Results from Round 5. Some of these results are a joke. I'm not going to waste my time reporting on what at this time appear to be foregone conclusions. I'll post final results when this farce is over.
| Round 5 on 2011/09/12 at 15:00 |
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| SNo. | | Name | Rtg | Res. | | Name | Rtg | SNo. |
| 3 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2578 | ½ - ½ | GM | Zhu Chen | 2490 | 12 |
| 4 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2545 | ½ - ½ | GM | Zhao Xue | 2497 | 2 |
| 5 | WGM | Tan Zhongyi | 2429 | 1 - 0 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2308 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Cmilyte Viktorija | 2525 | 0 - 1 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2465 | 11 |
| 7 | WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2477 | 1 - 0 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2421 | 10 |
| 8 | WGM | Ju Wenjun | 2536 | 0 - 1 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2517 | 9 |
What's happening? I just don't understand why is the "weak" Turkish girl there and not the Kosintsevas sisters. Where can I read about the farce?
ReplyDeleteThis is a link to the official FIDE website for Shenzhen Grand Prix: http://shenzhen2011.fide.com/
ReplyDeleteI believe the Turkish player is there because of a deal cut with FIDE when the Turkish Chess Federation agreed to host several FIDE events at their own expense in 2009 and 2010, including a Women's Grand Prix event last year and I think also the World Youth Chess Championships. She is not there because of her chess play; she is not one of the top 20 female players in the world, although on occasion she does show promise and this is good experience for her.