Ulaanbaatar Women FIDE Grand Prix – Round One

Koneru, Zhao Xue and Chiburdanidze starting with victories

The 5th Women FIDE Grand Prix chess tournament is taking place 30th July to 11th August in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. The opening ceremony was held on the Sukhbaatar Square, in the main government district, which was a privilege that no other sport event enjoyed before. One day earlier, a foundation for the FIDE Chess Academy was laid on the outskirts of Mongolia capitol.

Round 1 results:

GM Koneru Humpy 2600 1 – 0 WGM Shen Yang 2435

GM Sebag Marie 2519 ½ – ½ GM Xu Yuhua 2488

WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235 0 – 1 GM Zhao Xue 2462

GM Hou Yifan 2577 ½ – ½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562

GM Zhu Chen 2476 ½ – ½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560

GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421

Round 2 pairings:

WGM Shen Yang 2435 - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421

GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 - GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514

GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 - GM Zhu Chen 2476

GM Zhao Xue 2462 - GM Hou Yifan 2577

GM Xu Yuhua 2488 - WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235

GM Koneru Humpy 2600 - GM Sebag Marie 2519

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