Armenian grandmaster Elina Danielian will participate in the 1st tournament of the Women's Grand-Prix 2011-2012 in Rostov, Russia due August 1-14, 2011.

The following chess players are to rival Armenia in the tournament: Hou Yifan (China), Humpy Koneru (India), Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia), Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia), Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia), Katrina Lahno (Ukraine), Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia), Antoaneta Stefanova (Bulgaria), Alisa Galliamova (Russia), Luan Rufei (China), Ekaterina Kovalevskaya (Russia).

Tournament prize fund is Euro 40000.