WGM Tatev Abrahamyan and GM Valentina Gunina are the last two players to qualify for the Women's Speed Chess Grand Prix.

Today's 1+1 bullet qualifier, the sixth and last one, brought together almost 200 players. Valentina Gunina convincingly won the Swiss part scoring 16,5 out of 21 and made it to the top-8 playoff stage for the fifth time. She was followed by WGM Daria Voit (16), WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram (15,5), WGM Aleksandra Maltsevskaya (15), GM Nana Dzagnidze, WGM Polina Shuvalova, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan, and WGM Meri Arabidze (all with 14.5).

In the playoff, WGM Tatev Abrahamyan whitewashed Voit 2-0 then prevailed over Hoang Thi Bao Tram 1.5-0.5 and claimed the qualifying spot.

Gunina beat Arabidze 1.5-0.5 and then took the lead against Maltsevskaya 1-0. In the second game, the 17-year-old Russian bounced back so the destiny of the last ticket to GP decided in the Armageddon. As a winner of the Swiss event, Gunina could choose the color and true to herself, picked White. The game went smooth for her and finally, on her fifth try, Valentina advanced to the Grand Prix!

The first Grand Prix tournament starts on June 24 at 12:30 PM GMT.