GM Koneru Humpy (IND 2607) took clear first place with 8.0/11 -- and I'm very happy for her (I've been following her career since 2001, seems forever!) Her compatriot,
GM Harika Dronavalli (IND 2475) finished in 4th place with 7.5/11.
IM Bela Khotenashvili continues to impress, and I've been a fan of
GM Kateryna Lahno (now they're spelling it
Lagno) for a long time. Here are the final standings:
| FIDE WGP Tashkent Tashkent UZB (UZB), 18-30 ix 2013 | cat. X (2479) |
|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
|---|
| 1. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2607 | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2641 |
| 2. | Khotenashvili, Bela | m | GEO | 2514 | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2577 |
| 3. | Lagno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2532 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 | 2575 |
| 4. | Harika, Dronavalli | g | IND | 2475 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2543 |
| 5. | Zhao, Xue | g | CHN | 2579 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 6½ | 2534 |
| 6. | Ju, Wenjun | wg | CHN | 2535 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 0 | ½ | 6 | 2509 |
| 7. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2495 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2477 |
| 8. | Girya, Olga | wg | RUS | 2439 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | 2482 |
| 9. | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2470 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2443 |
| 10. | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2496 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 4½ | 2411 |
| 11. | Muminova, Nafisa | wg | UZB | 2293 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 3 | 2320 |
| 12. | Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan | wg | KAZ | 2307 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1½ | 2185 |
I got the information, above, from
The Week in Chess. For round by round action, results, interviews, and lots of photographs, please visit the
official website.
The 12th women's world chess champion,
GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, finished at 50%. Here she is looking splendiferous at the closing ceremonies:
GM Kosteniuk is now playing in the 63rd Russian Women's Championship in
Nizhny Novgorod (Russia) (October 5 - 14, 2013), with little time to travel from place to place and rest up in between events.
I really like the
photo below -- two players, including the winner
GM Koneru Humpy, showed up in jeans -- she looks good in jeans. The chess femmes, as always, range from very attractive to stunningly beautiful. Check out
GM Kateryna Lahno's red heels!
GM Antoaneta Stefanova showed a lot of leg in a dress vaguely resembling a Greek toga. (Stefanova is scheduled to play in the 3rd Indonesia Open Chess Championship October 9 - 18, 2013 in Jakarta).
I was most impressed, though, by
GM Elina Danielian in her perfectly fitted and styled "little black dress." She is looking trimmer and toned and fabulous.
So, what's next on the Women's Grand Prix agenda?
2013 play is finished. There are three scheduled events in 2014, and in Grand Prix tournaments 3 and 4,
GM Koneru Humpy and
GM Hou Yifan will once again compete against each other. Check out the events table below:
Women's Grand Prix Series 2013-2014
| Monday, 01 July 2013 |
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Each invitee selects 4 events, and her best three scores are totaled to determine the final rankings for the cycle. The next event is Khanty Masiysk (I never spell it correctly, I think of it as Kamsky Mansky).
