WGM Dinara Wagner secured victory with the black pieces in the fourth leg of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix 2022-2023 after defeating GM Bela Khotenashvili and moving to 7/11. After Wagner suffered a loss in round nine that allowed GMs Harika Dronavalli and Tan Zhongyi to catch her, she pulled out all the stops to claim the crown and a maiden GM norm.

GMs Kateryna Lagno and Aleksandra Goryachkina also had reason to celebrate as they were announced as the overall winners of the Grand Prix and both earned the two spots on offer to the next Candidates Tournament.

How to recap?

The Game of the Day was the clash between Khotenashvili and Wagner, and the annotations will be provided by GM Rafael Leitao shortly.

Results – Round 11

White		Black
Lagno	1/2-1/2	Assaubayeva
Shuvalova	1-0	Kiolbasa
Mammadzada	1/2-1/2	Kosteniuk
Tan	1/2-1/2	Dzagnidze
Khotenashvili	0-1	Wagner
Goryachkina	1/2-1/2	Harika

Standings – Round 11

The FIDE Women’s Grand Prix Fourth Leg took place May 15-28, 2023, in Nicosia, Cyprus. The format was a round-robin tournament with 12 players. The time control was 90 minutes for the first 40 moves, followed by 30 minutes for the rest of the game, plus a 30-second increment starting on move one.

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