Kazan GP R10: Humpy, Cmilyte, Muzychuk lead with one round to go
6/21/2012 – A round ago three GMs were in the joint lead. One of them, Elina Danielian of Armenia, lost her second game in a row to drop half a point behind, while Lithuanian GM Viktorija Cmilyte won her game against Nadezhda Kosintseva to join the leaders. Friday is the final round with all three leading players wielding the black pieces. Illustrated round ten report.
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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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