Once again, with a win today, both GMs Pia Cramling and Hou Yifan have pulled within 1 point of tournament leader GM Tatiana Kosintseva.

Round 9 results:

SNo.
Name Rtg Res.
Name Rtg SNo.
5 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2524 ½ – ½ GM Zhu Chen 2476 12
6 GM Cramling Pia 2523 1 – 0 WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2244 4
7 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2503 0 – 1 GM Koneru Humpy 2622 3
8 GM Hou Yifan 2570 1 – 0 WGM Kovanova Baira 2385 2
9 GM Zhao Xue 2490 ½ – ½ GM Dzagnidze Nana 2479 1
10 IM Danielian Elina 2491 0 – 1 WGM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2428 11

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