
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