FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16

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The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2015–16 is a series of five chess tournaments exclusively for women, which determine one player to play in the Women's World Chess Championship 2017, a 10-game match against the knockout world champion.

It is the fourth cycle of the tournament series. Top ranked player is Hou Yifan, who won the previous three editions of the Grand Prix.

Format

Sixteen women are selected to compete in these tournaments. Each player agrees to a contract to participate in exactly three of these tournaments. The 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.

Each tournament is a 12-player, single round-robin tournament. In each round players score 1 point for a win, ½ point for a draw and 0 for a loss. Grand Prix points were then allocated according to each player's standing in the tournament: 160 grand prix points for first place, 130 for second place, 110 for third place, and then 90 down to 10 points by increments of 10. In case of a tie in points the Grand Prix points are shared evenly by the tied players.

Players only count their three best tournament results. The player with the most Grand Prix points is the winner. FIDE reserved the right to change locations and dates and increase the tournaments up to six (6) and players to eighteen (18) if extra sponsorship is secured by end of April 2016. Eventually they decided to add a fifth stop at their Moscow presidential meeting.[1]

Players and qualification

Players invited base on qualifying criteria were:[2]

  1. Ukraine Mariya Muzychuk
  2. Russia Natalia Pogonina
  3. Sweden Pia Cramling
  4. India Dronavalli Harika
  • The six highest ranked players (averaged over a year):
  1. China Hou Yifan
  2. India Koneru Humpy
  3. Georgia (country) Nana Dzagnidze
  4. China Ju Wenjun
  5. Ukraine Anna Muzychuk
  6. Russia Valentina Gunina
  • Two FIDE presidential nominees[3]
  1. Bulgaria Antoaneta Stefanova
  2. Russia Alexandra Kosteniuk
  • Four organizer nominees:
  1. France Almira Skripchenko[4]
  2. Iran Sarasadat Khademalsharieh
  3. Georgia (country) Nino Batsiashvili[5]
  4. China Zhao Xue[5]
  • Other players appearing in tournaments:
  1. Ukraine Natalia Zhukova[4]
  2. Russia Olga Girya
  3. Armenia Elina Danielian
  4. Georgia (country) Lela Javakhishvili

Prize money and Grand Prix points

The prize money for the single tournaments and the overall series stayed the same as the previous year.[2]

Place Single Grand Prix event Overall standings Grand Prix points
1 €10,000 €25,000 160
2 €8,250 €20,000 130
3 €6,750 €15,000 110
4 €5,750 €10,000 90
5 €5,000 €7,500 80
6 €4,500 €5,500 70
7 €4,250 €4,000 60
8 €4,000 €3,000 50
9 €3,250 – 40
10 €3,000 – 30
11 €2,750 – 20
12 €2,500 – 10

Tiebreaks

With the objective of determining a clear, single winner to play in the Challenger Match and in the case of the top two or more players having equal cumulative points, the following criteria (in descending order) will be utilized to decide the overall winner:

  1. Number of actual game result points scored in the three tournaments.
  2. Number of first places (in case of a tie – points given accordingly).
  3. Number of second places (in case of a tie – points given accordingly).
  4. Number of wins.
  5. Drawing of lots.

Schedule

Like the men's last Grand Prix, the tournaments were reduced from six to four.[2]

No. Host city Date Winner Points (Win/draw/loss)
1 Monte Carlo, Monaco 2–16 October 2015  Hou Yifan (China) 9/11 (+8=2-1)
2 Tehran, Iran 10–24 February 2016  Ju Wenjun (China) 7.5/11 (+4=7-0)
3 Batumi, Georgia 19 April – 3 May 2016  Valentina Gunina (Russia) 7.5/11 (+6=3-2)
4 Chengdu, China 1 – 15 July 2016
5 Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia[6] 5 – 20 November 2016

