FIDE Women Grand Prix Qatar 20 Feb - 6 Mar 2011

[LozCooper]

Live coverage of the event is available here: http://qatar2011.fide.com/tournament-games.html

Players include Humpy Koneru, Maya Chiburdanidze, Zhu Chen, Pia Cramling and Antoaneta Stefanova.

[LozCooper]

Round 1 on 2011/02/22 at 15:00

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

Round 2 on 2011/02/23 at 15:00

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 7
8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 6
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - GM Sebag Marie 2489 5
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 4
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 - GM Cramling Pia 2516 3
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 - 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 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 12
3 GM Cramling Pia 2516 - GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1
4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 - GM Zhu Chen 2495 11
5 GM Sebag Marie 2489 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 10
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 - GM Xu Yuhua 2484 9
7 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 - GM Danielian Elina 2454 8

Round 4 on 2011/02/25 at 15:00

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

Round 5 on 2011/02/26 at 15:00

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


Round 6 on 2011/02/28 at 15:00

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

Round 7 on 2011/03/01 at 15:00

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

Round 8 on 2011/03/02 at 15:00

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

Round 9 on 2011/03/03 at 15:00

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

Round 10 on 2011/03/04 at 15:00

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

Round 11 on 2011/03/05 at 12:00

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

[LozCooper]

Results of round one

Ti. Name Rtg Res. Ti. Name Rtg

GM Koneru Humpy 2607 0-1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
IM Fierro Baquero Martha 2363 1-0 GM Zhu Chen 2495
GM Cramling Pia 2516 ½-½ IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 0-1 GM Xu Yuhua 2484
GM Sebag Marie 2489 0-1 GM Danielian Elina 2454
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 0-1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410

[LozCooper]

Round 2 results:

12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 7 1-0
8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 6 1-0
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - GM Sebag Marie 2489 5 0-1
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 4 0-1
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 - GM Cramling Pia 2516 3 0.5-0.5
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 - IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 2 1-0

Standings:

Danielian & Dzagnidze 2/2
Cramling, Fierro, Koneru, Munguntuul, Sebag, Stefanova, Xu Yuhua 1
Mkrtchian & Zhu Chen 0.5
Chiburdanidze 0

[Kevin Thurlow]

Interesting in Round 1 that the higher rated player scored 0.5/6... Round 2 was a bit more "normal".

[LozCooper]

Interesting in Round 1 that the higher rated player scored 0.5/6... Round 2 was a bit more "normal".

Even more bizarre was that five of them had white and managed 0.5/5

[LozCooper]

Round 3 results:

IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 12 1-0
GM Cramling Pia 2516 - GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 0.5-0.5
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 - GM Zhu Chen 2495 11 0-1
GM Sebag Marie 2489 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 10 0.5-0.5
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 - GM Xu Yuhua 2484 9 1-0
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 - GM Danielian Elina 2454 8 0-1

Standings:

Danielian 3/3
Dzagnidze & Fierro 2
Cramling, Koneru, Sebag, Zhu Chen 1.5
Chiburdanidze, Mkrtchian, Munguntuul, Stefanova & Xu Yuhua 1

[LozCooper]

Round 4 results:

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.

12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 - GM Danielian Elina 2454 8 0-1
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 7 1-0
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 6 0-1
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 - GM Sebag Marie 2489 5 0-1
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 4 0.5-0.5
2 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 - GM Cramling Pia 2516 3 0.5-0.5

Scores:

Danielian 4/4
Fierro & Sebag 2.5
Chiburdanidze, Cramling, Dzagnidze, Koneru, Xu Yuhua 2
Stefanova & Zhu Chen 1.5
Mkrtchian & Munguntuul 1

[LozCooper]

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

Scores:

Danielian 5/5
Cramling, Fierro & Sebag 3
Chiburdanidze & Koneru 2.5
Dzagnidze, Stefanova, Xu Yuhua & Zhu Chen 2
Mkrtchian & Munguntuul 1.5

[LozCooper]

Round 6 (February 28, 2011)

