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The Neva Foundation in partnership with the Internation Chess Federation (FIDE) has organised the first leg of the official Women's Grand Prix series for the first time in Geneva. From May 3 to May 15, twelve of the best women players featuring current Women World Champion Anna Ushenina from Ukraine, will confront each other at the N'vY Manotel. The tournament is an eleven-round all-play-all at classical time controls.
Round 6 on Thursday, May 9th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
0-1
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
½-½
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
½-½
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
1-0
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GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
Anna Muzychuk (above left) decided to avoid Carlsbad pawn structure, and Nana Dzagnidze spent a lot of time in the opening trying to find the right move order. The Georgian player managed to get a slight edge and could have been better at some stage. But Black managed to find the right way to equalize the position and after 33 moves the game finish in three-time repetition.
After six rounds of play Bela Khotenashvili
remains the only player who
hasn’t made any draws: she has won four games and lost two.
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs managed to get a position with slight edge against Bela Khotenashvilil, but missed an interesting opportunity to gain an advantage and became upset during the game because of this.
Hou Yifan decided not to prepare too much for the opening but simply play chess today. The former World Champion tried to create an attack on the kingside, but her Russian opponent, Olga Gira, found precise moves to avoid the threats. Olga simplified the position and transferred the game into an endgame with an extra pawn, which eventually finished in a draw.
Olga Girya said that the tournament would be a great opportunity for her to face the top women players. “I’ve never played against Hou Yifan and looking forward to meet her over the board”, said Russian player at the start of the event. This round fulfilled her wish.
Despite disappointing results in previous rounds former Women's World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk (above right) keeps trying to fight with principal variations in every game. Current World Champion Anna Ushenina spent a lot of time in the opening trying to calculate many different lines, and after 20 moves she had just three minutes left on her clock.
Alexandra could have tried to play 18. Nc6 or 23. Be5 24. Nc6 but for some reason the former world champion avoided playing this move today. After 23. Bc1 b4 White’s position became worse and after a few moves Black won a pawn. Black didn’t play precisely and White could have kept chances to hold the position by playing 31.Bc3. After 31.Bc1 Ba6 the position of Black became absolutely winning.
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A full summary of all six games is to be found here
on the official tournament site.
Tournament participants, arbiters and commentators on a free day outing
Recognise all? Batchimeg, Bela, Nana, Anna, Viktorija, Tatiana, Anna, Yifan, Ju, Olga
Lake Geneva, famous for it cumulus clouds (or something)
Information and photos supplied by FIDE Press Officer Anastasiya Karlovich
To be added soon...
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Round 1 on Friday, May 3rd 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
½-½
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GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
½-½
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GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
1-0
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
Round 2 on Saturday, May 4th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
½-½
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WGM | Olga Girya | ½-½ |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Muzychuk | 1-0 |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
½-½
|
GM | 1-0 | 2522 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
1-0
|
WGM | ½-½ | 2298 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
1-0
|
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | ½-½ |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
½-½
|
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 0-1 |
Round 3 on Sunday, May 5th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
½-½
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GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
|
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
1-0
|
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
|
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
½-½
|
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
0-1
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
Round 4 on Monday, May 6th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
0-1
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
½-½
|
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
½-½
|
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
1-0
|
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
1-0
|
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
1-0
|
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
Round 5 on Wednesday, May 8th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
½-½
|
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
|
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
1-0
|
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
0-1
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
Round 6 on Thursday, May 9th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
0-1
|
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
½-½
|
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
½-½
|
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
½-½
|
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
1-0
|
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
Round 7 on Friday, May 10th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 | |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 | IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 | |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 | |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 | GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 | |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 | GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 | |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 | WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 | |
Round 8 on Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 | WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 | |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 | GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 | |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 | GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 | |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 | WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 | |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 | GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 | |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 | GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 | |
Round 9 on Monday, May 13th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 | |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 | WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 | |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 | IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 | |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 | |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 | GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 | |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 | GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 | |
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 | GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 | |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 | WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 | |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 | GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 | |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 | GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 | |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 | WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 | |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 | GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 | |
Round 11 on Wednesday, May 15th 2013 at 12:00 | ||||||
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 | GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 | |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 | GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 | |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 | WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 | |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 | IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 | |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 | GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 | |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 | GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
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