In the final round of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix in Khanty-Mansiysk, the game between Sarasadat Khademalsharieh and Georgian Bela Khotenashvili ended in a draw.

The Iranian chess player finished in fourth place bagging six points in the competition held in Russia.

Ju Wenjun and Natalija Pogonina from Russia made a rather quiet draw, and the Chinese player won the tournament with 7,5 points out of 11.

Nino Batsiashvili  from Georgia won the silver medal with 6.5 points.

As it was said before, by winning the 5th leg and the whole series of the FIDE Women’s Grand Prix, Wenjun qualified to the FIDE Women’s World Chess Championship Match.

According to the Regulations, all prizes and GP ranking points are shared equally, in cases of any tied position/s. No tie break system will be utilised for the individual GP tournaments. So, Valentina Gunina, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Dronavalli Harika, Olga Girya, Alexandra Kosteniuk tied for  3-7 places.

Final Standings:

1. Ju Wenjun -7,5, 2. Nino Batsiashvili – 6,5, 3-7. Valentina Gunina, Sarasadat Khademalsharieh, Dronavalli Harika, Olga Girya, Alexandra Kosteniuk – 6, 8. Natalia Zhukova, – 5,5, 9. Bela Khotenashvili – 5, 10-11. Natalija Pogonina, Lela Javakhishvili – 4,5, 12. Almira Skripchenko – 2,5.