Kamalidenova did not give her opponent a second chance. However, the Egyptian player also missed this intermediate move, but without it, the a8-rook is a Trojan horse. Shahenda Wafa played a premature 9.e5, and Kamalidenova got confused and played 9…dxe5 right away (instead of 9…Bb7), giving White a chance to get a decisive advantage with 10.Ndxb5! Kazakhstan got a scare very early into the game, as in the second board both players seemed to have mixed up the move order in a Najdorf. Divya was merciless and punished her opponent with a strong hand. With Black, she put Anastasia Savina under some pressure, and the French second board succumbed after making two mistakes in succession, 18.g3 and 20.Kg2. Another Indian player in great shape is Divya Deshmukh, who arrived in Bydgoszcz as the surprising winner of the Tata Steel Rapid India with a splendid performance. Vantika’s conversion of her material advantage was flawless. Vantika Agrawal is in great shape, and her sound king move 15.Ke2! gave her the upper hand against Deimante Daulyte-Cornette, who shortly after lost a pawn. India defeated France 3-1, but some of the games in the match were quite double-edged, and at times, it seemed as if the match could go either way. Batsiashvili grabbed her chance and, with ingenious play, pulled off the biggest swindle of the day. However, the Ukrainian IM, who often falls in time scrambles, let the victory slip at the exact moment when she was going for the kill. The result could have been much closer, though, had Inna Gaponenko managed to convert the winning position she achieved against Nino Batsiashvili. Khotenasvili, with Black on the first board, played a solid Grunfeld line and drew comfortably against Ushenina. The Georgian players cemented their win thanks to their dominant performance on the White boards: Meri Arabidze and Lela Javakhishvili showed great drive, and with an accurate play, they got the full point against Nataliya Buksa and Anastasiya Rakhmangulova, respectively. In the Pool A, Georgia scored the best result of the round, a resounding victory by 3½-½ against a direct rival, Ukraine. Kazakhstan surprises, taking the lead following the defeats of India and Georgia. 13-year-old Alice Lee defeated former Women’s World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova.
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