Goryachkina and Paehtz score a win
IM Vaishali R faced GM Kateryna Lagno for the first time in a rated game. Previously they played only once in an online game which Vaishali won in 2020. A solid draw against the former World Rapid and Blitz Women's champion is certainly a good start for Vaishali.
Kateryna - Vaishali: 0.5-0.5
GM Kateryna Lagno (2547) and IM Vaishali R (2449) had a relatively calm draw arising out of Sicilian Accelerated Dragon.
Bibisara - Zhansaya: 0.5-0.5
Reigning World Blitz Women's champion, IM Bibisara Assaubayeva (KAZ, 2443) had an interesting opportunity against her fellow compatriot, GM Zhansaya Abdumalik (2503).
16...0-0 is a relatively safer choice for Black. 16...Bd6 allows 17.Nxf7 an exciting option for White. 17...Kxf7 18.dxe6+ Black is almost forced to play Kxe6 19.f4 and the position certainly looks a lot promising for White and Black is in quite a bit of trouble. Anyway, White opted for 17.Bf4 Bb8 18.dxe6 Qxe6 and Black managed to evade all danger.
Dinara - Paehtz: 0-1
WGM Dinara Wagner (GER, 2358) made a strange king move when she could have seized her opportunity using tactics against IM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER, 2477).
25.Ba7 could have given White an edge. 26.Qa3 could be a reply to both 25...a4/Nc5. Instead, White went for the dubious 25.Kf1. Black got the opportunity she needed 25...Qh2 and turned things in her favor.
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Round 1 Results
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 2579 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | 1 - 0 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | 2510 | 12 | |||
| 2 | 2 | 2547 | GM | Lagno Kateryna | ½ - ½ | IM | Vaishali R | 2449 | 11 | |||
| 3 | 3 | 2491 | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | ½ - ½ | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2521 | 10 | |||
| 4 | 4 | 2443 | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | ½ - ½ | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | 2503 | 9 | |||
| 5 | 5 | 2525 | GM | Tan Zhongyi | ½ - ½ | WGM | Zhu Jiner | 2464 | 8 | |||
| 6 | 6 | 2358 | WGM | Wagner Dinara | 0 - 1 | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2477 | 7 |
Round 2 pairings
| Bo. | No. | Rtg | Name | Result | Name | Rtg | No. | |||||
| 1 | 12 | 2510 | IM | Shuvalova Polina | IM | Paehtz Elisabeth | 2477 | 7 | ||||
| 2 | 8 | 2464 | WGM | Zhu Jiner | WGM | Wagner Dinara | 2358 | 6 | ||||
| 3 | 9 | 2503 | GM | Abdumalik Zhansaya | GM | Tan Zhongyi | 2525 | 5 | ||||
| 4 | 10 | 2521 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | IM | Assaubayeva Bibisara | 2443 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | 11 | 2449 | IM | Vaishali R | IM | Kashlinskaya Alina | 2491 | 3 | ||||
| 6 | 1 | 2579 | GM | Goryachkina Aleksandra | GM | Lagno Kateryna | 2547 | 2 |
