After 3 rounds, only 2 players remain perfect at the 2009 World Girl’s Championship in Argentina. The top seed Mary Ann Gomes of India only has 1.5 in 3 games.
Here are the leaders after 3:
| Rk. | Name | FED | Rtg | Pts. | TB1 | TB2 | |
| 1 | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | TUR | 2224 | 3,0 | 4378 | 6,0 |
| 2 | WIM | KALININA Olga | UKR | 2229 | 3,0 | 4227 | 6,0 |
| 3 | WIM | IVAKHINOVA Inna | RUS | 2249 | 2,5 | 4490 | 5,5 |
| 4 | WIM | CORI TELLO Deysi | PER | 2361 | 2,5 | 4425 | 5,5 |
| 5 | WIM | ZHANG Xiaowen | CHN | 2391 | 2,5 | 4371 | 5,0 |
| 6 | WIM | MIKADZE Miranda | GEO | 2317 | 2,5 | 4316 | 4,5 |
| 7 | WIM | UMUDOVA Nargiz | AZE | 2254 | 2,5 | 4261 | 5,0 |
| 8 | WFM | AMED Stephanie | ARG | 2159 | 2,0 | 4730 | 5,0 |
| 9 | WFM | STEIL-ANTONI Fiona | LUX | 2152 | 2,0 | 4650 | 4,5 |
| 10 | WFM | HAYRAPETYAN Anna | ARM | 2212 | 2,0 | 4543 | 4,5 |
| 11 | WIM | PAIKIDZE Nazi | GEO | 2279 | 2,0 | 4407 | 5,0 |
| 12 | WGM | SOUMYA Swaminathan | IND | 2297 | 2,0 | 4377 | 5,0 |
| 13 | HEREDIA SERRANO Carla | ECU | 2152 | 2,0 | 4339 | 3,0 | |
| 14 | WGM | PAULET Iozefina | ROU | 2342 | 2,0 | 4318 | 4,0 |
| 15 | WIM | SEVERIUKHINA Zoja | RUS | 2339 | 2,0 | 4300 | 4,0 |
| 16 | WIM | PADMINI Rout | IND | 2331 | 2,0 | 4270 | 3,0 |
| 17 | WIM | KIRAN Manisha Mohanty | IND | 2153 | 2,0 | 4177 | 4,0 |
| 18 | WIM | LEKS Hanna | POL | 2169 | 2,0 | 4162 | 4,0 |
Full standings here: http://www.chess-results.com/tnr26637.aspx?lan=1
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Is this the same Yildiz in Nanjing?
Looks like she is the same one.
Gettem Yildiz! hehe. Susan check out how silly i am! Use the Ultramodern– YOUR RATING IGNORED VARITION!!! hahahaha. Susan i see Ivanchuck kept his ego at home today,not all that fake superiority stuff like in game 1 vs my lil sister! hehehehe. They got my stomach hurting!
where is the USA girl representative?