Yesterday GMs Hou Yifan and Zhao Xue lost their opening games. Today, top seed Humpy Koneru suffers the same fate. The 7 decisive games so far in the first two rounds were won by White! Yildiz Betul after beating Zhao Xue yesterday drew against Danielian today with Black! She is by far the lowest rated player in this Women’s Grand Prix.
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 12 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | 1-0 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | 7 |
| 8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | 1/2 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | 6 |
| 9 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | 1/2 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 | 5 |
| 10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | 1/2 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | 4 |
| 11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | 1-0 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | 3 |
| 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | 1-0 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | 2 |
Official website: http://nalchik2010.fide.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Judit and Zsuzsa Polgar dominated women’s chess at their time. They hardly ever lost to any woman player. The young players today need to learn to play more solidly.
Anonymous 2:06:
Much less competition at that time. Although Judit was (and is) a class above other female players, the competition has become much better and there are more great female chess players now than ever. So, to expect some woman not to lose against other woman ever is a foolish notion.
They had a computer.
Humpy is slipping