Saturday, September 29, 2012

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At São Paulo / Bilbao Grand Slam Final, São Paulo, Brazil

Round 5 - Saturday, September 29

Francisco Vallejo ½-½ Sergey Karjakin
Viswanathan Anand ½-½ Magnus Carlsen
Levon Aronian ½-½ Fabiano Caruana

Round 4 - Friday, September 28

Fabiano Caruana bt Francisco Vallejo 1-0
Magnus Carlsen dw Levon Aronian ½-½
Serguei Kariakin dw Viswanathan Anand ½-½

In fifth round Anand managed draw against Carlsen after 58 moves ... He was under trouble after making mistake early but managed to hold Carlsen ... So end of São Paulo leg Anand is on 4th position with 4 draw ... 6 points behind leader Fabiano Caruana.

The fourth draw in a row for Anand but Fabiano Caruana secured first leg's title with his third win in 4 matches.

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At 6th Women's Grand Prix, Ankara, Turkey

Final Standing
GM Humpy Koneru (IND,2593) 8½ pts
GM Anna Muzychuk (SLO,2606) 8 pts
GM Xue Zhao (CHN,2549) 7½ pts
GM Viktorija Cmilyte (LTU,2520) 6½ pts
WGM Lufei Ruan (CHN,2492) 6½ pts
IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul (MGL,2434) 6 pts
GM Tatiana Kosintseva (RUS,2524) 5½ pts
WGM Wenjun Ju (CHN,2528) 5 pts
GM Antoaneta Stefanova (BUL,2502) 4½ pts
WGM Betul Cemre Yildiz (TUR,2341) 3½ pts
GM Monika Socko (POL,2463) 2½ pts
WGM Kubra Ozturk (TUR,2294) 2 pts

Round one - Sunday September 16, 2012
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)

Round two - Monday September 17, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 0-1 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)

Round three - Tuesday September 18, 2012
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 0-1 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) bt 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)

Round four - Wednesday September 19, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)

Round five - Friday September 21, 2012
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)

Round six - Saturday September 22, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 1-0 GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 1-0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) 0-1 GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)

Round seven - Sunday September 23, 2012
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) 0-1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) ½-½ WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)

Round eight - Monday September 24, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ GM Koneru Humpy 2593)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) ½-½ GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)

Round nine - Wednesday September 26, 2012
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 1-0 GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 0-1 GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) ½-½ IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)

Round ten - Thursday September 27, 2012
GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524) 1-0 WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528)
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434) ½-½ WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492)
GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606) ½-½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520)
WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294) 0-1 GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593)
GM Socko Monika (POL,2463) ½-½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502)
WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341) 0-1 GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549)

Round eleven - Friday September 28, 2012
GM Zhao Xue (CHN,2549) ½-½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana (RUS,2524)
GM Stefanova Antoaneta (BUL,2502) 1-0 WGM Yildiz Betul Cemre (TUR,2341)
GM Koneru Humpy (IND,2593) 1-0 GM Socko Monika (POL,2463)
GM Cmilyte Viktorija (LTU,2520) 1-0 WGM Ozturk Kubra (TUR,2294)
WGM Ruan Lufei (CHN,2492) ½-½ GM Muzychuk Anna (SLO,2606)
WGM Ju Wenjun (CHN,2528) 0-1 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag (MGL,2434)

Koneru Humpy won her final round game comfortably and won this GP by half point and now places second in the overall Grand Prix series.

Humpy lost playing with white in 9th game against top-seed Anna Muzychuk but won last two rounds and Anna managed only draw in last two rounds.

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