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Armenian GM Lilit Mkrtchyan gained a victory over Martha Fierro (Spain) in Round 6 of the 4th tournament of FIDE Grand-Prix, which is being held in Jermuk, Armenia. This time she won against Maya Chiburganidze and runs second in the tournament list with 4,5 points.

Nana Dzagnidze of Georgia, in turn, defeated Tatiana Kosintseva and has taken a sole lead with 5,5 points. Tatiana Kosintseva has scored 4 and is third.

Armenian Elina Danielyan lost to Antoaneta Stefanova and now shares 6-8th places with Antoaneta Stefanova and Xu Yuhua with 3 points each. Hou Yifan and Shen Yang run 4th and 5th (3,5 points).

Maya Chiburdanidze has scored 2,5, Pia Cramling – 2, Baira Kovanova – 1,5. Martha Fierro ends last.

Round 6

Nana Dzagnidze - Tatiana Kosintseva 1:0
Lilit Mkrtchyan - Maya Chiburdanidze 1:0
Hou Yifan - Pia Cramling 1:0
Shen Yang - Martha Fierro 1:0
Antoaneta Stefanova - Elina Danielyan 1:0
Xu Yuhua - Baira Kovanova 1:0

Lilit Mkrtchyan - Maya Chiburdanidze 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3+ 6. Qxc3 d5 7. Bg5 dxc4 8. Qxc4 b6 9. Rd1 Ba6 10. Qc2 Nbd7 11. e4 Bxf1 12. Kxf1 Qc8 13. Qc6 e5 14. Ne2 exd4 15. Nxd4 Ne5 16. Qc2 Qa6+ 17. Kg1 Rad8 18. f3 c5 19. Nf5 Qc4 20. Qb1 Rd3 21. Rf1 Rb3 22. Bxf6 gxf6 23. Qe1 Rxb2 24. Qg3+ Ng6 25. h4 h5 26. Rd1 Kh7 27. Kh2 Rg8 28. Ne3 Qe6 29. Rd5 Ne5 30. Qf4 c4 31. Rg1 c3 32. Rc1 Rb3 33. Nf5 Rg6 34. Nd4 Qxd5 35. exd5 Nd3 36. Qc7 1:0.

Nana Dzagnidze - Tatiana Kosintseva 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. e3 O-O 5. Nge2 d5 6. a3 Be7 7. cxd5 exd5 8. g3 a5 9. Bg2 Na6 10. O-O Re8 11. f3 c5 12. Bd2 b6 13. Be1 Nc7 14. Bf2 Ba6 15. Qd2 cxd4 16. exd4 Bf8 17. Rfe1 Ne6 18. Nc1 b5 19. Nd3 b4 20. Na4 bxa3 21. bxa3 Bb5 22. Nc3 Ba6 23. Ne5 Qd6 24. f4 Nc7 25. Qa2 Rad8 26. Na4 Nd7 27. Rac1 Bb5 28. Nc5 Nxc5 29. Rxc5 Bc4 30. Qd2 Qb6 31. Nxc4 Rxe1+ 32. Qxe1 dxc4 33. Rc6 Qa7 34.
d5 Qb8 35. Bb6 Re8 36. Qxa5 Na8 37. Bf2 Qb3 38. Ra6 c3 39. Rc6 Qd1+ 40. Bf1 c2 41. Qc3 Re2 42. d6 Nb6 43. Bxb6 Re1 44. Qxe1 Qxe1 45. d7 c1=Q 46. Rxc1 Qxc1 47. d8=Q Qxa3 48. Qd5 Qc1 49. Kg2 c2+ 50. Bf2 Qc7 51. Bc4 1:0.

Shen Yang - Martha Fierro 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. c4 g6 3. Nc3 Bg7 4. e4 d6 5. Be2 O-O 6. Nf3 e5 7. Be3 exd4 8. Nxd4 Re8 9. f3 c6 10. Bf2 Bh6 11. O-O Nbd7 12. Qc2 Nc5 13. Rad1 Qe7 14. Rfe1 Nh5 15. Bf1 a5 16. Nb3 Nxb3 17. axb3 Be6 18. Qd3 Bf4 19. g3 Qg5 20. h4 Qh6 21. gxf4 Nxf4 22. Qd2 g5 23. Bg3 f6 24. hxg5 fxg5 25. Qh2 Qf8 26. Bxf4 gxf4 27. Bh3 Kh8 28. Re2 Re7 29. Rg2 Rd8 30. Bxe6 Rxe6 31. Qh4 Rh6 32. Qf2 Rd7 33. Qd4+ Rf6 34. Rdd2 c5 35. Qd5 Re7 36. Nb5 Re5 37. Qxb7 Re7 38. Qc6 Rg7 39. Nc7 d5 40. Ne6 Rxg2+ 41. Rxg2 dxe4 42. Qd7 1:0.

