Women's Grand Prix: Mongolia plays host to top women chess players
Top seed GM Koneru Humpy
Hello Everyone!
The fifth Women's Grand Prix has begun amidst much festivities in the capital of Mongolia - Ulan Bator (also Ulanbataa). The opening ceremony was held in the city centre - Sukhbaatar Square. The foundation stone for a chess academy was also laid on the occasion.
Top players participating in the event include:
8. Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mongolia)
9. Zhu Chen (Qatar)
Three players who won their first round games included Koneru Humpy, Zhao Xue and Maia Chiburdanidze. The rest of the games were drawn. You can keep track of more details at the official website.
Results of Round 1
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1. GM Koneru Humpy 2600 - WGM Shen Yang 2435 1 - 0
2. GM Sebag Marie 2519 - GM Xu Yuhua 2488 ½ - ½
3. WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235 - GM Zhao Xue 2462 0 - 1
4. GM Hou Yifan 2577 - GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 ½ - ½
5. GM Zhu Chen 2476 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 ½ - ½
6. GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421 1 - 0
Here is a nice round one game Koneru Humpy-Shen Yang. You can run the moves in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.
PGN: 1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 g6 5. Nf3 Bg7 6. Be2 O-O 7. O-O e6 8. Qc2 Nbd7 9. Rd1 b6 10. e4 dxe4 11. Nxe4 Qc7 12. Nxf6+ Bxf6 13. Bg5 Bg7 14. Rac1 Re8 15. h4 e5 16. d5 Nc5 17. d6 Qb8 18. Be7 a5 19. Qd2 Bf5 20. Qe3 Ra7 21. h5 Qc8 22. h6 Bf8 23. Bxf8 Kxf8 24. Nxe5 f6 25. d7 Nxd7 26. Nxd7+ Rxd7 27. Qa3+ c5 28. Bf3 Qc7 29. g3 Re5 30. Qc3 Be6 31. Rxd7 Qxd7 32. Rd1 Qe7 33. a3 Kf7 34. Qb3 Qc7 35. Qd3 Qe7 36. b3 Bf5 37. Bd5+ Be6 38. f4 Rxd5 39. cxd5 Bf5 40. d6 Bxd3 41. dxe7 Bc2 42. Rd6 b5 43. Rxf6+ Kxe7 44. Rc6 Bxb3 45. Rxc5 46. axb4 1-0
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Labels: Women's Grand Prix
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