The 1st Grand Prix Series for Women has just finished. I would like to express my thankful words towards FIDE and Global Chess. They succeeded in organizing a strong women's tournaments series. Special thank to all federations and organizers of each leg of Grand Prix Series, for supporting and promoting women's chess. I also would like to thank Qatar Chess Federation for their warm hospitality, excellent organization and the chess fest they gave to us. I hope the idea of Grand Prix Series for women will live on in the future.
I would like to spend a few words about my performance in Doha. Honestly saying I am a little upset, because the way the tournament went, I should have won it! On the other side, I can't complain about my result and overall result in the Grand Prix Series (I became 5th, behind Hou Yifan, Koneru Humpy, Nana Dzagnidze and Tatiana Kosintseva). I played nice and interesting games, full of fighting. I had an excellent start with 5 out of 5. In the 2nd part of the tournament I scored 3 out of 6, normally enough to win the tournament, but Koneru Humpy had the opposite tournament, starting slow and finishing with 5,5 out of 6!
Anyway I am satisfied about my performance in Doha. I won 31 ratingpoints and I had the highest performance with 2663.
I want to congratulate Humpy Koneru with her achievement and the right to play the World Championship match against reigning World Champion and winner of the 1st Women's Grand Prix Series Hou Yifan.
To finish I want to show you my game against Maia Chiburdanidze after she made the move 38...Be7?. After that careless move, the game went into a very wild and complicated mode. Most analyses I made just after the game, because I didn't want to forget the lines I saw over the board.
Elina Danielian (2454, Armenia) - Maia Chiburdanidze (2502, Georgia) Round 2, Women's Grand Prix Tournament; Doha, Qatar
You can check the official site for all information and also take a look at their nice photogallery! Click here for all the games of the tournament in PGN.
Click on the links below for all my other round reports of the Women's Grand Prix Tournament 2011 in Doha, Qatar.
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Women's FIDE Grand Prix Series (20-02-2011/06-03-2010)
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