All 4 days missing updates r added in next 3 posts.

Chess News
At the FIDE Women Grand Prix, Istnbul, Turkey

Round 11 - 19 March 2009

GM SEBAG Marie 0 - 1 GM KONERU Humpy

And in thrilling finish Indian GM Koneru Humpy scored victory with black pieces in the last round but her co-leaders Chinese grandmasters couldn't win their matches ... Co-leader Zhao Xue lost her match against IM Elina Danielian playing with black pieces and other co-leader GM Hou Yifan managed only draw against her chinese compatriot WGM Shen Yang.

Final Standing FIDE Women Grand Prix 2009, Istanbul

1 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 IND 8½
2 IM DANIELIAN Elina 2496 ARM 8
3 GM HOU Yifan 2571 CHN 8
4 GM ZHAO Xue 2508 CHN 7½
5 GM SEBAG Marie 2529 FRA 6
6 IM FIERRO Baquero Martha L. 2403 ECU 5½
7 GM CRAMLING Pia 2548 SWE 5½
8 GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta 2557 BUL 5
9 GM CHIBURDANIDZE Maia 2516 GEO 5
10 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab 2362 AZE 2½
11 WGM SHEN Yang 2448 CHN 2½
12 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2214 TUR 2

GM Koneru Humpy - "First two rounds the way I played was very good. Just missed 2-3 move combination starting with the third game. Once I lost to Hou Yifan I lost my hope to win the title. I just wanted to play some good games. Overall I could not really play up to my level."
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Amber Chess Tournament 2009, Nice

WOW, what a comeback from World Champion!!!

After 4 rounds he was 7th in the standings, but in next 4 rounds he lost only 1½ pts and now he is sole leader at Amber Chess Tournament with 10½ pts ... Leading Aronian and Carlsen by ½ pt.

In 5th round Anand defeated Vasily Ivanchuk in rapid game and drawing blind game ... In 6th round he won both rapid and blind games against Teimour Radjabov ... In 7th round he joined leader Vladimir Kramnik after winning blind game and drawing rapid game against Sergey Karjakin ... But in 8th round he showed sensational performance defeating co-leader Vladimir Kramnik in blind game and drawing rapid game to take sole lead before today's break.


Sunday 22 March - Round VIII

Blind
Viswanathan Anand - Vladimir Kramnik 1 - 0

Rapid
Vladimir Kramnik - Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½

Saturday 21 March - Round VII

Blind
Sergey Karjakin - Viswanathan Anand 0 - 1

Rapid
Viswanathan Anand - Sergey Karjakin ½ - ½

Friday 20 March - Round VI

Blind
Viswanathan Anand - Teimour Radjabov 1 - 0

Rapid
Teimour Radjabov - Viswanathan Anand 0 - 1

Thursday 19 March - Round V

Blind
Vasily Ivanchuk - Viswanathan Anand ½ - ½

Rapid
Viswanathan Anand - Vasily Ivanchuk 1 - 0