Dilijan WGP R10: Three wins, stiff opposition

The second event of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix cycle 2013-2014 is taking place from June 16th to 28th in Dilijan, Armenia. Twelve players, with the average elo of 2505, are competing in a round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Armenian Chess Federation & FIDE. The Grand Prix cycle will produce the participants for the Women’s World Championship 2015.

Round ten report

The two leaders of the Women's Grand Prix tournament, Humpy Koneru and Anna Muzychuk, are facing stiff opposition in the last few rounds. Today they both drew again. This was the fourth draw in a row for both players.

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The short notes on the games are provided by IM Norayr Kalantaryan (above left, doing live commentary of the Dilijan Grand Prix with FIDE CEO Geoffrey Borg). Norayr won his IM title in 1995 and was the winner of European Chess Club Cup in composition of Yerevan City in the same year. He was head coach of the Armenian Women Team from 1998 to 2000, and has been a FIDE Arbiter since 2008. You can follow his live commentary of the games here.

Current standings

At the start of round ten a group photo of the players and the tournament helpers (left)

After missing so many opportunities in previous rounds GM Elina Danielian (left)
finally scored her first victory, against Georgian IM Bela Khotenashvili (right)

Nana Dzagnidze demonstrated excellent defending skills to defeat Viktorija Cmilyte

After eight draws and one loss reigning women's world champion Anna Ushenina
scored her first win and is now equal 4-6th on the soreboard

Anna Muzychuk and Batchimeg Tuvshintugs relax in the restaurant after their games.
In the backround bokeh of this shot you may recognise a visiting international Super-GM

Photographer Arman Karakhanyan (see below) entertains guests at the piano

The visiting Super-GM is Gata Kamsky (right, with organiser Smbat Lputian, middle)

Kamsky and Lputian (background left) gave simultaneous exhibitions ...

... which drove some of the youthful opponents almost to distraction

Outside budding artists try to capture the exquisite beauty of Dilijan ...

... sketching the historical buildings and houses

A wood artisan at work ...

... replicating the intricate carvings of the Haghartsin Monastery

All pictures in this and previous reports were provided by Arman Karakhanyan (courtesy of FIDE). Arman is 32, graduated in 1998 from the faculty of design at the P. Terlemezyan College of Fine Arts, and in 2004 from the Yerevan State Academy of Fine Arts, Faculty of Graphical and Book Illustration. Arman was also the official photographer of Chess Olympiad in Istanbul 2012, the Grand Prix Jermuk 2009, Jermuk 2010, Jermuk 2012 and Dilijan 2013, Chess Giants 2008, Karen Asrian Memorial 2009, and the Aronian-Kramnik match 2007 – you can see many of his photo reports here – and designed the official FIDE logos for most of these events.

Schedule and results

Links Official tournament site All games in PGN The games are being 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 12 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs.