FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2011–2012

The 2011–2012 FIDE Women's Grand Prix was a series of six chess tournaments in which the challenger for the 2013 Women's World Chess Championship, which was held as a duel, was determined against the winner of the 2012 Women's World Knockout Chess Championship .

The tournament series was won by the then world chess champion Hou Yifan , K. Humpy came in second . Since Hou Yifan lost her title to Anna Uschenina in 2012 , she is set as a challenger against her. If Hou Yifan had won again in 2012, K. Humpy would have become Hou Yifan's challenger instead.

Tournaments

space	Points
1	160
2	130
3	110
4th	90
5	80
6th	70
7th	60
8th	50
9	40
10	30th
11	20th
12	10

Six round-robin tournaments took place in which 12 of the 18 participants competed, so that each participant was allowed to compete in four tournaments. According to a point system (see table), the overall winner was determined with a crossed result. In addition, there was prize money totaling 40,000 euros per tournament and a further 60,000 euros for the best nine players in the overall table.

If they were placed equally, points were divided accordingly. For example, a divided 1st – 2nd Place worth 160 + 130/2 = 145 points each. The points were awarded for every tournament in which a player fully participated.

Eligible were:

• All four semi-finalists of the 2010 World Chess Championship : Hou Yifan, K. Humpy, Ruan Lufei and Zhao Xue
• The winner of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2009-2011 : Hou Yifan (as she was already qualified, a sixth place was given instead)
• Six (instead of five) players with the highest Elo ratings on average from July 2010 and January 2011: Judit Polgár (refused, Viktorija Čmilytė, who came in seventh, moved up), Tatjana Kossinzewa , Antoaneta Stefanowa , Nadeschda Kossinzewa , Anna Musytschuk , Kateryna Lahno
• Two players nominated by FIDE President Kirsan Ilyumschinow who had to be among the 40 players with the highest rating in January 2010. The players had to come from different countries: Zhu Chen and Batchujagiin Möngöntuul
• One nominee from each host city with an Elo rating of at least 2300 or, if not possible, from the relevant federation with an Elo rating of at least 2250: Jekaterina Kowalewskaja (Rostov-on-Don), Ju Wenjun (Shenzhen), Alexandra Kostenjuk ( Nalchik), Alissa Galljamowa (Kazan), Elina Danieljan (Jermuk) and Betül Cemre Yıldız (Ankara)

No.	place	Period	Winner
1	Rostov	August 1st to 15th, 2011	Hou Yifan
2	Shenzhen	September 6th to 20th, 2011	Hou Yifan
3	Nalchik	October 8-23, 2011	Zhao Xue
4th	Kazan	June 10-21, 2012	K. Humpy and Anna Musytschuk
5	Jermuk	July 16-30, 2012	Hou Yifan
6th	Ankara	September 16-28, 2012	K. Humpy

Overall table

The three best placements of the four tournaments of each participant counted for a deleted result . The overall ranking was won by Hou Yifan ahead of K. Humpy.

	Player	Rostov	Shenzhen	Nalchik	Kazan	Jermuk	Ankara	Tournaments	Points
1	Hou Yifan	160	160	-	(100)	160	-	4th	480
2	K. Humpy	(65)	-	-	145	110	160	4th	415
3	Anna Musychuk	(100)	130	-	145	-	130	4th	405
4th	Zhao Xue	-	75	160	-	(60)	110	4th	345
5	Kateryna Lahno	130	-	80	(50)	110	-	4th	320
6th	Ju Wenjun	-	100	130	-	75	(50)	4th	305
7th	Viktorija Čmilytė	-	(35)	100	100	-	85	4th	285
8th	Nadezhda Kosinzeva	80	-	55	(35)	110	-	4th	245
9	Ruan Lufei	(30)	75	-	-	75	85	4th	235
10	Tatiana Kossinzewa	100	-	(55)	60	-	60	4th	220
11	Elina Danieljan	45	50	-	75	(45)	-	4th	170
12	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	20th	(20)	100	-	30th	-	4th	150
13	Batchujagiin Möngöntuul	-	60	20th	-	(20)	70	4th	150
14th	Antoaneta Stefanova	45	-	55	(35)	-	40	4th	140
15th	Alissa Galljamova	65	-	30th	20th	-	-	3	115
16	Tan Zhonqyi	-	100	-	-	-	-	1	100
17th	Alexandra Kostenjuk	10	-	10	75	-	-	3	95
18th	Zhu Chen	-	35	55	-	-	-	2	90
19th	Betül Cemre Yıldız	-	10	-	10	-	30th	3	50
20th	Lilit Mkrtchjan	-	-	-	-	45	-	1	45
21st	Monika Soćko	-	-	-	-	-	20th	1	20th
22nd	Nino Khurzidze	-	-	-	-	10	-	1	10
23	Kübra Öztürk	-	-	-	-	-	10	1	10

If seeded players did not take part, the places were filled with other players.

Individual references and sources

1. ^ Regulations for the 2011-2012 Women's FIDE Grand-Prix on fide.com, accessed August 19, 2013
2. ↑ Tournament table and table for Ankara at fide.com, accessed on August 19, 2013