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	7½	0	36,00
3	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2562	RUS	½	0	*	1	½	½	½	½	1	0	1	1	6½	1½	32,50
4	GM	Zhao Xue	2462	CHN	½	1	0	*	1	1	0	0	1	½	½	1	6½	1	34,75
5	GM	Koneru Humpy	2600	IND	½	1	½	0	*	1	½	1	½	1	0	½	6½	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	5½	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	3½	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)