Rank after round 5 Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED Pts 1 4 GM HOU Yifan 2571 CHN 4½ 2 12 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 IND 4 3 5 GM ZHAO Xue 2508 CHN 4 4 3 IM FIERRO Baquero...
The young phenom pulls clear ahead
HOU, Yifan (2571) – YILDIZ, Betul Cemre (2214) [A00]FIDE WOMEN GRAND-PRIX 2009 ISTANBUL (5), 12.03.2009 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.0–0 b5 6.Bb3 Bb7 7.d3 Be7 8.a4 0–0 9.Re1 d6 10.Nbd2 h6 11.Nf1 Re8 12.Bd2 Bf8...
Yifan leads Women’s Grand Prix
Round 5 on 2009/03/12 at 15:00 SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 3 IM FIERRO Baquero Martha L. 2403 0-1 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 12 4 GM HOU Yifan 2571 1-0 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2214 2 5...
The ladies get a day off
Today is the first day off for the ladies at the Women’s Grand Prix in Istanbul, Turkey. Here are the matchups for round 5: SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo. 3 IM FIERRO Baquero Martha L. 2403 –...
Slipping to third
Wednesday, 11 March 2009Humpy held by Shen Yang, slips to joint third placeMSN India Istanbul (Turkey): Top seed Koneru Humpy could not get the better of Shen Yang‘s defence and settled for her second draw on the trot to...
Fierro wins again to share the lead
WIM Yildiz (2214) – IM Fierro (2403) [B36]Women’s Grand Prix (4), 10.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 g6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.c4 Nf6 6.Nc3 Nxd4 7.Qxd4 d6 8.Be2 Bg7 9.Bg5 0–0 10.Qd2 a5 11.Rc1 a4 12.f3 Qa5 13.0–0 Be6 14.Nd5...
Chiburdanidze loses first game
(Danielian focusing before round 3) GM Chiburdanidze (2516) – IM Danielian (2496) [D11]Women’s Grand Prix (4), 10.03.2009 1.d4 d5 2.Nf3 Nf6 3.c4 c6 4.e3 e6 5.Bd3 dxc4 6.Bxc4 Nbd7 7.0–0 Bd6 8.Nbd2 0–0 9.Bb3 c5 10.Qe2 cxd4 11.exd4 Nb6...
Martha Fierro defeats Cramling to join leaders
IM Fierro (2403) – GM Cramling (2548) [B48]09.03.2009, Women’s Grand Prix 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 e6 3.d4 cxd4 4.Nxd4 Nc6 5.Nc3 Qc7 6.Be3 a6 7.Qd2 Nf6 8.f3 h5 9.0–0–0 Be7 10.Qf2 d6 11.h3 b5 12.Nxc6 Qxc6 13.Bd3 h4 14.Kb1 b4...
Yifan defeats former WWC Stefanova
GM Hou Yifan (2571) – GM Stefanova (2557) [C54]09.03.2009, Women’s Grand Prix 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bc4 Bc5 4.c3 Nf6 5.d3 Bb6 6.Bb3 d6 7.Nbd2 Ne7 8.h3 Ng6 9.Nf1 h6 10.Ng3 0–0 11.0–0 Nh7 12.d4 c6 13.Be3 Ng5 14.Kh1...
Yildiz held Koneru to a draw
Final position WIM Yildiz (2214) – GM Koneru (2621) [B30]Women’s Grand Prix (3), 09.03.2009 1.e4 c5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 e6 4.0–0 Nge7 5.b3 a6 6.Bxc6 Nxc6 7.Bb2 b5 8.a4 b4 9.d3 d6 10.Nbd2 e5 11.Ne1 Be7 12.f4 exf4 13.Rxf4...