FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012
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The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012 is a series of six chess
tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2013
. The winner of the Grand Prix (the one with most Grand Prix points) will challenge the 2012 Women's World Chess champion
.
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 was the winner.
At the second Grand Prix in Shenzhen. Tan Zhongyi
replaced Alisa Galliamova
.
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
tournaments exclusively for women, which formed part of the qualification cycle for the Women's World Chess Championship 2013
Women's World Chess Championship 2013
The Women's World Chess Championship 2013 is an upcoming match between the 2012 Women's World Chess champion and a challenger. The challenger will be the winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012, or runner-up in case the Grand Prix winner is the current world champion.The match is played...
. The winner of the Grand Prix (the one with most Grand Prix points) will challenge the 2012 Women's World Chess champion
Women's World Chess Championship 2012
The Women's World Chess Championship 2012 is an upcoming knock-out tournament, to decide the women's world champion.The tournament will be played as a 64 player knockout type in Khanty Mansiysk, Russia from 10 November to 3 December 2012. Each pairing consists of two games, one with white and one...
.
Format
18 top world 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
Round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament is a competition "in which each contestant meets all other contestants in turn".-Terminology:...
. In each round players scored 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw
Draw (chess)
In chess, a draw is when a game ends in a tie. It is one of the possible outcomes of a game, along with a win for White and a win for Black . Usually, in tournaments a draw is worth a half point to each player, while a win is worth one point to the victor and none to the loser.For the most part,...
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 was the winner.
Players and qualification
There were several methods to qualify for the Grand Prix series.- best four players of the Women's World Chess Championship 2010Women's World Chess Championship 2010The Women's World Chess Championship, 2010 took place in Hatay, Turkey from December 2 through 25.The tournament was played in a 64 player knockout type. Each pairing consisted of two games, one with white and one with black. The winner advanced. In case of a tie, tiebreaks were played the next day...
- Hou YifanHou YifanHou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's...
, Ruan LufeiRuan LufeiRuan Lufei is a Chinese chess player. She plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League .-Career:...
, Zhao XueZhao XueZhao Xue is a Chinese chess player who holds the Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles. In 2008, she became China's 24th Grandmaster.-Career:...
, Koneru HumpyKoneru HumpyHumpy Koneru is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating is 2614, placing her number two in the world for women . In 2007 she surpassed the rating of 2577 set by Susan Polgar to become the second-highest ranked female player in history...
- Hou Yifan
- winner of previous Grand Prix
- as Hou Yifan is already qualified, an additional rating entry was given
- highest six players per average of July 2010 and January 2011 rating not already qualified
- Tatiana KosintsevaTatiana KosintsevaTatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster...
, Antoaneta StefanovaAntoaneta StefanovaAntoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion. She became the twelfth holder of that title in 2004 in a 64-player knockout tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia under the auspices of FIDE....
, Nadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda KosintsevaNadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster....
, Anna MuzychukAnna MuzychukAnna Olegivna Muzychuk is a chess player with a FIDE rating of 2528 . She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2004 and the title of International Master in 2007. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she is the strongest female chess player...
, Kateryna Lahno, Viktorija CmilyteViktorija CmilyteViktorija Čmilytė is a Lithuanian chess player with the titles of Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster . She won the gold medal at the Women's European Individual Chess Championship in 2011...
- Tatiana Kosintseva
- two nominees of the FIDE president
- Zhu ChenZhu ChenZhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:...
, Munguntuul Batkhuyag
- Zhu Chen
- six host cities nominees
- Ekaterina KovalevskayaEkaterina KovalevskayaEkaterina Kovalevskaya is a Russian chess player with the titles International Master and Woman Grandmaster . She won the Russian women's championship in 1994 and 2000. and was runner-up in the Women's World Chess Championship 2004.-External links:...
, Ju WenjunJu WenjunJu Wenjun is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League .In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut...
, Alexandra KosteniukAlexandra KosteniukAlexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion.-Chess career:Kosteniuk learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father...
, Alisa GalliamovaAlisa GalliamovaAlisa Galliamova is a Russian chess player, who was born to Russian father and Tatar mother. She holds the FIDE titles Woman Grandmaster and International Master. In 1988 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship...
