Ju Wenjun wins Grand Prix series

by André Schulz
12/5/2016 – Ju Wenjun won the Fide Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the last tournament of the Grand Prix series 2015/2016. By winning this tournament Ju Wenjun also won Grand Prix series and now has the right to challenge the next Women's World Champion for the title. The next Women's World Champion will be established in February, in a knock-out tournament in Tehran.

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Grand Prix winner Ju Wenjun

Ju Wenjun's victory was smooth and convincing. After winning in round 10 against Bela Kotenashvili she was certain to become at least shared first and needed only a draw in the final round to become sole tournament winner.

Ju Wenjun (right) and Bela Kotenashvili

By winning the tournament in Khanty-Mansiysk Ju Wenjun also won the Grand Prix series 2015/2016. The winner of the Grand Prix qualifies for a ten-game World Championship match against the Women's World Champin. In contrast to the open World Championship in which two players player every two years for the title, the women play every year for the title. One year there is a match for the title, the next year, the Women's World Champion is established in a knock-out tournament. But as the Fide found no organiser for the knock-out Women's World Championship in 2016, the new Women's World Champion will be crowned in 2017.

Ju Wenjun will then challenge this new Women's World Champion.

The winner...

... shed tears of joy

 

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Final standings

Rg. Titel Name Land ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pkt. Perf. Wtg.
1 GM Wenjun Ju
 
2580   1 1 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 7.5 / 11 2589 36.50
2 IM Nino Batsiashvili
 
2489 0   ½ 1 0 1 ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 6.5 / 11 2552 33.25
3 IM Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
 
2435 0 ½   ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 6.0 / 11 2524 31.50
4 GM Alexandra Kosteniuk
 
2555 1 0 ½   0 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.0 / 11 2514 31.25
5 GM Valentina Gunina
 
2525 0 1 0 1   ½ 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 6.0 / 11 2517 30.75
6 GM Dronavalli Harika
 
2543 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½   ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 6.0 / 11 2515 30.25
7 WGM Olga Girya
 
2450 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½   ½ 0 1 1 1 6.0 / 11 2523 29.75
8 GM Natalia Zhukova
 
2448 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½   ½ ½ ½ 1 5.5 / 11 2491  
9 GM Bela Khotenashvili
 
2426 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 ½   ½ 0 ½ 5.0 / 11 2462  
10 IM Lela Javakhishvili
 
2461 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ ½   ½ ½ 4.5 / 11 2427 24.25
11 WGM Natalija Pogonina
 
2492 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½   ½ 4.5 / 11 2425 23.75
12 IM Almira Skripchenko
 
2455 0 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½   2.5 / 10 2292  

 

Final standings of the Grand Prix series 2015-16

Rank Player Rating Total
1  Ju Wenjun (China) 2580 413,3
2  Koneru Humpy (India) 2557 335,0
3  Valentina Gunina (Russia) 2525 287,0
4  Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2555 277,0
5  Dronavalli Harika (India) 2543 272,0
6  Zhao Xue (China) 2508 250,0
7  Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia) 2489 245,0
8  Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2561 223,3
9  Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2532 220,0
10  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 2435 212,0
11  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2507 205,0
12  Natalia Pogonina (Russia) 2492 195,0
13  Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2512 173,3
14  Hou Yifan (China) 2635 160,0
15  Olga Girya (Russia) 2450 157,0
16  Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) 2448 140,0
17  Pia Cramling (Sweden) 2461 125,0
18  Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2426 110,0
19  Almira Skripchenko (France) 2455 110,0
20  Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) 2461 100,0
21  Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2444 20,0
22  Tan Zhongyi (China) 2492 20,0

Photos: Tournament page

Tournament page


André Schulz started working for ChessBase in 1991 and is an editor of ChessBase News.

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