GM Cramling defeated IM Dronavalli and IM Atalik defeated IM Ushenina while Yifan Hou drew Xue to set set a 3 way tie for the lead one again. Irina lost to the lowest rated player of the event and Zhu Chen finally ended her 4-game losing streak by drawing IM Javakhishvili.
Round 5 results:
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 ½ – ½ GM CHEN Zhu 2548
IM USHENINA Anna 2484 0 – 1 IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 1 – 0 IM KRUSH Irina 2473
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 1 – 0 IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455
WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 ½ – ½ WGM XUE Zhao 2517
Standings after 5 rounds:
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 4
WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 CHN 4
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 4
WGM XUE Zhao 2517 CHN 3
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 2½
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 2½
IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 2½
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 1½
IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR ½
GM CHEN Zhu 2548 QAT ½
I hope Irina has better luck at the end of this month in Chicago.
Round 6 results:
GM ZHU Chen 2548 1-0 WGM ZHAO Xue 2517 8
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 ½-½ WGM HOU Yifan 2527
IM KRUSH Irina 2473 ½-½ GM CRAMLING Pia 2524
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 1-0 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 ½-½ IM USHENINA Anna 2484
Standings after 6 rounds:
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 5
WGM HOU Yifan 2527 CHN 4½
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 4½
WGM ZHAO Xue 2517 CHN 3
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 3
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 3
IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 3
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 1½
GM ZHU Chen 2548 QAT 1½
IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR 1
Hou needs 2 points from the last 3 games to get a GM norm. Atalik needs half a point less to clinch the norm. Note that according to FIDE Handbook point 1.46c, Yildiz’s rating is adjusted to the rating floor of 2250 for the GM norm calculation.
GM norm are not possible in this tournament. There are only 2 GM’s in the event and you need 3.