Events crosstables

Monaco 2015

1st stage, Monte Carlo, Monaco, 2 October – 16 October 2015[7]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Rating Change H2H Victories SB TPR GP
1  Hou Yifan (China) 2671 * 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 9 +11 0 8 45.00 2766 160
2  Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2528 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 1 ½ ½ 7 +13 1 4 36.00 2619 120
3  Humpy Koneru (India) 2578 1 0 * ½ ½ 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 7 +5 0 6 36.00 2614 120
4  Pia Cramling (Sweden) 2513 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 1 1 6 +17 ½ 3 29.00 2554 85
5  Natalija Pogonina (Russia) 2445 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 0 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6 6 ½ 3 28.25 2560 85
6  Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2525 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ -1 1 4 26.75 2517 65
7  Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2500 0 0 1 0 1 1 * 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 5½ +3 0 2 27.25 2519 65
8  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2573 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 1 * 1 ½ ½ 1 5 -14 0 4 21.25 2476 50
9  Almira Skripchenko (France) 2441 0 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 4½ +3 1½ 2 20.25 2459 30
10  Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) 2485 0 0 0 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ ½ 4½ -5 1 1 22.25 2455 30
11  Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2549 ½ ½ 1 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ * ½ 4½ -15 ½ 1 26.50 2450 30
12  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 2402 0 ½ 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1½ -22 0 0 8.00 2219 10

Tehran 2016

2nd stage, Tehran, Iran, 10 February – 24 February 2016[8]
Player Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Total Rating Change H2H Victories SB TPR GP
1  Ju Wenjun (China) 2558 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 ½ 7½ +11 0 4 2631 160
2  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 2403 ½ * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 7 +31 1 4 2614 120
3  Zhao Xue (China) 2506 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 7 +15 0 5 2605 120
4  Natalia Pogonina (Russia) 2454 ½ ½ 0 * 1 1 0 ½ 1 1 0 1 6½ +18 1 5 2573 85
5  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2529 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 1 0 1 1 6½ +6 0 5 2566 85
6  Humpy Koneru (India) 2583 0 ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 6 -8 0 3 2532 70
7  Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) 2484 ½ 1 0 1 0 ½ * ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 5½ +3 0 3 2505 60
8  Valentina Gunina (Russia) 2496 ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * ½ 1 ½ 1 4½ -9 ½ 2 2504 45
9  Harika Dronavalli (India) 2511 ½ ½ 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ * ½ 1 ½ 4½ -11 ½ 1 2438 45
10  Pia Cramling (Sweden) 2529 0 ½ 0 0 1 ½ 1 0 ½ * ½ 0 4 -18 0 2 2400 30
11  Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2509 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ * ½ 3½ -21 ½ 1 2370 15
12  Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia) 2485 ½ 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 ½ * 3½ -17 ½ 1 2372 15

Sarasadat Khademalsharieh achieved a 9-game GM norm, her first one.

Grand Prix standings

At the third tournament it was mentioned top ranked Hou Yifan had withdrawn from the Grand-Prix.[1]

Rank Player Sep.2015
Rating		 Monte
Carlo		 Tehran Batumi Chengdu TBA Khanty-
Mansiysk		 Total
1  Valentina Gunina (Russia) 2529 45 160 205
2  Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) 2573 50 85 70 205
3  Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) 2530 65 130 195
4  Koneru Humpy (India) 2578 120 70 190
4  Zhao Xue (China) 2524 120 70 190
6  Natalia Pogonina (Russia) 2445 85 85 170
7  Ju Wenjun (China) 2542 160 160
7  Hou Yifan (China) 2671 160 160
9  Mariya Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2528 120 40 160
10  Sarasadat Khademalsharieh (Iran) 2397 10 120 130
11  Anna Muzychuk (Ukraine) 2549 30 100 130
12  Nino Batsiashvili (Georgia) 2500 15 100 115
13  Pia Cramling (Sweden) 2513 85 30 115
14  Almira Skripchenko (France) 2441 30 70 100
15  Natalia Zhukova (Ukraine) 2482 30 60 90
16  Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria) 2500 65 15 80
17  Dronavalli Harika (India) 2508 45 45
18  Olga Girya (Russia) 2483 40 40
18  Lela Javakhishvili (Georgia) 2463 40 40
20  Elina Danielian (Armenia) 2474 20 20
21  Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) 2502 10 10

See also

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 http://batumi2016.fide.com/en/main-page
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ http://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/8981-fide-womens-grand-prix-2015-2016.html
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Monaco Grand Prix
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Iran Women's Grand Prix Participants
  6. ↑ https://www.fide.com/calendar.html
  7. ↑ Monaco Grand Prix: Official site
  8. ↑ Tashkent Grand Prix: Official site

External links

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