cro777: Controversial last round draw
In the last round, in a decisive game Cramling - Lahno, the players copied the game Shimanov - Timofeev, a 17 move draw. In the Gruenfeld Exchange Variation with 8.Be3, they followed the game Cramling - Dronavalli (the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament, Istambul, Turkey 2008). 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Nf3 Bg7 5. cxd5 Nxd5 6. e4 Nxc3 7. bxc3 c5 8. Be3 Qa5 9. Bd2 O-O 10. Be2
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Here, Dronavalli played <10...cxd4!?> (Cramling won the game in 24 moves). Lahno opted for <10...Bg4> and the players simply copied the game Shimanov - Timofeev (62nd Russian Championship Higher League, Ulan Ude, Russia 2009) which ended in a draw by repetition in 17 moves. 10... Bg4 11. O-O Rd8 12. Rb1 cxd4 13. cxd4 Qxa2 14. Ra1 Qb2 15. Rb1 Qa2 16. Ra1 Qb2 17. Rb1 Draw
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