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 FIDE Grand Prix finished in the capital of Qatar. In the eleventh round Armenian GM Elina Danielian shared point with Antoinette Stefanova and occupied the second horizontal having scored 8 points.

The champion of the tournament has become Hampi Coneru, who defeated Zhu Chen in the final round.

Lilit Mkrtchian ended in draw with Martha Fierro. Nana Dzagnidze also ended in draw with Maya Chiburdanidze. Munguntuul defeated Marie Sebag, Zu Yuhua – Pia Cramling.

The top three has been closed by Marie Sebag. Cramling, Chiburdanidze and Dzagnidze have scored 5,5 and shared 4-6 horizontals. Yuhua and Munguntuul both have scored 5. Lilit Mkrtchian and Martha Fierro have 4,5 in their active. Stefanova occupied the eleventh horizontal and Zhu Chen appeared to be the last one.

Elina Danielian – Antoinette Stefanova 0,5:0,5

1. d4 d5 2. c4 c6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. e3 e6 5. Nf3 Nbd7 6. Qc2 Bd6 7. Be2 O-O 8. O-O dxc4 9. Bxc4 a6 10. Rd1 b5 11. Be2 Qc7 12. e4 e5 13. g3 Re8 14. a3 exd4 15. Nxd4 Be5 16. Bf3 c5 17. Nf5 Nb6 18. a4 b4 19. a5 bxc3 20. axb6 Qxb6 21. bxc3 Rb8 22. Bd2 Qb3 23. Qc1 Bb7 24. Rb1 Qa4 25. Ra1 Qb3 26. Rb1 Qa4 27. Ra1 Qb3 28. Rb1 1/2:1/2:

Lilit Mkrtchian – Martha Fierro 0,5:0,5

1. d4 Nf6 2. Bg5 Ne4 3. Bf4 c5 4. f3 Qa5+ 5. c3 Nf6 6. Nd2 cxd4 7. Nb3 Qb6 8.
Qxd4 Qxd4 9. cxd4 d5 10. e3 e6 11. g4 Nc6 12. Bb5 Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Ne2 Be7 15. Rc1 O-O 16. Bd3 Rfe8 17. Kd2 Bf8 18. h3 h6 19. Rc3 e5 20. dxe5 Nxe5 21. Bxe5 Rxe5 22. Rxc8 Bxc8 23. Rc1 Re8 24. Nbd4 Bd6 25. Bf5 Bxf5 26. Nxf5 Be5 27. Nfd4 g6 28. Nc3 Bxd4 29. exd4 Kg7 30. Ne2 Re7 31. Nf4 Rd7 32. Rc5 b6 33. Rc8 Ng8 34. Nd3 Ne7 35. Rc1 f6 36. b4 Kf7 37. b5 Ke6 38. Nf4+ Kf7 39. Nd3 Ke6 40. Nb4 Kd6 41. Na6 Rd8 42. Rc7 Rd7 43. Rc1 Rd8 44. Nb4 Rc8 45. Re1 g5 46. Rc1 Rxc1 47. Kxc1 Ng6 48. Nd3 Nh4 49. Ne1 Ng6 50. Nd3 Nh4 51. Ne1 Ng6 52. Nd3 1/2:1/2: