Former women’s world champion Zhu Chen
Round 5 results:
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 3 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2235 | 0 – 1 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2435 | 12 |
| 4 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2577 | 1 – 0 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2519 | 2 |
| 5 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | ½ – ½ | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | 1 |
| 6 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2514 | 1 – 0 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2488 | 11 |
| 7 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2421 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zhao Xue | 2462 | 10 |
| 8 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2560 | 1 – 0 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2562 | 9 |
Standings after 5 rounds:
| Rk | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | |
| 1 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2560 | BUL | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8,25 | ||||||
| 2 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2462 | CHN | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 8,00 | ||||||
| 3 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2577 | CHN | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3½ | 8,75 | ||||||
| 4 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | IND | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3½ | 6,00 | ||||||
| 5 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2514 | GEO | ½ | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7,00 | ||||||
| 6 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2562 | RUS | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6,25 | ||||||
| 7 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2488 | CHN | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 2 | 2,50 | ||||||
| 8 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1½ | 4,75 | ||||||
| 9 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2421 | MGL | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1½ | 3,50 | ||||||
| 10 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2519 | FRA | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1½ | 2,25 | ||||||
| 11 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2435 | CHN | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1½ | 1,75 | ||||||
| 12 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2235 | TUR | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 2,50 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Humpy is struggling again.
Humpy has two wins and three draws and is 1/2 point out of first; I’d hardly call that struggling.
I think the reality of the situation is twofold: 1. The gap has closed. Hou, Stefanova, and Kosintseva are for real. 2. Humpy and Hou need better trainers. They are remaining stagnant during the most important years of their development. They have more talent than many of the higher rated young man, but they do not have the appropriate training.