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The tournament is a 12-player single round robin with a time control of 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game with an increment of 30 seconds per move starting from move 1.
Rounds 1 to 6 will be played on May 22-27. Friday, May 28 will be a rest day, before the last five rounds are played from May 29 until June 2.
Commentary by Veselin Topalov and Fiona Steil-Antoni
In the race to get the qualifying spots to the Candidates, only a miracle would leave Humpy Koneru out of the top two (Goryachkina is already qualified as the latest World Championship challenger), while Nana Dzagnidze and Kateryna Lagno became the front-runners in the struggle to get the second ticket — notice that Kosteniuk will not play the fourth leg.
Overall standings of the Women's Grand Prix series:
| Rank | Player | Skolkovo | Monaco | Lausanne | Sardinia | Total |
| 1 | Aleksandra Goryachkina (RUS) | 120 | 133⅓ | 145 | *** | 398⅓ |
| 2 | Humpy Koneru (IND) | 160 | 133⅓ | *** | 293⅓ | |
| 3 | Alexandra Kosteniuk (RUS) | 45 | 133⅓ | 15 | *** | 193⅓ |
| 4 | Nana Dzagnidze (GEO) | *** | 35 | 145 | 180 | |
| 4 | Kateryna Lagno (RUS) | 90 | 90 | *** | 180 | |
| 4 | Dronavalli Harika (IND) | 60 | 60 | 60 | *** | 180 |
| 7 | Anna Muzychuk (UKR) | *** | 80 | 85 | 165 | |
| 8 | Ju Wenjun (CHN) | 120 | *** | 35 | 155 | |
| 9 | Alina Kashlinskaya (RUS) | 45 | *** | 85 | 130 | |
| 10 | Mariya Muzychuk (UKR) | *** | 60 | 60 | 120 | |
| 11 | Zhansaya Abdumalik (KAZ) | *** | *** | 110 | *** | 110 |
| 12 | Pia Cramling (SWE) | 10 | 60 | 35 | *** | 105 |
| 13 | Elisabeth Paehtz (GER) | 75 | 20 | *** | 95 | |
| 14 | Valentina Gunina (RUS) | 75 | 10 | *** | 85 | |
| 14 | Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL) | 25 | *** | 60 | 85 | |
| 16 | Marie Sebag (FRA) | 25 | *** | 15 | 40 | |
| 17 | Zhao Xue (CHN) | *** | 35 | *** | 35 |
