Leaders after 9 rounds at the Word Mind Games Sports:
Women’s section
1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2548 8,0
2 GM Zhao Xue CHN 2518 7,0
3 WGM Huang Qian CHN 2430 6,5
4 IM Houska Jovanka ENG 2399 6,5
5 WGM Pogonina Natalija RUS 2474 6,0
6 IM Dworakowska Joanna POL 2363 6,0
Men’s section
1 GM Zhang Zhong SIN 2649 6,5
2 GM Fier Alexandr BRA 2581 6,5
3 GM Bu Xiangzhi CHN 2714 6,0
4 GM Korobov Anton UKR 2605 6,0
5 GM Wang Hao CHN 2696 6,0
American standings after 9 rounds:
GM Shabalov Alexander USA 2585 4,5 (E)
IM Friedel Joshua E USA 2498 4,5 (E)
GM Akobian Varuzhan USA 2606 3,5 (-2)
GM Kraai Jesse USA 2502 2,5 (-4)
WGM Shahade Jennifer USA 2322 3,5 (-2)
CM Zenyuk Iryna USA 2237 3,5 (-2)
WFM Marshall Abby USA 2194 2,5 (-4)
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
What a disastrous result.