With 1 round to go, Hou Yifan has already clinched at least a share of first. She will have black against Danielian in the final round. All she needs is just a draw to clinch clear first.

Muzychuk will have black against Ju Wenjun in the final round. She must win and hope that Hou Yifan would lose to have a chance to catch up.

Standings after 10 rounds

Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts Rp
1 GM Hou Yifan 2578 CHN * ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 1 ½ 7½ 2662
2 IM Muzychuk Anna 2545 SLO ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 6½ 2581
3 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 CHN ½ * ½ 1 ½ 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 6 2543
4 WGM Tan Zhongyi 2429 CHN 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½ 1 1 1 6 2560
5 GM Zhao Xue 2497 CHN ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1 ½ 0 1 ½ 1 5½ 2523
6 WGM Ruan Lufei 2477 CHN 0 ½ ½ 0 * ½ 1 ½ ½ 1 1 5½ 2524
7 GM Zhu Chen 2490 QAT ½ ½ 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2441
8 GM Danielian Elina 2517 ARM 0 1 ½ 1 0 0 * 1 0 ½ ½ 4½ 2433
9 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2465 MGL 0 ½ ½ ½ 0 ½ 1 0 * 1 ½ 4½ 2466
10 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 LTU 0 0 ½ 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ ½ 3½ 2367
11 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 RUS 0 ½ ½ 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * ½ 3½ 2377
12 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2308 TUR ½ 0 0 0 0 0 ½ ½ ½ ½ * 2½ 2309

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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Susan Polgar September 18, 2011 Daily News, Women's Chess 1 Comment
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