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Humpy's qualification official – Anand on her chances

3/6/2011 – On Saturday Humpy Koneru won her final game and with that Women Grand Prix in Doha. It is now official: the Indian GM has earned the right to challenge the reigning women's world champion Chinese GM Hou Yifan for a title match later this year. We bring you final photos from Doha and some pointers Humpy received from a compatriot world champion. Interview with Vishy Anand.

Humpy pulls it off – wins Doha GM and qualifies

3/5/2011 – Indian GM Humpy Koneru won her final game and with that Women Grand Prix in Doha, ahead on tie-break points of Elina Danielian, Armenia, who drew against Bulgarian Antoaneta Stefanova. According to our (still unofficial) calculations Humpy has thus won the right to challenge Hou Yifan for the Women's World Championship title later this year. First report with results and games.

Danielian loses to Humpy, stays in the lead

3/4/2011 – After conceding just one draw in her first seven games Elina Danielian suffered a potentially critical loss to Indian GM and top seed Humpy Koneru in round eight. But the Armenian GM bounced back in round nine to maintain her one-point lead over the field. Marie Sebag has a plus four score and is alone in place two. With two more rounds to go nothing is final. Pictorial impressions from Doha.

Humpy in striking distance – showdown on Saturday

3/4/2011 – In round ten of the Women Grand Prix in Doha the leading player, GM Elina Danielian of Armenia was outplayed by her Swedish colleague Pia Cramling, while Humpy Koneru, the hot contender for the right to challenge for the women's world championship later this year, took a full point from Lilit Mkrtchian. All is set for an exciting finish on Saturday. Note that the round begins three hours earlier!

Rest day and two more rounds in Doha

3/2/2011 – The chess news is that the leader in the Qatar Women Grand Prix, GM Elina Danielian, conceded a draw in round six (and won again in round seven). Of the twelve games in the two rounds there was only one draw. Danielian now leads with a performance of 2932. On the free day the players were shown around Doha, and got to meet two great soccer stars. But it was a very young lady who stole the show.

Can anyone (or anything) stop this lady?

2/26/2011 – She was born in Baku in 1978, but is of Armenian origin and plays for that country. At the Women's Grand Prix in Doha GM Elina Danielian is on fire. She has won her fifth game in a row and leads the field with 5.0/5. Three players, Pia Cramling, Martha Fierro and Marie Sebag, follow two points behind. Big illustrated report with lovely photos by Maria Bolshakova and and Nastia Karlovich

Danielian leads Women's Grand Prix with 3.0/3

2/25/2011 – Danielian Elina is in great form in Doha, Qatar. The Armenian GM has won her first three games and leads the event, ahead of Martha Fierro Baquero and Nana Dzagnidze with 2.0/3 each. Martha, an IM from Ecuador and nominally the bottom seed, scored a victory against the second seed from Georgia. The event has seen eight black wins, six with white and only four draws. Illustrated report.

The 6th Women's FIDE Grand Prix in Doha has started

2/22/2011 – With turmoil in one Arab state after another the Emirate of Qatar is enjoying peace and paying host to a FIDE Women's Grand Prix (Feb. 22nd to March 5th). Five former Women's World Champions are present, four playing and one on the Appeals Committee. In the first round there were five out of six decisive games, with Black scoring four wins. Illustrated report.
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