The 5th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 18th June to 2nd July in Lopota, Georgia.
Twelve players compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Georgian Ministry of Sport and Youth, FIDE and Georgian Chess Federation, and sponsored by SOCAR.
A promising start of the tournament, with all the games ending only after the complete exhaustion of resources. White won three games and Black held a draw in the remaining three, a good percentage of decisive games and great fights for our eyes, too.
Perhaps the players just started to warm up, as missed opportunities were hovering in the air, making the tournament, the game of chess and, on a larger scale, women chess – an exciting but also a hair-rising competition.
The two big rating favorites Hou Yifan and Humpy Koneru made their first steps ahead by defeating Nafisa Muminova and Antoaneta Stefanova, respectively.
The local heroes, Nana Dzagnidze and Bela Khotenashvili
She’s very pretty.
Nakamura will trounce these patsies.