GM norms for Ju and Harika

1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament
Ju Wenjun convincing winner with 6,5 points

The 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament was held from 13th to 23rd July in Hangzhou, China. Ten top women players competed in the round robin event that is concurrent with the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo, also in China.

The 2010 China chess champion Ju Wenjun signed a couple of important victories in the middle of tournament and drew the final three games to preserve the first place, leaving the second-placed Harika Dronavalli a full point behind. Both Ju and Harika earned Grandmaster norms.

Women's World Champion Yifan Hou had a bumpy ride and only the win in the final round got her rounded at 50% score.

Final standings:

1 WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515 - 6.5
2 IM Harika Dronavalli IND 2513 - 5.5
3 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2470 - 5
4 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda RUS 2560 - 5
5 GM Zhu Chen QAT 2485 - 4.5
6 GM Hou Yifan CHN 2575 - 4.5
7 GM Sebag Marie FRA 2510 - 4.5
8 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2537 - 4
9 GM Kosintseva Tatiana RUS 2557 - 3
10 IM Zatonskih Anna USA 2522 - 2.5

Ju Wenjun wins 1st Hangzhou Women Tournament

Round 9 on 2011/07/23 at 11:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	0 - 1	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun	½ - ½	GM	Zhu Chen	4
3	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna	½ - ½	IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
4	8	GM	Zhao Xue	1 - 0	GM	Sebag Marie	2
5	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	0 - 1	GM	Hou Yifan	1

Final standings

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	6.5	0.0	4
2	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	5.5	0.0	2
3	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	5.0	0.5	2
	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	5.0	0.5	2
5	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	4.5	1.5	3
6	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	4.5	1.5	2
7	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	4.5	0.0	3
8	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	4.0	0.0	2
9	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0	0.0	1
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	2.5	0.0	0

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Ju Wenjun is near 1st Hangzhou Women Tournament title

Zhu Chen defeats 3rd seed Tatiana Kosintseva today. This brings Tatiana's score to -2 with 1 game to play. Top seed Hou Yifan does not fare much better. She is at -1 with just 1 game to play. In the mean time, Ju Wenjun leads the field with just 1 game to go.

Round 8 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana		GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
2	1	GM	Hou Yifan	1/2	GM	Zhao Xue	8
3	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1-0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
4	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	1/2	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
5	4	GM	Zhu Chen	1-0	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5

Standings after 8 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	6.0
2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	4.5 + 1 game
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	5.0
4	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	4.5
5	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	4.0
6	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	4.0
7	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	3.5
8	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.5 + 1 game
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	2.0

Final round pairings

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun		GM	Zhu Chen	4
3	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna		IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
4	8	GM	Zhao Xue		GM	Sebag Marie	2
5	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda		GM	Hou Yifan	1

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Ju Wenjun leads by 1 with 2 to go

Round 7 on 2011/07/21 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	4	GM	Zhu Chen	1 - 0	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	0 - 1	IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
3	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun	½ - ½	GM	Sebag Marie	2
4	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna	½ - ½	GM	Hou Yifan	1
5	8	GM	Zhao Xue	½ - ½	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9

Standings after 7 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	5.5	0.0	4
2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	4.5	0.5	2
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	4.5	0.5	2
4	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	3.5	0.0	2
5	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	3.5	0.0	1
6	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0	1.0	1
7	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	3.0	0.5	2
8	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	3.0	0.5	1
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.5	0.0	1
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	2.0	0.0	0

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Ju Wenjun defeats Hou Yifan, maintains a full point lead

Round 6 on 2011/07/20 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	½ - ½	GM	Zhao Xue	8
2	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	1 - 0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
3	1	GM	Hou Yifan	0 - 1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
4	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1 - 0	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5
5	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	1 - 0	GM	Zhu Chen	4

Standings after 6 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	5.0	0.0	4	13.00
2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	4.0	0.0	2	10.75
3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	3.5	0.0	1	9.50
4	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	3.0	1.0	2	9.25
5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0	0.5	1	9.25
6	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	3.0	0.5	1	7.25
7	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	2.5	0.5	1	7.00
8	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.5	0.5	1	6.00
9	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	2.0	0.0	1	5.00
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	1.5	0.0	0	4.00

