U drugom kolu postignuta je samo jedna pobjeda. Gruzijska šahistkinja Bela Khotenashvili je pobjedila njemačku šahistkinju Elizabethu Paehtz. U 40-om potezu bijela je osvojila pješaka i usprkos otporu crne u damskoj završnici uspjela je da pobjedi posle 55 poteza.
Ostale partije su takođe bile borbene, ali su završene remijem.
Khotenashvili,B (2491) – Paehtz,E (2466) [A11]
1st Cairns Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (2), 07.02.2019
1.c4 c6 2.Nf3 d5 3.e3 Nf6 4.b3 g6 5.Bb2 Bg7 6.Be2 0-0 7.0-0 a6 8.Nc3 Re8 9.d4 b5 10.Ne5 e6 11.Rc1 Nfd7 12.Nxd7 Nxd7 13.Bf3 Rb8 14.Ba1 bxc4 15.bxc4 a5 16.Re1 Ba6 17.c5 f5 18.Be2 Bxe2 19.Nxe2 e5 20.Rb1 Rxb1 21.Qxb1 Qc7 22.Qc2 f4 23.dxe5 Bxe5 24.exf4 Bxf4 25.g3 Bg5 26.Rb1 Bf6 27.Bxf6 Nxf6 28.Nd4 Nd7 29.Kg2 Re4 30.Qc3 Qe5 31.Rd1 Qc7 32.Qc1 Nf8 33.h4 Ne6 34.Nxe6 Rxe6 35.Qd2 a4 36.Rb1 Re4 37.Rb6 Re8
38.Qd4 Rb8 39.Rxb8+ Qxb8 40.Qxa4 Qc8 41.Qd4 Qa6 42.a4 Qa5 43.g4 Kf7 44.h5 gxh5 45.gxh5 Qa6 46.Qg4 Kf6 47.h6 Ke5 48.Qg7+ Kf4 49.Qxh7 Qxa4 50.Qg6 Qd1 51.h7 Qf3+ 52.Kg1 Qd1+ 53.Kh2 Qd4 54.Qh6+ Kg4
55.Qh3+ 1-0
Kosteniuk,A (2532) – Zatonskih,A (2428) [C42]
1st Cairns Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (2), 07.02.2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.Nxe5 d6 4.Nf3 Nxe4 5.c4 Be7 6.d4 d5 7.Bd3 Bb4+ 8.Kf1 Be7 9.cxd5 Nf6 10.Nc3 Nxd5 11.Nxd5 Qxd5 12.Qe2 Bf5 13.Bc4 Qe4 14.Be3 0-0 15.Ne5 Be6 16.Bd3 Qh4 17.Nf3 Qh5 18.Bf4 c6 19.Qe5 Qxe5 20.dxe5 Nd7 21.Nd4 Nc5 22.Be2 Rfd8 23.Be3 Rd5 24.f4 Rad8 25.Nxe6 Nxe6 26.Bf3 Rd3 27.Kf2 Bc5 28.Bxc5 Nxc5 29.b3 Ne6
30.f5 Rd2+ 31.Kg3 Nd4 32.Kf4 g6 33.fxg6 hxg6 34.h4 Nf5 35.h5 Kg7 36.Kg5 Nd4 37.hxg6 fxg6 38.Kg4 Nf5 39.Kg5 Nd4 40.Kg4 Nf5 41.Kg5 Nd4 1/2-1/2
Harika,D (2471) – Dzagnidze,N (2513) [D20]
1st Cairns Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (2), 07.02.2019
1.d4 d5 2.c4 dxc4 3.e4 e5 4.Nf3 exd4 5.Bxc4 Nc6 6.0-0 Be6 7.Bxe6 fxe6 8.Qb3 Qd7 9.Qxb7 Rb8 10.Qa6 Nf6 11.Nbd2 Bd6 12.a3 0-0 13.b4 e5 14.Ne1 Rb6 15.Qe2 Qe6 16.Nc4 Rbb8 17.Bg5 Be7 18.Rc1
18…a5 19.bxa5 Rb3 20.Nd3 Rc3 21.Rxc3 dxc3 22.Nc1 Bc5 23.Bxf6 Rxf6 24.Ne3 Nd4 25.Qd3 Bxa3 26.Ne2 Qa6 27.Qxa6 Rxa6 28.Nxc3 Rxa5 29.Ra1 Bb4 30.Rxa5 Bxa5 31.Ncd5 c6 32.Nc4 cxd5 33.Nxa5 1/2-1/2
Pogledajte partiju Irine Krush i Valentine Gunine, u kojoj je posebno zanimljiva završnica.
