Esmat Guindy - Tanja Rantanen 0-1 Niina Koskela - Johanna Paasikangas-Tella 0-1 Nina Hagesaether - Evgenia Peicheva-Hansen 1/2 Svetlana Agrest - Ellen Hagesaether 1/2 Christin Andersson - Susanne Berg 0-1
As WIM Svetlana Agrest managed only to draw her game against Ellen Hagesaether, Tanja Rantanen shares the lead after winning a correct and well played endgame against Esmat Guindy. The match between Swedish Christin Andersson and Susanne Berg was won by Berg, and the Finns also had a tough battle in an interesting opening - the brand new term by GM Joel Lautier may describe the opening of the game.
Nordic Ladies Zonal
1999.01.25
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 g6 6. Be2 Bg7 7. O-O O-O 8. Be3 Nc6 9. Nb3 Be6 10. f4 Rc8 11. Kh1
11. f5 Bd7 12. a4 was played in Koskela-Agopov, 1999 - game is still going on in the daily newspaper Helsingin Sanomat.
11...Na5 12. Nd2 Bc4 13. Re1 b5 14. a3 a6 15. Bf3
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e5 16. Rb1 Re8 17. Nb3 Nc6 18. Qd2 Bxb3 19. cxb3 Nd4 20. Rbd1 Qc7 21. b4 Qb8 22. Qf2 Rc4 23. Rd2 Qc8 24. Red1 Ng4 25. Bxg4 Qxg4 26. h3 Qc8 27. Nd5 Qe6 28. fxe5 dxe5 29. Bxd4 exd4 30. Re2 Qe5 31. Nf4 Rcc8 32. Nd3 Qe6 33. e5 Qb3 34. Qe1 Rcd8 35. Qd2 Bh6 36. Qc2 Qd5 37. Qc5 Qe6 38. Rc2 Rc8 0-1
1. WIM Svetlana Agrest SWE 2,5
Tanja Rantanen FIN
3. WIM Niina Koskela FIN 1,5
Esmat Guindy DAN
Nina Hagesaether NOR
WFM Susanne Berg SWE
7. Christene Andersson SWE 1
Ellen Hagesaether NOR
WIM Evgenia Peicheva-Hansen DAN
WIM Johanna Paasikangas-Tella FIN
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