Round 11Hou Yifan became a sole winner of the second stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Shenzhen! In the 11th round playing black World Champion made a draw against Elina Danielian and fixed a first place in the tournament. During the tournament Hou Y
There will be a performance with living chess at the opening ceremony of the Grand Slam Masters Final on September 19th, 2011. Mercedes de Miguel, a famous basque designer, will be the host of the ceremony that will take place in the Alhóndiga de Bi
Round 11Hou Yifan became a sole winner of the second stage of FIDE Women Grand Prix in Shenzhen! In the 11th round playing black World Champion made a draw against Elina Danielian and fixed a first place in the tournament. During the tournament Hou Y
Round 7In the 7th round two out of five players from the leading group managed to win today – Hou Yifan defeated Tan Zhongyi and Ruan Lufey was stronger in the game against Betul Yildiz. All other games were finished with drawish results. Viktorija
Round 5After five games the group of players shares the first place in Women Grand Prix – 4 Chinese players Hou Yifan, Zhao Xue, Tan Zhongyi, Ruand Lufei and Slovenian player Anna Muzychuk have the same 3, 5 points. Four games were scored today:
Hou Yifan wins GP Rostov
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Hou Yifan seemed to be cruising to victory easily, but then she suddenly lost to Kateryna Lahno in round 9. However, draws with Ruan Lufei and Antoaneta Stefanova were then enough to finish clear first at the Rostov Grand Women Prix, a full point ahe
Round 10The Round 10 brought three resultative games and three draws. The game between two Chinese chess players and the finalists of the last year’s World Championship Ruan Lufei and Yifan Hou finished in a draw. The Ukrainian chess player Kateryn
Round 9After the rest day all games passed along in a tense fight. For the first time all 6 games were scored. Ekaterina Lahno managed to stop a non-loosing series of the Womem's World Chess Champion Hou Yifan and put the final result of the first Gr
Hou Yifan is well on her way to win the first Women Grand Prix tournament in the 2011-2012 series. In Rostov, Russia the Chinese GM has a two-point lead, with three rounds to play.
Hou Yifan and Tatiana Kosintseva at the round 8 press conference | P
Round 8Round 8 of the Women's FIDE Grand Prix has finished. Two games were scored: Women's ex-World Champion Antoanetta Stefanova won her second game in a row against Ekaterina Kovalevskaya. The Runner-up of the last year Women's World Chess Champion