Qian Huang and Pia Cramling take the lead at the World Women Rapid 2012

The first 3 rounds of the World Women Chess Rapid Championship 2012 have been completed during the day 1 of the event. In strong competition, including WJCC and European medalist Anna Muzychuk (top seeded), the European Champion IM Valentina Gunina, the World Championship finalist GM Humpy Koneru, the European Silver medalist GM Tatiana Kosintseva, the ex World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova, the US Champion IM Irina Krush, the ex World Champion GM Alexandra Kosteniuk, the Armenian number 1 GM Elina Danielian, etc. WGM Qian Huang and GM Pia Cramling are leading the competition with full 3,0/3 points.

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WGM Qian Huang defeated GM Tatiana Kosintseva, GM Zhu Chen, and GM Maia Chiburdanidze, while GM Pia Cramling was victorious against IM Purtseladze, GM Nona Gaprindashvili, and GM Zhao Xue.

The leaders are closely followed by the World Championship finalist GM Koneru, the ex World Champions GM Stefanova and GM Kosteniuk, and the local top performer IM Nino Khurtsidze, all with 2,5/3.

Scroll down for full standings and pairings of round 4.

 

Standings after round 3

1	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2417	3
2	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2478	3
3	GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2589	2.5
4	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2457	2.5
5	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2518	2.5
6	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	2456	2.5
7	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2549	2
8	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2491	2
9	GM	Lahno Kateryna	UKR	2546	2
10	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	2449	2
11	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2449	2
12	IM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2530	2
13	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	GEO	2500	2
14	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	RUS	2417	2
15	IM	Ushenina Anna	UKR	2454	2
16		Wang Jue	CHN	2364	2
17	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2456	2
18	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2430	2
19	WGM	Guo Qi	CHN	2360	2
20	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2484	2
21	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	2491	2
22	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2547	1.5
23	GM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2598	1.5
24	WGM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2345	1.5
25	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2508	1.5
26	IM	Gvetadze Sofio	GEO	2338	1.5
27	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	RUS	2120	1.5
28	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2386	1.5
29	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2447	1.5
30	IM	Matnadze Ana	ESP	2446	1.5
31	GM	Zhukova Natalia	UKR	2442	1.5
32	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	SCO	2426	1.5
33	GM	Gaprindashvili Nona	GEO	2356	1
34	WGM	Charkhalashvili Inga	GEO	2334	1
35	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2410	1
36	IM	Klinova Masha	ISR	2318	1
37	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	GEO	2366	1
38	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2500	1
39	IM	Gurieli Nino	GEO	2329	1
40	GM	Danielian Elina	ARM	2484	1
41	IM	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	2348	1
42	WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2436	1
43	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2532	0.5
44	IM	Krush Irina	USA	2457	0.5
45	WIM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2351	0.5
46	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	GEO	2414	0.5
47	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	AZE	2231	0.5
48	WIM	Mikadze Miranda	GEO	2323	0
49	WGM	Ding Yixin	CHN	2353	0
50	WIM	Janjghava Natia	GEO	2306	0

Pairings round 4

1	WGM	Huang Qian	CHN	2417	–	GM	Cramling Pia	SWE	2478
2	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	GEO	2456	–	GM	Koneru Humpy	IND	2589
3	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	BUL	2518	–	GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	RUS	2457
4	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2549	–	IM	Ushenina Anna	UKR	2454
5	GM	Lahno Kateryna	UKR	2546	–	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	UKR	2456
6	IM	Gunina Valentina	RUS	2530	–	WGM	Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2430
7	WGM	Guo Qi	CHN	2360	–	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	GEO	2500
8	IM	Javakhishvili Lela	GEO	2449	–	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2491
9	IM	Paehtz Elisabeth	GER	2491	–	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	ARM	2449
10	GM	Socko Monika	POL	2484	–		Wang Jue	CHN	2364
11	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2547	–	IM	Kovalevskaya Ekaterina	RUS	2417
12	GM	Muzychuk Anna	SLO	2598	–	WGM	Mammadova Gulnar	AZE	2345
13	GM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2508	–	WIM	Bezgodova Svetlana	RUS	2120
14	IM	Gvetadze Sofio	GEO	2338	–	WGM	Pogonina Natalija	RUS	2447
15	IM	Matnadze Ana	ESP	2446	–	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	SCO	2426
16	WGM	Cori T Deysi	PER	2386	–	GM	Zhukova Natalia	UKR	2442
17	IM	Khotenashvili Bela	GEO	2500	–	GM	Gaprindashvili Nona	GEO	2356
18	IM	Purtseladze Maka	GEO	2348	–	GM	Danielian Elina	ARM	2484
19	WGM	Batsiashvili Nino	GEO	2436	–	WGM	Charkhalashvili Inga	GEO	2334
20	IM	Melia Salome	GEO	2410	–	IM	Gurieli Nino	GEO	2329
21	IM	Klinova Masha	ISR	2318	–	IM	Lomineishvili Maia	GEO	2366
22	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2532	–	WIM	Umudova Nargiz	AZE	2231
23	WIM	Arabidze Meri	GEO	2351	–	IM	Krush Irina	USA	2457
24	IM	Khukhashvili Sopiko	GEO	2414	–	WGM	Ding Yixin	CHN	2353
25	WIM	Janjghava Natia	GEO	2306	–	WIM	Mikadze Miranda	GEO	2323