Women’s Chess Grand Prix: Koneru Humpy begins a new quest on Sept 15
India’s highest-ever rated woman chess player and only World Chess title challenger Koneru Humpy will begin a new quest at the sixth Women’s Chess Grand Prix 2011-12 cycle on September 15. The sixth in the series is a round-robin event and runs from September 15-29 in Ankara, Turkey. Reigning women’s world chess champion Hou Yifan won the first two women’s chess grand prix events in the series in Rostov and Shenzen. Zhao Xue of China won the third in Nalchik. Konery Humpy and Anna Muzychuk were joint winners in Kazan, while Hou Yifan won again in Jermuk.
The games begin on September 16 and would be broadcast live on the official website.
The players include:
Muzychuk Anna GM 2606
Koneru Humpy GM 2593
Zhao Xue GM 2549
Ju Wenjun WGM 2528
Kosintseva Tatiana GM 2524
Cmilyte Viktorija GM 2520
Stefanova Antoaneta GM 2502
Ruan Lufei WGM 2492
Socko Monika GM 2463
Munguntuul Batkhuyag IM 2434
Yildiz Betul Cemre WGM 2341
Ozturk Kubra WGM 2294
The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix is a series of elite tournaments being organised by FIDE and Global Chess. It includes six stages with the winner of each tournament receiving 6,500 euros out of a prize …
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Go Humpy!
I like Humpy’s play, when she’s on — but she doesn’t seem to travel well. If true, that’s a crucial problem. I hope she can prove me wrong.