(21) Tan,Zhongyi (2521) - Koneru,H (2546) [C45]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (10.1), 15.04.2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.d4 exd4 4.Nxd4 Bc5 5.Nb3 Bb6 6.Nc3 Qf6 7.Qe2 Nge7 8.Be3 d6 9.0–0–0 Bd7
10.Qd2 0–0–0 11.Nd5 Bxe3 12.Qxe3 Qe5 13.Bc4 Rhe8 14.f4 Qh5 15.h3 f5 16.e5 Nxd5 17.Bxd5 Qh6
18.Kb1 Rxe5 19.Qf3 Re7 20.Nd4 Rde8 21.Nxc6 bxc6 22.Bxc6 Bxc6 23.Qxc6 Qxf4 24.Qa6+ Kd8 25.Qxa7
Re2 26.Qb8+ Kd7 27.Qb5+ Kc8 28.Qa6+ Kd8 29.Qa5 R8e4 30.g4 Qe5 31.Qa8+ Kd7 32.gxf5 Rc4
33.Qd5 Qxd5 34.Rxd5 Rcxc2 35.Rb5 Rg2 36.a4 Rc4 37.a5 Kc6 38.Rb8 Ra4 39.Rc1+ Kd5 40.Rxc7 Rxa5
41.Rg8 Rb5 42.Rc2 Rxc2 43.Kxc2 Rb7 44.Kc3 Ke5 45.b4 d5 46.Rd8 Ke4 47.Rd6 Rc7+ 48.Kd2 Ke5
49.Rb6 Kxf5 50.Kd3 Ke5 51.Rb8 Rc4 52.b5 Kd6 53.Rb7 Rh4 54.Rxg7 Rxh3+ 55.Kd4 Rh4+ 56.Kc3 Kc5
57.Rb7 h5 58.b6 Kc6 59.Rb8 Rc4+ 60.Kd3 Rb4 61.Rh8 h4 62.Rh6+ Kc5 63.b7 Rb3+ 64.Kc2 Rxb7
65.Rxh4 d4 66.Rh8 Re7 67.Kd3 Re3+ 68.Kd2 Rg3 69.Rc8+ Kd5 70.Rd8+ Kc4 71.Rc8+ Kd5 72.Rd8+ Kc4

½–½

(22) Lagno,Kateryna (2542) - Muzychuk,A (2520) [C83]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (10.2), 15.04.2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Be6 9.c3 Be7 10.Bc2 Bg4
11.a4 b4 12.h3 Bh5 13.Bb3 Nxe5 14.Bxd5 Bxf3 15.gxf3 Nc5 16.f4 c6 17.Bg2 Qxd1 18.Rxd1 Rd8
19.Rxd8+ Kxd8 20.cxb4 Nb3 21.Ra3 Nxc1 22.fxe5 Bxb4 23.Re3 Ke7 24.Bxc6 Rd8 25.Nc3 Bxc3 26.bxc3
Rd3 27.Rxd3 Nxd3 28.a5 Nxe5 29.Bb7 Nc4 30.Bxa6 Nxa5 31.Kf1 Kd6 32.Bd3 h6 33.Ke2 Ke5 34.Ke3 g5
35.Bb5 f5 36.Be2 Nb3 37.Bc4 Nc5 38.Bf7 Ne4 39.c4 Nc5 40.Kf3 Nd3 41.Ke3 Nf4 42.c5 Nxh3 43.c6 Kd6
44.Bg6 Kxc6 45.Bxf5 Nf4 46.Ke4 Kd6 47.Bc8 Ke7 48.Kf5 Kf7 49.Bb7 Kg7 50.Ba6 Nh3 51.f3 Nf4 52.Bc4
Ng2 53.Bb5 Nh4+ 54.Kg4 Ng6 55.Kf5 Nh4+ 56.Kg4 Ng2 57.Kf5 Ne3+ 58.Ke4 Nc2 59.Be8 Kf6 60.Bh5

½–½

(23) Goryachkina,A (2553) - Lei,Tingjie (2550) [A50]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (10.3), 15.04.2024