Xu Yuhua - Baira Kovanova 1:0

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. Bb5 a6 4. Ba4 Nf6 5. O-O Be7 6. Re1 b5 7. Bb3 d6 8. c3 O-O 9. h3 Bb7 10. d4 Nd7 11. Nbd2 exd4 12. cxd4 Bf6 13. Nf1 Na5 14. Bc2 Re8 15. N1h2 h5 16. Rb1 c5 17. d5 Nc4 18. b3 Nce5 19. Nd2 Qa5 20. Qxh5 Qxa2 21. Qd1 Ng6 22. Rf1 Rac8 23. Ng4 Bc3 24. Ne3 Nf6 25. Nf3 Rcd8 26. Ng5 Re5 27. h4 Nxh4 28. f4 Ree8 29. Rf2 Qa5 30. f5 Bd4 31. g3 Bxd5 32. Bd2 Qa2 33. Nxd5 Nxd5 34. exd5 f6 35. Ne6 Nf3+ 36. Kg2 Bxf2 37. Kxf3 Bd4 38. Nxd8 Rxd8 39. Bd3 Qa3 40. Qc1 b4 41. Qc2 Re8 42. Bf4 Qa5 43. Bxd6 Qd8 44. Bf4 Qxd5+ 45. Kg4 Kf8 46. Bc4 Qc6 47. Qh2 g5 48. Qh7 1:0.

Hou Yifan - Pia Cramling 1:0

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 e6 3. d4 cxd4 4. Nxd4 Nc6 5. Nc3 Qc7 6. Be2 Nf6 7. Be3 Be7 8. f4 d6 9. Qd2 a6 10. O-O-O h5 11. Rhe1 Bd7 12. Kb1 b5 13. Bd3 Nxd4 14. Bxd4 b4 15. Ne2 e5 16. Be3 a5 17. Ng3 g6 18. fxe5 dxe5 19. Bg5 h4 20. Nf1 Bg4 21. Qf2 Ng8 22. Bxe7 Qxe7 23. Rd2 Nf6 24. Ne3 Be6 25. Rf1 Nh5 26. Bb5+ Kf8 27. Nd5 Qa7 28. Nb6 Kg7 29. Nxa8 Qxf2 30. Rfxf2 Rxa8 31. Bc6 Ra6 32. Rd6 Nf6 33. Rfd2 h3
34. gxh3 Bxh3 35. Bb7 Ra7 36. Bd5 Ng4 37. c4 bxc3 38. bxc3 Bf1 39. Kc1 Kh6 40. Rd1 Bb5 41. Rg1 Nf2 42. Rf6 Nd3+ 43. Kd2 Nc5 44. Rxf7 Nxe4+ 45. Ke3 Rxf7 46. Bxf7 Nxc3 47. Rxg6+ Kh7 48. Rg5 Bf1 49. Rxe5 a4 50. Kd2 1:0.

Antoaneta Stefanova - Elina Danielyan 1:0

1. d4 Nf6 2. Nf3 g6 3. Nc3 d5 4. Bf4 Bg7 5. Qd2 O-O 6. Bh6 c6 7. Bxg7 Kxg7 8. Ne5 Nbd7 9. f4 Qc7 10. g3 b5 11. Bg2 Nb6 12. O-O Bf5 13. a4 b4 14. Nd1 a5 15. c3 c5 16. Ne3 bxc3 17. Qxc3 Rfc8 18. g4 Ne4 19. Qd3 c4 20. Qa3 Bxg4 21. N5xg4 h5 22. Ne5 e6 23. f5 exf5 24. Nxf5+ gxf5 25. Rxf5 c3 26. Bxe4 f6 27. Kh1 dxe4 28. Rg1+ 1:0.