Koneru shares first with Danielian in Doha, qualifies for title match

General info
The 6th and final tournament of the 2009-2011 FIDE Women Grand Prix Series took place February 22nd-March 5th in Doha, Qatar. It was a 12-player round-robin with Humpy Koneru, Elina Danielian, Marie Sebag, Pia Cramling, Nana Dzagnidze, Maia Chiburdanidze, Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Xu Yuhua, Lilit Mkrtchian, Martha Fierro Baquero, Antoaneta Stefanova, and Zhu Chen. More info here.Round 11
An exciting last round in Doha decided everything in the first FIDE Women Grand Prix series, which started in March 2009 in Istanbul. That first edition was won by Humpy Koneru, and after some mixed results, in the end everything ended well for the Indian. All results were excellent for her in the penultimate round, and then, amazingly, it was the same story on Saturday. She needed a win with Black against Zhu Chen in the final round, and she managed. Danielian needed to drop at least half a point against Stefanova, and did so (she drew). Then, Sebag wasn't supposed to win against Munguntuul, and... she didn't.Zhu Chen-Koneru Doha 2011



The playing hall in Doha
Games round 11
Game viewer by ChessTempoDoha Women GP 2011 | Round 11 Standings
FIDE Women Grand Prix 2009-2011 | Final Standings
Rank | Name | Istanbul | Nanjing | Nalchik | Jermuk | Ulaan baatar |
Doha | GP points (three best results) |
1 | Hou Yifan | 120 | 130 | 70 | 160 | 410 | ||
2 | Koneru | 160 | 70 | 93.3 | 145 | 398.3 | ||
3 | Dzagnidze | 130 | 100 | 160 | 80 | 390.0 | ||
4 | Kosintseva,T | 160 | 130 | 93.3 | 383.3 | |||
5 | Danielian | 120 | 10 | 93.3 | 145 | 358.3 | ||
6 | Zhao Xue | 90 | 110 | 40 | 93.3 | 293.3 | ||
7 | Xu Yuhua | 160 | 30 | 60 | 55 | 275.0 | ||
8 | Sebag | 80 | 80 | 30 | 110 | 270.0 | ||
9 | Stefanova | 45 | 93.3 | 130 | 20 | 268.3 | ||
10 | Cramling | 65 | 100 | 55 | 80 | 245.0 | ||
11 | Mkrtchian | 80 | 40 | 93.3 | 35 | 213.3 | ||
12 | Chiburdanidze | 45 | 40 | 70 | 80 | 195.0 | ||
13 | Monguntuul | 50 | 70 | 20 | 55 | 175.0 | ||
14 | Shen Yang | 25 | 60 | 55 | 45 | 160.0 | ||
15 | Zhu Chen | 30 | 70 | 45 | 10 | 145.0 | ||
16 | Fierro Baquero | 65 | 20 | 10 | 35 | 120.0 | ||
17 | Kovanova | 40 | 40 | 20 | 100.0 | |||
18 | Ju Wenjun | 80 | 80.0 | |||||
19 | Yildiz | 10 | 10 | 20 | 10 | 40.0 | ||
20 | Mamedjarova | 25 | 25.0 |

A happy Humpy Koneru leaves Doha knowing that she qualified for a match against Hou Yifan