Muzychuk, Koneru Joint First, Kazan FIDE Women GP

23 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, both Humpy Koneru of India and Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia were declared joint winners with Kirsan doing the honours.

The official website of the tournament reported that the closing ceremony took place in the Korston Hotel and was attended by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Minister on Affairs of Youth, Sport and Tourism of the Republic of Tatarstan Rafis Burganov, players, officials and spectators. The winners Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru were awarded with big wooden chess pieces and all the participants of FIDE Grand Prix in Kazan were awarded with flowers and presents. Viktorija Cmilyte received a special prize devoted to 100 years anniversary since the birthday of Rashit Nezmetdinov. Her victory against World Champion Hou Yifan was chosen by the organizing committee as the best game.

At the closing ceremony FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov has made a surprising gift for the Chess Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan - a set of electronic boards, in which participants played!

(All photos from closing ceremony of official website and Photos made by Rashit Shiriyazdanov and Anastasiya Karlovich)

Muzychuk vs Yifan, Round 10, Kazan FIDE Women Grand Prix 2012

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21 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 10 game between Anna Muzychuk of Slovenia and Hou Yifan of China. Anna Muzychuk is currently in third place with 6.0 points, while Hou Yifan is in fifth place with 5.5 points.

The tenth round pairings is shown below:-

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

(Photos from official website of tournament)

Kostenuik Wins Her Round 9 Game

21 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, Alexandra Kostenuik won her game against current leader, Elina Danielian in round 9 of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix. Meanwhile Humpy Koneru of India and Hou Yifan of China, both won their respective games.

The official website of the tournament reported that Elina Danielian lost the first game in the tournament to Alexandra Kosteniuk. Ex-world champion, who had white pieces, was playing for initiative from the opening and found nice sacrifice to open the central files and create a decisive attack on opponents ‘king. The defeat of Armenian player let Anna Muzychuk, who made a draw against Viktorija Chmilyte, and Humpy Koneru, who won against Katerina Lahno, reach her on top. Although two rounds to go there are three leaders in the tournament.  Hou Yifan managed to win in close to draw rook endgame against Alisa Galliamova.

Standings After Round 9:

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

Kosteniuk vs Danielian, Round 9 Kazan Women GP 2012

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Here is the round 9 game between Alexandra Kostenuik and Elina Danielian in the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

• Event: FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan 2012
• Place: Kazan
• CountryCode: RUS
• StartDate: Sat 9th Jun 2012

 
• EndDate: Sat 23rd Jun 2012
• Website
• Results

Danielian With 6 Points, 4th WGP Kazan 2012

20 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – TWIC reported that The 4th Women's Grand Prix is taking place in Kazan 9th-23rd June 2012. Play starts at 12pm each day. Women's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan is the top seed but she had a very tough time in Danzhou only a few days before the start of this tournament. Elina Danielian leads with 6/8.

 

• Event: FIDE Women's Grand Prix Kazan 2012
• Place: Kazan
• CountryCode: RUS
• StartDate: Sat 9th Jun 2012

• EndDate: Sat 23rd Jun 2012
• Website
• Results

(source: TWIC)

Elina Danielian Leads In Kazan FIDE Women GP

19 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In last night’s game, Elina Danielian beats Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine giving her 6 points from 8 rounds of play during the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

Here is the round 8 game between Hou Yifan of China and Alexandra Kosteniuk of Russia during the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

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Here is another decisive game of round 8 where the leader, Elina Danielian took on Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine during the FIDE Women Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

 

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Danielian Leads In Kazan FIDE Women’s GP

Pix 1. Antoaneta Stefanova and Elina Danielian, Round 7 Press Conference. (All photos from official website)

18 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In last night’s FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Kazan, Russia, GM Elina Danielian continues to lead with 5 points from 7 rounds of play.

The official website of tournament reported that Elina Danielian made a draw today in the game against Antoaneta Stefanova and keeps leading after the 7th round of FIDE Grand Prix in Kazan. Bulgarian player got slightly better position in the middle game but didn’t use all the chances although Armenian player found precise way to defend in the deep endgame. Katerina Lahno could have joined Elina Danielian on top but missed the winning possibilities in the game against world champion Hou Yifan.

