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Thursday, August 12, 2010

Hou Yifan Wins Ulan Bataar Chess Tournament 2010

12 August 2010, Ulaan Bataar, Mongolia - Yifan Hou survived an all out push from Stefanova to win the Ulaanbaatar Women's Grand Prix. Stefanova ended in 2nd place while Kosintseva, Zhao Xue and Koneru tied for 3rd - 5th.
The decisive game was played this morning 11th August 2010, opposing A. Stefanova to Hou Yifan who were ahead of the other players. For 1st place, Hou Yifan needed just a draw to be declared winner where as Stefanova had to defeat her opponent to gain the first place. As expected, both players fought strongly, nevertheless the game ended with a draw.
Hou Yifan, with 8 points, is the proud winner of the Grand Prix of Ulaanbaatar Women’s Grand Prix 2010 and she deserves the win, being the only participant with no defeat at all.
Clear second place, with 7½, went to Stefanova who, since the beginning of the tournament appeared to be one of the favourites of this tournament.
Both T. Kosintseva and Koneru were disappointed by their result, however they finished just after Stefanova, with 6½ points each.
The whole tournament has been a real success and the Mongolian Chess Federation should be warmly thanked.

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Final standings:

Rk
Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Res. SB.
1 GM Hou Yifan 2577 CHN * ½ ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8 0 39,00
2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 BUL ½ * 1 0 0 ½ 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 0 36,00
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 RUS ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 0 1 1 32,50
4 GM Zhao Xue 2462 CHN ½ 1 0 * 1 1 0 0 1 ½ ½ 1 1 34,75
5 GM Koneru Humpy 2600 IND ½ 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ 36,00
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 GEO ½ ½ ½ 0 0 * 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 6 0 28,50
7 GM Xu Yuhua 2488 CHN 0 0 ½ 1 ½ 0 * ½ ½ ½ 1 1 0 25,50
8 WGM Shen Yang 2435 CHN ½ 0 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 0 1 5 ½ 26,00
9 GM Zhu Chen 2476 QAT 0 ½ 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ * 1 1 0 5 ½ 25,75
10 GM Sebag Marie 2519 FRA 0 0 1 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 0 * 1 ½ 4 0 19,50
11 IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul 2421 MGL 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 1 0 0 * 1 0 16,75
12 WIM Yildiz Betul 2235 TUR 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 0 0 1 ½ 0 * 2 0 10,25

http://ulaanbaatar2010.fide.com
(source: Susan Polgar’s website)

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