Humpy Koneru To Challenge For World Title
Submitted by SonofPearl on Chess.com
Long-time runaway leader Elina Danielian shared first place with Koneru in the event, but a half share of the points for a first place finish was enough for Humpy Koneru to just overtake Nana Dzagnidze in the overall Grand Prix standings.
Had Marie Sebag won her final round game and also shared first place in Doha, then Humpy would have missed out and Nana would have qualified. It was that close!
Humpy Koneru will face Hou Yifan for the Women's World Championship
Zhu, Chen (2495) vs. Koneru, Humpy (2607)
6th Women GP | Doha QAT | Round 11| 5 Mar 2011 | ECO: A60 | 0-1
1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 c5 3. d5 e6 4. Nc3 exd5 5. cxd5 Bd6 6. Nf3 Bc7 7. e4 d6 8. h3 O-O 9. Bd3 a6 10. a4 Re8 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Bf4 Nf8 13. Nd2 Ng6 14. Bg3 Ne5 15. Bc2 Bd7 16. f4 Ng6 17. f5 Ne5 18. Bh4 Ba5 19. Ne2 Bxd2 20. Qxd2 Nxe4 21. Qf4 Nf6 22. Nc3 Nh5 23. Qf2 Qb6 24. Ra3 Qb4 25. Rb3 Qd4 26. Rb6 Nc4 27. Rxb7 Bc8 28. Re7 Rxe7 29. Bxe7 Ng3 30. Qxd4 cxd4 31. Rf3 Bxf5 32. Bxf5 Nxf5 33. Rxf5 dxc3 34. bxc3 f6 35. Rf4 Rc8 36. Re4 Rc5 37. Kf2 Kf7 38. Bd8 Ne5 39. Ke2 Ke8 40. Bb6 Rxc3 41. Rb4 Rc2+ 42. Kf1 Nc4 43. Kg1 Kf7 44. Bf2 Kg6 45. g4 a5 46. Rb7 Ra2 47. h4 Rxa4 48. h5+ Kh6 49. Rc7 Ne5
Danielian, Elina (2454) vs. Stefanova, Antoaneta (2546)
6th Women GP | Doha QAT | Round 11| 5 Mar 2011 | ECO: D45 | 1/2-1/2
1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. a4 b4 19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qb3 23. Qc1 Bb7 24. Rb1 Qa4 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Ra1 Qb3 28. Rb1
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag (2410) vs. Sebag, Marie (2489)
6th Women GP | Doha QAT | Round 11| 5 Mar 2011 | ECO: B95 | 1-0
1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 a6 6. Bg5 e6 7. Qd2 b5 8. f3 Be7 9. Be3 Bb7 10. O-O-O Nbd7 11. g4 Nb6 12. a3 Rc8 13. h4 d5 14. g5 Nh5 15. exd5 Nxd5 16. Nxd5 Qxd5 17. Bd3 Qa2 18. c3 O-O 19. Bb1 Qc4 20. Qd3 g6 21. Qxc4 bxc4 22. Rhf1 Rfd8 23. Ne2 Bd5 24. Nf4 Bc5 25. Nxd5 exd5 26. Bxc5 Rxc5 27. f4 Re8 28. Rf3 Re2 29. f5 Ng7 30. Rdf1 Rc7 31. fxg6 hxg6 32. Rf6 Ne6 33. Kd1 Re5 34. h5 gxh5 35. g6 Ng5 36. Rxa6 Kg7 37. Raf6 h4 38. gxf7 Rxf7 39. Rxf7+ Nxf7 40. Rh1 Rg5 41. Bc2 Rg4 42. Bf5 Rf4 43. Be6 d4 44. Bxc4 Ne5 45. Bb5 d3 46. Kd2 Rf2+ 47. Ke3 Re2+ 48. Kd4 Kf6 49. b4 Ke6 50. Rxh4 Nf3+ 51. Kxd3 Rb2 52. Rh6+ Ke5 53. a4 Kd5 54. Bc6+
The final result in Doha:
| Koneru, Humpy | IND | 2607 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2654 |
| Danielian, Elina | ARM | 2454 | 0 | * | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 8 | 2668 |
| Sebag, Marie | FRA | 2489 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 7 | 2592 |
| Cramling, Pia | SWE | 2516 | ½ | 1 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | 2487 |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2550 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5½ | 2484 |
| Chiburdanidze, Maia | GEO | 2502 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 5½ | 2489 |
| Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | MGL | 2410 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5 | 2461 |
| Xu, Yuhua | CHN | 2484 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | 2454 |
| Mkrtchian, Lilit | ARM | 2475 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 4½ | 2426 |
| Fierro Baquero, Martha | ECU | 2353 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2437 |
| Stefanova, Antoaneta | BUL | 2546 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | 0 | 4 | 2383 |
| Zhu, Chen | QAT | 2495 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | 3½ | 2356 |
The final Grand Prix Standings after all six events:
| Player | Istanbul | Nanjing | Nalchik | Jermuk | Ulaanbaatar | Doha | Best 3 |
| Hou Yifan | 120 | – | 130 | (70) | 160 | – | 410.00 |
| Koneru Humpy | 160 | – | (70) | – | 93.33 | 145 | 398.33 |
| Nana Dzagnidze | – | 130 | 100 | 160 | – | (80) | 390.00 |
| Tatiana Kosintseva | – | – | 160 | 130 | 93.33 | – | 383.33 |
| Elina Danielian | 120 | – | (10) | 93.33 | – | 145 | 358.33 |
| Zhao Xue | 90 | 110 | (40) | – | 93.33 | – | 293.33 |
| Xu Yuhua | – | 160 | – | (30) | 60 | 55 | 275.00 |
| Marie Sebag | 80 | 80 | – | – | (30) | 110 | 270.00 |
| Antoaneta Stefanova | 45 | – | – | 93.33 | 130 | (20) | 268.33 |
| Pia Cramling | 65 | – | 100 | (55) | – | 80 | 245.00 |
| Lilit Mkrtchian | – | 80 | 40 | 93.33 | – | (35) | 213.33 |
| Maia Chiburdanidze | 45 | – | – | (40) | 70 | 80 | 195.00 |
| Batkhuyag Munguntuul | – | 60 | 70 | – | (20) | 55 | 175.00 |
| Shen Yang | (25) | 60 | – | 55 | 45 | – | 160.00 |
| Zhu Chen | – | 30 | 70 | – | 45 | (10) | 145.00 |
| Martha Fierro | 65 | 20 | – | (10) | – | 35 | 120.00 |
| Kovanova Baira | – | 40 | 40 | 20 | – | – | 100.00 |
| Ju Wenjun | – | 80 | – | – | – | – | 80.00 |
| Betul Cemre Yildiz | 10 | 10 | 20 | – | (10) | – | 40.00 |
| Zeinab Mamedyarova | 25 | – | – | – | – | – | 25.00 |
So Humpy Koneru will challenge the reigning women's chess champion Hou Yifan for the title later this year.
Picture from the official website.
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