IM Fierro (2403) – GM Cramling (2548) [B48]
09.03.2009, Women’s Grand Prix
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 h5 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Qf2 d6 11.h3 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd3 h4 14.Kb1 b4 15.Ne2 e5 16.Bg5 a5 17.Bxh4 Be6 18.Bxf6 Bxf6 19.f4 a4 20.f5 Bd7 21.g4 Bh4 22.Qe3 f6 23.Qd2 Rb8 24.Ng1 Bg5 25.Qe2 a3 26.Nf3 Bf4 27.Bc4 axb2 28.Qd3 Ke7 29.h4 Rbc8 30.Bb3 Qc5 31.Rhe1 Bb5 32.Qd5 Qxd5 33.Rxd5 Bc6 34.Ra5 Rc7 35.Kxb2 Rhc8 36.Re2 Be8 37.Ne1 Bg3 38.Nd3 Rb8 39.h5 Bb5 40.Rg2 Bxd3 41.cxd3 Bf4 42.Bc4 Be3 43.Kb3 Rcb7 44.Ra4 Kd8 45.Rc2 Bc5 46.Rg2 Be3 47.Bd5 Rb5 48.Ra6 Rc5 49.Bc4 Kd7 50.Rc2 Kc7 51.Ra7+ Rb7 52.Ra4 Rc6 53.Rxb4 Rxb4+ 54.Kxb4 Kb6 55.a4 Bc5+ 56.Kb3 Be3 57.Re2 Bd4 58.Rc2 Be3 59.Rh2 Ka5 60.Rh1 Rc7 61.Rh3 Bg5 62.Bb5 Bf4 63.Rh1 Be3 64.Rh2 Bf4 65.Rb2 Bc1 66.Rc2 Rc5 67.Rxc5 dxc5 68.Kc4 Be3 69.Kd5 Kb6 70.Ke6 Ka5 71.Kf7 Bh6 72.Kg6 Kb6 73.Bd7 Kc7 74.Be6 White wins 1–0
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Standings after 3 rounds:
| 1 | 12 | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | IND | 2½ | 0 | 2,75 | 0 |
| 2 | 4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | CHN | 2½ | 0 | 2,25 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | ECU | 2½ | 0 | 1,75 | 0 |
| 5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | CHN | 2½ | 0 | 1,75 | 0 | |
| 5 | 9 | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | GEO | 1½ | 0 | 3,00 | 0 |
| 6 | 11 | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | BUL | 1½ | 0 | 1,75 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | ARM | 1½ | 0 | 1,50 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | FRA | 1 | ½ | 1,25 | 0 |
| 8 | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | CHN | 1 | ½ | 1,25 | 0 | |
| 10 | 1 | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | SWE | 1 | 0 | 0,50 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | TUR | ½ | 0 | 1,25 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | AZE | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 |
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Martha is beautiful. She should be Ms. FIDE.
Nice endgame play. Instructive pawn breakthrough;
I remember Martha when she was just a kid playing at the Marshall Chess club. It’s great to see how far she has come!