Local favorite IM Ekaterina Atalik defeated fellow Turkish representative WIM Yildiz to take over the sole lead. Cramling and Yifan both drew and they fell 1/2 point back. Former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen finally scored her first win.
Round 6 results:
GM ZHU Chen 2548 1-0 WGM ZHAO Xue 2517
IM KRUSH Irina 2473 ½-½ GM CRAMLING Pia 2524
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 ½-½ WGM HOU Yifan 2527
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 ½-½ IM USHENINA Anna 2484
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 1-0 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207
Standings after 6 rounds:
1. IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 5
2-3. WGM HOU Yifan 2527 CHN 4½
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 4½
4-7. WGM ZHAO Xue 2517 CHN 3
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 3
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 3
IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 3
8-9. WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 1½
GM ZHU Chen 2548 QAT 1½
10. IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR 1
Only Atalik and Hou are still in contention for GM norms. Atalik needs 1.5 points and Hou needs 2 points in the last 3 rounds.
Here is the official website.
Is the Pgn after round 4 is available anywhere?1-4 is available on ChessBase.
http://awm2008.tsf.org.tr/component/option,com_frontpage/Itemid,1/lang,en/
pgn is at the top of the page
correction
http://awm2008.tsf.org.tr
That Cramling girl looks like a mummy.
I need pgn of all Susan’s games to study. Where to find for free?
there can not be a GM norm from this event because for GM norm you have to have 3 GM’s as opponents!!!this event only has 2.