2012 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Ankara

Hola darlings!

I spent most of yesterday cleaning up from Monday's storm damage and the additional debris deposited over the next several days (including more yesterday) by a week's worth of unrelentingly strong winds out of the northwest averaging 30 mph.  Yikes!  So, after working about 6 hours all tolled yesterday, the front yard is finally presentable once again.  But I have to cut it today.  We've had rain storms rolling through and combined with the finally cool (unseasonably cool) temperatures visiting us, the grass is growing like there is no tomorrow!  I was too tired last night to blog anything, but some interesting events happened yesterday in R6:

Round 6 on 2012/09/22 at 15:00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
12	GM	KOSINTSEVA TATIANA	2524	1 - 0	GM	CMILYTE VIKTORIJA	2520	9
10	WGM	RUAN LUFEI	2492	0 - 1	GM	KONERU HUMPY	2593	8
11	WGM	JU WENJUN	2528	1 - 0	GM	STEFANOVA ANTOANETA	2502	7
1	IM	MUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG	2434	0 - 1	GM	ZHAO XUE	2549	6
2	GM	MUZYCHUK ANNA	2606	1 - 0	WGM	YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE	2341	5
3	WGM	OZTURK KUBRA	2294	0 - 1	GM	SOCKO MONIKA	2463	4

Can I hear a cheer for my girl Humpy Koneru?  Humpy won with black - again!  I make no secret of the fact that I'm a big fan of hers.  I want her to win this one.  I want her to challenge Hou Yifan once again for the Women's Champion title.  I've a feeling - founded on nothing but just intuition (women's intuition, if you must), that this time Humpy is ready for it. 

The fact that all results yesterday were W/L was very impressive to me.  About time you get serious, ladies!  Only joking :) 

Here are the standings after R6:

Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Res.	SB
1	8	GM	KONERU HUMPY	2593	IND	*		½		1	½		1	1		1		5	0	12,75
2	2	GM	MUZYCHUK ANNA	2606	SLO		*		½			½	1	1	1		1	5	0	10,00
3	6	GM	ZHAO XUE	2549	CHN	½		*	1	½	0	1				1		4	0	12,50
4	11	WGM	JU WENJUN	2528	CHN		½	0	*					1	½	1	1	4	0	6,75
5	10	WGM	RUAN LUFEI	2492	CHN	0		½		*				1	1	½	1	4	0	6,50
6	9	GM	CMILYTE VIKTORIJA	2520	LTU	½		1			*		0	0	1	1		3½	0	9,00
7	1	IM	MUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG	2434	MGL		½	0				*	½	½	1		½	3	0	6,50
8	12	GM	KOSINTSEVA TATIANA	2524	RUS	0	0				1	½	*			½	½	2½	0	6,00
9	5	WGM	YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE	2341	TUR	0	0		0	0	1	½		*				1½	0	5,00
10	4	GM	SOCKO MONIKA	2463	POL		0		½	0	0	0			*		1	1½	0	3,00
11	7	GM	STEFANOVA ANTOANETA	2502	BUL	0		0	0	½	0		½			*		1	0	3,25
12	3	WGM	OZTURK KUBRA	2294	TUR		0		0	0		½	½		0		*	1	0	2,75

There are now only 5 rounds left to play; there will be another rest day after round 8.  Round 7 is today - may already be taking place, I've no idea what time it is in Turkey right now. 

Here are the face-offs for today:

SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
4	GM	SOCKO MONIKA	2463	-	GM	KOSINTSEVA TATIANA	2524	12
5	WGM	YILDIZ BETUL CEMRE	2341	-	WGM	OZTURK KUBRA	2294	3
6	GM	ZHAO XUE	2549	-	GM	MUZYCHUK ANNA	2606	2
7	GM	STEFANOVA ANTOANETA	2502	½ - ½	IM	MUNGUNTUUL BATKHUYAG	2434	1
8	GM	KONERU HUMPY	2593	-	WGM	JU WENJUN	2528	11
9	GM	CMILYTE VIKTORIJA	2520	-	WGM	RUAN LUFEI	2492	10

Whoa, a result already reported - Stefanova and Munguntuul drew their game.  Anna Muzychuk and Humpy Koneru both have tough opponents.  Things should get very interesting...  Okay, now I've got to get out and cut that front lawn so my house doesn't look abandoned, and then it's moving to the back yard to begin massive clean-up operations!  Yard waste pick-up is Tuesday morning and I've got to have as much as I can stuffed into my yard waste containers and larger limbs cut up into 4 foot long sections and roped together for haul-away.  I SURE am getting a work-out this weekend!