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Saturday, June 29, 2013

FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–2014

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–2014  is a series of  6 Chess Tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2015

The winner of the Grand Prix will challenge the 2014 Women's World Chess Champion in a10 Game match.

Should the Grand Prix winner be the 2014 World Champion, the Grand Prix runner-up will play the 2015 championship

Players and Qualification

The 4 Semi-finalists of the Women's World Chess Championship 2012

  1. Ukraine Anna Ushenina(Ukraine)
  2. Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria)
  3. China Ju Wenjun (PRC)
  4. India Dronavalli Harika (India)
The 6 highest ranked players (average of 9 FIDS World Rankings lists from March 2012 to January 2013
  1. China Hou Yifan(PRC)
  2. India Koneru Humpy(India) 
  3. Slovenia Anna Muzychuk(Slovenia) 
  4. China Zhao Xue(PRC) 
  5. Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze(Georgia) 
  6. Ukraine Kateryna Lahno(Ukraine) 

6 Organizer Nominees
  1. Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk(Russia) 
  2. Armenia Elina Danielian(Armenia) 
  3. Uzbekistan Nafisa Muminova(Uzbekistan) 
  4. Russia Olga Girya(Russia)
  5. Georgia (country) Bela Khotenashvili(Georgia) 
  6. Mongolia Batchimeg Tuvshintugs(Mongolia)
2 FIDE President Nominees
  1. Russia Nadezhda Kosintseva(Russia) 
  2. Lithuania Viktorija Cmilyte(Lithuania)

    Schedule

    The 6 Tournaments are -


    S No
    Venue
    Date
    Winner
    Points
    1
    Geneva,Switzerland
    May 02-16,2013
    Bela Khotenashvili(Georgia) 
    8/11
    2
    Dilijan,Armenia
    June 15-29,2013
    Koneru Humpy(India)
    8/11
    3
    Tashkent,Uzbekistan
    Sep 17- Oct 01,2013


    4
    Khanty-Mansiysk,Russia
    May 02-14,2014


    5
    Tbilisi,Georgia
    June 18-July 02,2014


    6
    Erdenet,Mongolia
    Aug 24- Sep 07,2014





     

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