2011 FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Nalchik

Final results and final standings.  The Chinese players finished 1-2 - and I don't think anyone can "blame it on steroids" unlike in some other disciplines :)

Round 11 on 2011/10/21 at 13:00
SNo.		Name	Rtg	Res.		Name	Rtg	SNo.
6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	½ - ½	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	12
7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	½ - ½	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2560	5
8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	1 - 0	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	4
9	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	½ - ½	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	3
10	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469	0 - 1	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	2
11	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2498	1 - 0	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2467	1

Final Ranking
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Res.	SB	Koya	Rp
1	4	GM	Zhao Xue	2497	CHN	*	0	½	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	9½	0	46,50	2½	2817
2	8	WGM	Ju Wenjun	2536	CHN	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	½	0	½	7	0	39,75	2½	2606
3	12	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	2421	RUS	½	½	*	1	½	½	½	1	½	½	½	0	6	1	33,75	2½	2551
4	9	GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2525	LTU	0	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	½	½	½	1	6	0	29,25	1½	2541
5	2	GM	Lahno Kateryna	2554	UKR	0	½	½	0	*	½	½	½	1	½	½	1	5½	0	26,75	1	2502
6	3	GM	Zhu Chen	2490	QAT	0	0	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	½	1	0	5	2	25,00	1½	2472
7	7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2536	RUS	0	½	½	0	½	½	*	½	½	½	½	1	5	1½	24,50	1½	2468
8	5	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2560	RUS	0	0	0	½	½	½	½	*	½	½	1	1	5	1½	23,00	1	2466
9	6	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2528	BUL	0	0	½	½	0	0	½	½	*	1	1	1	5	1	23,00	1	2469
10	11	IM	Galliamova Alisa	2498	RUS	0	½	½	½	½	½	½	½	0	*	1	0	4½	0	23,75	2	2443
11	1	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2467	MGL	0	1	½	½	½	0	½	0	0	0	*	1	4	0	21,75	2½	2408
12	10	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2469	RUS	0	½	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	*	3½	0	19,00	1½	2377

Here are the "scheduled" events for the remainder of the 2011-2012 Women's Grand Prix Cycle:

2012
30 May - 13 June 2012, Kazan RUSSIA
16-30 July 2012, Jermuk ARMENIA
16-30 November 2012, Istanbul TURKEY

FIDE Women's Grand Prix - Doha

We've got results for Rs 2 and 3:

Round 2 on 2011/02/23 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 1 - 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 7
8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 1 - 0 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 6
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 0 - 1 GM Sebag Marie 2489 5
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 0 - 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 4
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 ½ - ½ GM Cramling Pia 2516 3
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 - 0 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 2

Round 3 on 2011/02/24 at 15:00
SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
2 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 1 - 0 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 12
3 GM Cramling Pia 2516 ½ - ½ GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1
4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 0 - 1 GM Zhu Chen 2495 11
5 GM Sebag Marie 2489 ½ - ½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 10
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 1 - 0 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 9
7 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 0 - 1 GM Danielian Elina 2454 8

Rank after round 3

Rank SNo. Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Res. SB
1 8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 ARM * 1 1 1 3 0 3.50
2 2 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 ECU * 1 0 1 2 1 3.50
3 12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 GEO 0 * 1 1 2 0 2.50
4 3 GM Cramling Pia 2516 SWE * ½ ½ ½ 1½ 1 2.00
5 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 1 0 ½ * 1½ ½ 2.75
6 11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 QAT 0 ½ * 1 1½ ½ 1.75
7 5 GM Sebag Marie 2489 FRA 0 * 1 ½ 1½ 0 1.50
8 4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 BUL 0 * 0 1 1 1 1.00
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 GEO 0 * 0 1 1 1 1.00
7 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 MGL 0 0 1 * 1 1 1.00
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 CHN 0 1 0 * 1 1 1.00
12 10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 ARM ½ ½ 0 * 1 0 1.50

Round 2 report from official website.

Sebag's victory (black pieces) over Yuhua in R2, from Alexandra Kosteniuk's blog.

Susan Polgar's coverage R3, Round 3 games. 

FIDE Women's Grand Prix Series

Four Women's Grand Prix Events in 2010 (continuing from 2009):

April 25 - May 8, 2010 Nalchik (where?) - somewhere in Russia.  This is obviously the Russian government's attempt to convince locals and the uninformed world in general that Nalchik is perfectly safe for ladies.  Darlings, I'm not convinced - but - whatever.

This is the line-up:
NAME TITLE COUNTRY

Koneru, Humpy GM IND (second highest rated female in the world)
Yifan, Hou GM CHN (third highest rated female in the world)
Cramling, Pia GM SVE (just won 2010 European Women's Individual Chess Championship)
Dzagnidze, Nana GM GEO
Xue, Zhao GM CHN
Kosintseva, Tatiana IM RUS
Chen, Zhu GM QTR (former Women's World Chess Champion)
Danielian, Elina IM ARM
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul WGM MGL
Yildiz, Betul WIM TRK
Mrktchian, Lilit IM ARM
Kovanova, Baira WGM RUS

The 4th Grand Prix will take place in Jermuk, Armenia, on 23rd June - 6th July 2010

The 5th Grand Prix will take place in Ulanbaatar, Mongolia, on 29 July - 12 August 2010

The 6th Grand Prix will take place in Santiago, Chile, on 27th October - 9th November 2010

The first Grand Prix was in Istanbul 5th-20th March 2009 and was won by Humpy Koneru. The 2nd Grand Prix was in Nanjing, China, 27th Sept - 9th October 2009 and was won by Xu Yuhua.

Not a single Women's Grand Prix in North America. I don't understand this. We've got money here - we've got experienced organizers. Yes, I know the USCF is bankrupt, but the Chess Club and Scholastic Chess Center of St. Louis (Missouri) has big money backers. What about Continental Chess stepping up and putting together some big money sponsorship? Surely after 30 plus years of being in business it could put it's contacts to use to advance women's chess. What about someone approaching one of the cosmetic companies or P&G about major sponsorship of some of the best female chessplayers in the world - many of whom are very lovely ladies. Brains and Beauty - there could be an entire ad campaign put together starting with some hot blitz chess spots on You Tube.

Hell, I'm no marketer. But why is it Mongolia can host a Grand Prix event - okay, like what is the Gross National Product of Mongolia? And the United States of America cannot?