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4th tournament of FIDE Grand-Prix is over in Jermuk, Armenia. In Round 11 Armenian GM Lilit Mkrtchyan ended in draw with Baira Kovanova, while Elina Danielyan won against Tatiana Kosintseva. The two Armenian chess-players scored 6,5 each and shared 3-5 horizontals in the tournament with Antoaneta Stefanova. Tatiana Kosintseva ended 2nd with 7,5 points, Nana Dzagnidze ended in draw in the final round with Hou Yifan and won the tournament with 9 points.

Round 11

Nana Dzagnidze - Hou Yifan 0,5:0,5
Tatiana Kosintseva - Elina Danielyan 0:1
Shen Yang - Xu Yuhua 0,5:0,5
Maya Chiburdanidze - Antoaneta Stefanova 0:1
Baira Kovanova - Lilit Mkrtchyan 0,5:0,5
Martha Fierro - Pia Cramling 0:1

Final Standing

1. Nana Dzagnidze -9 points
2. Tatiana Kosintseva - 7,5
3. Elina Danielyan - 6,5
4. Lilit Mkrtchyan - 6,5
5. Antoaneta Stefanova - 6,5
6. Hou Yifan - 6
7. Pia Cramling - 5,5
8. Shen Yang - 5,5
9. Maya Chiburdanidze - 4,5
10. Xu Yuhua - 4
11. Baira Kovanova - 3
12. Martha Fierro - 1,5

Martha Fierro - Pia Cramling 0:1

1. e4 c5 2. Nf3 d6 3. Bb5+ Nd7 4. d4 cxd4 5. Qxd4 a6 6. Bxd7+ Bxd7 7. Nc3 Rc8
8. Bg5 h6 9. Bh4 e5 10. Qd3 g5 11. Bg3 Qc7 12. O-O-O Nf6 13. Kb1 Be7 14. h4 g4 15. Nd2 b5 16. a3 Rb8 17. h5 b4 18. axb4 Rxb4 19. Bh4 Be6 20. Nb3 Nd7 21. Qxa6 Bxh4 22. Rxh4 Ke7 23. Nb5 Qb6 24. Qxb6 Nxb6 25. Nxd6 Na4 26. Nf5+ Kf6 27. f3 gxf3 28. Ne3 fxg2 29. Nxg2 Bxb3 30. cxb3 Rxb3 31. Rf1+ Ke6 32. Rf2 Rhb8 33. Rg4 Nxb2 34. Kc2 Nc4 35. Re2 Ra3 36. Kc1 Ra1+ 37. Kc2 Rb2+ 38. Kc3 Rc1+ 0:1.

Baira Kovanova - Lilit Mkrtchyan 0,5:0,5

1. e4 e5 2. Nf3 Nc6 3. d4 exd4 4. Nxd4 Nf6 5. Nc3 Bb4 6. Nxc6 bxc6 7. Bd3 d5 8. exd5 cxd5 9. O-O O-O 10. Bg5 c6 11. Qf3 h6 12. Bxf6 Qxf6 13. Qxf6 gxf6 14. Ne2 Bd6 15. Ng3 Re8 16. Nf5 Bxf5 17. Bxf5 Re7 18. Rfe1 Rae8 19. Kf1 Rxe1+ 20. Rxe1 Rxe1+ 21. Kxe1 Be5 22. b3 Kf8 23. h3 Ke7 24. Ke2 Kd6 25. Kd3 a5 26. Bc8 Kc7 27. Bf5 Kd6 28. Bc8 Kc7 29. Bf5 Kd6 30. Bc8 1/2:1/2.

Nana Dzagnidze - Hou Yifan 0,5:0,5

1. d4 e6 2. c4 d5 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. g3 Be7 5. Bg2 O-O 6. O-O dxc4 7. Qc2 a6 8. Qxc4 b5 9. Qc2 Bb7 10. Bd2 Be4 11. Qc1 Bb7 12. Qc2 Be4 13. Qc1 Bb7 1/2:1/2.

Tatiana Kosintseva - Elina Danielyan 0:1

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. e5 Bf5 4. Nf3 e6 5. Be2 c5 6. Be3 cxd4 7. Nxd4 Ne7 8. Nd2 Nbc6 9. N2f3 Bg4 10. O-O Bxf3 11. Nxf3 Ng6 12. c4 dxc4 13. Bxc4 Qc7 14. Bb5 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bxc6 bxc6 17. Qd4 Rfd8 18. Qc3 Rac8 19. Rfd1 Qb8 20. g3 c5 21. h4 Qb7 22. Rxd8+ Rxd8 23. Nd2 Qd5 24. Nc4 h5 25. Rc2 Qd1+ 26. Kh2 Rd3 0:1.

Maya Chiburdanidze - Antoaneta Stefanova 0:1

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nf3 Nf6 4. e3 Bf5 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nh4 Be4 7. f3 Bg6 8. Qb3 Qc7 9. Bd2 Be7 10. g3 a6 11. Rc1 dxc4 12. Bxc4 Nbd7 13. Be2 Rd8 14. Nxg6 hxg6 15. O-O e5 16. dxe5 Nc5 17. Qc2 Qxe5 18. Rcd1 g5 19. Bc1 Bd6 20. f4 Qe6 21. fxg5 Qh3 22. Bf3 Ng4 23. Ne4 Nxe4 24. Qxe4+ Kf8 25. Rd2 Nxh2 26. Bg2 Nxf1 27. Bxh3 Nxd2 28. Qf5 Ne4 29. g6 Nf6 30. gxf7 Bxg3 31. Kg2 Rh5 32. Qg6 Rc5 33. Qxg3 Rxc1 34. Qc7 Rd2+ 35. Kf3 g5 36. Qe5 g4+ 37. Kg3 Kxf7 0:1.

Shen Yang - Xu Yuhua 0,5:0,5

1. e4 e6 2. d4 d5 3. Nd2 c5 4. exd5 Qxd5 5. Ngf3 cxd4 6. Bc4 Qd6 7. O-O Nf6 8. Nb3 Nc6 9. Nbxd4 Nxd4 10. Nxd4 a6 11. Re1 Qc7 12. Qe2 Bd6 13. Bg5 O-O 14. h3 Bh2+ 15. Kh1 Bf4 16. Bxf4 Qxf4 17. Qe3 Qxe3 18. Rxe3 b5 19. Bb3 Bb7 20. c3 Rfd8 21. Rd1 Rd6 22. Kh2 Rad8 23. a3 h5 24. Re5 g6 25. f4 Bd5 26. Bxd5 Nxd5 27. Kg3 Nb6 28. Kf2 Kf8 29. Rde1 Nc4 1/2:1/2.