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FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013-14

The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013-14 is a series of six 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 was decided in the last stage in Sharjah, UAE, when rating favorite and reigning world champion Hou Yifan overtook second seeded Koneru Humpy to win her third straight Grand Prix cycle. For the third time running, Koneru Humpy finished runner-up to Hou Yifan.

With the overall win Hou Yifan earned the right to play the Women's World Chess Championship 2016 in a ten-game match.

Format

Eighteen women players were to be selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player agrees and will contract to participate in exactly four of these tournaments. Players must rank their preference of tournaments once the final list of host cities is announced and the dates are allocated to each host city.

Each tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin tournament. In each round players scored 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Grand prix points were then allocated according to each player's standing in the tournament: 160 grand prix points for first place, 130 for second place, 110 for third place, and then 90 down to 10 points by steps of 10. In case of a tie in points the grand prix points are shared evenly by the tied players. Players only counted their best three tournament results. The player with the most grand prix points is the winner.

Players and qualification

Players invited bases on qualifying criteria were:

  1. Anna Ushenina
  2. Antoaneta Stefanova
  3. Ju Wenjun
  4. Dronavalli Harika
Judit Polgár (declined)
  1. Hou Yifan
  2. Koneru Humpy
  3. Anna Muzychuk
  4. Zhao Xue
  5. Nana Dzagnidze
  6. Kateryna Lahno
  1. Alexandra Kosteniuk (of Geneva)
  2. Elina Danielian (of Dilijan)
  3. Nafisa Muminova (of Tashkent)
  4. Olga Girya (of Khanty-Mansiysk)
  5. Bela Khotenashvili (of Tbilisi)
  6. Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (of Erdenet)
  1. Nadezhda Kosintseva (withdrew)
  2. Viktorija Čmilytė
  1. Tatiana Kosintseva

Prize money and Grand Prix points

The prize money has been increased from €40,000 to €60,000 per single Grand Prix and from €60,000 to €90,000 for the overall Grand Prix finishes.

Place Single Grand Prix event Overall standings Grand Prix points
1 €10,000 €25,000 160
2 €8,250 €20,000 130
3 €6,750 €15,000 110
4 €5,750 €10,000 90
5 €5,000 €7,500 80
6 €4,500 €5,500 70
7 €4,250 €4,000 60
8 €4,000 €3,000 50
9 €3,250 - 40
10 €3,000 - 30
11 €2,750 - 20
12 €2,500 - 10

Tie breaks

With the objective of determining a clear, single winner to play in the Challenger Match and in the case that two or more players have equal cumulative points at the top, the following criteria (in descending order) will be utilized to decide the overall winner:

  1. Fourth result not already taken in the top three results.
  2. Number of actual game result points scored in the four tournaments.
  3. Number of first places (in case of a tie - points given accordingly).
  4. Number of second places (in case of a tie - points given accordingly).
  5. Number of wins.
  6. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

The fifth stage was moved from Tiblisi to Lopota. The sixth stage was moved from Erdenet, Mongolia to Sharjah, UAE, the world's largest chess club. A move apparently due to illness in the Mongolian organising committee.

The six tournaments were:

No. Host city Date Winner Points (Win/draw/loss)
1 Geneva, Switzerland 2-16 May 2013 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 8/11 (+7=2-2)
2 Dilijan, Armenia 15-29 June 2013 Koneru Humpy (India) 8/11 (+5=6-0)
3 Tashkent, Uzbekistan 17 September - 1 October 2013 Koneru Humpy (India) 8/11 (+6=4-1)
4 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia 8-22 April 2014 Hou Yifan (China) 8.5/11 (+6=5-0)
5 Lopota Resort, Georgia 18 June - 2 July 2014 Hou Yifan (China) 9/11 (+7=4-0)
6 Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 24 August - 7 September 2014 Ju Wenjun (China) and
Hou Yifan (China)		 8.5/11 (+6=5-0)

