Women’s GP: Gibraltar - Live!

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6/2/2021 – After an exciting ninth round and a quieter tenth day of action, 21-year-old Zhansaya Abdumalik secured first place at the Women’s Grand Prix in Gibraltar. Follow the games live with commentary starting at 14.00 CEST (08.00 ET, 12.00 UTC). | Pictured: Gunay Mammadzada | Photo: John Saunders

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Round 11

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.

Games and commentary

 

Commentary by Veselin Topalov and Fiona Steil-Antoni

Current standings

 

The race to the Candidates

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

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Meet the participants of the Women’s Grand Prix

6/17/2021 – Chess is not all about competitiveness, and Gibraltar has become a place that embodies the multi-faceted character of the royal game. Following this vein, FIDE recorded a series of well-produced videos with the participants of the Women’s Grand Prix that came to an end a couple of weeks ago. Enjoy getting to know a bit more about some of the strongest female chess players in the world! | Photo: David Llada
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Gibraltar GP: Lagno qualifies to the Candidates

6/3/2021 – A draw with Mariya Muzychuk in the last round of the Gibraltar Women’s Grand Prix was enough for Kateryna Lagno to secure a spot in the next edition of the Women’s Candidates Tournament. The one scenario in which the Russian would have failed to qualify was not so far from happening, as Muzychuk did not go for the most trying continuation nearing the end of the game while Nana Dzagnidze had a superior position against Valentina Gunina at some point in their lengthy encounter. | Photo: John Saunders
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60m English The Elephant Gambit

The Elephant Gambit (1.e4.e5 2.Nf3 d5!?) has never really been given the attention it deserves. It is a very useful surprise weapon. Let us list the advantages of playing this particular opening: 1) Shock value 2) It is very aggressive. Black can take over the initiative early. 3) Many tricky lines 4) Unorthodox. Black is basically taking the game to the opponent as early as move two. Not many openings do that! It's a perfect opening for young players and club players to adopt. Let Andrew Martin select a repertoire for you on this 60 mins, which, if used with discretion, will rack up the points. I am sure that you will enjoy this unusual tour of the Elephant Gambit.

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Arminio12 Arminio12 6/3/2021 10:07
@ ChrisHolmes: That would have been Lagno. The first tiebreak criterion is: no. of actual game result points scored in the three tournaments. If they had tied for 3rd-5th place in Gibraltar, Lagno would have had one more game point than Dzagnidze. In her other two tournaments, Skolkovo and Monaco, Lagno collected 13 points (6,5+6,5). Dzagnidze scored 7 points in Lausanne and 5 in Monaco, which amounts to “only” 12.
ChrisHolmes ChrisHolmes 6/2/2021 05:51
So who gets the Candidates place if Lagno & Dzagnidze tie for 3-5th place ?
algorithmy algorithmy 5/26/2021 01:32
Brilliant commentary by Nigel Short.
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