Fourth round of the first edition of Atatürk International Women Masters Tournament sponsored by the oldest and the bigfest bank in Turkey, ?? Bank, saw only one decisive game unlike the previous rounds. Hou Yifan, Chinese prodigy won against Zhu Chen who lost all her four games which is the biggest upset in the event and now took the sole lead with 3.5 points. All the othdr games ended as a draw and local star Ekaterina Atal?k made a draw against Javakhishvili while Dronavalli missed a tactical shot and had to be content with the draw against the Turkish youngster Betül Cemre Y?ld?z.

In the game between Zhu Chen and Hou Yifan, the tnp seeds of the event,  white's b4 did not do much harm but afterwards, Qg5 was a decisive mistake and Yifan converted the advantege to her third win while Zhu Chen lost her all four games, most probably the biggest upset in the tournament so far.

1.d4 Nf6 2.c4 e6 3.Nf3 b6 4.g3 Ba6 5.b3 Bb4+ 6.Bd2 Be7 7.Nc3 0-0 8.Rc1 d5 9.cxd5 Nxd5 10.Bg2 Bb7 11.0-0 Nf6 12.Qc2 c5 13.dxc5 Bxc5 14.Rfd1 Nbd7 15.Bg5 Qe8 16.Nb5 Rc8 17.Qb1 h6 18.b4
Be4

19.Qb2 Bxf2+ 20.Kxf2 hxg5 21.Nd6 Rxc1 22.Qxc1 Qe7

23.Qxg5 Bd5 24.e4 Qxd6 25.Qh4 Qc7 26.exd5 Qc2+ 27.Rd2 Ne4+ 28.Ke2 Nxd2 29.Nxd2 exd5 30.Bxd5 Nf6 31.Qd4 Re8+ 32.Kf2 Ng4+ 33.Kf3 Qf5+ 0-1

 

Left: All the major actors of the organization together: (Left to right) Suat Sözen(PR Director of ?? Bank), Ali Nihat Yaz?c? the president of TCF and vice-president of FIDE, Prof.Baran Tuncer(Deputy Chairman of the Executive Board of ?? Bank) Right: Atal?k and Javakishvili

Xue Zhao and Pia Cramling hustled for a long time but neither side was able to make progress and finally they had to settle with a draw.

The game between Dronavalli and Yildiz was an equal game until the Turkish youngster blundered with Nd7 which allows the tactical shot 23.Bh7 Kf8 (23..Kh8 24.Nf7#) 24.Nf7 is possible silce capturing the knight leads to mate in a couple of moves after Qg6. After the Indian prodigy missed this opportunity and in the end the game ended as a draw which meant the first half point for the Turkish player from ?zmir.

Atal?k-Javakhsihvili game ended as a draw since after the exchange of queens there is not much chance for winning for either side. Interesting remark about this game is that both sides spent some considereable amount of time in the very first moves of the game but then when the position became more regular, everything became normal again.

Left: Ekaterina Atal?k playing, Suat Atal?k kibitzing Right: Lela Javakhishvili spending some time to figure out what to play against Qb3.

Atal?k-Javakhsihvili game ended as a draw qince after the exchange of queens there is not much chance for winning for either side. Interesting remark about this game is that both sides spent some considereable amount of time in the very first moves of the game but then when the position became more regular, everything became normal again.


Left: The game between Krush and Ushenina is examined by Ali Nihat Yaz?c? and Prof.Baran Tuncer, Deputy Chariman of the Executive Board of ?? Bank. Right: Irina Krush recording her move to the scoresheet.

Krush and Dronavalli made a draw against each other and Ushenina who passed the 2500 barrier recently made a draw.

 
Left: Y?ld?z and Dronavalli former opponents in youth championships Right: Y?ld?z, the lowest rated player in the field escaped with a draw and pleased her local fans.