There is one round left at the Doha Women’s Grand Prix and three players are within 1/2 point from each other! It will come down to a battle of nerve.

Standings after 10 rounds

Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts SB
1 GM Danielian Elina 2454 ARM * 0 1 0 1 1 1 ½ 1 1 1 34.50
2 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 1 * ½ ½ 0 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7 34.50
3 GM Sebag Marie 2489 FRA 0 ½ * 1 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 7 31.75
4 GM Cramling Pia 2516 SWE 1 ½ 0 * 1 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 27.75
5 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 GEO 0 1 0 0 * 1 1 0 1 0 1 5 22.50
6 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2502 GEO 0 0 ½ ½ * 1 1 1 0 ½ ½ 5 21.75
7 GM Xu Yuhua 2484 CHN 0 ½ 0 0 0 * 0 1 1 ½ 1 4 16.75
8 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2475 ARM ½ 0 ½ ½ 0 0 1 * ½ 1 0 4 19.50
9 IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 ECU 0 0 0 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 1 ½ 4 17.00
10 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2410 MGL 0 0 1 0 1 0 ½ 0 * 1 ½ 4 17.75
11 GM Zhu Chen 2495 QAT 0 0 ½ 1 ½ ½ 0 0 0 * 1 15.75
12 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2546 BUL ½ ½ 0 0 ½ 0 1 ½ ½ 0 * 17.50

Danielian, who is leading by 1/2 point, will have White against Stefanova. Koneru will have Black against Zhu Chen while Sebag will have Black against Munguntuul. No one else has a chance to catch up.

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