Women Chess GP, Zhao Xue and Their Romantic Scoresheet

October 2011 is a warm month full of romantic chess news. First it is Morozevich who finished ahead their opponents in full points in Saratov 2011. Secondly Yasser Seirawan put his buttock on the chess chair again after about decade of absentus, and tie first in Ciutat de Barcelona.

The most sensational news is from the Chinese girl GM Zhao Xue, winning the Women GP in Nalchik with two rounds to spare. This romantic scoresheet is the reflection on how the gap between one player to other in women's chess. Notice that the "peak time" of each player is also rotaring faster than men's, in other words, less consistency on these girls.

In Fide Women GP Nalchik 2011, Zhao Xue finished 8.5/9 out of 11 rounds, and her closest competitor Ju Wenjun and Russian Ekaterina Kovalevskaya are 2.5 points behind. This GP session did not included Hou Yifan , who usually the protagonist of such score achievement, and GM Konery Humpy. Nevertheless Zhao Xue "peak" time now victimized:

Round 1 - European Champion Victoria Cmilyte
Round 2 - World Champion Alexander Kosteniuk.
Round 3 - Alisa Galliamova
Round 4 - Batkhuyag Munguntuul
Round 5 - European Individual Champion Kateryna Lahno
Round 6 - World Champion Zhu Chen
Round 7 - Ekaterina Kovalevskaya
Round 8 - Russian Women Champion Nadezhda Kosintseva
Round 9 - World Champion Antoneata Stefanova
Round 10 -
Round 11 -

List of FIDE Women GP Champions (and their gap...) :

Istanbul 2009 :
1 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 IND 8½
2 IM DANIELIAN Elina 2496 ARM 8 ½
3 GM HOU Yifan 2571 CHN 8

Nanjing 2009
GM Xu Yuhua 2485 CHN 8
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 GEO 7½
GM Zhao Xue 2542 CHN 7

Nalchik 2010
1 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2524 RUS 9
2 GM Hou Yifan 2570 CHN 7½
3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2479 GEO 7

Jermuk 2010
1 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2478 GEO 9
2 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2534 RUS 7½
3 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2477 ARM 6½

Ulaanbaatar 2010
1 GM Hou Yifan 2577 CHN 8
2 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 BUL 7½
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 RUS 6½

Qatar 2011
1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 8
2 GM Danielian Elina 2454 ARM 8
3 GM Sebag Marie 2489 FRA 7

Rostov 2011
1 GM Hou Yifan 2575 CHN 8
2 GM Lahno Kateryna 2536 UKR 7
3 IM Muzychuk Anna 2538 SLO 6½

Shenzhen 2011
1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 CHN 8
2 IM Muzychuk Anna 2545 SLO 7
3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 CHN 6½


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