1st Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series, Geneva 2013 – 4th round

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Lagno, tournament leader after 4 rounds
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Yesterday was a day of sacrifices as they happened in 4 games! GM Lagno’s victory over GM Kosteniuk allowed her to become the sole leader of the tournament with 3 points of 4 games. GMs Hou, Kosintseva and Muzychuk have 2,5 points. The surprise of the round was that the World Champion didn’t manage to win in an endgame of B+N vs King.

Results of the 4th round

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491 0 – 1 GM Kateryna Lagno 2548
GM Anna Ushenina 2491 ½ – ½ WGM Olga Girya 2463
WGM Wenjun Ju 2544 ½ – ½ GM Anna Muzychuk 2585
GM Yifan Hou 2617 1 – 0 GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522
GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545 1 – 0 WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298
GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517 1 – 0 IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505

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Pairings of the 5th round

IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505 – GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491
WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298 – GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517
GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522 – GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545
GM Anna Muzychuk 2585 – GM Yifan Hou 2617
WGM Olga Girya 2463 – WGM Wenjun Ju 2544
GM Kateryna Lagno 2548 – GM Anna Ushenina 2491

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1st Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series, Geneva 2013 – 3rd round

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WGM Batchimeg
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WGM Batchimeg became the hero of the round as she won against Former World Champion GM Hou. Despite having lowest rating in the tournament she shared 4th place with 50%.

Results of the 3rd round

GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517 ½ – ½ GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491
IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505 1 – 0 GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545
WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298 1 – 0 GM Yifan Hou 2617
GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522 ½ – ½ WGM Wenjun Ju 2544
GM Anna Muzychuk 2585 ½ – ½ GM Anna Ushenina 2491
WGM Olga Girya 2463 0 – 1 GM Kateryna Lagno 2548

GMs A.Muzychuk, Lagno and IM Khotenashvili are on 2 out of 3.

Pairings of the 4th round

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491 – GM Kateryna Lagno 2548
GM Anna Ushenina 2491 – WGM Olga Girya 2463
WGM Wenjun Ju 2544 – GM Anna Muzychuk 2585
GM Yifan Hou 2617 – GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522
GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545 – WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298
GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517 – IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505

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1st Women’s FIDE Grand Prix Series, Geneva 2013 – 2nd round

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Hou-Khotenashvili
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Yesterday was a day of strong Chinese chess as both GM Hou & WGM Ju won their games! A.Muzychuk and Hou Yifan are now on 1.5 out of 2.

Results of the 2nd round

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491 ½ – ½ WGM Olga Girya 2463
GM Kateryna Lagno 2548 ½ – ½ GM Anna Muzychuk 2585
GM Anna Ushenina 2491 ½ – ½ GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522
WGM Wenjun Ju 2544 1 – 0 WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298
GM Yifan HOU 2617 1 – 0 IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505
GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545 ½ – ½ GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517

Pairings of the 3rd round

GM Tatiana Kosintseva 2517 – GM Alexandra Kosteniuk 2491
IM Bela Khotenashvili 2505 – GM Nana Dzagnidze 2545
WGM Tuvshintugs Batchimeg 2298 – GM Yifan HOU 2617
GM Viktorija Cmilyte 2522 – WGM Wenjun Ju 2544
GM Anna Muzychuk 2585 – GM Anna Ushenina 2491
WGM Olga Girya 2463 – GM Kateryna Lagno 2548

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