Shymkent GP R2: Batkhuyag Munguntuul squashes Elisabeth Paehtz in 17 moves
IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL) scored the sole victory in the second round of FIDE Shymkent GP. Her opponent, GM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER) made a terrible blunder which cost her the game in just 17 moves. This is the Mongolian's third GP event after her previous appearances from 2009-12. IM Divya Deshmukh had another solid draw, this time it was aaginst GM Kateryna Lagno. GM Koneru Humpy had a tiny window of opportunity against GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN). However, she kept things safe and went for a draw. Divya will face Goryachkina and Humpy will play against Munguntuul in Round 3. It starts today at 3 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Photo: FIDE/Konstantin Chalabov
Divya makes another solid draw, Humpy gets a small opportunity in the endgame
Paehtz - Munguntuul: 0-1
GM Elisabeth Paehtz (GER, 2458) faced IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL, 2344) only twice in Classical rated games. Both ended in draws. The last one being as recent as 45th Olympiad. A Classical Caro-Kann was on the board, the Germany no.1 woman was launching an attack on her opponent's kingside until she became too ambitious.
17.Ng5?? was a terrible blunder by White as her opponent had no trouble finding 17...Ba3 after which White resigned. Whether White takes the bishop 18.bxa3 or Bc3, in both cases Black is winning sooner than later.
Humpy - Zhongyi
GM Koneru Humpy (2530) had only one chance in the endgame to seize her opportunity 29.e4 d4 30.Qxd4 and the outcome could have gone her way against GM Zhongyi Tan (CHN, 2551).
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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
Every day round starts at 3 p.m. local time, 3:30 p.m. IST. Only the last round starts at 1 p.m. local time, 1:30 p.m. IST. The tournament will go on till 8th November 2024. Sole rest day is on Monday 4th November.
Round 2 results
| Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | White | Result | Black | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 10 | FID | 2533 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | ½ - ½ | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2487 | 6 | |||
| 2 | 7 | GRE | 2439 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | ½ - ½ | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2405 | 5 | |||
| 3 | 8 | GER | 2458 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | 0 - 1 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2344 | 4 | |||
| 4 | 9 | IND | 2530 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | ½ - ½ | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2551 | 3 | |||
| 5 | 1 | FID | 2527 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | ½ - ½ | IM | Divya, Deshmukh | IND | 2501 | 2 |
Standings after Round 2
| Rk. | SNo | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | TB3 | TB4 | TB5 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | KAZ | 2487 | 1,5 | 2 | 1,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | 7 | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2439 | 1,5 | 1 | 1,25 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | 3 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | CHN | 2551 | 1,5 | 1 | 0,50 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 4 | 9 | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2530 | 1 | 1 | 1,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2533 | 1 | 1 | 1,25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 6 | 2 | IM | Divya, Deshmukh | IND | 2501 | 1 | 1 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 7 | 4 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2344 | 1 | 1 | 0,00 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| 8 | 1 | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2527 | 1 | 0 | 1,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 9 | 5 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | BUL | 2405 | 0,5 | 1 | 0,75 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| 10 | 8 | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2458 | 0 | 1 | 0,00 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Round 3 pairings
| Bo. | No. | FED | Rtg | White | Result | Black | FED | Rtg | No. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | IND | 2501 | IM | Divya, Deshmukh | GM | Goryachkina, Aleksandra | FID | 2533 | 10 | ||||
| 2 | 3 | CHN | 2551 | GM | Tan, Zhongyi | GM | Lagno, Kateryna | FID | 2527 | 1 | ||||
| 3 | 4 | MGL | 2344 | IM | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | GM | Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2530 | 9 | ||||
| 4 | 5 | BUL | 2405 | IM | Salimova, Nurgyul | GM | Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2458 | 8 | ||||
| 5 | 6 | KAZ | 2487 | IM | Assaubayeva, Bibisara | IM | Tsolakidou, Stavroula | GRE | 2439 | 7 |
