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3rd Cairns Cup Tournament
Anna Zatonskih6/8(+4 -0 =4)[games]
Alexandra Kosteniuk5/8(+4 -2 =2)[games]
Bela Khotenashvili4.5/8(+4 -3 =1)[games]
Irina Krush4.5/8(+3 -2 =3)[games]
Nana Dzagnidze4/8(+3 -3 =2)[games]
Harika Dronavalli3.5/8(+1 -2 =5)[games]
Elisabeth Paehtz3.5/8(+2 -3 =3)[games]
Gunay Mammadzada3/8(+1 -3 =4)[games]
Zhansaya Abdumalik2/8(+0 -4 =4)[games]

Chessgames.com Chess Event Description
3rd Cairns Cup (2023)

Name: 3rd Cairns Cup 
Event Date: June 3 - 13, 2023
Site:  Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Format:  9-player round-robin
Time Control: 90 minutes for 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with a 
              30-second increment beginning from move 1.
Official Website: https://uschesschamps.com/2023-cair...

Previous: 2nd Cairns Cup (2020)

 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  PGN Download
Game  ResultMoves YearEvent/LocaleOpening
1. G Mammadzada vs B Khotenashvili 1-02920233rd Cairns CupA35 English, Symmetrical
2. H Dronavalli vs E Paehtz  1-08020233rd Cairns CupE73 King's Indian
3. Z Abdumalik vs I Krush 0-16020233rd Cairns CupB69 Sicilian, Richter-Rauzer Attack, 7...a6 Defense, 11.Bxf6
4. A Zatonskih vs N Dzagnidze  ½-½6520233rd Cairns CupD51 Queen's Gambit Declined
5. E Paehtz vs G Mammadzada  1-04320233rd Cairns CupB96 Sicilian, Najdorf
6. B Khotenashvili vs A Zatonskih 0-16820233rd Cairns CupA07 King's Indian Attack
7. Kosteniuk vs H Dronavalli 1-05420233rd Cairns CupB45 Sicilian, Taimanov
8. N Dzagnidze vs Z Abdumalik  1-03520233rd Cairns CupA15 English
9. Z Abdumalik vs B Khotenashvili  0-18320233rd Cairns CupC55 Two Knights Defense
10. I Krush vs N Dzagnidze 1-04820233rd Cairns CupD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
11. A Zatonskih vs E Paehtz  ½-½3820233rd Cairns CupE36 Nimzo-Indian, Classical
12. G Mammadzada vs Kosteniuk  ½-½6520233rd Cairns CupC89 Ruy Lopez, Marshall
13. H Dronavalli vs G Mammadzada  ½-½3420233rd Cairns CupD19 Queen's Gambit Declined Slav, Dutch
14. B Khotenashvili vs I Krush 1-08220233rd Cairns CupD02 Queen's Pawn Game
15. E Paehtz vs Z Abdumalik  ½-½2920233rd Cairns CupD85 Grunfeld
16. Kosteniuk vs A Zatonskih 0-16120233rd Cairns CupC02 French, Advance
17. A Zatonskih vs H Dronavalli  ½-½5120233rd Cairns CupD50 Queen's Gambit Declined
18. N Dzagnidze vs B Khotenashvili 0-14520233rd Cairns CupA15 English
19. I Krush vs E Paehtz  ½-½3320233rd Cairns CupD31 Queen's Gambit Declined
20. Z Abdumalik vs Kosteniuk  ½-½3120233rd Cairns CupC47 Four Knights
21. H Dronavalli vs Z Abdumalik ½-½3320233rd Cairns CupD41 Queen's Gambit Declined, Semi-Tarrasch
22. G Mammadzada vs A Zatonskih  0-17320233rd Cairns CupE06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3
23. Kosteniuk vs I Krush  1-06620233rd Cairns CupB53 Sicilian
24. E Paehtz vs N Dzagnidze  1-05020233rd Cairns CupB77 Sicilian, Dragon, Yugoslav Attack
25. Z Abdumalik vs G Mammadzada ½-½2120233rd Cairns CupB94 Sicilian, Najdorf
 page 1 of 2; games 1-25 of 36  PGN Download
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Kibitzer's Corner
Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Pretty strong field. Alex K started off in good form.
Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  offramp: Any idea who Cairns is? I know of a Cairns, it's a little village near Canberra.
Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  DaltriDiluvi: <offramp: Any idea who Cairns is?>

Rex Sinquefield's wife Jeanne was called "Jeanne Cairns" before she became Mrs. Sinquefield. (Source: https://uschesschamps.com/2023-cair... )

Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  Stonehenge: May I ask what the Cup size is?

No, I may not.

Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: Humpy has withdrawn from the event due to illness and her previous games have been cancelled.
Jun-07-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: If Irina beats a rude player we will have a pun in the wings: Cairn Krush. Be on the lookout for Carlsen-like behavior and report back.
Jun-08-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: <<offramp: Any idea who Cairns is?>>

I think it's a song on the terrific ELP album <Tarkus>, from the early '70s.

Jun-08-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: Anna Z and Krush dueling at the top, a familiar situation.
Jun-08-23  jphamlore: I don't know if this position with White to move after 28. ... ♔e8 from

N Dzagnidze vs B Khotenashvili, 2023

will qualify as a puzzle. Anyone can come up with the plausible only-move candidate. The real question is whether one can carry the calculation to enough depth to prove the win.


click for larger view

Unfortunately, not only did White not play the only move to retain advantage, but the move chosen helped lead to White's losing the game.

Jun-09-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  MissScarlett: The cancelled games involving Humpy are separately available: Cairns Cup (2023)
Jun-09-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: <HMM: I think it's a song on the terrific ELP album <Tarkus>>

No, but that album does have the song Eruption, which Eddie Van Halen famously covered on the VH debut album in 1992.

Jun-09-23  oolalimk1: what ? no Americans ?
Jun-09-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: Zatonskih and Krush have both been adopted by the US from Ukraine, but you make a good point about a competition taking place in the US that's designed to promote the game of chess to females. You'd think there'd be some local-borns participating.
Jun-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  keithbc: VH debut album was 1978
Jun-10-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: The ELP song is carin # 5
Jun-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  piltdown man: Actually, it's closer to Hobart.
Jun-11-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  Check It Out: Circling back here, Karn was on Brain Salad Surgery not Tarkus. My Van Halen misinformation was a jab at HeMateMe's consistently wrong details.
Jun-14-23
Premium Chessgames Member		  HeMateMe: At LEAST I knew it was ELP. Don't be such a prig, dammit...

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