Events crosstables

Geneva 2013

1st stage, Geneva, Switzerland, 2-16 May 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts H2H Wins SB TPR GP Rating change
1 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2505 X ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 0 7 39.75 2681 160 +26
2 Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 2585 ½ X 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7.5 0 4 37.75 2636 130 +8
3 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 2517 1 0 X ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6.5 0.5 4 33.00 2573 100 +9
4 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2545 0 ½ ½ X 1 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 6.5 0.5 4 31.25 2571 100 +5
5 Ju Wenjun (China) 2544 0 ½ 1 0 X 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 1 6.0 1 4 29.25 2540 75 +0
6 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2491 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 6.0 0 2 32.00 2543 75 +8
7 Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine) 2548 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ X 0 1 ½ ½ 1 5.5 0 3 27.25 2508 60 −6
8 Hou Yifan (China) 2617 1 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 X ½ 1 0 ½ 5.0 0.5 3 27.75 2470 45 −22
9 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2491 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 5.0 0.5 2 25.50 2481 45 −2
10 Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) 2522 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ X ½ 1 4.5 0 1 22.00 2446 30 −12
11 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mongolia) 2298 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 1 0 ½ X ½ 3.5 0 1 17.25 2397 20 +18
12 Olga Girya (Russia) 2463 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ X 2.0 0 0 9.75 2254 10 −27

Bela Khotenashvili won the first Grand Prix in Geneva and also won her third Grandmaster norm.

Dilijan 2013

2nd stage, Dilijan, Armenia, 15-29 June 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts H2H Wins SB TPR GP
1 Humpy Koneru (India) 2597 X 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 8.0 0 5 42.75 2667 160
2 Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 2593 0 X 1 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 7.0 1 4 36.75 2594 120
3 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2550 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 ½ 1 7.0 0 5 34.50 2598 120
4 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 2526 0 0 1 X 0 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0 0 5 30.00 2534 90
5 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2499 ½ ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 5.5 0 1 31.00 2505 80
6 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2531 0 0 ½ 1 ½ X ½ ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 5.0 1 2 26.00 2471 60
7 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mongolia) 2316 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 5.0 1 2 24.50 2490 60
8 Dronavalli Harika (India) 2492 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 5.0 1 1 26.25 2474 60
9 Olga Girya (Russia) 2436 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ X ½ 1 ½ 4.5 1.5 1 24.50 2447 30
10 Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) 2511 ½ 0 0 0 1 1 0 ½ ½ X ½ ½ 4.5 1 2 23.50 2440 30
11 Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2475 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ X 1 4.5 0.5 1 24.00 2444 30
12 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2531 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X 4.0 0 0 22.25 2405 10

Tashkent 2013

3rd stage, Tashkent, Uzbekistan, 17 September - 1 October 2013
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts SB TPR GP
1 Humpy Koneru (India) 2607 X 0 ½ ½ 1 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.0 39.25 2637 160
2 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2514 1 X ½ 0 1 0 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 7.0 35.00 2572 120
3 Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine) 2532 ½ ½ X ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7.0 34.50 2571 120
4 Dronavalli Harika (India) 2475 ½ 1 ½ X 0 ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 6.5 34.00 2543 85
5 Zhao Xue (China) 2533 0 0 1 1 X 0 1 1 0 1 1 ½ 6.5 32.75 2533 85
6 Ju Wenjun (China) 2535 0 1 ½ ½ 1 X ½ ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 6.0 33.50 2505 70
7 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2495 0 1 0 1 0 ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 1 5.5 25.75 2477 55
8 Olga Girya (Russia) 2439 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 X ½ ½ 1 1 5.5 25.25 2482 55
9 Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2470 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ X ½ ½ 1 5.0 23.75 2448 40
10 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2496 ½ 0 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X 1 1 4.5 19.75 2413 30
11 Nafisa Muminova (Uzbekistan) 2293 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 X 1 3.0 13.50 2325 20
12 Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (Kazakhstan) 2307 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 0 0 0 0 X 1.5 9.50 2173 10

Khanty-Mansiyk 2014

4th stage, Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia, 8-22 April 2014
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts SB TPR GP
1 Hou Yifan (China) 2618 X 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 1 8.5 43.00 2695 160
2 Olga Girya (Russia) 2450 0 X 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 7.0 35.50 2602 130
3 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2527 ½ 0 X ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 6.5 34.00 2558 110
4 Kateryna Lagno (Ukraine) 2543 ½ 1 ½ X ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 6.0 33.50 2527 85
5 Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 2560 ½ 0 0 ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6.0 29.50 2526 85
6 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2550 0 0 0 ½ ½ X 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 5.5 25.00 2491 65
7 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2489 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 X 0 1 1 ½ ½ 5.5 29.50 2496 65
8 Zhao Xue (China) 2552 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 1 1 X ½ 0 ½ 0 5.0 28.75 2454 45
9 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2501 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ X 1 1 ½ 5.0 24.25 2459 40
10 Nafisa Muminova (Uzbekistan) 2321 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 X 1 1 4.0 18.50 2409 30
11 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 2496 0 0 1 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 X ½ 3.5 19.50 2363 15
12 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mongolia) 2340 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ X 3.5 18.50 2377 15

Olga Girya won her final GM norm at the tournament.

