The 4th tournament of the FIDE Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 is taking place from 7th to 22nd April at the beautiful Ugra Chess Academy in Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia.
Twelve players will compete in the round robin tournament. The event is organized by the Khanty–Mansi Autonomous Okrug, FIDE, Russian Chess Federation and Ugra Chess Academy.
The Women’s Grand-Prix 2013-2014 will give qualification to the Women’s World Championship match 2015. The previous three tournaments were held in Geneva, Dilijan and Tashkent.
FIDE Press Officer Anastasya Karlovich tweeted the round 1 pairings:
Stefanova – Kosteniuk, Ushenina – Muminova, Zhao Xue – Lagno, Girya – Dzagnidze, Muzychuk – Batchimeg, Hou – T. Kosintseva
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Kosteniuk will go 13-0.