Yifan Hou has secured at least a tie for first with one round to go at the Atatürk International Women Masters Chess Tournament in Turkey. Final round will take place tomorrow.
Here are the full standings:
1. WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 CHN 6½
2. GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 5½
3. IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 5
4. WGM XUE Zhao 2517 CHN 4½
5. IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 4
6. IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 3½
7-8. IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 3
GM CHEN Zhu 2548 QAT 3
9-10. IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR 2½
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 2½
Here is the official website.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
WHy is Irina doing so bad? Does she have a second?
Her second seems to be IM David Pruess.
She is not doing so bad, Zhu Chen is the one who is doing terrible. Irna is good but not great, she is not better than the field.
Hou’s on first?