Krush,I (2435) – Gunina,V (2501) [A07]
1st Cairns Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (2), 07.02.2019
1.Nf3 d5 2.g3 c6 3.Bg2 Bg4 4.0-0 Nd7 5.d3 Ngf6 6.Nbd2 e6 7.h3 Bh5 8.e4 Be7 9.Qe2 0-0 10.e5 Ne8 11.c3 c5 12.Rd1 Nc7 13.Nf1 b5 14.Bf4 a5 15.h4 a4 16.N1h2 Bg6 17.Ne1 h6 18.h5 Bh7 19.a3 Bg5 20.Bxg5 Qxg5 21.d4 cxd4 22.cxd4 Nb6 23.Ng4 Kh8 24.Ne3 Nc4 25.Rac1 Rab8 26.Rc3 Qe7 27.f4 b4 28.axb4 Nxe3 29.Qxe3 Rxb4 30.Rd2 Nb5 31.Rc1 Rb3 32.Qf2 Qb4 33.Nf3 Be4 34.Nh4 a3 35.bxa3 Qxa3 36.Rc5 Bxg2 37.Kxg2 Nc3 38.Rxc3 Rxc3 39.f5 Rfc8 40.fxe6 fxe6 41.Ng6+ Kh7 42.Qf4 Rc2 43.Rxc2 Rxc2+ 44.Kh3 Qc1 45.Nf8+ Kg8 46.Nxe6 Qh1+ 47.Kg4 Qd1+ 48.Qf3 Qxf3+ 49.Kxf3 Rc3+ 50.Kg4 Rd3 51.Kf5 Kf7 52.g4 Ke7 53.Nxg7 Rxd4 54.g5 hxg5
55.h6 Rh4 56.Kg6 Ra4 57.Kxg5 Ra8 58.h7 Kf7 59.Kh6 d4 60.e6+ Kf6 61.Nh5+ Kxe6 62.Kg7 Kf5 63.Ng3+ Kf4 64.Ne2+ Kg5 65.h8Q Rxh8 66.Kxh8 d3 67.Nc3 Kf4 68.Kg7 d2 1/2-1/2
Sebag,M (2476) – Abdumalik,Z (2468) [C84]
1st Cairns Cup 2019 Saint Louis USA (2), 07.02.2019
1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0-0 Be7 6.d3 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.a3 0-0 9.Nc3 Bg4 10.Be3 Nd4 11.Bxd4 exd4 12.Nd5 c5 13.h3 Be6 14.Nf4 Bxb3 15.cxb3 Nd7 16.Rc1 Nb6 17.Re1 Rc8 18.Rc2 Bf6 19.Nh5 Be5 20.Nxe5 dxe5 21.Qd2 g6 22.Ng3 Qd6 23.Rec1 Rc6 24.Qg5 f6 25.Qg4 Kf7
26.f4 exf4 27.Ne2 Rfc8 28.Nxf4 c4 29.bxc4 bxc4 30.dxc4 Rxc4 31.Rxc4 Rxc4 32.Rxc4 Nxc4 33.Qc8 Ne3 34.Qb7+ Kg8 35.Qc8+ Kf7 36.Qb7+ Kg8 37.Qc8+ Kf7 1/2-1/2
Rezultati 2. kola
| Table | White | Fed. | Rating | Black | Fed. | Rating | Result | ||
| 1 | GM Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2476 | IM Abdumalik, Zhansaya | KAZ | 2468 | ½-½ | ||
| 2 | GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2532 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | USA | 2428 | ½-½ | ||
| 3 | GM Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2491 | IM Paehtz, Elisabeth | GER | 2466 | 1-0 | ||
| 4 | GM Krush, Irina | USA | 2435 | GM Gunina, Valentina | RUS | 2501 | ½-½ | ||
| 5 | GM Harika, Dronavalli | IND | 2471 | GM Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2513 | ½-½ |
Stanje posle 2. kola
| Rank | Name | Score | Fed. | Rating | |
| 1 | GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 1.5 | RUS | 2532 | |
| 2 | GM Gunina, Valentina | 1.5 | RUS | 2501 | |
| 3 | IM Abdumalik, Zhansaya | 1.5 | KAZ | 2468 | |
| 4 | GM Krush, Irina | 1.5 | USA | 2435 | |
| 5 | GM Khotenashvili, Bela | 1.0 | GEO | 2491 | |
| 6 | GM Sebag, Marie | 1.0 | FRA | 2476 | |
| 7 | GM Harika, Dronavalli | 1.0 | IND | 2471 | |
| 8 | GM Dzagnidze, Nana | 0.5 | GEO | 2513 | |
| 9 | IM Zatonskih, Anna | 0.5 | USA | 2428 | |
| 10 | IM Paehtz, Elisabeth | 0.0 | GER | 2466 |
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