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In Round 1 of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 4th tournament underway in Jermuk, Armenia, Armenian representative Elina Danielyan won against the former world champion Maya Chiburganidze and has taken a lead in the tournament. Another Armenian Lilit Mkrtchyan defeated Xu Yuhua.

Baira Kovanova won against Martha Fierro Baquero, Shen Yang defeated Hou Yifan, Antoaneta Stefanova lost to Nana Dzagnidze, Pia Cramling and Tatiana Kosintseva ended in draw.

Thus, after Round 1, Danielyan, Mkrtchyan, Kovanova, Yang and Dzagnidze have scored 1 points each and are leading the table. Cramling and Kosintseva share 6-7th places. Yuhua, Yifan, Fierro and Chiburganidze end last with no points.

Round 1

Baira Kovanova - Martha Fierro Baquero 1:0

1. e4 d6 2. d4 Nf6 3. Nc3 e5 4. Nge2 Be7 5. g3 O-O 6. Bg2 c6 7. O-O b5 8. a3 Nbd7 9. h3 Bb7 10. g4 h6 11. Ng3 Re8 12. Nf5 a5 13. g5 hxg5 14. Bxg5 b4 15. Ne2 Bf8 16. Neg3 exd4 17. Qxd4 c5 18. Qd2 Qc7 19. Rfe1 Nh7 20. Bf4 Ne5 21. Rad1 Re6 22. axb4 axb4 23. b3 Bc6 24. c4 Ra3 25. Qc2 Qa7 26. Re2 Nf6 27. Bc1 Ra6 28. f4 Ng6 29. Rf1 Qa8 30. Nh6+ gxh6 31. f5 Bg7 32. fxe6 fxe6 33. Bxh6 Bh8 34. e5 1:0.

Xu Yuhua - Lilit Mkrtchyan 0:1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Bd7 4. Bxd7+ Qxd7 5. c4 Nf6 6. Nc3 e6 7. d4 cxd4 8. Nxd4 Be7 9. O-O Nc6 10. b3 O-O 11. Bb2 Rfd8 12. Rc1 a6 13. Nxc6 Qxc6 14. Qe2 b6 15. Kh1 Qb7 16. f4 Nd7 17. Rf3 b5 18. Rg3 g6 19. Rf1 bxc4 20. Qxc4 Bf6 21. Qe2 Bg7 22. f5 Rac8 23. h4 Be5 24. Rgf3 Nc5 25. Re1 Nd7 26. Ref1 Rc7 27. h5 Rdc8 28. Qd2 Nc5 29. f6 Kh8 30. Qh6 Rg8 31. hxg6 Rxg6 32. Qf8+ Rg8 33. Qh6 Rg6 34. Qf8+ Rg8 35. Qh6 Nxe4 36. Nxe4 Qxe4 37. Bxe5 Qxe5 38. Rh3 Qe4 39. Rff3 Qb1+ 40. Kh2 Rc1 41. Qxh7+ Qxh7 42. Rxh7+ Kxh7 43. Rh3+ Kg6 44. Rg3+ Kxf6 45. Rxg8 Ra1 46. a4 Rb1 47. Rb8 Ke5 48. Kg3 d5 49. b4 Kd4 50. Rb6 e5 51. Rxa6 Rxb4 52. a5 f5 53. Ra8 f4+ 0:1.

Hou Yifan - Shen Yang 0:1

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Bb5 Nd4 5. Bc4 d6 6. Nxd4 exd4 7. Nd5 Nd7 8. O-O c6 9. Nf4 g6 10. a3 Bg7 11. d3 O-O 12. Bd2 Kh8 13. Ba2 a5 14. Kh1 Nc5 15. f3 Bd7 16. Qe1 a4 17. Qf2 Qb6 18. Bb4 Qc7 19. Ne2 Ne6 20. Bd2 Qb6 21. Rab1 f5 22. c3 fxe4 23. dxe4 Nc5 24. Qg1 Nb3 25. Bxb3 Qxb3 26. Nxd4 Qc4 27. Rfd1 Rae8 28. Be3 d5 29. Nc2 Be6 30. Bd4 dxe4 31. fxe4 Bxd4 32. Nxd4 Bg4 33. Re1 c5 34. Nc2 b6 35. h3 Be2 36. Ne3 Qd3 37. Nd5 Qxe4 38. Rbd1 Qc2 39. Rb1 Qb3 40. Nc7 Re7 41. Qh2 Qf7 42. Qd6 Re3 43. Kh2 g5 44. Rg1 Qf2 45. Qh6 g4 46. hxg4 Rf6 47. Qg5 Re5 48. Rgf1 Bxf1 0:1.

