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World Chess Championship (Women)
2009-2010 FIDE Women's Grand Prix

2008-07-30: Regulations and Bidding Procedure for the Women's Grand-Prix 2009-2010 [Fide.com]

2. Format of the Women's Grand Prix 2009-2010.

The Grand Prix will be a series of six tournaments held over two years (2009-2010) in leading world cities. The bidding process for the final selection of cities will commence in June 2008 and be finalized by Dresden Congress, November 2008.

The timing of evaluating and contracting host city offers will be very important particularly at the start of the series. Offers to host and contract three tournaments over the next six years (i.e. three cycles – for 2009/10, 2011/2 and 2013/4) will be given preference.

18 top world players will be selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player agrees and will contract to participate in exactly 4 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.

FIDE reserves the right to assign players to tournaments according to the organizational needs and the players for each tournament will be announced before the cycle begins.

Each tournament will have 12 players playing over a schedule of seventeen days. The months allocated for the organisation of the Grand Prix tournaments are March, June and September of each respective year. These months have been selected to ensure there is no conflict with any other major event.

In view of an objective of harmonisation of the FIDE chess calendar, the months for the Grand Prix for 2009/2010 are fixed as above, and the World Cup will be scheduled to meet the timing of the Grand Prix series.

The winner of the Grand Prix series at the end of 2010 will play the Women World Champion in the third quarter of 2011 in a ten game match for the Women’s World Championship title. Should the overall winner of the Grand Prix also be the World Champion at the end of the Grand Prix series in 2010, then the Challenger rights will go to the second placed overall in the Grand Prix.

2009-01-30: Fide Women's Grand Prix 09/10 announced [rec.games.chess.misc; original source unknown, but looks like a FIDE document]

FIDE Women’s GP 2009-2010 / original list of players

1. Kosteniuk Alexandra (RUS) WWC 2008
2. Hou Yifan (CHN) – finalist WWCC 2008
3. Koneru Humpy (IND) – semifinalist WWCC 2008
4. Pia Cramling (SWE) – semifinalist WWCC 2008
5. Polgar Judit (HUN) 2709,50 - Oct 07 & 08
6. Polgar Zsuzsa (USA) 2577,00 - Oct 07 & 08
7. Xie Jun (CHN) 2574,00 - Oct 07 & 08
8. Zhao Xue (CHN) 2524,00 - Oct 07 & 08
9. Sebag Marie (FRA) 2521,00 - Oct 07 & 08
10. Zhu Chen (QAT) 2513,50 - Oct 07 & 08

11. President’s nominee
12. President’s nominee
13. Host city nominee
14. Host city nominee
15. Host city nominee
16. Host city nominee
17. Host city nominee
18. Host city nominee

1st reserve by rating: Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL) 2505,50 - Oct 07 & 08
2nd reserve by rating: Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS) 2502,50 - Oct 07 & 08
3rd reserve by rating: Chiburdanidze Maia (GEO) 2494,50 - Oct 07 & 08

2009-02-23: FIDE Women Grand Prix Starts in Istanbul [Fide.com]

The Turkish Chess Federation in collaboration with FIDE and Global Chess is organising the first event for the new Women Grand Prix series 2009/2010. The tournament will be held in Istanbul, Turkey beginning on the 6th of March 2009. It will also be the second in a series organised by the Turkish Chess Federation commemorating the founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk.

[...]

This is the first time that such a series is being organised and is a significant development for the chess world. The introduction of the Grand Prix series means that there will be a World Championship contest annually now from 2010. In that year, the Champion will be determined from the World Championship Knockout which will also be held in Turkey and the following year, 2011, the World Champions will face the Winner of the Grand Prix series 2009/2010 in a match for the title.

[...]

