North Ural Cup 2006

4th North Ural Cup 2006 was held on July 19th-31st in Krasnoturinsk, Russia. This supertournament gathered all the best female players that are not busy with Biel Accentus. Ukranian GM Kateryna Lahno took clear first place with 7 points out of 9 rounds, full point ahead of Zhu Chen.

Final standings:
1. GM Kateryna Lahno (UKR 2449) 7.0/9
2. GM Zhu Chen (QAT 2476) 6.0
3. GM Nadezhda Kosintseva (RUS 2472) 5.5
4-6. GM Maia Chiburdanidze (GEO 2504), GM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM 2459) and GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL 2520) 5.0
7. GM Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU 2476) 4.0
8. FM Yifan Hou (CHN 2488) 3.0
9. GM Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS 2479) 2.5
10. GM Svetlana Matveeva (RUS 2454) 2.0


Kateryna Lahno 2449 - Maia Chiburdanidze 2504
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. Bc4 e6 7. N1e2 Bb4+ 8. Bd2 Bxd2+ 9. Qxd2 Nf6 10. Nf4 Qd6 11. O-O-O O-O 12. Nxg6 hxg6 13. h4 b5 14. Be2 Nd5 15. h5 Qf4 16. hxg6 fxg6 17. Bf3 Nd7 18. Ne4 e5 19. Ng5 Rae8 20. Qxf4 Rxf4 21. Rhe1 Re7 22. dxe5 Nxe5 23. Rxd5 cxd5 24. Bxd5+ Kf8 25. Ne6+ Rxe6 26. Bxe6 Nc4 27. Bxc4 Rxc4 28. c3 Kf7 29. Kc2 Ra4 30. a3 Rh4 31. f3 Rh2 32. Re2 Kf6 33. b3 g5 34. c4 bxc4 35. bxc4 g4 36. fxg4 Kg5 37. c5 Kxg4 38. Kc3 g5 39. Kd4 1-0


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WGM Kateryna Lahno