  China’s Ju Wenjun leading Fide Women’s Grand Prix after 3 rounds July 20, 2012 - 17:56 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - China’s Ju Wenjun is leading Fide Women’s Grand Prix with 2,5 points, followed by Ruan Lufei (China) and Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine) with 2,5 and 2 points respectively. In the 3rd round of Jermuk-hosted tournament, Armenian grandmaster Elina Danielian beat Humpy Koneru (India) to gain 1,5 points; Lilit Mkrtcyan is 11th with 0,5 points. July 20’s round 4 pairings are as follows: Zhao Xue (China)- Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine); Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mongolia) - Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia); Lilit Mkrtchian (Armenia)- Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia); Ju Wenjun (China)- Ruan Lufei (China); Humpy Koneru (India)- Hou Yifan (China); Nino Khurtsidze (Georgia) - Elina Danielian (Armenia). Partner news  Top stories Norway will host Chess World Cup 2013 on August 10 - September 4, 2013, with 4 Armenian players to participate in. Armenian grandmaster Levon Aronian is currently 3rd with 4 points, Bulgaria’s Veselin Topalov is 7th with 3 points. European Individual Chess Championship ended in Polish town of Legnica, with 24 chess players winning World Cup qualifications. Gor Minasyan won silver medal, Andranik Karapetyan and Izabella Yalyan both won bronze at Junior World Championships in Lima.   Partner news |  Latest news Afghan lawmakers block law protecting women  Among its provisions are bans on child marriage and the traditional practice of selling and buying women to settle disputes.Egyptian police block crossing into Gaza The protesting policemen called on President Mohamed Mursi, who is a moderate Islamist, to help free their colleagues.U.S. politicians seek answers about Google Glass Some of the points in the letter were addressed during an interview in San Francisco with Google Glass director Steve Lee.U.S. says Russia’s decision to send missiles to Syria ‘unfortunate’ The sophisticated anti-ship missiles could be used to counter any future foreign military intervention, U.S. officials said. |
