The third round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix started at 3.00 pm according to the schedule and brought more decisive games compare to the previous round. The Vice President of the Turkish Chess Federation, the candidate for the TCF President Gulkiz Tulay made the first symbolic move in the game Kubra Ozturk-Batkhuyag Munguntuul and later on Turkish player succeeded to get good position and made the first draw in the tournament. The biggest sensation of the third round happened in the game Monika Socko against Ju Wenjun. Chinese player had absolutely winning position but Monika was not in a hurry to resign and successfully used her last chance! (read more about it in the review of the day 3)
The Bulgarian chess player Antoaneta Stefanova got slightly better position after the opening playing against Indian player Humpy Koneru. In the endgame former world champion started to play innacurately and let her opponent to grab the point.Viktorija Cmilyte was in the trouble after the opening as she didnt get enough compensation for the pawn but later on her opponent Zhao Xue made a mistake and the evaluation of the position changed on favor of Viktorija. Ruan Lufei won the third game in a row playing against Betul Yildiz and keeps the sole lead in the tournament. Anna Muzychuk and Tatiana Kosinsteva played a long complicated game which finished on favor of Slovenian player.
Kubra Ozturk – Munguntuul Batkhuyag 1/2-1/2
Antoaneta Stefanova – Humpy Koneru 0-1
Anna Muzychuk – Tatiana Kosintseva 1-0
Monika Socko – Ju Wenjun 1/2-1/2
Betul Yildiz – Ruan Lufei 0-1
Zhao Xue – Viktoria Cmilyte 0-1
Official website: http://ankara2012.fide.com/en/main-page
Kosteniuk can win this one.