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From July 16 to 29, 2012 the southern Armenian hamlet of Jermuk is playing host to the Fifth FIDE Women's Grand Prix, part of a series of elite events organised by FIDE and Global Chess. There will be six tournaments over two years in various countries around the world. 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. Starting time of the games is 15:00h (check your local time here). A full shedule with all results is given at the bottom of the page. Monday, July 23 is a free day.
Jermuk was a popular destination during the Soviet era and nowadays is still famous for its hot springs and its brand of mineral water that is bottled in the vicinity. It has a huge waterfall, a natural bridge, a lake, forests with its walking trails and mineral water pools.
Jermuk is located at an elevation of 2000m (6,800 ft) hand has a population
of 6,200
Jermuk is currently being redeveloped to become a modern centre of tourism and health services. It is also being set up to become a sort of chess centre, with numerous chess tournaments hosted or scheduled to be hosted. The current event is the third FIDE Grand Prix in Jermuk – the first was in 2009, the second in 2010.
No. |
Name | Title |
Fed |
Rtg |
1 |
Hou Yifan | GM |
CHN |
2617 |
2 |
Humpy Koneru | GM |
IND |
2598 |
3 |
Zhao Xue | GM |
CHN |
2556 |
4 |
Kateryna Lahno | GM |
UKR |
2537 |
5 |
Ju Wenjun | WGM |
CHN |
2518 |
6 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | GM |
RUS |
2516 |
7 |
Ruan Lufei | WGM |
CHN |
2483 |
8 |
Elina Danielian | GM |
ARM |
2480 |
9 |
Nino Khurtsidze | IM |
GEO |
2456 |
10 |
Lilit Mkrtchian | WGM |
ARM |
2450 |
11 |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | WGM |
MGL |
2447 |
12 |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | WGM |
RUS |
2417 |
The participants lined up for the start of the opening ceremony
Dignitaries: GM Smbat Lputian, FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Armenian
(and Chess Federation) President Serge Sargsyan, five-time women's world champion
Nona Gaprindashvili, Global Chess president Geoffrey Borg.
Drawing of colours: women's world champion Hou Yifan gets the 4
Youthful musical presentation...
... and the reaction of a participant (Nino Khurtsidze)
Zhao Xue, Ju Wenjun and Nadezhda Kosintseva have mixed feelings
Group photo. Front: Nona Gaprindashvili, Munguntuul Batkhuyag, Nadezhda
Kosintseva, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, Hou Yifan, Kateryna Lahno; second row: Elina
Danielian, Nino Khurtsidze, Lilit Mkrtchian, Zhao Xue, Ju Wenjun, Ruan Lufei
Round one: Tuesday July 17, 2012
at 15:00h |
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GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | 1-0 |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | 0-1 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | ½-½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | ½-½ |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | ½-½ |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | 1-0 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun beat Georgian IM Nino Khurtsidze with the black pieces
Second seed GM Humpy Koneru of India, rated 2598, beat...
...Chinese GM Zhao Xue, rated 2556
Russian IM Ekaterina Kovalevskaya, rated 2417, beat...
...Russian GM Nadezhda Kosintseva, rated 2516
WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia and GM Hou Yifan, China, discussing
their game and the round with GM Smbat Lputian
1st day: Arrivals and Opening Ceremony | 16.07.2012 |
2nd day: Round 1 | 17.07.2012 |
3rd day: Round 2 | 18.07.2012 |
4th day: Round 3 | 19.07.2012 |
5th day: Round 4 | 20.07.2012 |
6th day: Round 5 | 21.07.2012 |
7th day: Round 6 | 22.07.2012 |
8th day: Free day | 23.07.2012 |
9th day: Round 7 | 24.07.2012 |
10th day: Round 8 | 25.07.2012 |
11th day: Round 9 | 26.07.2012 |
12th day Round 10 | 27.07.2012 |
13th day: Round 11 and Closing Ceremony | 28.07.2012 |
14th day: Departure | 29.07.2012 |
Jermuk, Armenia, is the fifth leg of the second series of the Women's Grand Prix. So far the current Women World Champion Hou Yifan of China leading followed by Ana Muzychuk of Slovenia. Hou Yifan will be looking to win the Grand Prix in Jermuk clearly ahead of the other competitors, as in this way she would secure first place and a guaranteed match next year if she then fails to retain her title in the Women World Championship later on this year in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia.
