2nd Women's Chess Grand Prix 2011/12 begins

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Hi everyone,

The second in the series of the Women's Chess Grand Prix 2011/12 is beginning today in Shenzhen, China. Yes the World Chess Cup is on but this just adds to the fun. Here is the list of players: 

1 Hou Yifan CHN GM 2578
2 Ju Wenjun CHN WGM 2536
3 Victorija Cmilyte LTU GM 2525
4 Zhu Chen QAT GM 2490
5 Anna Muzychuk SLO IM 2545
6 Zhao Xue CHN GM 2497
7 Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR WIM 2308
8 Munguntuul Batkhuyag MGL IM 2465
9 Elina Danielian ARM GM 2517
10 Alisa Galliamova RUS IM 2498
11 Ruan Lufei CHN WGM 2477

12 Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS IM 2421

The schedule is as follows: 
1st day 6th September
Arrival & Opening Ceremony
2nd day 7th September
Round 1
3rd day 8th September
Round 2
4th day 9th September
Round 3
5th day 10th September
Round 4
6th day 11th September
Free Day
7th day 12th September
Round 5
8th day 13th September
Round 6
9th day 14th September
Round 7
10th day 15th September
Round 8
11th day 16th September
Free Day
12th day 17th September
Round 9
13th day 18th September
Round 10
14th day 19th September
Round 11 & Closing Ceremony
15th day 20th September
Departure

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