(25) Lei,Tingjie (2550) - Muzychuk,A (2520) [C50]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (11.1), 17.04.2024

1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.d3 Nf6 5.0–0 d6 6.c3 a5 7.Nbd2 0–0 8.Re1 Be6 9.Bb5 Qb8 10.Nf1 Qa7
11.Re2 a4 12.h3 Qa5 13.Bxc6 bxc6 14.Ng5 Bb6 15.Ng3 h6 16.Nf3 Rfd8 17.Bd2 Qa6 18.Qc1 Qxd3
19.Bxh6 gxh6 20.Qxh6 Ne8 21.Rd2 Qc4 22.Nxe5 dxe5 23.Rxd8 Rxd8 24.Qg5+ Kf8 25.Qxd8 a3 26.Qd2
axb2 27.Qxb2 Qd3 28.Kh2 Nd6 29.Re1 Nb5 30.c4 Qc3 31.Qe2 Bxc4 32.Qg4 Nd6 33.Qg5 Qxe1 34.Nf5
Nxf5 35.Qd8+ Kg7 36.Qg5+ Kf8 37.Qd8+ Kg7 38.Qg5+ Kh8 39.exf5 f6 40.Qxf6+ Kg8 41.Qg6+ Kf8
42.Qf6+ Bf7 43.Qd8+ Be8 44.Qf6+ Kg8 45.Qe7 Bh5 46.Qg5+ Kf8 47.Qf6+ Ke8 48.Qxc6+ Kd8 49.Qd5+
Kc8 50.Qa8+ Kd7 51.Qd5+ Kc8 52.Qa8+ Kd7 53.Qd5+

½–½

(26) Tan,Zhongyi (2521) - Lagno,Kateryna (2542) [A07]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (11.2), 17.04.2024

1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 Nf6 3.Bg2 e6 4.0–0 Be7 5.d4 0–0 6.Nbd2 c5 7.dxc5 Bxc5 8.c4 Nc6 9.e3 b6 10.b3 Bb7
11.Bb2 dxc4 12.Nxc4 Qe7 13.Ng5 e5 14.Ne4 Nxe4 15.Bxe4 Rad8 16.Qf3 f5 17.Bd5+ Kh8 18.Bxc6 e4
19.Qf4 Bxc6 20.Rfd1 Bd5 21.Ne5 Kg8 22.h4 Qe6 23.Nc4 Be7 24.Rac1 h6 25.Qc7 b5 26.Ne5 Bf6 27.Rc5
Rfe8 28.Rxb5 Bxb3 29.Rxd8 Bxd8 30.Qxa7 Bd1 31.Nc6 Bf6 32.Bxf6 Qxf6 33.Qd7 Bh5 34.Rxf5 Qa1+
35.Kh2 Qxa2 36.g4 Bg6 37.h5 Bxf5 38.Qxe8+ Kh7 39.Kg3 Be6 40.Nd4 Bd5 41.Qe5 Ba8 42.Ne6 Qa7
43.Qf5+ Kg8 44.Qf8+ Kh7 45.g5 hxg5 46.Nxg5+ Kh6 47.Kh4

1–0

(27) Koneru,H (2546) - Salimova,Nurgyul (2432) [D12]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (11.3), 17.04.2024

