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 three
Four decisive games, two with black and two with white. Alexandra Kosteniuk
and Alisa Galliamova lost their games against Nadezhda Kosintseva and Viktorija
Cmilyte respectively.
Viktorija Cmilyte (above) could have played quiet variation but preferred to
go into an extremely sharp middle-game and outplayed her opponent in complications.
Alexandra Kosteniuk (above left) got quite comfortable position with black
but didn’t play precisely and got into trouble in the rook ending. The
former world champion desperately tried to find a draw, but after 78 moves the
longest game of the third round was over.
Elina Danielian (above) made use of inaccurate play by Betul Yildiz in the
middlegame and found an interesting plan which destroyed the position of her
opponent.
Hou Yifan (above) recovered after the previous round and outplayed Tatiana
Kosintseva with black. The women's world champion found a few exact moves in
the opening and got sensible advantage.
One more decisive game could have happened in the game Antoaneta Stefanova
vs Kateryna Lahno (above). Repeating the scenario of the previous round the
Bulgarian player grabbed a pawn, but had problems with the coordination of her
pieces. This time she managed to escape, as Katerina Lahno didn’t find
the precise way to fight for more than a draw.
In the game Humpy Koneru (above) vs Anna Muzychuk the Slovenian player, playing
black, succeeded in equalizing the position after the opening, and after 72
moves the players agreed for a draw.
After the third round two players Anna Muzychuk (above) and Elina Danielian
lead with two points.
| GM |
Humpy Koneru |
2589 |
½-½ |
GM |
Anna Muzychuk |
2598 |
| WGM |
Betul Cemre Yildiz |
2333 |
0-1 |
GM |
Elina Danielian |
2484 |
| GM |
Tatiana Kosintseva |
2532 |
0-1 |
GM |
Hou Yifan |
2623 |
| GM |
Viktorija Cmilyte |
2508 |
1-0 |
IM |
Alisa Galliamova |
2484 |
| GM |
Nadezhda Kosintseva |
2528 |
1-0 |
GM |
Alexandra Kosteniuk |
2457 |
| GM |
Antoaneta Stefanova |
2518 |
½-½ |
GM |
Keteryna Lahno |
2546 |
Replay the games of round three
Video stream of the round
The Russian organisers are providing a HD video stream
of the action with expert commentary from Kazan. |
Standings after three rounds
Photos and reports by Anastasiya Karlovich and Rashit Shiriyazdanov, with kind permission
of FIDE
