
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

1.e4 | 1,184,215 | 54% | 2421 | --- |
1.d4 | 958,932 | 55% | 2434 | --- |
1.Nf3 | 286,327 | 56% | 2441 | --- |
1.c4 | 184,722 | 56% | 2443 | --- |
1.g3 | 19,884 | 56% | 2427 | --- |
1.b3 | 14,598 | 54% | 2428 | --- |
1.f4 | 5,953 | 48% | 2377 | --- |
1.Nc3 | 3,906 | 50% | 2384 | --- |
1.b4 | 1,790 | 48% | 2378 | --- |
1.a3 | 1,250 | 54% | 2406 | --- |
1.e3 | 1,081 | 49% | 2409 | --- |
1.d3 | 969 | 50% | 2378 | --- |
1.g4 | 670 | 46% | 2361 | --- |
1.h4 | 466 | 54% | 2382 | --- |
1.c3 | 439 | 51% | 2425 | --- |
1.h3 | 289 | 56% | 2420 | --- |
1.a4 | 118 | 60% | 2461 | --- |
1.f3 | 100 | 47% | 2427 | --- |
1.Nh3 | 92 | 67% | 2511 | --- |
1.Na3 | 47 | 62% | 2476 | --- |
Please, wait...
1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 d6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nf6 5.Nc3 Nc6 6.Bg5 Bd7 7.Qd2 Rc8 8.f4 Nxd4 9.Qxd4 Qa5 10.e5 dxe5 11.fxe5 e6 12.0-0-0 Bc6 13.Nb5 Bxb5 14.exf6 Bc6 15.h4 g6 16.Bc4 Bc5 17.Qe5 Bb4 18.Qg3!? 18.Qe2 0-0 19.Bh6 Rfd8 20.Qxe6 Qc7 21.Rxd8+ Rxd8 22.Qg4 Qd7 23.Qxd7 Rxd7 24.c3 Bf8 25.Bxf8 Kxf8 26.Rd1 Rxd1+ 27.Kxd1 Bxg2 28.Kd2 Bh3 29.Bd5 b6 30.Bc6 h6 31.Ke3 g5 32.h5 Bg4 33.b4 Bxh5 34.Bd7 Bd1 35.c4 h5 36.c5 bxc5 37.bxc5 g4 38.Kf4 Be2 39.a4 Bd1 40.Bb5 a6 41.c6 g3 42.Kxg3 axb5 43.a5 h4+ 44.Kf4 18...Be4 19.Rd4 Bf5 20.Bh6 b5 21.Bb3 Bc5 22.Rd2 Bb4 23.Re2 Qc7 24.Qf3 Qc6 25.Bd5 Qc7 26.c3 Qd6? 27.Rd1 Bxc3 28.bxc3 Qa3+ 29.Kd2 Kd8 30.Ke1 Rxc3 31.Bb3+ 1–0
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Lahno,K | 2537 | Kovalevskaya,E | 2417 | 1–0 | 2012 | B61 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 2 |
Koneru,H | 2598 | Khurtsidze,N | 2456 | 1–0 | 2012 | D37 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 2 |
Munguntuul,B | 2447 | Ruan,L | 2483 | 0–1 | 2012 | C61 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 2 |
Ju,W | 2518 | Danielian,E | 2480 | 1–0 | 2012 | A61 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 2 |
Zhao,X | 2556 | Kosintseva,N | 2516 | 0–1 | 2012 | D38 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 2 |
Mkrtchian,L | 2450 | Hou,Y | 2617 | 0–1 | 2012 | E56 | | 2 |
Please, wait...

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

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Please, wait...
1.d4 d5 2.c4 e6 3.Nc3 Bb4 4.Nf3 Nf6 5.cxd5 exd5 6.Bg5 h6 7.Bh4 c5 8.e3 c4 9.Nd2 Be6 10.Bxf6 Qxf6 11.g3 0-0 12.Bg2 Rd8 13.0-0 Nc6 14.a3 Ba5 15.Rc1 Qe7 16.Qh5 Bxc3 17.bxc3 Qxa3 18.e4 dxe4 19.Nxe4 Qa5 20.Nc5 Bc8 21.Rfe1 Qc7 22.Re3 b6 23.Rce1 bxc5 24.d5 a5 25.dxc6 Be6 26.f4 Rd2 27.Bf3 Qd6 28.f5 Bd5 29.c7 Rf8 30.f6?? 30.Re8 Qxc7 31.Bxd5 Qd7 31...Rxd5 32.R1e7+- 32.Bxc4 Rxe8 33.Qxf7+ 30...Bxf3 31.Qxf3 Qxc7 32.fxg7 Kxg7 33.Re4 Rd6 34.Re7 Qc6 35.Qg4+ Kh8 36.Qf4 Rf6 37.Qxc4 a4 38.Ra7 1–0
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Danielian,E | 2480 | Koneru,H | 2598 | 1–0 | 2012 | D38 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 3.3 |
Khurtsidze,N | 2456 | Zhao,X | 2556 | 0–1 | 2012 | E48 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 3.1 |
Kovalevskaya,E | 2417 | Munguntuul,B | 2447 | 1–0 | 2012 | A33 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 3.6 |
Hou,Y | 2617 | Ju,W | 2518 | ½–½ | 2012 | B90 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 3.2 |
Ruan,L | 2483 | Mkrtchian,L | 2450 | 1–0 | 2012 | B47 | FIDE WGP Jermuk 2012 | 3.5 |
Please, wait...

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 |