, Elina DanielianElina DanielianElina Danielian is an Armenian chess grandmaster and six times Armenian Women's champion. She played in the gold medal-winning Armenian Women's team in the 5th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv 2003...
, Betul Cemre YildizBetul Cemre YildizBetul Cemre Yildiz is a top female chess player from Turkey. She is a Woman International Master, and won the Turkish women's championship each year from 2001 through 2006....
- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
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:- The fourth result not already in the top three performances
- The number of actual game points scored in the four tournaments
- The number of first place finishes
- The number of second place finishes
- The number of won games
- Drawing of lots
Event results
The six tournaments are| Nr | Host city | Date | Winner | Points (Win/Loss/Draw) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rostov Rostov Rostov is a town in Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, one of the oldest in the country and a tourist center of the Golden Ring. It is located on the shores of Lake Nero, northeast of Moscow. Population:... , Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... |
1–15 August 2011 | Hou Yifan | 8/11 (+5 -0 =6) |
| 2 | Shenzhen Shenzhen Shenzhen is a major city in the south of Southern China's Guangdong Province, situated immediately north of Hong Kong. The area became China's first—and one of the most successful—Special Economic Zones... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture... |
6–20 September 2011 | Hou Yifan | 8/11 (+6 -1 =4) |
| 3 | Nalchik Nalchik Nalchik is the capital city of the Kabardino-Balkar Republic, Russia, situated at an altitude of in the foothills of the Caucasus Mountains; about northwest of Beslan in the Republic of North Ossetia–Alania. It covers an area of... , Russia |
8–23 October 2011 | Zhao Xue | 9.5/11 (+9 -1 =1) |
| 4 | Kazan Kazan Kazan is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Tatarstan, Russia. With a population of 1,143,546 , it is the eighth most populous city in Russia. Kazan lies at the confluence of the Volga and Kazanka Rivers in European Russia. In April 2009, the Russian Patent Office granted Kazan the... , Russia |
30 May – 13 June 2012 | ||
| 5 | Jermuk Jermuk Jermuk is a spa town in the southern Armenian province of Vayots Dzor, 53 km east of Yeghegnadzor, the capital of Vayots Dzor. It was a popular destination during the Soviet era and nowadays is still famous for its hot springs and its brand of mineral water that is bottled in the vicinity... , Armenia Armenia Armenia , officially the Republic of Armenia , is a landlocked mountainous country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia... |
16–30 July 2012 | ||
| 6 | Istanbul Istanbul Istanbul , historically known as Byzantium and Constantinople , is the largest city of Turkey. Istanbul metropolitan province had 13.26 million people living in it as of December, 2010, which is 18% of Turkey's population and the 3rd largest metropolitan area in Europe after London and... , Turkey Turkey Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe... |
16–30 November 2012 | ||
Grand Prix points
| Player | Rostov | Shenzhen | Nalchik | Kazan | Jermuk | Istanbul | Best 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hou Yifan Hou Yifan Hou Yifan is a Chinese chess prodigy. She is the reigning Women's World Chess Champion, the youngest ever to win the title, as well as the youngest female player ever to qualify for the title of Grandmaster.At the age of 12, Hou became the youngest player ever to participate in the FIDE Women's... |
160 | 160 | — | — | 320 | ||
| Zhao Xue Zhao Xue Zhao Xue is a Chinese chess player who holds the Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster titles. In 2008, she became China's 24th Grandmaster.-Career:... |
— | 75 | 160 | — | 235 | ||
| Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun Ju Wenjun is a Chinese chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.Ju Wenjun plays for Shanghai chess club in the China Chess League .In December 2004, Ju came joint second in the Asian Women's Chess Championship in Beirut... |
— | 100 | 130 | — | 230 | ||
