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Standings after 7 rounds
| Rank | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | Rp | |
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2575 | CHN | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | 2943 | ||||
| 2 | GM | Lahno Kateryna | 2536 | UKR | * | ½ | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ | 2615 | ||||
| 3 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2557 | RUS | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | 2610 | ||||
| 4 | IM | Muzychuk Anna | 2538 | SLO | 0 | 1 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4 | 2582 | ||||
| 5 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2614 | IND | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2574 | ||||
| 6 | GM | Kosintseva Nadezhda | 2560 | RUS | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2536 | ||||
| 7 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2524 | BUL | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | 2529 | ||||
| 8 | IM | Galliamova Alisa | 2492 | RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 3 | 2488 | ||||
| 9 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2497 | RUS | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 2½ | 2438 | ||||
| 10 | WGM | Ruan Lufei | 2479 | CHN | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | 2417 | ||||
| 11 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2521 | ARM | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 2 | 2365 | ||||
| 12 | IM | Kovalevskaya Ekaterina | 2427 | RUS | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1½ | 2308 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Go Humpy!
All chess prodigies, both male and female progress rapidly while they are totally focused on chess.
But once they are distracted by a boyfriend or girlfriend progress slows down.
A BF or GF cost 50 ELO. Getting married and having a kid cost 100 ELO. Well worth it, but a fact.
I wonder if the Chinese government will let her date?
Yifan has definitely separated herself from the other female players that compete in the women’s tourneys. Only Judit remains ahead of her.
It’s good to see that she is proving that the WC crown is on the head of the right player right now. The men’s title is not so clear, with Carlsen being the strongest player, but Anand being the WC.
Brad H.
Regarding the “Fact” that players who get married have a GF and or have a kid lose a certain number of points doesn’t seem to me to be very well supported. I think Hou could do fine when she gets to that point:
Let’s see, as far as married chessplayers go, just off the top of my head players I know who are married (or were at some point during their playing career):
Kasparaov, married three times, attained his highest rating while married.
Topalov: Married during a short slump, no points lost after marriage
Kramnik: Married in 2006 to Marie-Laure when his rating was around 2750, it is now just shy of 2800
Tigran Petrosian: Achieved his WCC title while married
Sergey Karjakin (19 at the time) and Kateryna Dolzhikova married in July 2009 while Sergy’s rating was just below a peak of 2730 at 2717, today it is 2788.
And… sticking with Chinese women’s players:
Former Women’s world champion Zhu Chen married a Qatari GM in 2002 or 2003 and had a child in 2004, and gave up her chance to defend her title to care for the child. Her rating dropped from 2494 to 2473 over the next year, but then, in the following two years, surged ahead to 2548, to drop again 2485 today.
Former women’s world champion Xie Xun married her coach before 2006 (I can’t find the exact date, but that is the earliest reference) and has only gained ratings points up until her last tournament in 2008.
Xu Yuhua won her WCC title in March 2006 WHILE three months pregnant, gained her highest rating at that time of 2517, and then fell back 40 points to her near low point since then of 2474 by mid 2008. This is the closest example of the “rule” so far.
By and large, I think the “fact” that players getting married or having a kid drops “x” number of points doesn’t have a lot of support- especially amongst Chinese women world champions.
Brad H.
I think you’ve proved the point Brad H.!!! 🙂
Brad
Oh how they like to create a straw-man, or they can not read.
Youth who have a FG or BF have their progressed slowed. ie they do not reach the same ELO rating they would have. They may not lose rating points, indeed they may continue to increase their rating but not as much.
Statistically there are exceptions but a BF or GF will prevent you from reaching the highest rating possible
Happily Married Anno
I’m not sure how one differentiates between a “slowdown” of a young phenom due to acquiring a “significant other” from the normal slowdown one experiences, often at about the same time, as one reaches the highest levels of chess and their own peak performance. (Decreasing K-values also come into play at the top.)
Moreover, how can one, in other words, determine “what would have been?” Certainly, how can one determine that it is a “fact” that an SO kills or slows down improvement?
From my anecdotal examples, I think it’s pretty clear that acquiring an SO doesn’t necessarily kill one’s chances at continuing to improve. I think the onus is on proving that it does significant harm at all. It would seem to me that the support of a friend or new SO might actually improve one’s performance. (It seems to have worked for Aronian.)
Brad H.
True it doesn’t matter if you are married or otherwise involved.
Sometimes it makes a clear line of separation and sometimes , well something suffers so the other can succeed. Alekine said that success in chess was proportional to how much of the rest of life you were willing to sac. (sorry exact quote escapes me.)
I wonder if the Chinese gov would let her date me.
True it doesn’t matter if you are married or otherwise involved.
Sometimes it makes a clear line of separation and sometimes , well something suffers so the other can succeed. Alekine said that success in chess was proportional to how much of the rest of life you were willing to sac. (sorry exact quote escapes me.)
I wonder if the Chinese gov would let her date me.
steve you are an idiot just looking to get a reaction. Don’t make fun of people’s government’s reputations like that, a lot of the time you might find it’s just western propaganda. AS IF Hou Yiffan would be interested in YOU.