Dzagnidze leads, Mkrtchian in second spot at Jermuk Women's Chess Grand Prix 2010

Lilit Mkrtchian now in second spot at Grand Prix.

Hello Everyone!

Grandmaster Nana Dzagnidze is sailing strong and bright at the Jermuk Women's Chess Grand Prix-2010. In the sixth round she maintained her lead by beating Tatiana Kosintseva. Kosintseva was in second spot behind Dzagnidze in the fifth round.

Meanwhile, IM Lilit Mkrtchian beat GM Maia Chiburdanidze to jump to second spot behind Nana. In the other rounds WGM Shen Yang beat Fierro Baquero Martha L. Fierro is yet to score any points in the Grand Prix.

GM Xu Yuhua also beat WGM Kovanova Baira and GM Hou Yifan beat GM Pia Cramling. GM Antoaneta Stefanova also beat IM Elina Danielian making it an all-White-win day at the Grand Prix.

Round 6 results

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• IM Mkrtchian Lilit-GM Chiburdanidze Maia 1-0
• GM Dzagnidze Nana-GM Kosintseva Tatiana 1-0
• WGM Shen Yang-Fierro Baquero Martha L 1-0
• GM Xu Yuhua-WGM Kovanova Baira 1-0
• GM Hou Yifan-GM Cramling Pia 1-0
• GM Stefanova Antoaneta-IM Danielian Elina 1-0

Standings after Round 6

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1. GM Dzagnidze Nana 2478 GEO 5½

2. IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2477 ARM 4½

3. GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2534 RUS 4

4. WGMShen Yang 2452 CHN 3½

5. GM Hou Yifan 2589 CHN 3½

6. GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 BUL 3

7. IM Danielian Elina 2473 ARM 3

8. GM Xu Yuhua 2484 CHN 3

9. GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 GEO 2½

10. GM Cramling Pia 2536 SWE 2

11. WGMKovanova Baira 2366 RUS 1½

12. IM Fierro B. Martha L 2363 ECU 0

You can check the tournament website for interviews and other updates. You can see key moments in all the games here.

Here are the games from the top two boards. You can run them in our pgnplayer or watch in flash below.

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Be1 Nc7 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. Nc1 b5 19. Nd3 b4 20. Na4 bxa3 21. bxa3 Bb5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. f4 Nc7 25. Qa2 Rad8 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Rac1 Bb5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bc4 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 dxc4 33. Rc6 Qa7 34. d5 Qb8 35. Bb6 Re8 36. Qxa5 Na8 37. Bf2 Qb3 38. Ra6 c3 39. Rc6 Qd1+ 40. Bf1 c2 41. Qc3 Re2 42. d6 Nb6 43. Bxb6 Re1 44. Qxe1 Qxe1 45. d7 c1=Q 46. Rxc1 Qxc1 47. d8=Q Qxa3 48. Qd5 Qc1 49. Kg2 Qc2+ 50. Bf2 Qc7 51. Bc4 1-0

PGN: 1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 13. Qc6 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Qa6+ 17. Kg1 Rad8 18. f3 c5 19. Nf5 Qc4 20. Qb1 Rd3 21. Rf1 Rb3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qe1 Rxb2 24. Qg3+ Ng6 25. h4 h5 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Kh2 Rg8 28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Rd5 Ne5 30. Qf4 c4 31. Rg1 c3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Nf5 Rg6 34. Nd4 Qxd5 35. exd5 Nd3 36. Qc7 1-0

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