Antoaneta Stefanova - Nana Dzagnidze 0:1

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nf3 d5 4. Nc3 c6 5. e3 Nbd7 6. Bd3 dxc4 7. Bxc4 b5 8. Bd3 Bd6 9. Ng5 Bb7 10. Qf3 a6 11. a4 h6 12. Qh3 b4 13. Nce4 Be7 14. Bc4 O-O 15. Nxf6+ Bxf6 16. Nxe6 fxe6 17. Bxe6+ Rf7 18. O-O Qe7 19. a5 c5 20. Bd2 Re8 21. Bb3 Kh8 22. dxc5 Rff8 23. Bxb4 Ne5 24. Ba3 Bc8 25. Qg3 Bh4 26. c6 Bxg3 27. Bxe7 Bxf2+ 28. Rxf2 Rxf2 29. Kxf2 Rxe7 30. Bd5 Rc7 31. Kg3 Nxc6 32. Rc1 Bb7 33. b4 Rc8 34. e4 Nxb4 35. Rb1 Bxd5 36. Rxb4 Bc4 37. Rb7 Rc5 38. Kf4 Rxa5 39. e5 Ra2 40. Rc7 Bb5 0:1.

Elina Danielyan - Maya Chiburganidze 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 e6 3. c4 Bb4+ 4. Bd2 Bxd2+ 5. Qxd2 d5 6. Nc3 O-O 7. e3 Qe7 8. Rc1 Rd8 9. cxd5 exd5 10. Bd3 c6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Na4 Ne4 13. Qa5 Re8 14. a3 Qd6 15. Bxe4 dxe4 16. Nd2 b6 17. Qg5 Ba6 18. Rfd1 Be2 19. Re1 Bd3 20. Qg3 Qe6 21. b3 Bb5 22. Nc3 Bd3 23. Ne2 Bxe2 24. Rxe2 c5 25. Nc4 cxd4 26. exd4 Nf6 27. Ne5 Rac8 28. Ree1 Qd6 29. Ng4 Rxc1 30. Rxc1 Qxd4 31. Nh6+ 1:0.

Pia Cramling - Tatiana Kosintseva 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 d5 3. c4 e6 4. Nc3 Bb4 5. cxd5 exd5 6. Bg5 Nbd7 7. e3 c5 8. Bd3 Qa5 9. Qc2 c4 10. Bf5 O-O 11. O-O Re8 12. Nd2 g6 13. Bxd7 Nxd7 14. f3 Nb6 15. e4 Bf8 16. Rae1 Bg7 17. Be3 Be6 18. Ndb1 Rad8 19. Qf2 Na4 20. h3 f5 21. e5 b5 22. a3 Nxc3 23. bxc3 Qa4 24. Qh4 a5 25. Bh6 Bxh6 26. Qxh6 b4 27. axb4 axb4 28. h4 Qa7 29. h5 bxc3 30. Qf4 c2 31. Nc3 Rb8 32. Ra1 Qe7 33. hxg6 hxg6 34. Qh6 Qg7 35. Qxg7+ Kxg7 36. Rfc1 Rb2 37. Ra2 Reb8 38. Rxc2 Rxc2 39. Rxc2 f4 40. Kf1 Rb3 41. Ke1 Bf5 42. Rc1 Be6 43. Kd2 Rb2+ 44. Rc2 Rxc2+ 45. Kxc2 Kf7 46. Kd2 g5 47. Ke2 Ke7 48. Kf2 Kd7 49. g3 fxg3+ 50. Kxg3 Kc6 51. Kf2 Kd7 52. Ke3 Ke7 53. f4 gxf4+ 54. Kxf4 Bf7 55. Ke3 Be6 56. Kd2 Kd7 57. Na4 Kc6 58. Nc3 Kd7 59. Ne2 Bf5 60. Kc3 Kc6 61. Kb4 Be6 62. Ka5 Bf5 63. Nc3 Bg4 64. Na2 Be6 65. Nb4+ Kc7 66. Kb5 Bd7+ 67. Kc5 Be6 68. Na2 Bg8 69. Nc3 Be6 70. Nb5+ Kd7 71. Kb6 Bf5 72. Nc3 Be6 73. Na4 Bf5 74. Nc5+ Ke7 75. Na4 Kd7 76. Kb7 Be6 77. Nc5+ Ke7 78. Na4 Kd7 79. Nc5+ Ke7 80. Kc6 Bg8 81. Na4 Be6 82. Nc3 Bg8 83. Kc7 Be6 84. Na2 Bf5 85. Kc6 Be4 86. Nc3 Bf3 87. Kc7 Bg2 88. Na4 Be4 89. Kc6 Bf3 90. Nc3 Bg2 91. Na2 Be4 92. Nb4 Ke6 93. Na2 Ke7 94. Nb4 Ke6 95. Na6 Ke7 96. Nc5 Bf3 97. Na4 Be4 98. Kc7 Bf3 99. Nc5 Bg2 100. Kc6 Bf3 101. Na6 Be4 102. Nb4 Ke6 103. Kc5 Bf3 104. Na6 Be4 105. Kc6 Ke7 106. Nc5 Bf3 107. Kb5 1/2:1/2.