| Anna Muzychuk Anna Muzychuk Anna Olegivna Muzychuk is a chess player with a FIDE rating of 2528 . She earned the title of Woman Grandmaster in 2004 and the title of International Master in 2007. In 2004 she became a member of the Slovenian chess federation, where she is the strongest female chess player... |
100 | 130 | — | — | 230 | ||
| Kateryna Lahno | 130 | — | 80 | — | 210 | ||
| Tatiana Kosintseva Tatiana Kosintseva Tatiana Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player who has achieved the FIDE title of Grandmaster... |
100 | — | 55 | — | 155 | ||
| Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Kovalevskaya Ekaterina Kovalevskaya is a Russian chess player with the titles International Master and Woman Grandmaster . She won the Russian women's championship in 1994 and 2000. and was runner-up in the Women's World Chess Championship 2004.-External links:... |
20 | 20 | 100 | — | — | 140 | |
| Viktorija Cmilyte Viktorija Cmilyte Viktorija Čmilytė is a Lithuanian chess player with the titles of Woman Grandmaster and Grandmaster . She won the gold medal at the Women's European Individual Chess Championship in 2011... |
— | 35 | 100 | — | 135 | ||
| Nadezhda Kosintseva Nadezhda Kosintseva Nadezhda Anatolyevna Kosintseva is a Russian chess player. She holds the title of Grandmaster.... |
80 | — | 55 | — | 135 | ||
| Ruan Lufei Ruan Lufei Ruan Lufei is a Chinese chess player. She plays for Jiangsu chess club in the China Chess League .-Career:... |
30 | 75 | — | — | 105 | ||
| Tan Zhongyi Tan Zhongyi Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese female chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.-Career:Tan won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice in 2000 and 2001... |
— | — | — | — | — | 100 | |
| Antoaneta Stefanova Antoaneta Stefanova Antoaneta Stefanova is a Bulgarian chess grandmaster, and a former Women's World Chess Champion. She became the twelfth holder of that title in 2004 in a 64-player knockout tournament held in Elista, Kalmykia under the auspices of FIDE.... |
45 | — | 55 | — | 100 | ||
| Alisa Galliamova Alisa Galliamova Alisa Galliamova is a Russian chess player, who was born to Russian father and Tatar mother. She holds the FIDE titles Woman Grandmaster and International Master. In 1988 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship... |
65 | — | 30 | — | — | 95 | |
| Elina Danielian Elina Danielian Elina Danielian is an Armenian chess grandmaster and six times Armenian Women's champion. She played in the gold medal-winning Armenian Women's team in the 5th European Team Chess Championship in Plovdiv 2003... |
45 | 50 | — | — | 95 | ||
| Zhu Chen Zhu Chen Zhu Chen is a chess Grandmaster. In 2001, she became China's second women's world chess champion after Xie Jun, and China's 13th Grandmaster.She today plays for Qatar.-Biography:... |
— | 35 | 55 | — | 90 | ||
| Munguntuul Batkhuyag | — | 60 | 20 | — | 80 | ||
| Koneru Humpy Koneru Humpy Humpy Koneru is an Indian chess Grandmaster. Her January 2010 FIDE Elo rating is 2614, placing her number two in the world for women . In 2007 she surpassed the rating of 2577 set by Susan Polgar to become the second-highest ranked female player in history... |
65 | — | — | 65 | |||
| Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Kosteniuk Alexandra Konstantinovna Kosteniuk is a Russian chess Grandmaster and a former Women's World Chess Champion.-Chess career:Kosteniuk learned to play chess at the age of five after being taught by her father... |
10 | — | 10 | — | 20 | ||
| Betul Cemre Yildiz Betul Cemre Yildiz Betul Cemre Yildiz is a top female chess player from Turkey. She is a Woman International Master, and won the Turkish women's championship each year from 2001 through 2006.... |
— | 10 | — | 10 | |||
At the second Grand Prix in Shenzhen. Tan Zhongyi
Tan Zhongyi
Tan Zhongyi is a Chinese female chess player, who holds the FIDE title of Woman Grandmaster.-Career:Tan won the World Youth U10 Girls Chess Championship twice in 2000 and 2001...
replaced Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Galliamova
Alisa Galliamova is a Russian chess player, who was born to Russian father and Tatar mother. She holds the FIDE titles Woman Grandmaster and International Master. In 1988 she won the World Junior Girls Chess Championship...
.