Nana Dzagnidze (2550) celebrated two wins in a row at Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix. The Georgian has a chance of taking the second place.
In the 9th round Dzagnidze defeated Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria (2489) and earned 5.0 points. The Georgian chess player is in the 5th place and is only 0.5 point behind the second-placed Olga Girya of Russia (2450).
Yifan Hou of China (2618) is leading with 7.5 points.
In the 10th round Dzagnidze will play Anna Ushenina of Ukraine (2501). On April 21 Nana will face Xue Zhao of China (2552).
Dzagnidze has participated in two stages before.
Nana shared III-IV places in Geneva (Switzerland) and II-III places in Dilijan (Armenia). Humpy Koneru of India is leading with 320 points. Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia is in the second place with 290 points.
Each chess player must participate in four-four tournaments.
Grand Prix Series consist of 6 stages. Prize money of each stage if 60 000 EUR.
I place – 10 000 EUR (120 points+40 bonus)
II – 8 250 (110+20)
III – 6 750 (100+10)
IV – 5 750 (90)
V – 5 000 (80)
VI – 4 500 (70)
VII – 4 250 (60)
VIII – 4 000 (50)
IX – 3 250 (40)
X – 3 000 (30)
XI – 2 750 (20)
XII – 2 500 (10)
Tbilisi (18 June-2 July) and Erdenet (24 August-7 September) will host the rest stages of Grand Prix.
Dato Manjavidze
