Round 1 results:
| Dzagnidze, Nana | – Ju Wenjun | 1-0 | |||
| Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | – Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 1-0 | |||
| Shen Yang | – Sebag, Marie | 1-0 | |||
| Fierro Baquero, Martha L | – Zhu Chen | ½-½ | |||
| Mkrtchian, Lilit | – Kovanova, Baira | ½-½ | |||
| Xu Yuhua | – Zhao Xue | ½-½ |
Standings after 1 round:
| 1-3. | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2535 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1-3. | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2418 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1-3. | Shen Yang | wg | CHN | 2453 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Fierro Baquero, Martha L | m | ECU | 2386 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2408 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2468 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Xu Yuhua | g | CHN | 2485 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Zhao Xue | g | CHN | 2542 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-9. | Zhu Chen | g | QAT | 2488 | ½ | |||||||||||||
| 10-12. | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2443 | 0 | ||||||||||||||
| 10-12. | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2519 | 0 | |||||||||||||
| 10-12. | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | wm | TUR | 2224 | 0 |
Official website: http://nanjing2009.fide.com/schedule.html
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Where’s Hou Yifan?
Each player can choose to play in four GP tournaments. Apart from Turkey, Hou Hifan will play in Russia, Armenia and Mongolia. She didn’t pick China.