
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 four
Round four: Friday July 20, 2012
at 15:00h |
GM |
Zhao Xue |
2556 |
1-0 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
½-½ |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
½-½ |
GM |
Danielian Elina |
2480 |
After four rounds of play Chinese WGM Ju Wenjun has gone into the sole lead
by scoring a victory against her compatriot Ruan Lufei, who shared the top of
the table a round earlier. The astonishing Wenjun now has 3.5 points out of
four games and, if we calculate performance so early in the tournament, she
is scoring like you would expect a 2847 player to do.
Standings after four rounds

Games of the round annotated for replay
This analysis is being done by Aghasi Inants in Armenian and translated into
English by and Aram Hajian.
The venue in Jermuk
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The Fifth FIDE Women's Grand Prix is being held in the "Armenia
Health SPA" sanatorium, which is built in the monumental building style
of classical Armenian architecture. It is the most famous and distinguished
sanatorium in the Republic. It consists of a first-class health-improving hotel
complex with comfortable rooms and infrastructure – bar, fitness-hall,
Wi-Fi internet; plus excursion programs toward medieval Christian monuments.

The playing venue of the Fifth FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia

In front of the hotel sanatorium are six large demo boards...

... on which guests can follow the action...

...and discuss with experts ...

... while making sure, of course, that ones shoes are spotless

It's a lake-side resort – you can explore the area in the Google map above

Idyllic, peaceful and theraputic, those are the words that occur to you when
you wander around Jermuk
The players

GM Kateryna Lahno, 2537, at 50% with a 2493 performance

IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag of Mongolia, rated 2447, with 1.0/4

On the rise: IM Lilit Mkrtchian of Armenia with 1.5/4

WGM Ruan Lufei, rated 2483, with 2.5/4 and a 2576 performance

Top seed GM Hou Yifan, 2617, with 2.5/4 and a 2592 performance

And then there was one: WGM Ju Wenjun (left) overtook her compatriot Ruan Lufei

A delighted Lilit Mkrtchian analysing her first win in this event with Aghasi
Inants

The team that provides us with pictures, games and analyses

Our photographer Arman Karakhanyan and his Nikon D300S
Arman is specialized in book illustration with water colors, in the development
of caricatures, comics and personages. He produced an encyclopedia for children
called “My First Atlas” as a graduation project. He also took first
place in student painting competition “Colors of Jazz” organized
by the Public Affairs Section of the United States Embassy in Armenia as part
of Jazz Appreciation Month. Arman has held an individual exhibition of photo
art and graphic works in Albert & Tov Boyajian Art Gallery. He is fluent
in Armenian, Russian, English, MS Windows, Adobe Photoshop, Corel Draw. 3D MAX.
Remaining schedule
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 |
1-0 |
GM |
Lahno Kateryna |
2537 |
IM |
Munguntuul Batkhuyag |
2447 |
½-½ |
GM |
Kosintseva Nadezhda |
2516 |
IM |
Mkrtchian Lilit |
2450 |
1-0 |
IM |
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina |
2417 |
WGM |
Ju Wenjun |
2518 |
1-0 |
WGM |
Ruan Lufei |
2483 |
GM |
Koneru Humpy |
2598 |
½-½ |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2617 |
IM |
Khurtsidze Nino |
2456 |
½-½ |
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 |