The Rostov Chess Federation in collaboration with FIDE and Global Chess is
organising the first event for the 2011/2012 Women's Grand Prix series. The
tournament is being held in the Don-Plaza Hotel and runs from August 1st (arrival,
opening) until August 15 (departure). The eleven rounds are between August 2nd
and 14, with rest days on the 6th and 11th. The start of the games from of rounds
1-10 is 3:00 p.m. local time, round 11 at starts at noon local time. The winner
receives 6,500 Euros out of a total prize fund of 40,000 Euros, and the overall
winner of the Women's Grand Prix will win a further 15,000 Euros at the end
of the series.
Round eleven report
Round eleven: Sunday August
14 |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei |
Danielian Elina |
½-½ |
Muzychuk Anna |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
1-0 |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
0-1 |
Galliamova Alisa |
Lahno Kateryna |
½-½ |
Koneru Humpy |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
The runner-up in the last Women's World Championship Ruan Lufei of China
faces...
... Russian GM Nadezhda Kosintseva, who finished the event at 6.0/11 points
The glare: Anna Muzychuk vs Elina Danielian in the final round of this tournament
[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.13"]
[Round "10"]
[White "Stefanova, A."]
[Black "Lahno, Kateri"]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "A48"]
[WhiteElo "2524"]
[BlackElo "2536"]
[PlyCount "94"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 Ne4 7. Nxe4 dxe4 8.
Bxg7 Kxg7 9. Ng5 e5 {A show of confidence by a player who had beat the
reigning World Champion in the previous round.} 10. O-O-O Qxd4 11. Qxd4 exd4
12. Rxd4 e3 $1 13. fxe3 h6 14. Nf3 {Nicely played by Black, making sure that
her opponent has problems with her bishop languishing on f1.} Re8 15. Rd3 Na6
16. g3 Nb4 17. Rb3 c5 18. a3 Nd5 19. e4 c4 20. Rb5 Ne3 {Black is better, and
with the white bishop still languishing on f1 the pawn sacrifice on move
twelve was clearly justified.} 21. Rc5 $2 Rd8 {Mate-in-one threat.} 22. Nd2 Be6
23. b3 Rd7 24. bxc4 Rad8 {White is two pawns up but actually lost in this
position.} 25. Rd5 Bxd5 26. exd5 Rc7 27. Rg1 b5 28. Bg2 bxc4 29. Bf3 Nxd5 30.
Nb1 Ne3 31. Nc3 h5 32. h4 Rcd7 33. Ne4 f5 34. Nc5 Rd1+ 35. Rxd1 Rxd1+ 36. Kb2
Rd2 37. Kc3 Rxc2+ 38. Kd4 Nf1 39. e4 fxe4 40. Bxe4 Ra2 41. Ne6+ Kf6 42. Nf4
Nxg3 43. Bxg6 Ne2+ 44. Nxe2 Kxg6 45. Nf4+ Kh6 46. Kxc4 Rxa3 47. Kb5 Rg3 0-1
Cheerful still, but moving to a disastrous minus five result: GM Alexandra
Kosteniuk
[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kovalevskaya, E."]
[Black "Kosteniuk, A."]
[Result "1-0"]
[ECO "B30"]
[WhiteElo "2427"]
[BlackElo "2497"]
[PlyCount "77"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 Nf6 4. e5 Nd5 5. O-O Nc7 6. Be2 d6 7. exd6 Qxd6 8.
Nc3 e5 9. a3 Be7 10. b4 Bf5 11. bxc5 Qxc5 12. Rb1 O-O-O 13. Ne1 e4 14. Nb5 Ne6
15. d3 a6 16. Be3 Qe5 17. Na7+ Nxa7 18. Bxa7 h5 19. Qd2 {Black is clearly
better. She should simply take the pawn on a3 and try to grind out a win.} Nf4
$2 {"This was a terrible move," said Alexandra Kosteniuk after the game.} (
19... Rd7 {was also a move to consider.}) 20. d4 Nxe2+ 21. Qxe2 Qe6 22. c4 Bg4
23. Qe3 Qg6 {Now White has the initiativ and navigates the following tactical
complication successfully.} 24. d5 Rd7 25. Rb6 Qg5 26. Qg3 Rc7 27. d6 h4 28.
