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Zhao Xue became the winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Nalchik

Tuesday, 25 October 2011

Zhao Xue became the winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Nalchik. On 21 October she came to the stage in the national Kabardinian suit during the closing ceremony. Mr. Ivan Gerter, the Chairman of Kabardino-Balkarian government solemnly handed a check of 6500 Euro to the Chinese chess player and wished her further success. The lady in her turn thanked everyone who supported her. Then she performed the national Kabardinian dance, the visit card of the Republic.

Mr. Aslan Afaunov, Minister of Sports and Tourism of KBR presented the participants of the tournament with souvenirs and special nominations were picked for each of them. At the end of the ceremony the singers and dancers of the KBR republic performed for all the guests.

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Res.	SB	Koya	Rp
1	4	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	CHN	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	0	46,50	2½	2817
2	8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	CHN	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	7	0	39,75	2½	2606
3	12	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	RUS	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	6	1	33,75	2½	2551
4	9	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	LTU	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	6	0	29,25	1½	2541
5	2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	UKR	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	0	26,75	1	2502
6	3	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	QAT	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	0	5	2	25,00	1½	2472
7	7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	RUS	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	1½	24,50	1½	2468
8	5	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2560	RUS	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	1½	23,00	1	2466
9	6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	BUL	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	5	1	23,00	1	2469
10	11	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2498	RUS	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	0	4½	0	23,75	2	2443
11	1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2467	MGL	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	4	0	21,75	2½	2408
12	10	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469	RUS	0	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	*	3½	0	19,00	1½	2377

Hou Yifan is a winner of Shenzhen Women Grand Prix

Wednesday, 05 October 2011

Hou Yifan became a sole winner of the second stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Shenzhen! In the 11th round playing black World Champion made a draw against Elina Danielian and fixed a first place in the tournament. During the tournament Hou Yifan managed to make 8 points (5 wins, 6 draws) and didn’t lose any game. Slovenian player Anna Muzychuk made a draw against Ju Wenjun and became second in the tournament with 7 points. Tan Zhongyi made a draw in the game against Ruan Lufey and shares the third place together with her compatriot Ju Wenjun. Ekaterina Kovalevskaya had better position after the opening but made a draw in the game against Zhao Xue. Munguntuul Bathhuyagh won the game against Betul Yildiz. Looking at the table with the final standings one can see the domination of Chinese players – 5 out of 6 first places are occupied by them and Anna Muzychuk is the only one who managed to be placed inside of their group.

http://shenzhen2011.fide.com/

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Res.	SB	Rp	GP Pts
1	3	GM	Hou Yifan	2578	CHN	*	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	½	8	0	40.25	2649	160
2	4	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2545	SLO	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	1	7	0	35.50	2579	130
3	8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	CHN	½	½	*	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	1	6½	½	33.75	2542	100
4	5	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	2429	CHN	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	6½	½	31.25	2552	100
5	2	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	CHN	½	½	0	½	*	1	1	0	½	½	½	1	6	1	31.25	2517	75
6	7	WGM	Ruan, Lufei	2477	CHN	0	½	½	½	0	*	½	1	½	½	1	1	6	0	28.75	2519	75
7	11	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2465	MGL	0	½	½	½	0	½	*	0	1	1	½	1	5½	0	26.50	2484	60
8	9	GM	Danielian Elina	2517	ARM	½	0	1	½	1	0	1	*	0	0	½	½	5	0	28.50	2443	50
9	6	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	LTU	0	0	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	1	½	½	4½	1	22.00	2413	35
10	12	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	QAT	½	½	0	½	½	½	0	1	0	*	½	½	4½	0	25.00	2417	35
11	10	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	RUS	0	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	4	0	20.75	2386	20
12	1	WIM	Yildiz Betul Cemre	2308	TUR	½	0	0	0	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	2½	0	13.00	2287	10

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Hou Yifan is a winner of Rostov Women Grand Prix

Wednesday, 17 August 2011

The first leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was concluded in Rostov with a convincing win by the Women World Champion, 17 year old Hou Yifan of China. In the presence of two other former Women World Champions and the world’s leading female players she dominated the field from the outset setting a blistering pace which made it hard for the other contestants to catch up. Second place was also clinched in an exciting last round by GM Lahno of Ukraine who was the only player to defeat GM Yifan in their direct encounter.

