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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 schedule with all pairings is given at the bottom of the page.
Round two: Monday September 17, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
½-½ |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
½-½ |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
0-1 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
1-0 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
½-½ |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
Ankara is very hot these days, but the participants seem to get accustomed to the weather conditions and came to the playing hall in good mood.
TCF board member Askin Keles made the first symbolic move in the game between Tatiana Kosinsteva and Antoaneta Stefanova. He chose 1.d4, which impressed both players very much, as Tatiana normally doesn’t play it.
After small discussion Askin made the move 1.e4 and game continued
The reigning Olympic Champion (Tatiana Kosintseva) made a second draw in a row against the former Women's World Champion. Another draw of the second round was in the game Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia against the Mongolian Munguntuul Batkhuyag.
There was a surprise black piece victory of the Turkish WGM Betul Yildiz...
... against Lithuanian GM and rating favorite in the match Viktoria Cmilyte
(above left)
After the game the two players analyse on a demo board of the TCF
The other Turkish player, Kubra Ozturk (above right), was defeated by Ju
Wenjun
The game Humpy Koneru-Zhao Xue finished in a draw after three-time repetition comparatively quickly. Humpy (above): It was complicated position with many different possibilities. I had some space advantage but at the same time my position was a bit shaky as my pawns could become weak. In the final position I could not find the proper plan to continue the game, so I decided not to take the risk."
Zhao Xue (above): I agree with Humpy that she had slightly better position because of space advantage, so I had to play carefully. I didn’t prepare to this position exactly because I know I cannot prepare for Humpy, as she always tries to surprise me (laughs).
Anna Muzychuk (above) repeated the game she had played in round one against Batkhuyag Munguntuul in round two. "The position which appeared today was more or less the same, just yesterday the rook was placed on d1 and today on e1. It’s not easy to prepare to this line as there are so many different choices. I thought the position was quite normal but when she started to attack I started to worry of course. In the endgame I thought that White should keep both rooks on the boards in order to have conterplay, otherwise my opponent could get into trouble."
Batkhuyag Munguntuul: "I think Anna improved the variation today as she has played Rd8 instead of Bf8. I had feeling that White's position is quite good, but at the same time if I don’t move Black will consolidate by playing Rd8, Bc8, so that’s why I decided to play actively."
Two world champions follow the analysis of Batkhuyag and Anna – do
you know who?
Ruan Lufei-Monica Socko ended in a win for White
Polish GM Monica Socko tried to hold a worse endgame, but after long struggle was outplayed by Chinese WGM. Ruan Lufei: "I didn’t prepare for the opening. White has slightly better position because of isolated pawn d5, but I didn’t see a winning plan, and in time trouble I just wanted to make some moves and wait. After 33...g5 White is better because the f5-pawn becomes my target. After I had won it was not easy for Black to defend anymore."
Incidentally: "Two world champions follow the analysis of Batkhuyag and Anna..." Actually just one. Nona Gaprindashvili (in the striped blouse) was the sixth women's world champion, 1962–1978. Nana Alexandria was the challenger for two World Championship matches, losing to Gapridnashvili in 1975 and drawing the next women's world champion, Maia Chiburdanidze in 1981. Nana, who won the URRR women's Championship three times, certainly deserved to be world champion herself, but like Korchnoi and Keres never actually won the title.
Game commentary by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko
Pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich and Kema Goryaeva, courtesy FIDE
Our ChessBase Magazine columnist GM Kasten Müller is (naturally) following the games in Ankara. He sent us the following interesting endgame analysis:
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 |
½-½ |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
½-½ |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
0-1 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
1-0 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
½-½ |
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 |
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