Ankara R03: Ruan Lufei leads with a perfect score

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 three

The Vice President of the Turkish Chess Federation, the candidate for the TCF President Gulkiz Tulay made the first symbolic move in the game Kubra Ozturk vs Batkhuyag Munguntuul. Later on Turkish player succeeded in getting a good position and made her first draw in the tournament.

Start of round three in the playing hall in the Turkish Chess Federation building

Leading: WGM Ruan Lufei, who won a queen ending against Betul Yildiz in 65 moves

Second: Humpy Koneru (above) won a rook ending against Antoaneta Stefanova in 42 moves. The Bulgarian GM got a slightly better position after the opening playing. In the endgame former women's world champion started to play inaccurately and let her opponent to grab the point.

Equal third: Viktorija Cmilyte, with two wins and one loss. Viktoria was in the trouble after the opening, as she did not get enough compensation for the pawn. But later on her opponent Zhao Xue made a mistake and the evaluation of the position changed on favor of Lithuanian player, who won the game in 48 moves.

A first draw (against Ju Wenjun) for Polish GM Monika Socko

The biggest sensation of the third round happened in the game Monika Socko against Ju Wenjun. The Chinese player had an absolutely winning position, but Monika was not in a hurry to resign and successfully used her final chance successfully!

Round three review by GM Evgenij Miroshnichenko

Standings after three rounds of play

Pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich and Kema Goryaeva, courtesy FIDE

Schedule and results of the Sixth Grand Prix in Ankara

Links Official tournament site All games in PGN The games will be broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.