Women's Speed Chess Championship: Valentina Gunina and Alexandra Kosteniuk Become Medalists of First GP Leg

The winner is Anna Ushenina.

The first leg of the Grand Prix of the FIDE Chess.com Women's Speed Chess Championship finished on June 28. 

In the final, the Russian Valentina Gunina lost to Anna Ushenina (Ukraine) 4-7, while Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) defeated Vaishali Rameshbabu (India) with the same score in the match for the third place. 

Leaderboard after the first leg:

Anna Ushenina - 12 GP points
Valentina Gunina - 8 GP points
Alexandra Kosteniuk - 6 GP points
Vaishali Rameshbabu - 5 GP points
Katerina Lagno, Ju Wenjun, Munkhzul Turmunkh, Le Thao Nguyen Pham - 2 GP points.
 
The second Grand Prix leg will start on July 1.

The Grand Prix consists of four legs with a total of 21 participants. Each of the 21 players participates in three of the four legs. 

Each leg is a 16-player knockout and will last five days (including one rest day after the semi-finals). The dates are June 24-28, July 1-5, July 8-12, and July 15-19.

All matches in each Grand Prix leg are divided into three segments:

30-minute segment of matches with the time control 5 minutes + 1 second per move
30-minute segment of matches with the time control 3 minutes + 1 second per move
10-minute segment of matches with the time control 1 minute + 1 second per move.

In each leg, every player scores cumulative Grand Prix points according to her position in the final standings. The two players, who score the highest points in all three legs, qualify for the Super Final.

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