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The 1st Hangzhou Women Grandmaster Chess Tournament 2011 is a round-robin tournament, taking place from July 13th to July 24th in Tianyuan Tower in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, China. Ten top women players compete in this event, including:
1. GM Hou Yifan CHN 2575
2. GM Nadezhda Kosintseva RUS 2560
3. GM Tatiana Kosintseva RUS 2557
4. GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2537
5. IM Anna Zatonskih USA 2522
6. WGM Ju Wenjun CHN 2515
7. IM Dronavalli Harika IND 2513
8. GM Marie Sebag FRA 2510
9. GM Zhu Chen QAT 2485
10. GM Zhao Xue CHN 2470
The time control is 90 minutes for 40 moves plus 30 minutes to the end of the game with a 30-second increment from move one.
Tournament Schedule
13th July Opening ceremony
14th July Round 1
15th July Round 2
16th July Round 3
17th July Round 4
18th July Round 5
19th July Day Off
20th July Round 6
21st July Round 7
22nd July Round 8
23rd July Round 9 & Closing ceremony
The playing venue, the five-star Tianyuan Tower
The playing venue, Tianyuan Tower, was built in accordance with the five-star standard. It is a part of the Hangzhou Branch of China Qiyuan, and affiliated to Hangzhou Tourism Group Co., Ltd, under the Hangzhou municipal government. China Qiyuan is an official agency responsible for board games and card games such as go, bridge, chess and Chinese chess under the All-China Sports Federation of the People's Republic of China. It oversees the Chinese Weiqi Association, the Chinese Chess Association, the Chinese Xiangqi Association and the Chinese Contract Bridge Association.
Ten beauties on the stage with their lot number on fans in the opening ceremony
The players are welcomed by the FIDE Vice President, Chu Bo, and the Vice General
Secretary of the Chinese Chess Association, Tian Hongwei, at the opening banquet.
The official tournament mascot “XiXi”
The name XiXi (West-West) comes from the names of three major tourist resorts in Hangzhou city: Xi Hu (West Lake), Xixi National Wetland Park and Xiling Seal Engravers Society.
The former women world champion GM Zhu Chen and her daughter
Dana present a sweet Wenzhou folk song in the opening ceremony.
Wenzhou is a big city of the Zhejiang province and is also the hometown of Zhu Chen.
WGM Ju Wenjun and IM Dronavalli Harika sing a popular Chinese song which they
spent two hours rehearsing before the opening ceremony.
A beautiful Georgian folk song "Georgia" from a newly-married couple – GM Nana
Dzagnidze and her husband.
The round one saw five draws including a long fighting game of 119 moves between IM Dronavalli Harika and GM Zhao Xue, and a miraculous draw between Zhu Chen and Anna Zatonskih.
In the round 2, all three Chinese players GM Hou Yifan, GM Zhao Xue and WGM Ju Wenjun scored a full point by defeating GM Marie Sebag, GM Zhu Chen and GM Nana Dzagnidze respectively, while the Kosintseva sisters drew their games with IM Dronavalli Harika and IM Anna Zatonskih.
Nana Dzagnidze lost to Ju Wenjun in the second round
Hou Yifan's win over Marie Sebag was quite spectacular
All photos by Liang Ziming and Nie Feng
LinksThe games are being broadcast live on the official web site and on the chess server Playchess.com. If you are not a member you can download a free Playchess client there and get immediate access. You can also use ChessBase 11 or any of our Fritz compatible chess programs. |
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