Anna Muzychuk drew against Tatiana Kosintseva and keeps sharing the second place.  Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Betul Yildiz and caught Anna Muzychuk and Katerina Lahno. Nadezhda Kosintseva didn’t receive any advantage in the opening playing with white against Humpy Koneru and later on players agreed for a draw in the pawn endgame. Alexandra Kosteniuk found good chances to fight for advantage in the complicated game against Alisa Galliamova and succeeded to win.

Results of Round 7: 

Here is a round 7 game between Alexandra Kosteniuk and Alisa Galliamova during the FIDE Women’s GP in Kazan, Russia. Kosteniuk won this with white pieces. White is a piece ahead but black has five pawns to white’s three. White is threatening Ng4+ next move with major losses for black.

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Standings After Round 7:

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

Lahno vs Yifan, Kazan FIDE Women's GP 2012

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17 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here is the round 7 game between Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine and Hou Yifan of China during the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2012 in Kazan, Russia.

Standings after round 6:

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com/index.php

Round 4 Results, Kazan FIDE Women 2012

14 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are the latest round 4 results of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Kazan, Russia. Four decisive results with another loss suffered by Hou Yifan at the hands of Viktoria Cmilyte.

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

Two games of Round 3, FIDE Women's GP in Kazan

13 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – Here are two games of round 3, FIDE Women’s Grand Prix in Kazan, Russia.

Here is the game between Viktorija Cmilyte of Lithuania and Alisa Galliamova which gave a win to Viktorija with white pieces.

Here is a game between Humpy Koneru of India and Anna Muzychuk which ended in a draw during round 3, FIDE Women GP Kazan, Russia.

 

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

Two In The Lead In Kazan

13 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, Hou Yifan recovers to achieve a win in the third round over Tatiana Kosintseva. The official tournament website reported that four decisive games were played on the third day of Women Grand Prix tournament in Kazan.

Alexandra Kosteniuk and Alisa Galliamova lost their games against Nadezhda Kosintseva and Viktorija Cmilyte accordingly.  Viktorija Cmilyte could have played quiet variation but preferred to go into an extremely sharp middle-game and outplayed her opponent in complications.

Alexandra Kosteniuk got quite comfortable position with Black but didn’t play precisely and got into troubles in the rook ending.  Former world champion desperately tried to find a draw but after 78 moves the longest game of the third round was over. Elina Danielian used inaccurate play of Betul Yildiz in the middle game and found an interesting plan which destroyed the position of her opponent. Hou Yifan recovered after the previous round and outplayed Tatiana Kosintseva with black. World champion found few exact moves in the opening and got sensible advantage.

  One more decisive game could have happened in the match Stefanova-Lahno.  Repeating the scenario of the previous round Bulgarian player grabbed a pawn but had problems with the coordination of her pieces. This time she managed to escape as Katerina Lahno didn’t find the precise way to fight for more than a draw. In the game Koneru – Muzychuk playing black Slovenian player succeeded to equalize the position after the opening and after 72 moves players agreed for a draw. After the third round two players Anna Muzychuk and Elina Danielian lead with two points.

Standings after round 3:

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com

Surprise Win By Yildiz over Hou Yifan, Kazan FIDE Women GP

12 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur – In Kazan, round 2 of the FIDE Women Grand Prix, the lowest ranked player, Yildiz Betul Cemre of Turkey worked herself to a surprise win over reigning Women World Champion, GM Hou Yifan of China.

Here is the round 2 game between Hou Yifan and Betul Cemre Yildiz (pix above) during the FIDE Women GP in Kazan, Russia played last night (11 June 2012).

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Lahno vs Kosintseva, Kazan FIDE Women GP 2012, Rd 2

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Here is the round 2 game between GM Kateryna Lahno and GM Nadezhda Kosintseva during the FIDE Women Grand Prix, Kazan, Russia.

Official website: http://kazan2012.fide.com/

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Galliamova vs Yildiz, Round 1, Kazan FIDE Women GP

Here is the round 1 game between Betul Yildiz of Turkey and Alisa Galliamova of Russia of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Kazan, Russia.

Two In The Lead In Kazan FIDE Women GP

11 June 2012, Kuala Lumpur - Alisa Galliamova and Antoaneta Stefanova are the two leading players in Kazan FIDE Women Grand Prix after the first round of play. Hou Yifan drew against Humpy Koneru of India last night.