Participants of the first tournament of Women’s Grand Prix 2013-14 are known. 12 chess players will compete in the tournament in Geneva on May 2-14. Two Georgians Nana Dzagnidze and Bela Khotenashvili will also participate in it.

1. Hou Yifan (China, 2617)

2. Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia, 2585)

3. Nana Dzagnidze (Georgia, 2554)

4. Kateryna Lahno (Ukraine, 2547)

5. Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia, 2531)

6. Viktorija Cmilyte (Lithuania, 2514)

7. Ju Wenjun (China, 2505)

8. Bela Khotenashvili (Georgia, 2499)

9. Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia, 2495)

10. Anna Ushenina (Ukraine, 2477)

11. Olga Girya (Russia, 2440)

12. Tuvshintugs Batchimeg (Mongolia, 2295)

Calendar of Women’s Grand Prix series

2013

2-14 May: Geneva, Switzerland

15-29 June: Dilijan, Armenia

17 September – 1 October: Tashkent, Uzbekistan

2014

2-16 May: Khanty-Mansiysk, Russia

18 June – 2 July: Tbilisi, Georgia

24 August – 7 September: Erdenet, Mongolia