Player | Title |
Rtng |
Rost. |
Shenz. |
Nalch. |
Kazan |
Jerm. |
Mard. |
Best 3 |
Events |
Hou Yifan | GM |
2613 |
160 |
160 |
100 |
* |
420 |
4 |
||
Anna Muzychuk | GM |
2606 |
100 |
130 |
145 |
* |
375 |
4 |
||
Kateryna Lahno | GM |
2537 |
130 |
80 |
50 |
* |
260 |
4 |
||
Zhao Xue | GM |
2556 |
75 |
160 |
* |
* |
235 |
4 |
||
Viktorija Cmilyte | GM |
2525 |
35 |
100 |
100 |
* |
235 |
4 |
||
Ju Wenjun | WGM |
2518 |
100 |
130 |
* |
* |
230 |
4 |
||
Tatiana Kosintseva | GM |
2530 |
100 |
55 |
60 |
* |
215 |
4 |
||
Koneru Humpy | GM |
2598 |
65 |
145 |
* |
* |
210 |
4 |
||
Nadezhda Kosintseva | GM |
2516 |
80 |
55 |
35 |
* |
170 |
4 |
||
Elina Danielian | GM |
2480 |
45 |
50 |
75 |
* |
170 |
4 |
||
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | IM |
2417 |
20 |
20 |
100 |
* |
140 |
4 |
||
Antoaneta Stefanova | GM |
2505 |
45 |
55 |
35 |
* |
135 |
4 |
||
Alisa Galliamova | IM |
2465 |
65 |
* |
30 |
20 |
115 |
4 |
||
Ruan Lufei | WGM |
2483 |
30 |
75 |
* |
* |
105 |
4 |
||
Tan Zhongyi | WGM |
2447 |
100 |
100 |
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Alexandra Kosteniuk | GM |
2472 |
10 |
10 |
75 |
95 |
3 |
|||
Zhu Chen | GM |
2491 |
35 |
55 |
90 |
2 |
||||
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | IM |
2447 |
60 |
20 |
* |
* |
80 |
4 |
||
Betul Cemre Yildiz | WGM |
2330 |
10 |
10 |
* |
20 |
3 |
|||
Monica Socko | GM |
2481 |
* |
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Nino Khurtsidze | IM |
2456 |
* |
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Lilit Mkrtchian | IM |
2450 |
* |
|||||||
Kubra Ozturk | WGM |
2296 |
* |
Round one: Tuesday July 17, 2012
at 15:00h |
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GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | 1-0 |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | 0-1 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | ½-½ |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | ½-½ |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | ½-½ |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | 1-0 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
Round two: Wednesday July 18,
2012 at 15:00h |
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GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 | - |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | - |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | - |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | - |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 | - |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | - |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 |
Round three: Thursday July 19,
2012 at 15:00h |
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IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | - |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | - |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | - |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | - |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | - |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | - |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
Round four: Friday July 20, 2012
at 15:00h |
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GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 | - |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | - |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | - |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 | - |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | - |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | - |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 |
Round five: Saturday July 21,
2012 at 15:00h |
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GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | - |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | - |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | - |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | - |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | - |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | - |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
Round six: Sunday July 22, 2012
at 15:00h |
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GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 | - |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | - |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 | - |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | - |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | - |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | - |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 |
Round seven: Tuesday July 23,
2012 at 15:00h |
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GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | - |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | - |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | - |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | - |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | - |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | - |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
Round eight: Wednesday July 24,
2012 at 15:00h |
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GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 | - |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 | - |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | - |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | - |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | - |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | - |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 |
Round nine: Thursday July 25,
2012 at 15:00h |
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WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | - |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | - |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | - |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | - |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | - |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | - |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
Round ten: Friday July 26, 2012
at 15:00h |
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GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 | - |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 | - |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 | - |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 | - |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 | - |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 | - |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 |
Round eleven: Saturday July 27,
2012 at 15:00h |
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IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2417 | - |
GM |
Zhao Xue | 2556 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2516 | - |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei | 2483 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna | 2537 | - |
GM |
Hou Yifan | 2617 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2447 | - |
GM |
Danielian Elina | 2480 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit | 2450 | - |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino | 2456 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun | 2518 | - |
GM |
Koneru Humpy | 2598 |
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