Sunday, February 13, 2011

Doha FIDE Women Grand Prix



Final stage of the tournament series, 20th February to 6th March

The FIDE Women Grand Prix series has its sixth and final tournament set to take place from 20th February to 6th March in Doha, Qatar. 12 players will compete in the round robin event. The winner of each tournament will win 6,500 euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 euros and the overall winner of the series will win a further 15,000 euros at the end of the series.

The winner of the Grand Prix series will qualify for the 2011 World Championship match against the reigning chess queen Hou Yifan.

Participants:

GM Humpy Koneru IND 2607
GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2546
GM Pia Cramling SWE 2516
GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2550
GM Marie Sebag FRA 2489
GM Maia Chiburdanidze GEO 2502
GM Zhu Chen QTR 2495
GM Elina Danielan ARM 2454
GM Xu Yuhua CHN 2484
IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul 2410
IM Martha Fierro ECU 2353
IM Lilit Mrktchian ARM 2475

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