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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.
Georgian IM (and soon GM to be) Bela Khotenashvili confidently won her game against Katerina Lagno and is now half a point above Anna Muzychuk, who made a draw against Viktorija Cmilyte. Tatiana Kosintseva drew against Anna Ushenina and remains on the third place before the last round. Nana Dzagnidze defeated Ju Wenjun and shares the fourth place with Anna Ushenina, one point behind of Tatiana Kosintseva. Olga Girya and Tuvshintugs Batchimeg made a relatively quick draw while Alexandra Kosteniuk and Hou Yifan played for six hours to finish their game in a draw too.
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
½-½
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GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
1-0
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
½-½
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
Nana Dzagnidze (above) didn’t expect her opponent to choose the Dutch Defence and had prepared mainly for the Kings Indian. However, Ju Wenjun, who won with the Dutch against Anna Ushenina a few rounds ago, chose to play this opening again and got quite a comfortable position with black.
It was not the type of position which Nana enjoys playing, but when Ju Wenjun (above) played 21...b5 and let White’s pieces have more space for maneuvers, the Georgian player found good counterplay and later on managed to transfer the game into a winning endgame with opposite color bishops.
The longest and most complicated game of the round was between two former world champions. After the opening Alexandra Kosteniuk (above right) could not find the right plan and “was choosing strange moves”, as she pointed out during the press conference. She lost a pawn but was hoping to get some counter chances due to the pair of bishops. Chinese GM Hou Yifan missed some opportunities to get huge advantage and later on the players ended up in a very complicated endgame with unbalanced material (two bishops, knight and four pawns against rook, bishop and six pawns). After 95 moves the signed a peace agreement.
The famous chess trainer, who coached a number of participants of the Geneva Grand Prix from their pre-teen years, provides live commentary during the games.
Down to 50%: one of the favourites Kateryna Lahno
A new grandmaster: Bela Khotenashvili, with a 2703 performance in Geneva
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Information and photos supplied by FIDE Press Officer Anastasiya Karlovich
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
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GM | 1-0 | 2522 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
1-0
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WGM | ½-½ | 2298 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
1-0
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IM | Bela Khotenashvili | ½-½ |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
½-½
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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
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GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
1-0
|
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
½-½
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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
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
½-½
|
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
1-0
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GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
1-0
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WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
1-0
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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
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GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
1-0
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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
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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 |
Round 7 on Friday, May 10th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
0-1
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GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
0-1
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IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
1-0
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GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
0-1
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GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
0-1
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GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
0-1
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
Round 8 on Saturday, May 11th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
1-0
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
0-1
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
0-1
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
1-0
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
½-½
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GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
Round 9 on Monday, May 13th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
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GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
GM | Anna Muzychuk | 2585 |
1-0
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WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
0-1
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IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
0-1
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GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
½-½
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GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
½-½
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GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
Round 10 on Tuesday, May 14th 2013 at 14:00 | ||||||
GM | Alexandra Kosteniuk | 2491 |
½-½
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GM | Yifan Hou | 2617 |
GM | Nana Dzagnidze | 2545 |
1-0
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WGM | Wenjun Ju | 2544 |
GM | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2517 |
½-½
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GM | Anna Ushenina | 2491 |
IM | Bela Khotenashvili | 2505 |
1-0
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GM | Kateryna Lagno | 2548 |
WGM | Tuvshintugs Batchimeg | 2298 |
½-½
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WGM | Olga Girya | 2463 |
GM | Viktorija Cmilyte | 2522 |
½-½
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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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