Gunina, Batsiashvili and Girya start the tournament with victories
On the 19th of November, the first games of the 5th leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Series were played in Khanty-Mansisyk.
The Governor of Ugra Natalia Komarova and CEO of FIDE Geoffrey Borg made the first honorary moves in the Russian derby Pogonina-Girya.
Round 1 results:
Gunina – Javakhishvili 1-0, Skripchenko – Kosteniuk 1/2-1/2, Khademalsharieh – Harika 1/2-1/2, Batsiashvili – Khotenashvili 1-0, Pogonina – Girya 0-1, Zhukova – Ju Wenjun 1/2-1/2
Standings after round 1:
1-3. Valentina Gunina, Olga Girya, Nino Batsiasvili – 1, 4-9. Almira Skripchenko, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Harika Dronavalli, NataliaZhukova, Ju Wenjun – 0,5, 10-12. Lela Javakhishvili, Bela Khotenashvili, Natalija Pogonina – 0.
Round 2 pairings:
Javakhishvili – Ju, Girya – Zhukova, Khotenashvili – Pogonina, Harika – Batsiashvili, Kosteniuk – Khademalsharieh, Gunina – Skripchenko
Kindly find more information in the attached press release
Pictures: Official website
Pairings and results http://wgp2016.fide.com/pairings-results/
Pictures http://wgp2016.fide.com/r/photo/
Videos http://wgp2016.fide.com/r/video/
Official website – http://wgp2016.fide.com/