
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.
Round two
An astonishing round in which every games was decided – we are trying
to think when it was the last time we saw a tournament with more than four players
where a round was unblemished with a ½-½ result.
Round two: Wednesday July 18,
2012 at 15:00h |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2556 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
0-1 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
1-0 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2480 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
1-0 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
Annotated games of round two for replay

Novelty and a nice win: Ukrainian GM Kateryna Lahno

Hou Yifan and Lilit Mkrtchian analyse in the press conference after the
round

Friends? You bet! Lilit Mkrtchian and Katya Lahno

The games are displayed on large demo boards for the public in the park

Gottcha! An Armenian chess fan following the games
Round three
This round saw two draws – and four decisive games, emphasizing the fighting
and sometimes error-prone quality of women's chess. In any case fans are glad
for it.
Round three: Thursday July 19,
2012 at 15:00h |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
0-1 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2556 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2480 |
1-0 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
1-0 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
1-0 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
½-½ |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
Annotated games of round three for replay

The setup in Jermuk, at the start of roung three

Before the start of a critical game that threw the tournament leader back
a notch

After her draw today against top seed Hou Yifan Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun is in
the lead

The Georgian IM is not in form, as her three losses in the first three rounds
prove
What went wrong? Armenian IM Lilit Mkrtchian and Chinese WGM Ruan Lufei
...

Lilit has so far only managed a single draw in the first round...

... while her opponent leads with 2.5/3 and a 2757 performance

Kateryna Lahno, who is married to GM Robert Fontaine and now lives in Paris

Youthful fans in Jermuk follow the games on – an Android tablet!

The youngest can only look in wonder – with Sinatra-blue eyes
Standings after three rounds

Note that so far only five games (=27.8% of all games) were drawn. Black won
the same number of games, while White won eight, which adds up to 44.4% of all
the games in three rounds.
Remaining schedule
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 |
Schedule and results
Round one: Tuesday July 17, 2012
at 15:00h |
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 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2556 |
0-1 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
0-1 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
0-1 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
1-0 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2480 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
1-0 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
Round three: Thursday July 19,
2012 at 15:00h |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
0-1 |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2556 |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2480 |
1-0 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
½-½ |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
1-0 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
1-0 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
½-½ |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
Round four: Friday July 20, 2012
at 15:00h |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |