IM N. Zhukova and GM H. Koneru are leading the women’s scores after 7 rounds in Gibraltar. Zhukova (already has 3 GM norms) is performing at 2737 while Koneru is performing at 2699. They are also tied for the overall lead with 8 other players.
Top board round 7 results:
| 1 | GM Adams, Michael | 5.0 | ENG | 2694 | WGM Zhukova, Natalia | 5.0 | UKR | 2462 | ½-½ | ||
| 2 | GM Sandipan, Chanda | 5.0 | IND | 2622 | GM Gustafsson, Jan | 5.0 | GER | 2627 | ½-½ | ||
| 3 | GM Maze, Sebastien | 4.5 | FRA | 2554 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 4.5 | FRA | 2713 | ½-½ | ||
| 4 | GM Movsesian, Sergei | 4.5 | SVK | 2708 | GM Bhat, Vinay S. | 4.5 | USA | 2540 | 1-0 | ||
| 5 | GM Malakhatko, Vadim | 4.5 | BEL | 2549 | GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 4.5 | ESP | 2705 | 0-1 | ||
| 6 | GM Stefanova, Antoaneta | 4.5 | BUL | 2545 | GM Kamsky, Gata | 4.5 | USA | 2693 | 0-1 | ||
| 7 | GM Fressinet, Laurent | 4.5 | FRA | 2670 | GM Cramling, Pia | 4.5 | SWE | 2528 | 1-0 | ||
| 8 | GM Naumann, Alexander | 4.5 | GER | 2525 | GM Cheparinov, Ivan | 4.5 | BUL | 2660 | ½-½ | ||
| 9 | GM Speelman, Jon S | 4.5 | ENG | 2525 | GM Fridman, Daniel | 4.5 | GER | 2654 | ½-½ | ||
| 10 | GM Guliyev, Namig | 4.5 | AZE | 2516 | GM Koneru, Humpy | 4.5 | IND | 2614 | 0-1 | ||
| 11 | GM Felgaer, Ruben | 4.5 | ARG | 2591 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | 4.5 | GEO | 2493 | ½-½ | ||
| 12 | GM Hoffmann, Michael | 4.5 | GER | 2508 | GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 4.5 | IND | 2584 | ½-½ | ||
| 13 | IM Harika, Dronavalli | 4.5 | IND | 2471 | GM Halkias, Stelios | 4.5 | GRE | 2566 | 0-1 | ||
| 14 | IM Lenderman, Alex | 4.5 | USA | 2560 | IM Cori, Jorge | 4.5 | PER | 2483 | 1-0 | ||
| 15 | GM Edouard, Romain | 4.0 | FRA | 2608 | IM Sarkar, Justin | 4.0 | USA | 2378 | 1-0 | ||
| 16 | Battaglini, Gabriel | 4.0 | FRA | 2411 | GM Istratescu, Andrei | 4.0 | ROU | 2607 | 0-1 | ||
| 17 | GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu | 4.0 | ESP | 2593 | FM Zaremba, Andrie | 4.0 | USA | 2360 | 1-0 | ||
| 18 | IM Saravanan, V. | 4.0 | IND | 2356 | GM Lemos, Damian | 4.0 | ARG | 2556 | 0-1 | ||
| 19 | FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo | 4.0 | NOR | 2343 | GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra | 4.0 | RUS | 2523 | ½-½ | ||
| 20 | GM Bindrich, Falko | 4.0 | GER | 2512 | WGM Reizniece, Dana | 4.0 | LAT | 2341 | 1-0 |
Leaders after 8 rounds:
| 1 | GM Movsesian, Sergei | 5.5 | SVK | M | 2708 | ||||||||||
| 2 | GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco | 5.5 | ESP | M | 2705 | ||||||||||
| 3 | GM Adams, Michael | 5.5 | ENG | M | 2694 | ||||||||||
| 4 | GM Kamsky, Gata | 5.5 | USA | M | 2693 | ||||||||||
| 5 | GM Fressinet, Laurent | 5.5 | FRA | M | 2670 | ||||||||||
| 6 | GM Gustafsson, Jan | 5.5 | GER | M | 2627 | ||||||||||
| 7 | GM Sandipan, Chanda | 5.5 | IND | M | 2622 | ||||||||||
| 8 | GM Koneru, Humpy | 5.5 | IND | F | 2614 | ||||||||||
| 9 | GM Halkias, Stelios | 5.5 | GRE | M | 2566 | ||||||||||
| 10 | IM Lenderman, Alex | 5.5 | USA | M | 2560 | ||||||||||
| 11 | WGM Zhukova, Natalia | 5.5 | UKR | F | 2462 | ||||||||||
| 12 | GM Bacrot, Etienne | 5.0 | FRA | M | 2713 | ||||||||||
| 13 | GM Cheparinov, Ivan | 5.0 | BUL | M | 2660 | ||||||||||
| 14 | GM Fridman, Daniel | 5.0 | GER | M | 2654 | ||||||||||
| 15 | GM Edouard, Romain | 5.0 | FRA | M | 2608 | ||||||||||
| 16 | GM Istratescu, Andrei | 5.0 | ROU | M | 2607 | ||||||||||
| 17 | GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu | 5.0 | ESP | M | 2593 | ||||||||||
| 18 | GM Felgaer, Ruben | 5.0 | ARG | M | 2591 | ||||||||||
| 19 | GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal | 5.0 | IND | M | 2584 | ||||||||||
| 20 | GM Lemos, Damian | 5.0 | ARG | M | 2556 | ||||||||||
| 21 | GM Maze, Sebastien | 5.0 | FRA | M | 2554 | ||||||||||
| 22 | GM Naumann, Alexander | 5.0 | GER | M | 2525 | ||||||||||
| 23 | GM Speelman, Jon S | 5.0 | ENG | M | 2525 | ||||||||||
| 24 | GM Bindrich, Falko | 5.0 | GER | M | 2512 | ||||||||||
| 25 | IM Kapnisis, Spyridon | 5.0 | GRE | M | 2510 | ||||||||||
| 26 | GM Hoffmann, Michael | 5.0 | GER | M | 2508 | ||||||||||
| 27 | IM Javakhishvili, Lela | 5.0 | GEO | F | 2493 | ||||||||||
| 28 | IM Shankland, Samuel L | 5.0 | USA | M | 2491 | ||||||||||
| 29 | GM Carlsson, Pontus | 5.0 | SWE | M | 2476 | ||||||||||
| 30 | IM Boskovic, Drasko | 5.0 | SRB | M | 2454 | ||||||||||
| 31 | IM Vernay, Clovis | 5.0 | FRA | M | 2442 | ||||||||||
| 32 | WIM Cori T., Deysi | 5.0 | PER | F | 2412 | ||||||||||
| 33 | Tate, Alan | 5.0 | SCO | M | 2211 | ||||||||||
| 34 | GM Malakhatko, Vadim | 4.5 | BEL | M | 2549 | ||||||||||
| 35 | GM Stefanova, Antoaneta | 4.5 | BUL | F | 2545 |
Full standings here.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
They’re the true chess queens. Go Natalia and Humpy!
Yeah Susan lets GO with the chessqueenzz theses top guys are boring.