2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Nalchik

Yeah, that "where?" place once again is hosting the Women's Grand Prix.  No sign of GM Koneru Humpy.  GM Hou Yifan is also sitting out this GP.  She didn't have the best performance in the recently-concluded European Women's Club Cup and I expect needs to take a break!  Website. 

Play will be October 9 - 21, 2011, with two rest days.  Here's the line-up:

Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	GM	2560
Katerina Lahno	UKR	GM	2554
Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	GM	2536
Ju Wenjun	CHN	GM	2536
Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	GM	2528
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	GM	2525
Alisa Galliamova	RUS	IM	2498
Zhao Xue	CHN	GM	2497
Zhu Chen	QTR	GM	2490
Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	GM	2469
Munguntuul Batkhuyag	MGL	IM	2465
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	IM	2421

In the absence of Hou Yifan, any of these women could take the top spot.