After starting out with just 1/2 point in the first 2 rounds, Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant made a big comeback. With a win in the 8th round over the leader Ekaterina Atalik, she made a leap into clear first with one round to go.

A last round draw gave Ketevan the Baltic Queen title.

Round 8: August 19th 15:00
Peng, Zhaoqin 2418 – Demina, Julia 2378 ½-½
Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2388 – Turova, Irina 2387 1-0
Paehtz, Elisabeth 2474 – Cmilyte, Viktorija 2470 1-0
Zhukova, Natalia 2465 – Cramling, Pia 2525 1-0
Atalik, Ekaterina 2434 – Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 2506 0-1

Round 9: August 20th 15:00
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan 2506 – Peng, Zhaoqin 2418 ½-½
Cramling, Pia 2525 – Atalik, Ekaterina 2434 ½-½
Cmilyte, Viktorija 2470 – Zhukova, Natalia 2465
Turova, Irina 2387 – Paehtz, Elisabeth 2474 ½-½
Demina, Julia 2378 – Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2388

Standings after 9 rounds:

№ Players FED ELO 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Score
1 WGM Anastasia BODNARUK RUS 2388 B 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 1 4
2 IM Elisabeth PAEHTZ GER 2474 1 A ½ 0 0 1 1 ½ ½ ½ 5
3 WGM Natalia ZHUKOVA UKR 2465 ½ ½ L ½ 0 1 ½ ½ ½ 4
4 IM Ekaterina ATALIK TUR 2434 ½ 1 ½ T 0 ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 5.5
5 GM Ketevan ARAKHAMIA-GRANT SCO 2506 1 1 1 1 I ½ 0 1 0 ½ 6
6 GM Pia CRAMLING SWE 2525 ½ 0 0 ½ ½ C 1 ½ 1 1 5
7 IM Viktorija CMILYTE LTU 2470 ½ 0 0 1 0 2 ½ 1 1 4
8 IM Irina TUROVA RUS 2387 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ 3.5
9 WGM Julia DEMINA RUS 2378 ½ ½ 0 1 0 0 ½ 0 ½ 3
10 GM Zhaoqin PENG NED 2418 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ 9 3
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