18 July 2012

Women’s Chess Grand Prix in Jermuk: Humpy, Wenjun, Kovalevskaya Begin with Wins
Chess blog for latest chess news and chess trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2012

Hi everyone,

The Jermuk Women’s Chess Grand Prix – fifth in the series 2011/12 began with a traditional and elaborate opening ceremony on Monday. The first round was played on Tuesday with FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, Vayotz Dzor province Governor Edgar Ghazaryan and five-time World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili attending the opening day. Mr. Ghazaryan made the first symbolic move to inaugurate the chess tournament.



Round 1 Results
Koneru Humpy 1 – 0 Zhao Xue
Khurtsidze Nino 0 – 1 Ju Wenjun
Danielian Elina ½ – ½ Mkrtchian Lilit
Hou Yifan ½ – ½ Munguntuul Batkhuyag
Ruan Lufei ½ – ½ Lahno Kateryna
Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 1 – 0 Kosintseva Nadezhda




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