2013 Geneva Grand Prix Underway
The first Women's Grand Prix of the 2013/14 series is underway in Geneva, Switzerland, sponsored by Fondation Neva. The competition dates are 2-16 May, with the first round on 3rd May and final round on 15th May.
The official website for the Geneva Grand Prix is at geneva2013.fide.com. The winner of the 2013/14 Grand Prix series will qualify for the Women's World Championship match in 2015.
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2013 Geneva Grand Prix Participants
| Name | Fed | Elo |
| Hou, Yifan | CHN | 2617 |
| Muzychuk, Anna | SLO | 2585 |
| Lagno, Kateryna | UKR | 2548 |
| Dzagnidze, Nana | GEO | 2545 |
| Ju, Wenjun | CHN | 2544 |
| Cmilyte, Viktorija | LTU | 2522 |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana | RUS | 2517 |
| Khotenashvili, Bela | GEO | 2505 |
| Kosteniuk, Alexandra | RUS | 2491 |
| Ushenina, Anna | UKR | 2491 |
| Girya, Olga | RUS | 2463 |
| Batchimeg Tuvshintugs | MGL | 2298 |
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Women's World Champion Anna Ushenina at the opening ceremony
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The Geneva Grand Prix Schedule
| 3rd May 2013 | Round 1 |
| 4th May 2013 | Round 2 |
| 5th May 2013 | Round 3 |
| 6th May 2013 | Round 4 |
| 7th May 2013 | Free Day |
| 8th May 2013 | Round 5 |
| 9th May 2013 | Round 6 |
| 10th May 2013 | Round 7 |
| 11th May 2013 | Round 8 |
| 12th May 2013 | Free Day |
| 13th May 2013 | Round 9 |
| 14th May 2013 | Round 10 |
| 15th May 2013 | Round 11 |
Elena Timtchenko of sponsors Fondation Neva
The 2013/14 Women's Grand Prix Schedule
| 2-16 May 2013 | Geneva, Switzerland |
| 15-29 June 2013 | Dilijan, Armenia |
| 17 September - 1 October 2013 | Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
| 2-16 May 2014 | Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
| 18 June - 2 July 2014 | Tbilisi, Georgia |
| 24 August - 7 September 2014 | Erdenet, Mongolia |
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The games in Geneva start at 14:00 local time (12:00 UTC), except the last round which is 2 hours earlier. The live game broadcast is here, and live video is here.
The official website for the 2013/14 Women's Grand Prix series is grandprix.fide.com. The full regulations of the Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014 are available here.
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Fondation Neva: For over fifteen years, Elena and Gennady Timtchenko have been actively and personally engaged in philanthropic activities. In order to better manage the growing complexity of these projects, they created three foundations, among which Fondation Neva established in Geneva in 2008. Its core mission is to strengthen historical ties between Switzerland and Russia, two nations which share many common values and the same classical culture. By supporting projects promoting excellence in the field of culture, science and sports, Fondation Neva is helping to promote the Russian cultural diversity in Switzerland, to multiply exchanges between the two countries and to encourage their closeness. Since 2013 Fondation Neva extends its partnerships to France.
