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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 shedule with all pairings is given at the bottom of the page.
Round nine: Wednesday September 26, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
1-0 |
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
1-0 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
0-1 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
½-½ |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
The key game of the tournament between Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzyhcuk (above), who have the best chances for the second place in the Grand Prix Series, happened in the ninth round. The leader of the tournament (Humpy) chose a somewhat passive strategy and was defeated by her Slovenian opponent. Anna Muzychuk became the sole leader, half a point ahead with two rounds to go.
Anna Muzychuk:"1.Nf3 was a bit of a surprise for me, because normally Humpy plays 1.d4. I started to think and tried to remember what I play. I went for g6, which I normally don’t play – I have chosen 1.e5 before. I wanted to get a sharp position, because after e5 there were some draws. But even in the position in the game White didn’t risk losing. Later on she just lost a pawn, but even in the rook endgame it should be draw. She was trying to hold the position, but instead she could have played more actively, take pawn on a7 after Rc7." Humpy Koneru: "I think in the middlegame I played a bit passive after I got the c3 and d4 pawns. Maybe I should have played d5 earlier, instead of Re1 for example. I clearly blundered in the endgame but I am still not sure how it was better to play."
Former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova scored her first full point in
this tournament. She bear
Kubra Ozturk, who sacrificed a pawn in the middle game but didn’t get
enough compensation later on.
Tatiana Kosinsteva (above right) committed the same mistake three times
before Betul Yildiz found the
winning move and converted the score in her favor (see annotations by GM Evgenij
Miroshnichenko below)
Zhao Xue was persistent in finding winning chances against Monika Socko
and taking the full point
Two more games could have been decisive today if Viktorija Cmilyte and Ju Wenjun had managed to convert their advantage into more.
Full report on the round nine games
Just above the replay board there is a drop-down menu where you can select the other games.
On Tuesday the participants enjoyed a second free day. The organizers provided an excursion to Anitkabir, the mausoleum of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the leader of the Turkish War of Independence and the founder and first President of the Republic of Turkey.
In the courtyard of Anitkabir: Monika Socko, Anna Muzychuk, Antoaneta Stefanova,
Ruan Lufei, Zhao Xue and Elisabeth Pähtz
Elli and Etti (Pähtz and Stefanova) posing with a guard
Pals: Anna Muzychuk and Zhao Xue
In the museum visitors could see Atatürk's personal items, his wardrobe,
and some
of the gifts presented to him are on display in this museum.
Exhausted: German IM and Playchess commentator Elisabeth Pähtz
Pictures by Anastasiya Karlovich and Kema Goryaeva, courtesy FIDE
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 |
1-0 |
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
½-½ |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
0-1 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
0-1 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
0-1 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
Round four: Wednesday September 19, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
0-1 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
1-0 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
½-½ |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
1-0 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
1-0 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
Round five: Friday September 21, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
½-½ |
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
0-1 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
½-½ |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
½-½ |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
Round six: Saturday September 22, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
1-0 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
0-1 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
1-0 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
0-1 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
1-0 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
0-1 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
Round seven: Sunday September 23, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
0-1 |
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
½-½ |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
½-½ |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
Round eight: Monday September 24, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
½-½ |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2528 |
½-½ |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
½-½ |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
½-½ |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
½-½ |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
½-½ |
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
Round nine: Wednesday September 26, 2012 at 15:00h | ||||||
WGM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2341 |
1-0 |
GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 |
GM | Zhao Xue | 2549 |
1-0 |
GM | Socko Monika | 2463 |
GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2502 |
1-0 |
WGM | Ozturk Kubra | 2294 |
GM | Koneru Humpy | 2593 |
0-1 |
GM | Muzychuk Anna | 2606 |
GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2520 |
½-½ |
IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2434 |
WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2492 |
½-½ |
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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