The final list of participants (total of 12 players) for Istanbul is:

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Istanbul, III, 2009.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Koneru,H xx 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 8.5 43.50
02 Danielian,E 0 xx = 1 1 = 1 1 1 = = 1 8.0 40.25
03 Hou Yifan 1 = xx 0 = 1 1 1 = = 1 1 8.0 39.75
04 Zhao Xue = 0 1 xx 0 1 1 = = 1 1 1 7.5 35.25
05 Sebag,M 0 0 = 1 xx = 1 0 = = 1 1 6.0 28.00
06 Cramling,P 0 = 0 0 = xx 0 1 1 1 = 1 5.5 22.75
07 Fierro Baquero,M 0 0 0 0 0 1 xx = 1 1 1 1 5.5 20.00
08 Stefanova,A 0 0 0 = 1 0 = xx = = 1 1 5.0 20.75
09 Chiburdanidze,M 0 0 = = = 0 0 = xx 1 1 1 5.0 20.25
10 Shen Yang = = = 0 = 0 0 = 0 xx 0 0 2.5 17.75
11 Mamedjarova,Z 0 = 0 0 0 = 0 0 0 1 xx = 2.5 10.25
12 Yildiz,B = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 = xx 2.0 8.00


istanbul2009.fide.com

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2009-09-21: Women's FIDE Grand Prix 2009/2010 Schedule [Fide.com]

FIDE announces that the arranged dates of the other four tournaments for the Women's FIDE Grand-Prix 2009/2010 are as follows.

Nalchik, Russia23rd April - 6th May 2010
Jermuk, Armenia23rd June- 6th July 2010
Ulanbaatar, Mongolia29 July - 12 August 2010
Santiago, Chile27th October- 9th November 2010

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Nanjing, IX, 2009.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Xu Yuhua xx 0 = = 1 1 1 0 1 1 1 1 8.0 38.25
02 Dzagnidze,N 1 xx = 0 = 1 0 = 1 1 1 1 7.5 36.50
03 Zhao Xue = = xx 1 0 0 1 = = 1 1 1 7.0 33.00
04 Sebag,M = 1 0 xx = 1 0 1 0 1 = 1 6.5 33.25
05 Mkrtchian,L 0 = 1 = xx = = = = = 1 1 6.5 30.75
06 Ju Wenjun 0 0 1 0 = xx 1 1 = = 1 1 6.5 29.50
07 Shen Yang 0 1 0 1 = 0 xx = = 1 = 1 6.0 29.00
08 Munguntuul,B 1 = = 0 = 0 = xx = 0 1 1 5.5 27.00
09 Kovanova,B 0 0 = 1 = = = = xx 0 = 1 5.0 24.25
10 Zhu Chen 0 0 0 0 = = 0 1 1 xx = 1 4.5 19.00
11 Fierro Baquero,M 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = = xx 0 2.0 11.00
12 Yildiz,B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 xx 1.0 2.00


nanjing2009.fide.com

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Nalchik, IV, 2010.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Kosintseva,T xx 1 1 1 = = 1 = 1 1 = 1 9.0 47.75
02 Hou Yifan 0 xx 0 = = 1 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 33.75
03 Dzagnidze,N 0 1 xx = = = = = = 1 1 1 7.0 33.25
04 Cramling,P 0 = = xx = 1 = = = 1 1 1 7.0 32.25
05 Koneru,H = = = = xx 0 0 0 1 = 1 1 5.5 26.75
06 Zhu Chen = 0 = 0 1 xx 0 = 1 = 1 = 5.5 26.75
07 Munguntuul,B 0 0 = = 1 1 xx 0 1 0 = 1 5.5 25.75
08 Zhao Xue = 0 = = 1 = 1 xx 0 0 0 1 5.0 26.75
09 Mkrtchian,L 0 = = = 0 0 0 1 xx 1 1 = 5.0 24.00
10 Kovanova,B 0 0 0 0 = = 1 1 0 xx 1 1 5.0 20.00
11 Yildiz,B = 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 0 0 xx = 2.5 13.00
12 Danielian,E 0 0 0 0 0 = 0 0 = 0 = xx 1.5 6.50


