
From 15th to 29th September 2012 the sixth Women's Grand Prix is taking place
in Ankara, the capital of Turkey and the country’s second largest city
after Istanbul. It is the last of the 2011–2012 series of elite events
organised by FIDE and Global Chess. The winner of each tournament takes home
6,500 Euros, the total prize fund is 40,000 Euros. The overall winner will get
a further 15,000 Euros at the end of the series, and qualifies to challenge
the Women's World Champion in 2013. Starting time of the games is 15:00h (check
your local time here). The final round starts five hours earlier –
at 10:00 a.m. local time. A full shedule with all pairings is given at the bottom
of the page.
Round one
Round one: Sunday September 16, 2012 at 15:00h |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
0-1 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
0-1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
1-0 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |

The first round of the Ankara Grand Prix tournament under way in the building
of TCF
The opening round produced tense struggles on all the boards: Chinese players
Ruan Lufei and Zhao Xue won their games against Kubra Ozturk and Antoaneta Stefanova
respectively. Viktorija Cmilyte and Humpy Koneru overplayed Monika Socko and
Betul Yildiz with the black pieces.

TCF President and FIDE Vice-President Ali Nihat Yazici makes the symbolic
first
move 1.e4 in the game between Betul Yildiz vs Humpy Koneru
Humpy Koneru after the game: "We played this position before but I changed
the line a little bit and played Rfc8 instead of Rfd8. There was quite normal
position for this line. My opponent should have played 19.Qf2 instead of 19.Qe1
with the idea to continue h3 and f4. After 20.c5 my position was slightly better
and after 23…Rc1 24.Bc1 the position of my opponent became clearly worse
as all white pieces are misplaced. The rest was the matter of technique."
Betul Yildiz: "It’s strange but all my attention was concentrated
on the queen side, so I didn’t even check the plan with h3 and f4."

Betül and Humpy anayse together after the game

Ju Wenjun (right) made a draw with the top-seed of the tournament Anna Muzychuk

The longest game of the first round between Munguntuul Batkhuyag and Tatiana
Kosintseva finished in a draw. In the press conference with Anastasiya Karlovich
(left): Munguntuul Batkhuyag (middle): “The game was very complicated,
I had a good position with an extra pawn. But I didn’t really see how
I could improve my position. I didn’t see direct win at any moment."
Tatiana Kosintseva (right): “After the opening we got into a complicated
Spanish position. In one moment I started to play not very well. I made few
inaccurate moves and White took the initiative. In the endgame with opposite
color bishop I sacrificed a pawn. I think it was necessary otherwise the rooks
of my opponent could have come to the eighth rank. Later on I was just trying
to escape.”

Zhao Xue - Antoaneta Stefanova 1-0

Antoaneta Stefanova (right): "I think 13…exd5 was a bad move. I
don’t know if immediate 14.e5 was better than Bf6." Zhao Xue (middle):
"I agree that after 13…exd5 White got some advantage and an attack.
Unfortunately I missed some good moves. I believe that 23.Qb7 is a very bad
move. After 23.Nf6 Rxf7 I was checking only 24.Ne8 Qg2 (winning for Black) and
overlooked the possibility to play 24.exf7 with Bg4 later on…"

[Event "FIDE WGP Ankara 2012"] [Site "Ankara TUR"] [Date "2012.09.16"] [Round
"1"] [White "Zhao Xue"] [Black "Stefanova, A."] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "D11"] [WhiteElo
"2549"] [BlackElo "2502"] [PlyCount "117"] [EventDate "2012.09.16"] 1. d4 d5
2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. Qb3 e6 5. Bg5 a5 6. a3 a4 7. Qc2 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2
Qb6 10. Nc3 Nbd7 11. e4 Ba6 12. Be2 c5 13. d5 exd5 14. Bxf6 (14. e5 $1 {was
better.}) 14... Nxf6 15. e5 Nd7 16. Nxd5 Qb7 17. Qe4 O-O-O 18. Rd1 Re8 19. Qf5
Be7 20. Qxf7 Bd8 21. e6 Nf6 22. Ne5 Rhf8 23. Qxb7+ $2 ({After} 23. Nxf6 Rxf7
{Zhao Xue was checking} 24. Nxe8 ({overlooking the refutation} 24. exf7) 24...
Qxg2 {winning for Black.}) 23... Bxb7 24. Nxf6 gxf6 25. Nf7 Rxe6 26. Nxd8 Rxd8
27. Rxd8+ Kxd8 28. f3 Re3 29. Kf2 Rb3 30. Rd1+ Ke7 31. Rd2 b4 32. Bc4 bxa3 33.
Bxb3 axb3 34. bxa3 c4 35. Ke3 c3 36. Re2 Kd6 37. Re1 Kc5 38. Kd3 c2 39. Kc3
Bd5 40. h4 h5 41. Kb2 Kd4 42. Re8 f5 43. Rd8 Kc5 44. Rc8+ Kd4 45. a4 Ke3 46.
a5 f4 47. a6 Kf2 48. Rc5 Ba8 49. Rg5 Bc6 50. a7 Bb7 51. Kc1 Bc6 52. Kd2 Ba8
53. Rg8 Bd5 54. a8=Q Bxa8 55. Rxa8 Kxg2 56. Rh8 Kxf3 57. Rxh5 Kg4 58. Rh8 f3
59. Rf8 1-0
Full
round one report on the official tournament page

German IM (and former Junior World Champion) Elisabeth Pähtz is doing
live
commentary from 14:00h to 17:30h in English on Playchess (free for all visitors).
Pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich and Özgür Akman,
courtesy FIDE
Schedule and results of the Sixth Grand Prix in Ankara
Round one: Sunday September 16, 2012 at 15:00h |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
0-1 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
0-1 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
1-0 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
Round two: Monday September 17, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
- |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
- |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
- |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
- |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
- |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
- |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
Round three: Tuesday September 18, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
- |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
- |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
- |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
- |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
- |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
- |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
Round four: Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
- |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
- |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
- |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
- |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
- |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
- |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
Round five: Friday September 21, 2012 at 15:00h |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
- |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
- |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
- |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
- |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
- |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
- |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
Round six: Saturday September 22, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
- |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
- |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
- |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
- |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
- |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
- |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
Round seven: Sunday September 23, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
- |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
- |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
- |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
- |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
- |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
- |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
Round eight: Monday September 24, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
- |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
- |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
- |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
- |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
- |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
- |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
Round nine: Wednesday September 26, 2012 at 15:00h |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
- |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
- |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
- |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
- |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
- |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
- |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
Round ten: Thursday September 27, 2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
- |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |
- |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
- |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
- |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
- |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
- |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
Round eleven: Friday September 28, 2012 at 10:00h |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2549 |
- |
GM |
Kosintseva Tatiana |
2524 |
GM |
Stefanova Antoaneta |
2502 |
- |
WGM |
Yildiz Betul Cemre |
2341 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2593 |
- |
GM |
Socko Monika |
2463 |
GM |
Cmilyte Viktorija |
2520 |
- |
WGM |
Ozturk Kubra |
2294 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2492 |
- |
GM |
Muzychuk Anna |
2606 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2528 |
- |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2434 |