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FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah (2014) Played in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates 25 August - 6 September 2014, as the 6th and last event of the Women's Grand Prix series 2013-2014. FIDE page: http://sharjah2014.fide.com/en/comp.... Ju Wenjun and Yifan Hou shared the win with 8.5/11 and got 145 Grand Prix points (GPP). Crosstable (http://www.chess-results.com/tnr144...) : Elo 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 1 2 GPP =1 Ju Wenjun 2559 * ½ 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 8½ 145 =1 Hou Yifan 2661 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 1 8½ 145 =3 Harika 2521 0 ½ * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 6½ 87.5 =3 Zhao Xue 2508 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 0 ½ 1 1 1 6½ 87.5 =3 Ushenina 2487 ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 6½ 87.5 =3 Batchimeg 2346 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1 ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 87.5 7 Koneru 2598 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 * 1 1 ½ ½ 1 5½ 60 8 Danielian 2490 0 ½ 0 1 0 ½ 0 * ½ 1 1 ½ 5 50 9 Kosintseva 2494 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ * 0 ½ 1 4½ 40 10 Zhu Chen 2461 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 ½ 0 1 * ½ ½ 3½ 30 11 Muminova 2315 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ * ½ 3 20 12 L'Ami 2446 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ * 1½ 10 Previous event: FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014). Together with her wins at FIDE Women's Grand Prix Khanty - Mansiysk (2014) and FIDE Women's Grand Prix Lopota (2014), Hou Yifan had the most Grand Prix points and became the challenger for Mariya Muzychuk in the Muzychuk - Hou Women's World Championship Match (2016). For an overview of the Grand Prix cycle, see Wikipedia article: FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013%E2%80%9314.  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66  Game   Result Moves Year Event/Locale Opening 1. Zhu Chen vs Zhao Xue 0-1 68 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E15 Queen's Indian 2. Ju Wenjun vs A Ushenina   ½-½ 32 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah A22 English 3. N Muminova vs Yifan Hou 0-1 42 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah B31 Sicilian, Rossolimo Variation 4. A L'Ami vs D Harika   0-1 56 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D52 Queen's Gambit Declined 5. E Danielian vs T Kosintseva   ½-½ 51 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D37 Queen's Gambit Declined 6. T Batchimeg vs Koneru 1-0 36 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah A46 Queen's Pawn Game 7. Zhao Xue vs Yifan Hou   ½-½ 22 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E37 Nimzo-Indian, Classical 8. Koneru vs A L'Ami 1-0 48 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E71 King's Indian, Makagonov System (5.h3) 9. D Harika vs N Muminova 1-0 50 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah A11 English, Caro-Kann Defensive System 10. T Kosintseva vs T Batchimeg   ½-½ 45 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah C65 Ruy Lopez, Berlin Defense 11. Zhu Chen vs Ju Wenjun   0-1 52 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah B07 Pirc 12. A Ushenina vs E Danielian   1-0 103 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E46 Nimzo-Indian 13. E Danielian vs Zhu Chen 1-0 33 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah A46 Queen's Pawn Game 14. N Muminova vs Koneru   ½-½ 57 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah B40 Sicilian 15. Yifan Hou vs D Harika   ½-½ 35 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah C05 French, Tarrasch 16. A L'Ami vs T Kosintseva   0-1 35 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E56 Nimzo-Indian, 4.e3, Main line with 7...Nc6 17. T Batchimeg vs A Ushenina   ½-½ 40 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D43 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 18. Ju Wenjun vs Zhao Xue   1-0 50 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E06 Catalan, Closed, 5.Nf3 19. A Ushenina vs A L'Ami   1-0 28 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah A45 Queen's Pawn Game 20. Ju Wenjun vs E Danielian 1-0 85 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E09 Catalan, Closed 21. Zhu Chen vs T Batchimeg   0-1 74 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D71 Neo-Grunfeld 22. T Kosintseva vs N Muminova   ½-½ 87 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah C11 French 23. Koneru vs Yifan Hou 0-1 56 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D38 Queen's Gambit Declined, Ragozin Variation 24. Zhao Xue vs D Harika   ½-½ 58 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah D45 Queen's Gambit Declined Semi-Slav 25. T Batchimeg vs Ju Wenjun   ½-½ 18 2014 FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah E90 King's Indian  page 1 of 3; games 1-25 of 66    REFINE SEARCH:   White wins (1-0) | Black wins (0-1) | Draws (1/2-1/2)   < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> Sep-04-14    notyetagm: <dumbgai: <notyetagm> Thought you might like that. ;-)> Indeed. :-) Sep-05-14    geeker: In Round 10 we have the titanic L'Ami-Muminova clash :) ... perhaps one of the players will manage to win a game! Actually, I feel sorry for the bad event L'Ami is having; Muminova has made a few draws here and stabilized her performance somewhat (previous GP was dreadful). Sep-05-14    ljfyffe: <geeker><titanic ...clash> The Titanic sails at dawn. Which side are you on? Sep-05-14    geeker: Well, I sympathise with both players. Muminova has been getting pummelled the past several GP tourneys. L'Ami is appearing in her first, but it's been a disaster and she's been in terrible form. A draw would be reasonable, but I think Alina needs the win more, so I'll give her slight preference. Sep-05-14    geeker: This just in: L'Ami sacked a bunch of material but only had a perpetual, so the clash of the Titans is drawn. Sep-05-14    ljfyffe: It has been said that you only learn by losing...in which case, I should be a super-grandmaster! I'm only an average club player. GOOD LUCK TO BOTH PLAYERS. Sep-05-14    ljfyffe: P.S. Thanks for the info! Sep-05-14    dumbgai: Ju Wenjun wearing a miniskirt again, this time pink... Sep-05-14    waustad: Since Batchimeg Tuvshintugs drew with Hou Yifan, her performance rating is still over 2600 after 10 rounds. Even if she loses to Dronavalli Harika tomorrow, it could still be used for a 10 game GM norm. She may just sit on the norm for a while because she isn't close to the title yet. An interim goal might be to get the IM title. Sep-05-14    geeker: "Chimi" Tuvshintugs is a dangerous player. She beat Hou Yifan at Geneva 2013, and I recall she beat some GMs at the 2006 US Championship. Sep-05-14    Penguincw: Ouch! Hou Yifan has lost 7.3 rating points in the last 3 rounds, and she also trails Ju Wenjun by half a point. Luckily, she has white against Alina L'Ami tomorrow (almost a mismatch there) while Ju Wenjun has black against Kosintseva. BTW: I noticed that Ju Wenjun is "only" a WGM. Has she had any IM or GM norms yet? I understand that she needs at least a draw tomorrow (TPR would be 2604 then, according to FIDE) but how many norms does she have? Sep-05-14    notyetagm: FIDE Women's Grand Prix Sharjah (2014) <dumbgai: Ju Wenjun wearing a miniskirt again, this time pink...> Oh, yes! -> http://sharjah2014.fide.com/images/... http://sharjah2014.fide.com/images/... http://sharjah2014.fide.com/images/... http://sharjah2014.fide.com/images/... Sep-06-14    Eduardo Leon: <<ljfyffe> <<geeker>titanic ...clash> The Titanic sails at dawn. Which side are you on?> The iceberg's. Sep-06-14    ljfyffe: <Eduardo Leon>I meant: which side of the ship are you on? Just joking! It's a quote from a Bob Dylan song. And Elizabeth Bishop, the deceased poet, who spent her youth in Nova Scotia, wrote, in one of her poems:"I'd rather be an iceberg than a ship" which may explain from whence Simon and Garfunkel got the idea of "I'd rather be a hammer than a nail/Yes I would/If I surely could...". Sep-06-14    HowDoesTheHorsieMove: <Ju Wenjun wearing a miniskirt again> You call that a miniskirt? Maybe in the 1920s it was. Sep-06-14    notyetagm: <HowDoesTheHorsieMove: <Ju Wenjun wearing a miniskirt again> You call that a miniskirt? Maybe in the 1920s it was.> It's short enough. :-) I. LIKE. IT! And by the way, Ju Wenjun won the Sharjah Grand Prix on tiebreak today by drawing her last round game against T. Kosintseva. Congratulations to Ju and her mini-skirts! Sep-06-14    ljfyffe: Another, by the way: Victor Maymudes, Dylan's road manager for some time, use to play quite a bit of chess with his boss... Game's not just for those highly-skilled at it ... Sep-06-14    42eyes: 1920's miniskirt? Its a classy miniskirt :D. Damn, i was hoping Ju Wenjun would finish at the top today. Sep-06-14    notyetagm: <42eyes: Damn, i was hoping Ju Wenjun would finish at the top today.> She did. She beat out Hou Yifan on tiebreak for 1st. Sep-06-14    42eyes: How do they decide it? They have the same amount of wins & draws. (I'm new to following tournaments) Sep-06-14    devere: So what is to become of the Women's World Championship 2014, scheduled to begin on October 11th, but so far with no site?!? Sep-06-14    HeMateMe: I'm just glad none of the girls were stoned or publicly caned for wearing mini skirts. There's hope for the Arabian Peninsula yet. Sep-08-14    waustad: <42eyes>There are often tiebreaks of some kind or other. It depends on the event, but here is a source that can help you with some of them (some are more often used in Swiss system tournaments): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tie-br... Other tiebreaks can be, more blacks, more wins, more wins with black, head to head and so forth. In this event, the money and GP points were split, so perhaps the winner using SB or some such got the trophy, but everybody got a little trophy like memento. Sep-08-14    42eyes: <waustad> Thanks! I did try looking up 'tie break' on wiki but I didn't find that article. It's helpful...& interesting. Sep-09-14    ljfyffe: <dumbgai>And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put Humpy back together again! Jump to page #    (enter # from 1 to 3) search thread:    < Earlier Kibitzing  · PAGE 3 OF 3 ·  Later Kibitzing> NOTE: Create an account today to post replies and access other powerful features which are available only to registered users. Becoming a member is free, anonymous, and takes less than 1 minute! If you already have a username, then simply login login under your username now to join the discussion. Please observe our posting guidelines: No obscene, racist, sexist, or profane language. No spamming, advertising, duplicate, or gibberish posts. No vitriolic or systematic personal attacks against other members. Nothing in violation of United States law. No cyberstalking or malicious posting of negative or private information (doxing/doxxing) of members. 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