nalchik2010.fide.com

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Jermuk, VI, 2010.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Dzagnidze,N xx 1 1 1 1 = = = 1 = 1 1 9.0 46.50
02 Kosintseva,T 0 xx 0 = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 1 7.5 33.75
03 Danielian,E 0 1 xx = 0 = = 1 1 = 1 = 6.5 32.25
04 Mkrtchian,L 0 = = xx 1 0 = = 1 1 = 1 6.5 30.50
05 Stefanova,A 0 = 1 0 xx 0 = 1 1 1 = 1 6.5 30.00
06 Hou Yifan = 0 = 1 1 xx 1 0 = 0 = 1 6.0 31.50
07 Cramling,P = = = = = 0 xx = 0 = 1 1 5.5 27.25
08 Shen Yang = 0 0 = 0 1 = xx = = 1 1 5.5 25.25
09 Chiburdanidze,M 0 0 0 0 0 = 1 = xx 1 = 1 4.5 18.25
10 Xu Yuhua = 0 = 0 0 1 = = 0 xx 1 0 4.0 22.25
11 Kovanova,B 0 0 0 = = = 0 0 = 0 xx 1 3.0 13.25
12 Fierro Baquero,M 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 xx 1.5 7.25


jermuk2010.fide.com

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Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, VII-VIII, 2010.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Hou Yifan xx = = = = = 1 = 1 1 1 1 8.0 39.00
02 Stefanova,A = xx 0 0 1 = 1 1 = 1 1 1 7.5 36.00
03 Koneru,H = 1 xx 0 = 1 = 1 = 1 0 = 6.5 36.00
04 Zhao Xue = 1 1 xx 0 1 0 0 1 = = 1 6.5 34.75
05 Kosintseva,T = 0 = 1 xx = = = 1 0 1 1 6.5 32.50
06 Chiburdanidze,M = = 0 0 = xx 1 = 0 1 1 1 6.0 28.50
07 Xu Yuhua 0 0 = 1 = 0 xx = = = 1 1 5.5 25.50
08 Shen Yang = 0 0 1 = = = xx = = 0 1 5.0 26.00
09 Zhu Chen 0 = = 0 0 1 = = xx 1 1 0 5.0 25.75
10 Sebag,M 0 0 0 = 1 0 = = 0 xx 1 = 4.0 19.50
11 Munguntuul,B 0 0 1 = 0 0 0 1 0 0 xx 1 3.5 16.75
12 Yildiz,B 0 0 = 0 0 0 0 0 1 = 0 xx 2.0 10.25


http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com/

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Doha, Qatar, II-III, 2011.

01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Tot T/B
01 Koneru,H xx 1 = = 0 1 1 = 1 1 = 1 8.0 41.75
02 Danielian,E 0 xx 1 0 1 1 1 1 = 1 = 1 8.0 40.25
03 Sebag,M = 0 xx 1 1 = 0 1 = 1 = 1 7.0 35.00
04 Cramling,P = 1 0 xx 1 = 0 0 = = 1 = 5.5 30.50
05 Dzagnidze,N 1 0 0 0 xx = 1 1 1 0 1 0 5.5 29.25
06 Chiburdanidze,M 0 0 = = = xx 0 1 1 1 = = 5.5 26.75
07 Munguntuul,B 0 0 1 1 0 1 xx 0 = 0 = 1 5.0 25.75
08 Xu Yuhua = 0 0 1 0 0 1 xx 0 1 1 = 5.0 24.75
09 Mkrtchian,L 0 = = = 0 0 = 1 xx = 0 1 4.5 23.50
10 Fierro Baquero,M 0 0 0 = 1 0 1 0 = xx = 1 4.5 21.00
11 Stefanova,A = = = 0 0 = = 0 1 = xx 0 4.0 23.50
12 Zhu Chen 0 0 0 = 1 = 0 = 0 0 1 xx 3.5 17.50


http://qatar2011.fide.com/

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Final Standings

Source: http://qatar2011.fide.com/final-standings.html


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