Qe3 Qxe3 29. fxe3 Bg5 30. dxc7 Bxe3+ 31. Kh1 Be2 32. Rxf7 Bxc4 33. Rf5 Bd3 34.
Rxb7 Kxb7 35. Bxe3 Kxc7 36. Nxd3 exd3 37. Rd5 Rb8 38. Rxd3 Rb1+ 39. Bg1 1-0
A final round mishap for Tatiana Kosintseva against compatriot Alisa Galliamova
[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Kosintseva, T."]
[Black "Galliamova, A."]
[Result "0-1"]
[ECO "B42"]
[WhiteElo "2557"]
[BlackElo "2492"]
[PlyCount "164"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 a6 5. Bd3 Bc5 6. Nb3 Ba7 7. Qe2 Nc6 8.
Be3 d6 9. f4 Nf6 10. Nc3 b5 11. Bxa7 Rxa7 12. g4 b4 13. Na4 h6 14. O-O-O Qc7
15. Qe3 Bb7 16. Be2 Ra8 17. h4 Na5 18. Nxa5 Qxa5 19. b3 Bxe4 20. Rhe1 Rc8 21.
Bd3 d5 22. g5 Ng4 23. Qd4 Bxd3 24. Rxd3 O-O 25. h5 Rc6 26. Kb1 Qd8 27. Rg3 f5
28. gxh6 gxh6 29. Qxb4 Qh4 30. Rgg1 Rfc8 31. Rg2 Qxh5 32. Qe7 Qf7 33. Qh4 Kh7
34. Nb2 Qc7 35. Ree2 Qxf4 36. Qe7+ Kh8 37. Nd3 Qg5 38. Qf7 Qg7 39. Qh5 Qg5 40.
Qf7 Qg7 41. Qh5 Qf6 42. Ne5 Nxe5 43. Rxe5 R6c7 44. Re1 Rg7 45. Rge2 Re7 46. Rh2
Kh7 47. Reh1 Rg8 48. Qe2 Rg6 49. Qxa6 Reg7 50. Re1 f4 51. Qd3 Rf7 52. a4 f3 53.
Rf2 Qf5 54. Qe3 Rg2 55. Rh1 h5 56. a5 e5 57. a6 d4 58. Qd2 Rxf2 59. Qxf2 Ra7
60. Qh4 e4 61. Qd8 f2 62. Rf1 Rxa6 63. Qxd4 Rf6 64. Qa7+ Kg6 65. Qb8 Kh7 66.
Qc7+ Rf7 67. Qg3 Qg4 68. Qe3 Qg2 69. Qe2 Kg7 70. Kb2 h4 71. Qb5 e3 72. Qe5+ Kh7
73. Qh5+ Kg8 74. Qxh4 e2 75. Rh1 Qxh1 76. Qd8+ Kh7 77. Qd3+ Kh6 78. Qd6+ Kh5
79. Qe5+ Kg4 80. Qd4+ Kg3 81. Qe5+ Kg2 82. Qxe2 Qh4 0-1
Kateryna Lahno with a great final spurt
Humpy Koneru with two wins, two losses and seven draws in this event
[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Lahno, Kateri"]
[Black "Koneru, H."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "D31"]
[WhiteElo "2536"]
[BlackElo "2614"]
[PlyCount "95"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
1. c4 e6 2. Nc3 d5 3. d4 Bb4 4. e3 Nf6 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. bxc3 O-O 7. cxd5 exd5 8.
