The FIDE Women Grand Prix series has its sixth and final tournament set to take place from 20th February to 6th March in Doha, Qatar. 12 players will compete in the round robin event.

The FIDE Women Grand Prix is a new series of elite tournaments which will be organised by FIDE and Global Chess. There will be 6 legs over two years in various countries around the world with three tournaments every year.

The winner of each tournament will win 6,500 euros out of a prize fund of 40,000 euros and the overall winner of the series will win a further 15,000 euros at the end of the series.

The winner of the Grand Prix series will qualify for the 2011 World Championship match against the reigning queen Hou Yifan.

Participants: GM Humpy Koneru IND 2607, GM Antoaneta Stefanova BUL 2546, GM Pia Cramling SWE 2516, GM Nana Dzagnidze GEO 2550, GM Marie Sebag FRA 2489, GM Maia Chiburdanidze GEO 2502, GM Zhu Chen QTR 2495, GM Elina Danielan ARM 2454, GM Xu Yuhua CHN 2484, IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul 2410, IM Martha Fierro ECU 2353 and IM Lilit Mrktchian ARM 2475.

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