FIDE Women Grand Prix


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Interview with Husan Turdialiev

By WFM Maria Emelianova

- Dear Husan Hudaykulovich, congratulations on organising such a great tournament! All players are happy with the hall, hotel and organisation in general. Since this is the second Grand Prix event being held in Tashkent, please share your experience on organising such tournaments.

- On the World Cup in Tromso I had conversations with three of the participants of the Men's Grand Prix, which we organised last year: Mamedyarov, Gelfand and Karjakin, and they all assured me that conditions in Tashkent were the best among all the stages of this season so far. This time we tried to make the tournament even better so we made a special place for the spectators, where they can see live video from the playing hall, listen to commentaries and see all the games, so the players are separated from the media and nothing is disturbing their playing.

Although we only experienced the problem with the flights to Tashkent, as now the weather here is very pleasant, and we have many tourists, so sometimes it was not easy to find tickets for the participants.

Grand Prix standings

GRAND PRIX POINTS
Name	Title	Country	Geneva 2013	Dilijan 2013	Tashkent 2013	Best 3
Koneru, Humpy	g	IND		160	160	320
Khotenashvili, Bela	g	GEO	160	10	120	290
Muzychuk, Anna	g	SLO	130	120		250
Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	100	120		220
Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	100	90		190
Lagno, Kateryna	g	UKR	60		120	180
Ushenina, Anna	g	UKR	75	80		155
Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND		60	85	145
Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	75		70	145
Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	45		55	100
Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	10	30	55	95
Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL		60	30	90
Zhao, Xue	g	CHN			85	85
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs	wg	MGL	20	60		80
Danielian, Elina	g	ARM		30	40	70
Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	30	30		60
Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	45			45
Muminova, Nafisa	wg	UZB			20	20
Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan	wg	KAZ			10	10

Congratulations to Humpy Koneru!

Humpy Koneru became the winner of Grand Prix in Tashkent and now has a fascinating 100% result from two stages played!
Bela Khotenashvili shared second to third with Kateryna Lagno but Georgian had a better tie-break.
Zhao Xue outplayed Harika Dronavalli to take the fourth while the Indian moves to the fifth.
The full standings table of the tournament is available here.
Photos of the last round and closing ceremony by Maria Emelianova as well as press conferences of the last round are available at the Photo Gallery.

Results of the last round:
6	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293	0 - 1	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495	12
7	GM	Zhao Xue	2579	1 - 0	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475	5
8	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514	1 - 0	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496	4
9	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307	0 - 1	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532	3
10	WGM	Girya Olga	2439	½ - ½	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	2
11	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535	½ - ½	GM	Danielian Elina	2470	1

Round 10: Is Humpy unstoppable?

By WFM Maria Emelianova

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In the tenth round Indian players Humpy Koneru (on the right) and Harika Dronavalli (left) were celebrating victories over Guliskhan Nakhbayeva and Nafisa Muminova respectively. Before the last round Humpy is leading with 7½ points while Harika has 6½. Kateryna Lagno and Bela Khotenashvili on the press conference looked quite satisfied with a peace and are now sharing third to fourth with 6 points each. Zhao Xue outplayed the former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova although her compatriot Ju Wenjun was close to a catastrophe with another former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk, but managed to get a half-point. Chinese are now sharing sixth to seventh with 5½ points each, followed by Olga Girya, which has 5 after a draw with Elina Danielian.

For the full standings table please kindly visit this section.
Pictures of the 10th round and press conferences are in the Photo Gallery.

The last round will start at 13:00 local time, Closing ceremony is scheduled at 18:30.

Pairings of the last round:
6	WGM	Muminova Nafisa	2293	-	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2495	12
7	GM	Zhao Xue	2579	-	GM	Dronavalli Harika	2475	5
8	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2514	-	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2496	4
9	WGM	Nakhbayeva Guliskhan	2307	-	GM	Lagno Kateryna	2532	3
10	WGM	Girya Olga	2439	-	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	2
11	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2535	-	GM	Danielian Elina	2470	1