The FIDE Women's Grand Prix 2013–2014 is a series of six chess tournaments with all players playing four. Bela Khotenashvili won the first, in 2013 in Geneva. Also in 2013, Humpy Koneru won both the Grand Prixs in Dilijan and in Tashkent and Hou Yifan has now won both 2014 events, in Khanty-Mansiysk and Lopota.
The GP winner will challenge the 2014 women's world champion in a ten-game match. Should the Grand Prix winner be the 2014 World Champion, the Grand Prix runner-up will play the 2015 championship. These are the standings with one more leg to go (24 August – 7 September 2014 in Erdenet, Mongolia):
Women's Grand Prix 2013-2014 | Standings
| # | Player | July Rtg | Geneva | Dilijan | Tashkent | Khanty-Mansiysk | Lopota | Erdenet | Played | Best 3 |
| 1 | Koneru | 2613 | 160 | 160 | 50 | x | 3 | 370 | ||
| 2 | Hou | 2629 | 45 | 160 | 160 | x | 3 | 365 | ||
| 3 | Muzychuk | 2561 | 130 | 120 | 85 | 50 | 4 | 335 | ||
| 4 | Dzagnidze | 2541 | 100 | 120 | 65 | 90 | 4 | 310 | ||
| 5 | Khotenashvili | 2518 | 160 | 10 | 120 | 20 | 4 | 300 | ||
| 6-7 | Lahno | 2540 | 60 | 120 | 85 | x | 3 | 265 | ||
| 6-7 | Ju | 2538 | 75 | 70 | 120 | x | 3 | 265 | ||
| 8-9 | Harika | 2513 | 60 | 85 | 75 | x | 3 | 220 | ||
| 8-9 | Girya | 2493 | 10 | 30 | 55 | 130 | 4 | 215 | ||
| 10 | Kosteniuk | 2533 | 45 | 55 | 110 | 50 | 4 | 215 | ||
| 11 | T.Kosintseva | 2476 | 100 | 90 | 15 | x | 3 | 205 | ||
| 12 | Stefanova | 2488 | 60 | 30 | 65 | 75 | 4 | 200 | ||
| 13 | Ushenina | 2488 | 75 | 80 | 45 | x | 3 | 200 | ||
| 14 | Danielian | 2458 | 30 | 40 | 120 | ? | 3 | 190 | ||
| 15 | Zhao | 2542 | 85 | 45 | 30 | x | 3 | 160 | ||
| 16 | Tuvshintugs | 2346 | 20 | 60 | 15 | x | 3 | 95 | ||
| 17-18 | Cmilyte | 2525 | 30 | 30 | x | 2 | 60 | |||
| 17-18 | Muminova | 2332 | 20 | 30 | 10 | x | 3 | 60 | ||
| 19 | Nakhbayeva | 2300 | 10 | 1 | 10 |
Source: Wikipedia
Hou Yifan won the Women's Grand Prix tournament in Lopota, Georgia on
Tuesday after dominating the event from start to finish. The
20-year-old Chinese grandmaster eventually scored 9.0/11 (a 2772
performance), and that was 2 points more than Ju Wenjun of China and Elina Danielian Armenia. Hou won €10,000 with her victory.In the same round, the game between Danielian and Koneru saw a dramatic finish.
