Indian Grandmaster and top seed Humpy Koneru had a flying start with three straight victories in the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is currently ongoing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Koneru defeated Ju Wenjun, Elina Danielian and then performed a nice positional squeeze against former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk.
All games in round three were decisive. Certainly the Indian chess fans are pleased that their players are occupying top two places as Harika Dronavalli beat Olga Girya to emerge clear second with 2,5/3 points.
Replay games with computer analysis
Humpy Koneru
Round 3 results:
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 – 0
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 – GM Danielian Elina 2470 1 – 0
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 0 – 1
GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 – WGM Girya Olga 2439 1 – 0
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 – WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 1 – 0
GM Zhao Xue 2579 – IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 0 – 1
Round 3 standings:
1. GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND – 3,0
2. GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND – 2,5
3-5. IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO, GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN and GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR – 2,0
6-7. WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN and GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL – 1,5
8-9. WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB and WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS – 1,0
10-12. WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ, GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM and GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS – 0,5
Round 4 pairings:
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 – IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514
WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 – GM Zhao Xue 2579
WGM Girya Olga 2439 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293
WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 – GM Dronavalli Harika 2475
GM Danielian Elina 2470 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Lagno Kateryna 2532