Lopota 2014

5th stage, Lopota, Georgia, 19 June - July 1, 2014
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts H2H Victories SB TPR GP
1 Hou Yifan (China) 2629 X 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 1 9.0 0 7 45.00 2773 160
2 Ju Wenjun (China) 2532 0 X 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 0 1 7.0 1 5 34.75 2622 120
3 Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2460 ½ 0 X ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 7.0 0 4 34.00 2628 120
4 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2541 0 ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5 0 4 29.00 2584 90
5 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2488 0 0 ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 6.0 0.5 4 27.75 2560 75
6 Harika Dronavalli (India) 2503 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0 0.5 2 30.75 2558 75
7 Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2561 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 1.5 3 23.75 2517 50
8 Koneru Humpy (India) 2613 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ X ½ ½ 0 1 5.5 1.0 3 28.75 2512 50
9 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2532 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 5.5 0.5 3 27.25 2520 50
10 Zhao Xue (China) 2538 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 3.5 0 1 14.25 2386 30
11 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2518 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X ½ 3.0 0 1 16.75 2346 20
12 Nafisa Muminova (Uzbekistan) 2332 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1.5 0 1 6.50 2229 10

Ju Wenjun achieved another GM norm which makes it her final GM norm.

Sharjah 2014

6th stage, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, 24 August - 7 September 2014
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Rating Change TPR GP
1 Ju Wenjun (China) 2559 X ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 8.5 +19 2696 145
2 Hou Yifan (China) 2661 ½ X ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8.5 +4 2687 145
3 Harika Dronavalli (India) 2521 0 ½ X 1 ½ ½ 1 1 0 1 ½ 1 7.0 +5 2551 87.5
4 Zhao Xue (China) 2508 0 ½ ½ X 0 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 6.5 +7 2552 87.5
5 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2487 0 0 ½ 1 X ½ ½ 0 1 1 ½ 1 6.0 +11 2554 87.5
6 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mongolia) 2346 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 6.0 +64 2567 87.5
7 Koneru Humpy (India) 2598 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 ½ 1 1 5.5 -17 2481 60
8 Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2490 ½ ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ X ½ ½ 0 1 5.5 -5 2459 50
9 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 2494 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ X ½ 1 1 5.5 -10 2427 40
10 Zhu Chen (Qatar) 2461 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ X ½ 1 3.5 -15 2361 30
11 Nafisa Muminova (Uzbekistan) 2315 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 X ½ 3.0 +2 2336 20
12 Alina l'Ami (Romania) 2446 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 X 1.5 -33 2174 10

Batchimeg Tuvshintugs achieved a 9-game GM norm, her first GM norm.

Grand Prix standings

The lowest of four results is in italics and not taken into the total result. Khotenashvili took the lead after stage one, then Koneru Humpy went into the lead by winning two stages in a row. Hou Yifan then overtook the lead of Koneru Humpy at the last stage.

The top two places are the same as in the two previous Grand Prix cycles.

Player July 2014
Rating		 Geneva Dilijan Tashkent Khanty-Mansiysk Lopota Sharjah Played Best 3
1 Hou Yifan (China) 2629 45 160 160 145 4 465
2 Koneru Humpy (India) 2613 160 160 50 60 4 380
3 Ju Wenjun (China) 2538 75 70 120 145 4 340
4 Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) 2561 130 120 85 50 4 335
5 Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2541 100 120 65 90 4 310
6 Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2518 160 10 120 20 4 300
7 Kateryna Lahno (Russia) 2540 60 120 85 3 265
8 Dronavalli Harika (India) 2513 60 85 75 87.5 4 247.5
9 Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 2488 75 80 45 87.5 4 242.5
10 Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) 2476 100 90 15 40 4 230
11 Zhao Xue (China) 2542 85 45 30 87.5 4 217.5
12 Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2533 45 55 110 50 4 215
Olga Girya (Russia) 2493 10 30 55 130 4 215
14 Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2458 30 40 120 50 4 210
15 Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2488 60 30 65 75 4 200
16 Batchimeg Tuvshintugs (Mongolia) 2346 20 60 15 87.5 4 167.5
17 Nafisa Muminova (Uzbekistan) 2332 20 30 10 20 4 70
18 Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania) 2525 30 30 2 60
19 Zhu Chen (Qatar) 2461 30 1 30
20 Guliskhan Nakhbayeva (Kazakhstan) 2300 10 1 10
Alina L'Ami (Romania) 2446 10 1 10
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