| Rank after round 6 | |||||||||
| Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | Res. | SB. | Koya | |
| 1 | 4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | CHN | 5½ | 0 | 11,25 | 2 |
| 2 | 12 | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | IND | 5 | 0 | 12,50 | 2 |
| 3 | 5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | CHN | 5 | 0 | 7,75 | ½ |
| 4 | 7 | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | ARM | 4 | 0 | 9,50 | 1 |
| 5 | 3 | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | ECU | 3½ | 0 | 5,00 | ½ |
| 6 | 11 | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | BUL | 3 | 0 | 7,25 | 1 |
| 7 | 9 | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | GEO | 2½ | ½ | 8,00 | 1 |
| 8 | 6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | FRA | 2½ | ½ | 4,25 | 0 |
| 9 | 10 | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | AZE | 1½ | 1 | 3,50 | ½ |
| 10 | 8 | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | CHN | 1½ | 0 | 5,75 | 1 |
| 11 | 1 | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | SWE | 1½ | 0 | 1,75 | 0 |
| 12 | 2 | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | TUR | ½ | 0 | 2,50 | ½ |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Hou Koneru and Zhao are seperating from the pack. Tomorrow could decide the winner of the tournment.
If Hou wins she will be just about 2600 in live rating.
Yifan !! 🙂
Hope she wins !
hou is best！hope she will defeat koneru
This is the last game between Humpy Koneru and Hou Yifan
[Event “China Chess League”]
[Site “Shanghai”]
[Date “2008.12.10”]
[Round “18”]
[White “Koneru, Humpy”]
[Black “Hou Yifan”]
[Result “0-1”]
[ECO “A17”]
[WhiteElo “2618”]
[BlackElo “2578”]
[PlyCount “126”]
[EventDate “2008.12.??”]
[SourceDate “2008.12.08”]
1. Nf3 Nf6 2. c4 e6 3. Nc3 Bb4 4. Qc2 O-O 5. a3 Bxc3 6. Qxc3 b6 7. g3 Bb7 8. Bg2 d5 9. d4 dxc4 10. Qxc4 Bd5 11. Qd3 Be4 12. Qd1 Nc6 13. O-O Qd5 14. Be3 Rad8 15. Qc1 Rd7 16. b4 Nxd4 17. Bxd4 Bxf3 18. Bxf6 Bxg2 19. Rd1 Qxd1+ 20. Qxd1 Rxd1+ 21. Rxd1 gxf6 22. Kxg2 Rc8 23. b5 c6 24. bxc6 Rxc6 25. Rd7 a6 26. Ra7 a5 27. g4 Rc3 28. Rb7 Rb3 29. e3 Kg7 30. Kg3 Kg6 31. h4 h6 32. h5+ Kg7 33. Rb8 Rb5 34. f4 Rb3 35. Kf3 e5 36. f5 b5 37. Rb6 a4 38. Rb8 Rb1 39. Ke4 Rb3 40. Kf3 Kh7 41. Rb6 Kg7 42. Rb8 Rb2 43. Ke4 Rb1 44. Kf3 Rb3 45. Ke4 Rxa3 46. Rxb5 Ra1 47. Kf3 a3 48. Ra5 a2 49. Ke4 Rg1 50. Rxa2 Rxg4+ 51. Kf3 Rg5 52. e4 Rxh5 53. Rg2+ Rg5 54. Ra2 h5 55. Rh2 Kh6 56. Ra2 Rg4 57. Ra4 Rf4+ 58. Ke3 h4 59. Ra8 Kg7 60. Ra1 h3 61. Rh1 Rh4 62. Kf3 Kh6 63. Kg3 Kg5 0-1
match of the tournament may be…Hou have the advantage of white……the person winning today would be surely winning the Grand Prix….os istanbul…..may the better players wins….
Is not Zhao Xue Qatar ?