Next Women's Grand Prix Schedule Set by FIDE

Starting August, 2011 running through September, 2012:

1-15 August 2011, Rostov RUSSIA
1-15 September 2011, Shenzhen CHINA
8-23 October 2011, Nalchik RUSSIA
April 2012, Istanbul TURKEY
June 2012, Jermuk ARMENIA
September 2012, Kazan RUSSIA

Once again, unfortunately, Western Europe, Africa, South America, North America and Australia fail to cough up any money to sponsor a premiere chess event for women.

The prize money being offered is nice:
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€60,000 (total)

In the case of any joint overall ranking, the respective accumulated prizes will also be split equally.
7. Prize Money and Grand Prix Points

7.1. The prize money which will be offered by host city organisers for each tournament is 50,000 Euros and is split 40,000 Euros as direct prize money for the tournament and 10,000 Euros towards an accumulated prize fund for the players at the end of the series:

7.3. Accumulated Prize Fund.

1st 15,000

2nd 10,000

3rd 8,000

4th 7,000

5th 6,000

6th 5,000

7th 4,000

8th 3,000

9th 2,000

€60,000 (total)

In the case of any joint overall ranking, the respective accumulated prizes will also be split equally.

9 prizes will be awarded from the minimum accumulated prize fund of €60,000 (Euros) as follows :

Overall Place Accumulated Prize (Euros)

GM Alexandra Kosteniuk has listed the following current qualifiers for this cycle at her chess blog:

01. Hou, Yifan (World Champion 2010)
02. Ruan, Lufei (finalist world championship 2010)
03. Koneru, Humpy (semi-finalist world championship 2010)
04. Zhao, Xue (semi-finalist world championship 2010)
05. Kosintseva, Tatiana (by rating)
06. Stefanova, Antoaneta (by rating)
07. Kosintseva, Nadezhda (by rating)
08. Muzychuk, Anna (by rating)
09. Lahno, Kateryna (by rating)
10. Cmilyte, Viktorija (by rating)
plus 6 nominees, one from the each organiser.

1st 15,000

2nd 10,000

3rd 8,000

4th 7,000

5th 6,000

6th 5,000

7th 4,000

8th 3,000

9th 2,000