Bd3 b6 9. Ne2 Ba6 10. O-O c5 11. f3 Re8 12. Ng3 Bxd3 13. Qxd3 Nc6 14. Bb2 c4
15. Qd2 h5 16. Rae1 h4 17. Nf5 Ne7 18. Nxe7+ Qxe7 19. Qf2 h3 20. g4 b5 21. Bc1
a5 22. g5 Nh7 23. e4 Nxg5 24. Qg3 f6 25. Bxg5 fxg5 26. exd5 Qxa3 27. Rxe8+ Rxe8
28. Re1 Rxe1+ (28... Rf8 29. Qxh3 Qxc3 30. Qe6+ Rf7 31. Qe8+ Kh7 32. Qe4+ g6 {
may have been a viable alternative.}) 29. Qxe1 Kf8 30. Qe6 {Threatening a
perpetual. "Black was probably winning, but after this move I don't see how
she could do it," said Kateryna Lahno after the game.} Qc1+ 31. Kf2 Qd2+ 32.
Kf1 Qg2+ 33. Ke1 Qh1+ 34. Ke2 Qxh2+ 35. Kd1 Qc7 36. Qxh3 b4 37. Qf5+ Kg8 38.
Qe6+ Qf7 39. Qc8+ Kh7 40. Qh3+ Kg6 41. Qe6+ Qxe6 42. dxe6 b3 43. Kc1 Kf6 44. d5
a4 45. Kb2 Ke7 46. Ka3 Kd6 47. Kb2 Ke7 48. Ka3 1/2-1/2
Mom-pics: the mother of Hou Yifan gets a few shots of her daughter
An arbiter waits to start the clock of the last round game against Antoaneta
Stefanova
[Event "Rostov Women GP"]
[Site "Rostov-on-Don RUS"]
[Date "2011.08.14"]
[Round "11"]
[White "Hou Yifan"]
[Black "Stefanova, A."]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[ECO "B19"]
[WhiteElo "2575"]
[BlackElo "2524"]
[PlyCount "96"]
[EventDate "2011.08.02"]
1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. Nc3 dxe4 4. Nxe4 Bf5 5. Ng3 Bg6 6. h4 h6 7. Nf3 Nd7 8. h5
Bh7 9. Bd3 Bxd3 10. Qxd3 e6 11. Bd2 Ngf6 12. O-O-O Be7 13. Ne4 Qc7 14. Nxf6+
Bxf6 15. g3 Be7 16. Kb1 O-O-O 17. c4 Nf6 18. Qe2 c5 19. Bc3 cxd4 20. Bxd4 Bc5
21. Bxc5 Qxc5 22. Ne5 Nd7 23. Nxd7 Qf5+ 24. Ka1 Rxd7 25. Rxd7 Kxd7 26. Qd2+ Kc8
27. Rd1 Qxh5 28. Qd7+ Kb8 29. Qd6+ Kc8 {White can simply repeat and force a
draw, which was enough for a tournament victory. "I thought that I might have
compensation for the pawn," said Yifan. "Now I am not sure that there was
enough compensation. Maybe it was just an equal position."} 30. a3 a6 31. c5
Qf3 32. c6 Qxc6 33. Qf4 e5 34. Qe3 Qb5 35. Rc1+ Kb8 36. Rc5 Qf1+ 37. Rc1 Qb5
38. Rc5 Qe8 39. Rxe5 Qc6 40. Qf4 Qc7 41. Qe4 Rc8 42. Re7 f5 43. Rxc7 fxe4 44.
Rxg7 Rf8 45. Re7 Rxf2 46. Rxe4 h5 47. Rh4 Rf3 48. Rxh5 Rxg3 1/2-1/2
Pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich and
Kema Goryaeva with kind permission of FIDE
Final standings
It is worth noting that the winner, 17-year-old Chinese GM Hou Yifan, had a
plus five score in the first six rounds, with an incredible 2953 performance,
but only 50% in the last five rounds, with a 2505 performance. Yifan stands
to gain seventeen points on the next FIDE rating list from this tournament.
Closing ceremony
The closing ceremony in the Don-Plaza Hotel in Rostov
The winner Hou Yifan receives a plaque from FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov
In second place Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lahno
The players and visitors – in the front left Lahno, Muzychuk, Kovalevskaya
and...
