Question: Who among the following has won the title of recently held FIDE Women’s Grand Prix-2016?
(a) Pia Cramling
(b) Mariya Muzychuk
(c) Dronavalli Harika
(d) Olga Girya
Ans:( c )
Reference:
- The final round of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix was played on 1 to 15 July 2016 in Chengdu, China.
- Koneru Humpy defeated Antoaneta Stefanova to catch up with her compatriot Dronavalli Harika on the shared first place with 7/11 points each.
- On 14 July 2016 in the final match against Russian Grandmaster Olga, Indian Grandmaster Dronavalli Harika played draw with a total of 7 points won the competition.
- Harika, however, was awarded with the winner’s trophy due to better tie-break – a win in the head-to-head match.
- This was Dronavlli Harika’s first Grand Prix title.
- Ju Wenjun of China was awarded the cup for third place with 6 points.
Reference:
https://www.fide.com/component/content/article/1-fide-news/9718-fide-womens-grand-prix-chengdu.html
http://chengdu2016.fide.com/en/component/turnuva/?task=fileview&kid=2
http://www.chessdom.com/chengdu-fide-women-grand-prix/
http://chengdu2016.fide.com/en/component/content/article/1-news-en/313-chengdu-grand-prix-r11-indians-share-first-place-harika-takes-trophy
http://ddinews.gov.in/Sports/Sports%20-%20Other%20Stories/Pages/claims.aspx