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FIDE announces the Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014 which will give qualification to the Women's World Championship match 2015. The schedule of the six events is the following:
| * 2-16 May 2013 |
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Geneva, Switzerland |
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| * 15-29 June 2013 |
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Dilijan, Armenia |
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| * 17 September - 1 October 2013 |
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Tashkent, Uzbekistan |
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| * 2-16 May 2014 |
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Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia |
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| * 18 June - 2 July 2014 |
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Tbilisi, Georgia |
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| * 24 August - 7 September 2014 |
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Erdenet, Mongolia |
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In total 18 players will participate, 10 qualifiers as per regulations (listed below) plus 6 nominees from the organisers of each tournament (to be announced) plus 2 nominees of the FIDE President (to be announced).
The 10 original qualifiers who have to confirm their participation by 26 March are:
01. Ushenina, Anna (World Champion 2012)
02. Stefanova, Antoaneta (finalist world championship 2012)
03. Ju, Wenjun (semi-finalist world championship 2012)
04. Harika, Dronavalli (semi-finalist world championship 2012)
05. Polgar, Judit (by rating 2703.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
06. Hou, Yifan (by rating 2610.78, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
07. Koneru, Humpy (by rating 2598.44, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
08. Muzychuk, Anna (by rating 2593.33, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
09. Zhao, Xue (by rating 2555.00, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
10. Dzagnidze, Nana (by rating 2551.89, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013)
The first reserve for any replacement needed is Lagno, Kateryna (by rating 2546.33, average 9 lists Mar 2012 to Jan 2013).
The full regulations of the Women's Grand-Prix 2013-2014 are published here:
http://www.fide.com/fide/handbook.html?id=137&view=article
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