FIDE Women’s Grand Prix – Sharjah 2014

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Harika-Muminova

Harika-Muminova


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Harika is leading the event with 2 points out of 2, five players after on 1.5.

Results of the 2nd round

GM Zhao Xue 2508 ½ – ½ GM Hou Yifan 2661
GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 1 – 0 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315
GM Koneru Humpy 2598 1 – 0 WGM L’ami Alina 2446
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 ½ – ½ WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346
GM Ushenina Anna 2487 1 – 0 GM Danielian Elina 2490
GM Zhu Chen 2461 0 – 1 WGM Ju Wenjun 2559

Games of the round

Pairings of the 3rd round

WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 – GM Zhao Xue 2508
GM Danielian Elina 2490 – GM Zhu Chen 2461
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 – GM Ushenina Anna 2487
WGM L’ami Alina 2446 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 – GM Koneru Humpy 2598
GM Hou Yifan 2661 – GM Harika Dronavalli 2521

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FIDE Women’s Grand Prix – Sharjah 2014

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The playing hall

The playing hall


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The final stage of FIDE Women’s Grand Prix started in Sharjah started yesterday. Hou Yifan won a slow and interesting game, but Koneru lost against WGM Batchimeg.

Results of the 1st round

GM Zhu Chen 2461 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2508
WGM Ju Wenjun 2559 ½ – ½ GM Ushenina Anna 2487
GM Danielian Elina 2490 ½ – ½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346 1 – 0 GM Koneru Humpy 2598
WGM L’ami Alina 2446 0 – 1 GM Harika Dronavalli 2521
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315 0 – 1 GM Hou Yifan 2661

Games of the 1st round

Pairings of the 2nd round

GM Zhao Xue 2508 – GM Hou Yifan 2661
GM Harika Dronavalli 2521 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2315
GM Koneru Humpy 2598 – WGM L’ami Alina 2446
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2494 – WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2346
GM Ushenina Anna 2487 – GM Danielian Elina 2490
GM Zhu Chen 2461 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2559

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Riga Technical University Open 2014 – Tournament A

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Melkumyan and Rapport tied for 1st with 7.5 points but Melkumyan had better tie-break.

Results of top 5 boards

1 GM Savchenko Boris 2596 6½ ½ – ½ 7 GM Rapport Richard 2704
2 GM Banusz Tamas 2585 6½ ½ – ½ 7 GM Melkumyan Hrant 2655
3 GM Kveinys Aloyzas 2527 6 0 – 1 6 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo 2653
4 GM Fridman Daniel 2639 6 1 – 0 6 Sarana Alexey 2341
5 GM Molner Mackenzie 2509 6 ½ – ½ 6 GM Aleksandrov Aleksej 2595

Top 10 players

1 GM Melkumyan Hrant ARM 2655 7.5 43.0 55.5 2792
2 GM Rapport Richard U18 HUN 2704 7.5 43.0 55.0 2809
3 GM Iturrizaga Bonelli Eduardo VEN 2653 7.0 42.0 54.0 2731
4 GM Naroditsky Daniel U20 USA 2587 7.0 41.5 53.5 2712
5 GM Savchenko Boris RUS 2596 7.0 41.0 52.5 2693
6 GM Banusz Tamas HUN 2585 7.0 40.0 51.5 2674
7 GM Fridman Daniel GER 2639 7.0 39.0 50.0 2641
8 IM Aravindh Chithambaram Vr. U16 IND 2467 7.0 38.5 49.5 2718
9 GM Bok Benjamin U20 NED 2587 6.5 39.0 51.0 2600
10 GM Molner Mackenzie USA 2509 6.5 39.0 50.0 2630

Few games of the last round

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