A final group photo with Nadezhda Kosintseva, Alisa Galliamova, Antoaneta Stefanova,
Kateryna Lahno, Anna Muzychuk, Hou Yifan, Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Elina Danielian,
Ruan Lufei, Ekatrina Kovalevskaya, Humpy Koneru, Tatiana Kosintseva and Alexandra
Kosteniuk
Schedule and results
| Round one: Tuesday August 02 at 15:00 |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei |
Koneru Humpy |
0-1 |
Hou Yifan |
Galliamova Alisa |
0-1 |
Lahno Kateryna |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
Muzychuk Anna |
½-½ |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Danielian Elina |
|
| Round two: Wednesday August 03 at 15:00 |
Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Danielian Elina |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
0-1 |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
½-½ |
Muzychuk Anna |
Lahno Kateryna |
½-½ |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
Galliamova Alisa |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
½-½ |
Koneru Humpy |
|
| Round three: Thursday August 04 at 15:00 |
Koneru Humpy |
1-0 |
Ruan Lufei |
Galliamova Alisa |
1-0 |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
0-1 |
Hou Yifan |
Muzychuk Anna |
1-0 |
Lahno Kateryna |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
Danielian Elina |
1-0 |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
|
| Round four: Friday August 05 at 15:00 |
Ruan Lufei |
½-½ |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
½-½ |
Danielian Elina |
Lahno Kateryna |
1-0 |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
Hou Yifan |
1-0- |
Muzychuk Anna |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
½-½ |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
Koneru Humpy |
½-½ |
Galliamova Alisa |
|
| Round five: Sunday August 07 at 15:00 |
Galliamova Alisa |
1-0 |
Ruan Lufei |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
0-1 |
Koneru Humpy |
Muzychuk Anna |
½-½ |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Hou Yifan |
Danielian Elina |
0-1 |
Lahno Kateryna |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
0-1 |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
|
| Round six: Monday August 08 at 15:00 |
Ruan Lufei |
0-1 |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
Lahno Kateryna |
½-½ |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
Hou Yifan |
1-0 |
Danielian Elina |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
Koneru Humpy |
½-½ |
Muzychuk Anna |
Galliamova Alisa |
½-½ |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
|
| Round seven: Tuesday August 09 at 15:00 |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei |
Muzychuk Anna |
1-0 |
Galliamova Alisa |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Koneru Humpy |
Danielian Elina |
0-1 |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
0-1 |
Hou Yifan |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
½-½ |
Lahno Kateryna |
|
| Round eight: Wednesday August 10 at 15:00 |
Ruan Lufei |
1-0 |
Lahno Kateryna |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
1-0 |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
Koneru Humpy |
½-½ |
Danielian Elina |
Galliamova Alisa |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
½-½ |
Muzychuk Anna |
|
| Round nine: Friday August 12 at 15:00 |
Muzychuk Anna |
1-0 |
Ruan Lufei |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
1-0 |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
Danielian Elina |
1-0 |
Galliamova Alisa |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
1-0 |
Koneru Humpy |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
1-0 |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
Lahno Kateryna |
1-0 |
Hou Yifan |
|
| Round ten: Saturday August 13 at 15:00 |
Ruan Lufei |
½-½ |
Hou Yifan |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
0-1 |
Lahno Kateryna |
Koneru Humpy |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
Galliamova Alisa |
1-0 |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
0-1 |
Danielian Elina |
Muzychuk Anna |
½-½ |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
|
| Round eleven: Sunday August 14 at 12:00 |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
½-½ |
Ruan Lufei |
Danielian Elina |
½-½ |
Muzychuk Anna |
Kovalevskaya Ekat. |
1-0 |
Kosteniuk Alexandra |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
0-1 |
Galliamova Alisa |
Lahno Kateryna |
½-½ |
Koneru Humpy |
Hou Yifan |
½-½ |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
|
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