Schacksnack

FIDE Women GP i Jermuk avslutas först ett par dagar efter det att SM i Lund startat och detta är orsaken till att GM Pia Cramling, Team Viking, lämnat återbud till Skånebesöket. Ännu har inte arrangören publicerat spelschemat men Schacksnack bifogar deltagarelistan och en länk till direktsändningen som startar klockan 12.00.

1	GM Hou Yifan		2589
2	GM Antoaneta Stefanova		2560
3	GM Pia Cramling		2536
4	GM Tatiana Kosintseva		2534
5	GM Maia Chiburdanidze		2514
6	GM Xu Yuhua		2484
7	GM Nana Dzagnidze		2478
8	IM Lilit Mkrtchian		2477
9	IM Elina Danielian		2473
10	WGM Shen Yang		2452
11	WGM Baira Kovanova		2366
12	IM Martha Fierro		2363

PanARMENIAN.Net –
From June 24 to July 5, Jermuk resort will be hosting FIDE Women’s Grand Prix honoring the memory of Genrikh Kasparian.
Vice-President of the Chess Federation of Armenia Smbat Lputyan said that Grand Prix is among the strongest women’s tournaments. It is difficult to predict the winner, Lputyan told journalists.
“Three world champions will participate in Grand Prix. The participants will be gaining points, what will allow them to participate in the tournament for the world champion’s title,” said Lputyan.
Armenian President Serzh Sargsyan and FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumzhinov arrived in Jermuk.
The tournament will bring together grandmasters Lilit Mkrtchyan, Elina Daniyelyan (Armenia), Hou Yifan (China), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Pia Cramling (Sweden), Tatiana Kosintseva, Baira Kovanova (Russia), Maia Chiburdanidze, Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia), Xu Yuhua, Shen Yang (China) and Martha Fierro (Ecuador), armchess.am reported.