Kazan GP R10: Humpy, Cmilyte, Muzychuk lead with one round to go

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 ten results

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

Viktorija Cmilyte (above) won her game against...

Nadezhda Kosintseva, who has had a fairly luckless tournament

Russian IM Alisa Galliamova playing black defeated...

Elina Danielian, who lost her second game in a row

Elina chose to go into a sharp position in the middle game but missed intersting opportunity on 19th move and her position became worse. Alisa, who lost four previous games, played precisely today, neutralized all threats of her opponent and left with extra material.

The oother leader, Humpy Koneru, made a draw against Alexandra Kosteniuk...

... as did the other leader Anna Muzychuk against Chinese GM Hou Yifan

This left three GMs in the lead, with 6.5/12 points; Humpy Koneru, Viktorija Cmilyte and Anna Muzychuk. Tatiana Kosintseva could have scored today, playing white against Antoaneta Stefanova, but missed her chances in the time trouble.

Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov (above)

Standings after ten rounds of play

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Final round eleven (June 22)

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

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