d4 12. exf6 dxc3 13. f5 Qxf6 14. fxe6 cxb2 15.
Bxb2 Qxb2 16. exf7+ Kd7 17. c3 Bd6 18. Rb1 Qa2 19. Ra1 Qb2 20. Rb1 Qa2 21. Ra1
Qb2 22. Rb1 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.3"]
[White "Stefanova, Antoaneta"]
[Black "Zhukova, Natalia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2500"]
[BlackElo "2482"]
[ECO "A28"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "four knights, Nimzovich variation"]
[WhiteFideId "2902257"]
[BlackFideId "14101513"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 e5 2. Nc3 Nf6 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. e4 Bc5 5. Nxe5 Nxe5 6. d4 Bb4 7. dxe5 Nxe4 8.
Qd4 Nxc3 9. bxc3 Ba5 10. Ba3 b6 11. O-O-O c5 12. Qd5 Rb8 13. e6 fxe6 14. Qh5+
Kf8 15. Qe5 Bb7 16. Rxd7 Qxd7 17. Qxb8+ Kf7 18. Qf4+ Ke7 19. Qe5 Kf7 20. Qf4+
Ke7 21. Qe5 Kf7 22. Be2 Rd8 23. Rd1 Qe7 24. Rxd8 Qxd8 25. f3 Qf6 26. Qc7+ Qe7
27. Qe5 Qf6 28. Qc7+ Qe7 29. Qe5 Qf6 30. Qc7+ Qe7 1/2-1/2

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.4"]
[White "Dzagnidze, Nana"]
[Black "Khademalsharieh, Sarasadat"]
[Result "1-0"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "IM"]
[WhiteElo "2573"]
[BlackElo "2397"]
[ECO "A35"]
[Opening "English"]
[Variation "symmetrical, four knights system"]
[WhiteFideId "13601903"]
[BlackFideId "12512214"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. c4 Nf6 2. Nc3 c5 3. Nf3 Nc6 4. d4 cxd4 5. Nxd4 g6 6. g3 Bg7 7. Bg2 O-O 8. O-O
Nxd4 9. Qxd4 d6 10. Qd3 Bf5 11. e4 Be6 12. b3 a6 13. Be3 Nd7 14. Bd4 Qa5 15. f4
Nc5 16. Qe3 Bxd4 17. Qxd4 f6 18. e5 dxe5 19. fxe5 Rad8 20. Nd5 Bxd5 21. cxd5
fxe5 22. Qxe5 Qb6 23. Qe3 Nd7 24. Rfe1 Kf7 25. d6 exd6 26. Bd5+ Kg7 27. Qxb6
Nxb6 28. Re7+ Kf6 29. Re6+ Kg7 30. Bxb7 a5 31. Rc1 Rd7 32. Bg2 Rc8 33. Rc6 Rxc6
34. Bxc6 Rd8 35. Re7+ Kf6 36. Rb7 Nc8 37. Rb8 Ke7 38. Kf2 d5 39. Ke3 Nd6 40.
Rxd8 Kxd8 41. Bxd5 Kd7 42. Kd4 h6 43. Kc5 Kc7 44. Bc4 Ne4+ 45. Kd4 Nf6 46. Ke5
Ng4+ 47. Kf4 Nf2 48. Be2 Kd6 49. h4 g5+ 50. Kf3 Kd5 1-0

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.5"]
[White "Koneru, Humpy"]
[Black "Muzychuk, Anna"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2578"]
[BlackElo "2549"]
[ECO "D11"]
[Opening "QGD Slav"]
[Variation "4.e3"]
[WhiteFideId "5008123"]
[BlackFideId "14111330"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bg4 5. h3 Bh5 6. cxd5 cxd5 7. Nc3 e6 8. Qa4+
Nbd7 9. Ne5 Bd6 10. Bb5 a6 11. Bxd7+ Nxd7 12. Qxd7+ Qxd7 13. Nxd7 Kxd7 14. Na4
Rab8 15. Nc5+ Bxc5 16. dxc5 Rhc8 17. b4 b6 18. cxb6 Rc2 19. Bd2 Rxb6 20. f3 Bg6
21. a4 Bd3 22. g4 e5 23. Rh2 Rxb4 24. Rf2 Rbb2 25. Rc1 d4 26. exd4 exd4 27. a5
Rb5 28. Rxc2 Bxc2 29. Kf1 Kc6 30. Kg2 Kd5 31. Rf1 Rb2 32. Rf2 Ra2 33. Be1 d3 34.
f4 f5 35. Kf3 Kd4 36. Kg3 Ra1 37. Bd2 g6 38. gxf5 gxf5 39. Rg2 Rd1 40. Kf3 Bb3
41. Be3+ Kc3 42. Rg7 Bd5+ 43. Kg3 Rg1+ 44. Bxg1 d2 45. Rc7+ Kb3 46. Bb6 d1=Q 47.
Kh4 Qf3 48. Rxh7 Qxf4+ 49. Kh5 Qg3 0-1

[Event "Monte Carlo WGP 2015"]
[Site "Monaco MNC"]
[Date "2015.10.15"]
[Round "11.6"]
[White "Pogonina, Natalija"]
[Black "Cramling, Pia"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTitle "WGM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2445"]
[BlackElo "2513"]
[ECO "B83"]
[Opening "Sicilian"]
[Variation "modern Scheveningen"]
[WhiteFideId "4147855"]
[BlackFideId "1700030"]
[EventDate "2015.10.03"]

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 d6 6. Be2 Nf6 7. O-O Be7 8. Kh1
O-O 9. f4 Nxd4 10. Qxd4 b6 11. Bf3 Bb7 12. Be3 Qc7 13. Nb5 Qb8 14. c4 Rd8 15.
Qd3 a6 16. Nc3 Nd7 17. Rac1 Qc7 18. Rfd1 Rac8 19. Qd2 Qb8 20. b3 Bc6 21. a4 b5
22. axb5 axb5 23. cxb5 Bxb5 24. Nxb5 Qxb5 25. b4 Nf6 26. Rxc8 Rxc8 27. h3 d5 28.
exd5 Nxd5 29. Bxd5 exd5 30. Qxd5 Qxd5 31. Rxd5 Bxb4 1/2-1/2

