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Rostov R11: Hou Yifan wins Women's Grand Prix by a full point

8/15/2011 – Her two closest rivals were only able to make a draw (Kateryna Lahno against Humpy Koneru) or lost the final game (Tatiana Kosintseva against Alisa Galliamova), so a draw against Antoaneta Stefanova was enough for women's world champion Hou Yifan to coast to victory with 8.0/11 and a 2692 performance. In second place Kateryna Lahno with 7.0/11. Final report.

Rostov R10: Lahno, Galliamova and Danielian win

8/14/2011 – Three decisive games, three draws: the game between two Chinese finalists of the last year’s World Championship, Ruan Lufei and Hou Yifan, ended in a draw. Kateryna Lahno won her second game in a row by defeating Antoanetta Stefanova. Alexandra Kosteniuk lost her game against Elina Danielian, while Alisa Galliamova defeated her compatriot Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. Round ten report.

Rostov R9: all six games won by White!

8/13/2011 – This is not something you see every day: all games of round nine of the Women's Grand Prix were decisive and all were won by the player with the white pieces. Kateryna Lahno beat Hou Yifan, who in spite of this leads the field by a full point. Bottom seed Ekatrina Kovalevskaya beat top seed Koneru Humpy. Exciting stuff, two more rounds to go. Round nine report.

Rostov R8: Stefanova and Ruan win, Hou leads by two points

8/11/2011 – Two decisive games in this round: Former women's world champion Antoanetta Stefanova won a second game in a row, against Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. The runner-up of last year's women's world championship Ruan Lufei beat Kateryna Lahno after several mistakes by the latter. The other four games were drawn, and the standings have not changed before the second rest day. Illustrated report.

Rostov R7: Hou Yifan continues her stratospheric flight

8/10/2011 – The 17-year-old Chinese women's world champion is doing something extraordinary: after seven rounds of the Grand Prix, after beating Ekatrina Kovalevskaya with black, she has chalked up 6½ points with a 2966 performance. Anna Muzychuk and Antoaneta Stefanova also won their games, against Alisa Galliamova and Elina Danielian respectively. Illustrated report.

Rostov R6: T. Hou Yifan resumes winning streak

8/9/2011 – She's back to her old ways, after a single draw in round five. Women's world champion Hou Yifan from China wrung a full point from GM Elina Danielian from Armenia. Russian GM Tatiana Kosentseva won a second game in this event and moved up to Kateryna Lahno in shared second place, 1.5 point behind the leader. Hou's performance so far: 2953. Round six report.

Rostov R5: Four wins, three with the black pieces

8/8/2011 – The appropriate headline would have been: "Yifan draws!" But let us give the others their due: Alisa Galliamova beat Ruan Lufei; Humpy beat Alexandra Kosteniuk, Elina Danielian blundered against Kateryna Lahno and lost, and Tatiana Kosentseva beat Ekaterina Kovalevskaya out of an equal position. Hou Yifan leads by a full point, followed by Lahno. Big pictorial report.

Rostov R4: Yifan wins again, now 1.5 points ahead

8/6/2011 – Women's FIDE Grand Prix Hou Yifan continued her victory streak with a fourth consecutive win in this Grand Prix tournament. Kateryna Lahno also took home a full point after her opponent blundered in time trouble.The other four games were drawn, with Elina Danielian close to winning until a time trouble blunder. Hou Yifan leads by 1.5 point with Lahno alone in second place. Round four report.

Rostov R3: Yifan strikes yet again, leads with 3.0/3

8/5/2011 – We must repeat our headline. The remarkable 17-year-old women's world champion Hou Yifan has struck again, with a third win in succession. But the other ladies showed similar fighting spirit: five of six games were decisive, and we speculate that there may soon be plans to prevent too many wins in women's chess. Anyway, exciting chess, as we demonstrate in our big round three report.

Rostov R2: Yifan strikes again, leads with 2.0/2

8/4/2011 – Women's world champion Hou Yifan is on the rise. After some lack-luster events she has started this very strong tournament with two successive wins. Russian GM Nadezhda Kosintseva and Chinese WGM Ruan Lufei also picked up full points, while top seed Koneru Humpy had to defend for 111 moves against Antoaneta Stefanova. "Etti" has played a total of 209 moves in two games.

Rostov Women Grand Prix: Hou Yifan and Lahno score

8/3/2011 – This FIDE event is taking place in Rostov-on-Don in southern Russia, from August 2nd to 14. It is one of the strongest women tournaments of all times, boasting the current and two former world champions. As chance would have it the two strongest players met in the very first round, with reigning world champion Hou Yifan triumphing over top seed Koneru Humpy. Round one report.
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