Ankara R04: Humpy joins Ruan Lufei in the lead

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 four

A single draw was recorded in the fourth round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Ankara. The leader of the tournament Ruan Lufey (above left) lost her first half-point to compatriot Zhao Xue, after a long battle.

Humpy Koneru (above) defeated Tatiana Kosintseva and climbed to the top to share the first place with Ruan Lufei. The Indian GM was the only one in the round to win with the black pieces – all the other decisive games finished in favour of White.

Both Turkish players Betul Yildiz and Kubra Ozturk were outplayed by the rating favorites Ju Wenjun and Anna Muzychuk respectively.

Ju Wenjun vs Betul Yildiz...

... and Anna Muzychuk vs Kubra Ozturk in round four

Monika Socko (right) unexpectedly lost an equal endgame after she blundered her
knight, playing against Munguntuul Batkhuyag

Cmilyte Viktorija got a comfortable position from the opening and outplayed Antoaneta Stefanova

20th of September will be a free day. The fifth round of the sixth stage of FIDE Women’s Grand Prix will start on 3 p.m. on 21st of September.

Standings after four rounds of play

Statistics of the event so far: of the 24 games played

• eight were won by White = 33.3%
• eight were drawn = 33.3%
• eight were won by Black = 33.3%

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.