Rating statistics FIDE (in start number order)

No.		Name	FED	Fide-No.	Rtg	W	n	We	W-We	K	Rtg+/-	Ra	Rp
1	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	BUL	2902257	2524	5.0	11	5.44	-0.44	10	-4	2527	2491
2	GM	Koneru, Humpy	IND	5008123	2614	5.5	11	6.92	-1.42	10	-14	2519	2519
3	IM	Galliamova, Alisa	RUS	4129725	2492	5.5	11	4.94	0.56	10	6	2530	2530
4	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	RUS	4128125	2497	3.0	11	5.02	-2.02	10	-20	2529	2354
5	IM	Muzychuk, Anna	SLO	14111330	2538	6.5	11	5.68	0.82	10	8	2526	2591
6	GM	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	RUS	4134974	2560	6.0	11	6.03	-0.03	10	0	2524	2560
7	GM	Danielian, Elina	ARM	13300210	2521	5.0	11	5.41	-0.41	10	-4	2527	2491
8	IM	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	RUS	4116704	2427	3.5	11	3.88	-0.38	10	-4	2536	2403
9	GM	Kosintseva, Tatiana	RUS	4133471	2557	6.5	11	6.01	0.49	10	5	2524	2589
10	GM	Lahno, Kateryna	UKR	14109336	2536	7.0	11	5.66	1.34	10	13	2526	2628
11	GM	Hou, Yifan	CHN	8602980	2575	8.0	11	6.30	1.70	10	17	2522	2697
12	WGM	Ruan, Lufei	CHN	8602727	2479	4.5	11	4.71	-0.21	10	-2	2531	2466

With this result Hou Yifan has increased her rating and get close again to 2600 whilst top rated woman Humpy Koneru lost 14 points and hence the gap between these two players who will be facing off for the World Championship title in November 2011 in Tirana, Albania is very small now.

IM Ana Muzychuk, also got her third GM-norm in this event but she commented that she is still some games short of the overall number required for the title. No doubt that with such results it will only be a matter of time before IM Muzychuk earns this prestigious title. Also WGM Ruan Lufei from China and finalist in the last Women’s World Championship in Hatay, Turkey earned an IM norm.

The overall ranking points and results in tie break order are as follow :

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	SB	Rp	GP Pts
1	11	GM	Hou, Yifan	2575	CHN	*	0	1	½	½	1	1	½	1	½	1	1	8	40.00	2697	160
2	10	GM	Lahno, Kateryna	2536	UKR	1	*	0	½	1	½	1	1	1	0	½	½	7	38.75	2628	130
3	5	IM	Muzychuk, Anna	2538	SLO	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	½	½	6½	34.25	2591	100
4	9	GM	Kosintseva, Tatiana	2557	RUS	½	½	½	*	½	½	0	1	½	1	1	½	6½	33.50	2589	100
5	6	GM	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2560	RUS	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	6	29.75	2560	80
6	2	GM	Koneru, Humpy	2614	IND	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	½	1	0	1	5½	28.25	2519	65
7	3	IM	Galliamova, Alisa	2492	RUS	0	0	0	1	½	½	*	1	0	1	1	½	5½	26.75	2530	65
8	1	GM	Stefanova, Antoaneta	2524	BUL	½	0	½	0	½	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	5	25.25	2491	45
9	7	GM	Danielian, Elina	2521	ARM	0	0	½	½	½	½	1	0	*	0	1	1	5	24.25	2491	45
10	12	WGM	Ruan, Lufei	2479	CHN	½	1	0	0	½	0	0	½	1	*	½	½	4½	24.75	2466	30
11	8	IM	Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina	2427	RUS	0	½	½	0	0	1	0	0	0	½	*	1	3½	17.50	2403	20
12	4	GM	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	2497	RUS	0	½	½	½	0	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	3	17.50	2354	10

The games were hard fought and in total there were only 32 draws (48%), 21 wins for white and 13 wins for black.

In the closing ceremony, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov augured the contestants good luck for the next leg which is being organized by the Chinese Chess Association and Shenzhen Media Group in Shenzhen in early September.

FIDE Women Grand Prix underway!

Monday, 01 August 2011

The second series of the FIDE Women Grand Prix was confirmed by the FIDE Presidential Board in Al Ain in May 2011.

It hosts the current World Champion, Hou Yifa from China as well as 3 former Women World Champions : Zhu Chen (Qatar), Antoaneta Stefanova (BLG) and Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS).

Furthermore, 11 out of the 18 players hold FIDE's highest title - Grand Master whereas for a few others, they will probably get this coveted title during the next few months.

11 of the participants played in the first series and this year we see the addition of Nadezhda Kosintseva from Russia, Ana Muzychuk representing Slovenia, Katrina Lahno from Ukraine and Viktoria Cmilyte from Lithuania just to mention some of the 2500+ players who will battle it out over the six events.

Once again, we have a wide representation of cities, with Russia organising the lion share showing their full commitment to the promotion of Women's Chess as also China, Armenia and Turkey reconfirmed their commitment to the same objective.

Each event will be exceptionally strong and we can look forward to some action-filled chess!