Round 13 of FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament Played in Kazan

Alexandra Kosteniuk and Anna Muzychuk won their games.

The penultimate 13th round of the FIDE Women's Candidates Tournament was played in Kazan on June 16.

Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Mariya Muzychuk, Valentina Gunina lost to Anna Muzychuk, while the games A. Goryachkina – N. Dzagnidze and K. Lagno – Tan Zhongyi were drawn.



Standings after round 13:

1. Aleksandra Goryachkina - 9.5
2. Anna Muzychuk - 7.5
3. Kateryna Lagno - 6.5
4-5. Тan Zhongyi, Nana Dzagnidze - 6
6-8. Mariya Muzychuk, Alexandra Kosteniuk, Valentina Gunina - 5.5

Round 14 pairings:

A. Muzychuk - A. Kosteniuk, M. Muzychuk - A. Goryachkina, N. Dzagnidze - K. Lagno, Tan Zhongyi - В. Гунина

The venue is Nogai Hotel (16B, Profsojuznaja St., Kazan). All rounds begin at 3 pm local time.

Total prize fund is €200,000. The Russian player Aleksandra Goryachkina has already qualified for the World Championship Match with Ju Wenjun (China), where both players will compete for a total prize fund of €500,000, which is 150% percent bigger than in the previous championship match.

The organizers are FIDE, Russian Chess Federation, Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, Ministry of Sports of the Republic of Tatarstan, and city administration of Kazan.

The tournament is sponsored by PJSC PhosAgro and Russian Railways.

Tournament page

Official website

Photos by Eteri Kublashvili