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 d5 4.cxd5 cxd5 5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Bb5 e6 8.Nf3 Nd7 9.0–0 Rc8 10.Ne5 Ndxe5
11.Bxe5 a6 12.Bxc6+ Rxc6 13.Rc1 f6 14.Bg3 Be7 15.Na4 Rxc1 16.Qxc1 Kf7 17.Qc3 h5 18.h3 h4 19.Bh2
Qd7 20.Nb6 Qb5 21.Qc7 Qxb2 22.Bd6 Re8 23.Rc1 Kg6 24.Bxe7 Rxe7 25.Qc5 Kh6 26.a4 a5 27.Nc8 Rd7
28.Qc3 Qb4 29.Qc5 Kh7 30.Qa7 Qd2 31.Qc5 Bd3 32.Nb6 Rd6 33.Qxd6 Qxc1+ 34.Kh2 Bf5 35.Nd7 Qc2
36.Nf8+ Kh6 37.f3 Qf2 38.Qf4+ g5 39.Qc7 Qg3+ 40.Qxg3 hxg3+ 41.Kxg3 e5 42.e4 dxe4 43.fxe4 Bc8
44.d5 Kg7 45.Ne6+ Kf7 46.Kf2 b6 47.g3 Bd7 48.h4 gxh4 49.gxh4 Bxa4 50.h5 Bb5 51.Ke3 a4 52.h6 Kg6
53.Kd2 Kxh6 54.d6 Kh5 55.Nf8 Kg5 56.d7 Bxd7 57.Nxd7 a3 58.Kc2 b5 59.Kb3 b4 60.Ka2 f5 61.Nxe5 Kf4
62.Nd3+ Kxe4 63.Nxb4 f4 64.Na6 f3 65.Nc5+ Ke3

0–1

(24) Salimova,Nurgyul (2432) - Vaishali,Rameshbabu (2475) [D90]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (10.4), 15.04.2024

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 g6 3.Nc3 d5 4.Nf3 Bg7 5.h4 0–0 6.cxd5 Nxd5 7.h5 c5 8.hxg6 hxg6 9.Bh6 Bxh6 10.Rxh6
Nxc3 11.bxc3 Kg7 12.Qd2 cxd4 13.Rh4 Rh8 14.Rxh8 Qxh8 15.cxd4 Nd7 16.e4 Nf6 17.Qf4 Bd7 18.Ng5
Rf8 19.Rb1 b6 20.f3 Qh6 21.Rc1 Nh7 22.Nh3 Bxh3 23.Qxh6+ Kxh6 24.gxh3 Ng5 25.Kf2 Ne6 26.Ke3 Rd8
27.d5 Nc5 28.Bc4 e5 29.a4 a5 30.Bb5 f5 31.Rd1 Kg5 32.Bc6 Kf6 33.h4 Rh8 34.d6 f4+ 35.Kf2 Ne6
36.Rd5 Rc8 37.Bb5 Rc2+ 38.Kf1 Rc1+ 39.Kg2 Nd8 40.d7 Ke6 41.Rd2 Ke7 42.Kh2 Rc5 43.Rg2 Kf7 44.h5
gxh5 45.Rg5 Ke7 46.Rxh5 Nc6 47.Rh7+ Kd8 48.Kh3 Kc7 49.Kg4 Nd8 50.Kf5 Rc3 51.Kxe5 Rxf3 52.Rh1
Nb7 53.Kf6 Re3 54.e5 Nc5 55.Rh7 f3 56.Re7 f2 57.Kf7 Rh3 58.e6 Nb7 59.d8Q+ Kxd8 60.Rd7+ Kc8
61.Rd1 Rf3+ 62.Kg6 Re3 63.Kf6 Rf3+ 64.Kg5 Re3 65.Kf6 Rf3+ 66.Ke7 Nc5 67.Kd6 Re3 68.Bd7+ Nxd7
69.exd7+ Kd8 70.Rf1 Re2 71.Kc6 Re6+ 72.Kd5 Rf6 73.Ke5 Rf7 74.Ke6 Re7+ 75.Kd6 Rxd7+ 76.Kc6 Rf7
77.Kxb6 Rf5 78.Kc6 Ke7 79.Kb6 Kd6 80.Ka6 Kc6 81.Rc1+ Rc5 82.Rf1 Rf5 83.Rc1+ Kd5 84.Rf1 Kc4
85.Kb6 Kd3 86.Rxf2 Rxf2 87.Kxa5 Kc4 88.Kb6 Kb4

0–1