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Ju Wenjun maintains lead at 1st Hangzhou Women's Tournament

Round 5 on 2011/07/18 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	1/2	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	4	GM	Zhu Chen	1-0	GM	Sebag Marie	2
3	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	1-0	GM	Hou Yifan	1
4	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun	1/2	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
5	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna	1/2	GM	Zhao Xue	8

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Standings after 5 rounds:

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.	TB1	TB2	TB3
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	4.0	0.0	3	9.00
2	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	3.0	0.5	1	8.00
3	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	3.0	0.5	1	7.75
4	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	2.5	1.0	0	6.00
5	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	2.5	0.5	1	5.50
6	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	2.5	0.5	1	5.25
7	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	2.0	1.0	1	4.75
8	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	2.0	1.0	1	4.00
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	2.0	0.0	1	4.00
10	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	1.5	0.0	0	3.75

Ju Wenjun leads 1st Hangzhou Women's Tournament by a full point

Round 4 results

Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	1-0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
2	8	GM	Zhao Xue	0-1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
3	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	1/2	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5
4	1	GM	Hou Yifan	1/2	GM	Zhu Chen	4
5	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1/2	IM	Harika Dronavalli	3

Standings after 4 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	3.5
2	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	2.5
3	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	2.5
	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	2.0
5	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	2.0
6	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	2.0
7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	2.0
8	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	1.5
9	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	1.0
10	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	1.0

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Ju Wenjun leads 1st Hangzhou Women's Grand Master Tournament

Round 1 on 2011/07/14 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	1	GM	Hou Yifan	½ - ½	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	2	GM	Sebag Marie	½ - ½	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
3	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	½ - ½	GM	Zhao Xue	8
4	4	GM	Zhu Chen	½ - ½	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7
5	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	½ - ½	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
Round 2 on 2011/07/15 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	10	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	0 - 1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	6
2	7	IM	Zatonskih Anna	½ - ½	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	5
3	8	GM	Zhao Xue	1 - 0	GM	Zhu Chen	4
4	9	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	½ - ½	IM	Harika Dronavalli	3
5	1	GM	Hou Yifan	1 - 0	GM	Sebag Marie	2
Round 3 on 2011/07/16 at 15:00
Bo.	No.		Name	Result		Name	No.
1	2	GM	Sebag Marie	1 - 0	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	10
2	3	IM	Harika Dronavalli	½ - ½	GM	Hou Yifan	1
3	4	GM	Zhu Chen	0 - 1	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	9
4	5	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	½ - ½	GM	Zhao Xue	8
5	6	WGM	Ju Wenjun	1 - 0	IM	Zatonskih Anna	7

Standings after 3 rounds

Rk.		Name	FED	Rtg	Pts.
1	WGM	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2515	2.5
2	GM	Hou Yifan	CHN	2575	2.0
3	GM	Zhao Xue	CHN	2470	2.0
	GM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	RUS	2560	2.0
5	GM	Sebag Marie	FRA	2510	1.5
6	IM	Harika Dronavalli	IND	2513	1.5
7	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	RUS	2557	1.5
8	IM	Zatonskih Anna	USA	2522	1.0
9	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	GEO	2537	0.5
10	GM	Zhu Chen	QAT	2485	0.5

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Hou Yifan is top seed at Hangzhou Women's Tournament

Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament
Ten-player round robin on 13th-24th July

The 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament will take place on 13th - 24th July 2011 in Hangzhou, China. Ten top women players compete in the round robin event that is concurrent with the World Chess Team Championship in Ningbo, also in China.

Participants:

1. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2575 (Women's World Champion)
2. GM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2560
3. GM Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2557
4. GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2537
5. IM Anna Zatonskih USA 2522
6. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515
7. IM Dronavalli Harika IND 2513
8. GM Marie Sebag FRA 2510
9. GM Zhu Chen QAT 2485 (former World Champion)
10. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2470

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