Kazan GP R07: Cmilyte and Kosteniuk score

From June 9 to 23, 2012 Kazan, the capital of the Republic of Tatarstan, will play host to the 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).

Round seven

Elina Danielian (above) made a draw in her game against Antoaneta Stefanova and kept the lead after the seventh round of the FIDE Grand Prix. Her Bulgarian opponent got a slightly better position in the middlegame, but didn’t use all her chances and allowed the Armenian GM to find a deep defence in the endgame.

Kateryna Lahno (right) could have joined Elina Danielian on top of the scoreboard, but
she missed winning chance in her game against women's world champion Hou Yifan.

Anna Muzychuk drew against Tatiana Kosintseva and keeps sharing second place

Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Betul Yildiz and caught up with Muzychuk and Lahno

Nadezhda Kosintseva (above) didn’t get any advantage in the opening playing with
white against Humpy Koneru, and the players agreed to a draw in a pawn endgame.

Alexandra Kosteniuk had good chances to fight for the advantage in a complicated
game against Alisa Galliamova, and in the end she succeeded in winning.

Round seven results

GM	Tatiana Kosintseva	2532	½-½	GM	Anna Muzychuk	2598
GM	Viktorija Cmilyte	2508	1-0	WGM	Betul Cemre Yildiz	2333
GM	Nadezhda Kosintseva	2528	½-½	GM	Humpy Koneru	2589
GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2518	½-½	GM	Elina Danielian	2484
GM	Keteryna Lahno	2546	½-½	GM	Hou Yifan	2623
GM	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2457	1-0	IM	Alisa Galliamova	2484

Standings after seven rounds of play

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Round eight pairings

GM	Anna Muzychuk	2598	IM	Alisa Galliamova	2484
GM	Hou Yifan	2623	GM	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2457
GM	Elina Danielian	2484	GM	Keteryna Lahno	2546
GM	Humpy Koneru	2589	GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2518
WGM	Betul Cemre Yildiz	2333	GM	Nadezhda Kosintseva	2528
GM	Tatiana Kosintseva	2532	GM	Viktorija Cmilyte	2508

Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov, with kind permission of FIDE

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