Women's Grand Prix in Chengdu: Koneru with strong finish

In the last two rounds Humpy Koneru played against Mariya Muzychuk and Antoaneta Stefanova. Koneru , who started the tournament as favorite, won both games and now has good chances to win the Grand Prix.

Humpy Koneru

Harika Dronavalli finished the tournament with two draws but this was enough to win the tournament on tie-break. The two Indians both finished with 7.0/11 and both gained 145 Grand Prix points, which allowed Koneru to take first place in the overall Grand Prix standings.

Harika Dronavalli

Ju Wenjun won 93.5 Grand Prix points and is now second in the overall Grand Prix standings. However, if she plays well in the final Grand Prix event she might catch Koneru and win the Grand Prix.

Ju Wenjun

Valentina Gunina, who did not play in Chengdu, too, still has theoretical chances to win the Grand Prix, for instance, if she wins the the final Grand Prix event and Ju Wenjun finishes fifth or worse.

After the next World title match the Grand Prix winner has the right to challenge the Women's World Champion for the title.

Organisers and officials

Results of round 10

Board	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	GM	Mariya Muzychuk	2561	0 - 1	GM	Humpy Koneru	2575
2	GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2507	½ - ½	GM	Anna Muzychuk	2555
3	GM	Bela Khotenashvili	2470	1 - 0	GM	Pia Cramling	2471
4	GM	Xue Zhao	2504	½ - ½	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2514
5	WGM	Olga Girya	2443	½ - ½	GM	Wenjun Ju	2559
6	WGM	Zhongyi Tan	2509	½ - ½	IM	Lela Javakhishvili	2493

Results of round 11

Board	Title	Name	ELO	Res.	Title	Name	ELO
1	IM	Lela Javakhishvili	2493	½ - ½	GM	Mariya Muzychuk	2561
2	GM	Wenjun Ju	2559	½ - ½	WGM	Zhongyi Tan	2509
3	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2514	½ - ½	WGM	Olga Girya	2443
4	GM	Pia Cramling	2471	0 - 1	GM	Xue Zhao	2504
5	GM	Anna Muzychuk	2555	1 - 0	GM	Bela Khotenashvili	2470
6	GM	Humpy Koneru	2575	1 - 0	GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2507

All games

Final standings

Rg.	Title	Name	Elo	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts.	TB
1	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2514		1	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	1	1	½	7.0 / 11	37.50
2	GM	Humpy Koneru	2575	0		0	½	1	½	1	1	1	½	1	½	7.0 / 11	36.00
3	GM	Anna Muzychuk	2555	½	1		0	½	1	½	½	½	½	½	½	6.0 / 11	33.25
4	GM	Wenjun Ju	2559	½	½	1		½	½	0	½	½	½	½	1	6.0 / 11	32.00
5	GM	Antoaneta Stefanova	2507	½	0	½	½		½	1	½	½	1	½	½	6.0 / 11	31.75
6	GM	Bela Khotenashvili	2470	½	½	0	½	½		½	1	0	½	½	1	5.5 / 11	29.25
7	GM	Xue Zhao	2504	½	0	½	1	0	½		½	½	½	½	1	5.5 / 11	28.50
8	GM	Mariya Muzychuk	2561	½	0	½	½	½	0	½		½	½	1	1	5.5 / 11	27.75
9	WGM	Olga Girya	2443	½	0	½	½	½	1	½	½		0	½	½	5.0 / 11	27.25
10	IM	Lela Javakhishvili	2493	0	½	½	½	0	½	½	½	1		½	½	5.0 / 11	26.50
11	WGM	Zhongyi Tan	2509	0	0	½	½	½	½	½	0	½	½		½	4.0 / 11
12	GM	Pia Cramling	2471	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	½	½	½		3.5 / 11