One round before the end of the third tournament of Women’s Grand Prix Series Bela Khotenashvili of Georgia (2514) has 6.0 points and is in the third place.

In the 11^th round Khotenashvili played draw with Kateryna Lahno of Ukraine (2532) on the 43^rd move. Lahno also has 6.0 points but is behind the Georgian.

Indian Humpy Koneru (2607) is leading the tournament. Koneru defeated outsider Guliskhan Nakhbayeva of Kazakhstan (2307) and earned 7.5 points. Harika Dronavalli of India (2475) is in the second place with 6.5 points. She beat Nafisa Muminova of Uzbekistan (2293).

In the last round Khotenashvili will face Antoaneta Stefanova of Bulgaria (2496) with white pieces. Other pairs are: Girya (Russiam 2493) – Koneru, Zhao (China, 2579) – Dronavalli, Nakhbayeva – Lahno.

Grand Prix Series consist of 6 stages and world’s 18 best women chess players are participating in it. Each of them will compete in four stages.

Here is Top 5 after two stages of Grand Prix: 1. Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) – 250 points; 2. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia) – 220; 3. Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia) – 190; 4. Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia) – 170; 5. Humpy Koneru (India) – 160;