1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nf3 Nf6 4.e3 Bf5 5.Nc3 e6 6.Nh4 Bg6 7.Nxg6 hxg6 8.Bd2 Nbd7 9.cxd5 exd5 10.Qc2
Qc7 11.h3 Be7 12.0–0–0 0–0–0 13.Be2 Kb8 14.Kb1 Rc8 15.g4 g5 16.Qf5 Nb6 17.Qxg5 Ne4 18.Qf5 g6
19.Qf3 f5 20.Qg2 Rcf8 21.Nxe4 fxe4 22.Rdf1 g5 23.f3 exf3 24.Rxf3 Rxf3 25.Qxf3 Rf8 26.Qg2 Bd6 27.Bd3
Nc4 28.Bc1 Re8 29.e4 Bf4 30.e5 Qb6 31.Bxf4 gxf4 32.Qf2 Rd8 33.Rc1 Qb4 34.Bxc4 dxc4 35.Qxf4 c3
36.e6+ Kc8 37.Rxc3 Rxd4 38.Qf5 Rd1+ 39.Kc2 Re1 40.Qd3 Qa4+ 41.Rb3 Rxe6 42.Qf5 Qc4+ 43.Rc3
Qe2+ 44.Kb1 a5 45.a3 a4 46.g5 Kc7 47.g6 Re5 48.Qf7+ Kb6 49.Qc4 Qf2 50.Qxa4 Rb5 51.Qc2 Qe1+
52.Ka2 Qe6+ 53.Ka1 Qe1+ 54.Qb1 Qxb1+ 55.Kxb1 Rg5 56.h4 Rxg6 57.h5 Rh6 58.Rh3 Kc5 59.Kc2 Kd5
60.Kc3 Kc5 61.Rh1 b6 62.Rh3 Kd5 63.a4 Kc5 64.Kb3 Kd5 65.Kb4 Kd4 66.b3 Kd5 67.Rh4 Ke5 68.Kc4
Kd6 69.Rh1 Ke5 70.Rh2 Kd6 71.Kd4 Ke6 72.Ke4 Kf6 73.Kf4 Kf7 74.Ke5 Re6+ 75.Kd4 Rh6 76.b4 Ke6
77.a5 bxa5 78.bxa5 Kd6 79.Ke4 Kc5 80.Kf5 Kb5 81.Kg5 Rh8 82.Ra2 Rg8+ 83.Kf6 Ka6 84.h6 c5 85.h7
Rc8 86.Rh2 Kxa5 87.h8Q Rxh8 88.Rxh8 c4 89.Ke5 c3 90.Kd4

1–0

(28) Vaishali,Rameshbabu (2475) - Goryachkina,A (2553) [B22]

FIDE Women's Candidates Toronto CAN (11.4), 17.04.2024

1.e4 c5 2.c3 Nf6 3.e5 Nd5 4.Bc4 Nb6 5.Bb3 Nc6 6.d4 cxd4 7.cxd4 d5 8.Bc2 Nb4 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Nge2
Bxe2 11.Qxe2 Nxc2+ 12.Qxc2 e6 13.Qd3 Rc8 14.0–0 a6 15.Qg3 g6 16.Bg5 Be7 17.Bh6 Bf8 18.Bg5 Be7
19.Bh6 Rc4 20.Rfd1 Bf8 21.Bg5 Qc7 22.Rac1 Bg7 23.b3 Rc6 24.Ne2 0–0 25.h4 Rc8 26.h5 Rc2 27.Qg4
Qd7 28.Rxc2 Rxc2 29.hxg6 fxg6 30.Nf4 Rc6 31.Rd3 Qf7 32.Qh4 Nd7 33.Rh3 Nf8 34.Be7 Qf5 35.Nd3
Rc3 36.Rf3 Qe4 37.Qh3 Rc6 38.Rf4 Qe2 39.Bf6 h6 40.Bxg7 Kxg7 41.Rxf8 Kxf8 42.Qxh6+ Ke7 43.Qxg6
Qe4 44.Qg7+ Ke8 45.Qg8+ Ke7 46.Qg7+ Ke8 47.Qg8+ Ke7 48.Nc5 Qe1+ 49.Kh2 Qxf2 50.Qg5+ Ke8
51.Nxb7 Qxd4 52.Qg8+ Ke7 53.Qg5+ Ke8 54.Qd8+ Kf7 55.Qf6+ Ke8 56.Qg6+ Ke7 57.Qh7+ Ke8
58.Qg8+ Ke7 59.Qg5+ Ke8 60.Nd6+ Rxd6 61.exd6 Qh8+ 62.Kg3 Qc3+ 63.Kg4 Qb4+ 64.Qf4 d4 65.Qe5
d3+ 66.Kf3 Kf7 67.d7 Qb7+ 68.Qe4 d2 69.d8N+ Kf6 70.Nxb7
1–0