Cramling, Pia - Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 95 D31 Semi-Slav Defence
Koneru, Humpy - Chiburdanidze, Maia 1-0 42 E42 Nimzo Indian Rubinstein
Dzagnidze, Nana - Xu, Yuhua 1-0 71 E32 Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2
Fierro Baquero, Martha L. - Sebag, Marie 0-1 59 A11 Reti Opening
Mkrtchian, Lilit - Danielian, Elina ½-½ 32 D26 QGA
Zhu, Chen - Munguntuul, Batkhuyag 0-1 67 E95 King's Indian Classical

Scores:

Danielian 5.5/6
Cramling & Sebag 4
Koneru 3.5
Dzagnidze & Fierro 3
Chiburdanidze & Munguntuul 2.5
Mkrtchian, Stefanova, Xu Yuhua & Zhu Chen 2

[LozCooper]

Round 7 on 2011/03/01 at 15:00

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.

4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 12 0-1
5 GM Sebag Marie 2489 - GM Cramling Pia 2516 3 1-0
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 - IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 2 1-0
7 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 - GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 0-1
8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 - GM Zhu Chen 2495 11 1-0
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 10 0-1

Danielian 6.5/7
Sebag 5
Koneru 4.5
Cramling & Dzagnidze 4
Chiburdanidze 3.5
Fierro & Mkrtchian 3
Munguntuul 2.5
Stefanova, Xu Yuhua & Zhu Chen 2

[LozCooper]

Round 8 on 2011/03/02

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.

12 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 10 1-0
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 - GM Xu Yuhua 2484 9 0.5-0.5
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 - GM Danielian Elina 2454 8 1-0
2 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 7 1-0
3 GM Cramling Pia 2516 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 6 0.5-0.5
4 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 - GM Sebag Marie 2489 5 0.5-0.5

Danielian 6.5/8
Koneru & Sebag 5.5
Dzagnidze 5
Cramling 4.5
Chiburdanidze & Fierro 4
Mkrtchian 3
Munguntuul, Stefanova, Xu Yuhua & Zhu Chen 2.5

[LozCooper]

Round 9 on 2011/03/03 at 15:00

SNo. Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg SNo.
5 GM Sebag Marie 2489 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 12 1-0
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 4 0.5-0.5
7 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 - GM Cramling Pia 2516 3 1-0
8 GM Danielian Elina 2454 - IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 2 1-0
9 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 0.5-0.5
10 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 - GM Zhu Chen 2495 11 1-0

Leaders:

Danielian 7.5/9
Sebag 6.5
Koneru 6
Dzagnidze 5
Chiburdanidze & Cramling 4.5
Fierro & Mkrtchian 4
Munguntuul 3.5
Stefanova, Xu Yuhua 3
Zhu Chen 2.5

Remaining rounds:

Round 10 on 2011/03/04 at 15:00

Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg

GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 - GM Zhu Chen 2495
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 - IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 - GM Xu Yuhua 2484
GM Cramling Pia 2516 - GM Danielian Elina 2454
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410
GM Sebag Marie 2489 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502

Round 11 on 2011/03/05 at 12:00

Name Rtg Res. Name Rtg
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 - GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 - GM Sebag Marie 2489
GM Danielian Elina 2454 - GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546
GM Xu Yuhua 2484 - GM Cramling Pia 2516
IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 - IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363
GM Zhu Chen 2495 - GM Koneru Humpy 2607

[Jon D'Souza-Eva]

Danielian seems to be well on her way to another victory after losing to Koneru in round 8. I've never come across her name before, has she ever got anywhere in the Womens' World Championships cycle?

There is an interview with her here in which she talks about the time her favourite pen ran out of ink!

[LozCooper]

Danielian seems to be well on her way to another victory after losing to Koneru in round 8. I've never come across her name before, has she ever got anywhere in the Womens' World Championships cycle?

There is an interview with her here in which she talks about the time her favourite pen ran out of ink!

She's a GM who plays top board for Armenia. I've always thought of her as a very solid but determined player but judging by this tournament there's a lot more to her than that.

Her website is here: http://elinachess.com/ and the about me section here: http://elinachess.com/about.php

Does anyone know why Chiburdanidze didn't try 52 Bc6 instead of agreeing a draw?