CHESS NEWS BLOG: chessblog.com: The Chess Girls who will Spend September in Tashkent

Chess Blog for Daily Chess News and Trivia (c) Alexandra Kosteniuk, 2013

Hi everyone,

The third event of the Women's Chess Grand Prix Series 2013-14 begins in Tashkent September 17. Some of the best women players have enlisted to play including both Anna Ushenina and Hou Yifan (who are currently fighting for the world title in Tanzhou, China). There is also the 12th Women's World Chess Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk playing. Which means three women's world chess champions. Then check the list... you have another form world champion - Antoaneta Stefanova. Not a bad line-up at all!

Here is the complete list. The games will be telecast daily beginning Wednesday on the official website.

The participants
Muzychuk, Anna g SLO 2585
Dzagnidze, Nana g GEO 2556
Kosintseva, Tatiana g RUS 2517
Khotenashvili, Bela m GEO 2514 160 10 * * 170
Koneru, Humpy g IND 2607
Ushenina, Anna g UKR 2500
Batchimeg Tuvshintugs wg MGL 2295 20 60 * * 80
Ju, Wenjun wg CHN 2535
Lagno, Kateryna g UKR 2532
Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2496
Harika, Dronavalli g IND 2475
Hou, Yifan g CHN 2609
Kosteniuk, Alexandra g RUS
Girya, Olga wg RUS 2439
Danielian, Elina g ARM 2470
Zhao, Xue g CHN 2579
Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan wg KAZ 2307
Muminova, Nafisa wg UZB 2293

GM Viktorija Cmilyte had to skip the Tashkent Grand Prix due to illness and her place went to WGM Guliskhan Nakhbayeba of Kazakhstan. We wish GM Viktorija Cmilyte good health.

Two of the six Women's chess grand prix events have taken place so far as part of the 2013-2014. GM Anna Muzichuk is currently leading with 250 points, GM Nana Dzagnidze is right behind with 220, and third is GM Tatiana Kosintseva, who has replaced her sister Nadezhda for the entire Grand Prix Series, with 190. Our regular Chess Blog readers would know that GM Nadezhda Kosintseva has joined UT Dallas in the United States.