Yifan Hou is the reigning World Chess Champion
FIDE Women Grand Prix will take place in Jermuk 16-28 July, 2012. Participants will be Hou Yifan, Humpy Koneru, Zhao Xue, Kateryna Lahno, Ju Wenjun, Nadezhda Kosintseva, Ruan Lufei, Elina Danielian, Nino Khurtsidze, Lilit Mkrtchian, Munguntuul Batkhuyag, and Ekaterina Kovalevskaya.
This is the fifth leg in the Women Grand Prix 2012-2013. The first leg in Rostov was won by Yifan Hou, she repeated her success in the second event in Shenzhen. Zhao Xue had no problems winning the Nalchik Grand Prix, while the fourth competition was a shared victory by Yifan Hou and Humpy Koneru.
As the players come in for the fifth leg of the 2nd series of the Women’s Grand Prix in Jermuk, Armenia, we see the current Women World Champion Hou Yifan of China leading the overall standings with 420 points, followed closely by Ana Muzychuk of Slovenia with 375 points.
The World Champion will have the chance to extend the lead, as Muzychuk is participating currently in the ACP Classic and will not play in Jermuk.
The absence of Muzychuk makes Lahnno (260 points) and Zhao Xue (235 points) the closest competitors in the standings to Hou Yifan. Scroll down to see the full table of standings.
Games from Jermuk will be live on Chessdom.com with computer analysis.
Schedule
| Jermuk, Armenia 16 July – 29 July 2012 | |
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1st day: Arrivals & Open. Ceremony |
16.07.2012 |
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2nd day: Round 1 |
17.07.2012 |
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3rd day: Round 2 |
18.07.2012 |
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4th day: Round 3 |
19.07.2012 |
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5th day: Round 4 |
20.07.2012 |
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6th day: Round 5 |
21.07.2012 |
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7th day: Round 6 |
22.07.2012 |
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8th day: Free day |
23.07.2012 |
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9th day: Round 7 |
24.07.2012 |
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10th day: Round 8 |
25.07.2012 |
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11th day: Round 9 |
26.07.2012 |
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12th day Round 10 |
27.07.2012 |
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13th day: Round 11 & Clos. Ceremony |
28.07.2012 |
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14th day: Departure |
29.07.2012
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FIDE Grand Prix standings
| Player | Title | Rating 07.2012 | Rostov | Shenzhen | Nalchik | Kazan | Jermuk | Mardin | Best 3 | Events |
| Hou Yifan | GM | 2613 | 160 | 160 | 100 | * | 420 | 4 | ||
| Anna Muzychuk | GM | 2606 | 100 | 130 | 145 | * | 375 | 4 | ||
| Kateryna Lahno | GM | 2537 | 130 | 80 | 50 | * | 260 | 4 | ||
| Zhao Xue | GM | 2556 | 75 | 160 | * | * | 235 | 4 | ||
| Viktorija Cmilyte | GM | 2525 | 35 | 100 | 100 | * | 235 | 4 | ||
| Ju Wenjun | WGM | 2518 | 100 | 130 | * | * | 230 | 4 | ||
| Tatiana Kosintseva | GM | 2530 | 100 | 55 | 60 | * | 215 | 4 | ||
| Koneru Humpy | GM | 2598 | 65 | 145 | * | * | 210 | 4 | ||
| Nadezhda Kosintseva | GM | 2516 | 80 | 55 | 35 | * | 170 | 4 | ||
| Elina Danielian | GM | 2480 | 45 | 50 | 75 | * | 170 | 4 | ||
| Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | IM | 2417 | 20 | 20 | 100 | * | 140 | 4 | ||
| Antoaneta Stefanova | GM | 2505 | 45 | 55 | 35 | * | 135 | 4 | ||
| Alisa Galliamova | IM | 2465 | 65 | * | 30 | 20 | 115 | 4 | ||
| Ruan Lufei | WGM | 2483 | 30 | 75 | * | * | 105 | 4 | ||
| Tan Zhongyi | WGM | 2447 | 100 | 100 | ||||||
| Alexandra Kosteniuk | GM | 2472 | 10 | 10 | 75 | 95 | 3 | |||
| Zhu Chen | GM | 2491 | 35 | 55 | 90 | 2 | ||||
| Munguntuul Batkhuyag | IM | 2447 | 60 | 20 | * | * | 80 | 4 | ||
| Betul Cemre Yildiz | WGM | 2330 | 10 | 10 | * | 20 | 3 | |||
| Monica Socko | GM | 2481 | * | |||||||
| Nino Khurtsidze | IM | 2456 | * | |||||||
| Lilit Mkrtchian | IM | 2450 | * | |||||||
| Kubra Ozturk | WGM | 2296 | * | |||||||
