Qatar GP lead by Danielian

Event: Qatar FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2011,

GM Danielian Elina has the lead with 4 points out of four. This is a particularly strong event with 4 ex world champion taking part. The 12 players taking part are as follows:

Koneru, Humpy GM IND
Stefanova, Antoaneta GM BUL
Cramling, Pia GM SVE
Dzagnidze, Nana GM GEO
Sebag Marie GM FRA
Chiburdanidze, Maia GM GEO
Chen, Zhu GM QTR
Danielian, Elina GM ARM
Yuhua, Xu GM CHN
Batkhuyag, Munguntuul WG MGL
Fierro, Martha IM ECU
Mrktchian, Lilit IM ARM

 

The winner of each tournament will win 6,500 euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 euros and the overall winner of the series will win a further 15,000 euros at the end of the series.

Here’s a sample round 3 game by Daniela:-

[Event "6th Women GP"]
[Site "Doha QAT"]
[Date "2011.02.22"]
[Round "1"]
[White "Sebag, Marie"]
[Black "Danielian, Elina"]
[Result "0-1"]
[WhiteTitle "GM"]
[BlackTitle "GM"]
[WhiteElo "2489"]
[BlackElo "2454"]
[ECO "B14"]
[Opening "Caro-Kann"]
[Variation "Panov-Botvinnik attack, 5...e6"]
[WhiteFideId "617822"]
[BlackFideId "13300210"]
[EventDate "2011.02.22"]

1. e4 c6 2. d4 d5 3. exd5 cxd5 4. c4 Nf6 5. Nc3 e6 6. Nf3 Bb4 7. cxd5 Nxd5 8.
Bd2 Nc6 9. Bd3 Nf6 10. O-O O-O 11. Bg5 Be7 12. Re1 Bd7 13. a3 Rc8 14. Qe2 Re8
15. Bxf6 Bxf6 16. Rad1 e5 17. dxe5 Nxe5 18. Nxe5 Rxe5 19. Be4 Qe8 20. f4 Re6 21.
Qd3 Bxc3 22. bxc3 Ba4 23. Bxh7+ Kf8 24. Rxe6 Qxe6 25. Rb1 b5 26. Bf5 Qb6+ 27.
Kh1 Rd8 28. Qh3 Qh6 29. Qe3 a6 30. Re1 Qd6 31. Qh3 Qh6 32. Qe3 Qd6 33. Qh3 Qh6
34. Qe3 Qf6 35. h3 g6 36. Bb1 Rc8 37. f5 g5 38. Rc1 Bb3 39. Be4 Kg7 40. Qg3 a5
41. Qe3 Re8 42. Qf3 Re5 43. Rb1 a4 44. Qg4 Qe7 45. Bd3 Qd8 46. Qg3 f6 47. Rf1
Qe7 48. Qg4 Qd6 49. Bb1 Re3 50. Qb4 Qxb4 51. cxb4 Bc4 52. Rd1 Rxa3 53. Be4 Rb3
54. Rd7+ Kf8 55. Bd5 Bxd5 56. Rxd5 Rxb4 57. Rd6 a3 58. Rxf6+ 0-1