Zhao Xue is on a tear at the Nalchik Women’s Grand Prix. She scored 5 straight wins to start the event with a performance of over 3,300 and is leading the field by 1.5 pt.

In the mean time, Alexandra Kosteniuk after a good start has lost 4 straight games. Her performance is at around 2280.

There are 6 games to go so anything can still happen. No one can be counted out just yet.

Round 5 results

Zhu Chen 2490 ½ IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421
Zhao Xue 2497 1 – 0 GM Lahno Kateryna 2554
Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 1 – 0 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467
Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 1 – 0 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498
Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 1 – 0 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469
Ju Wenjun 2536 ½ GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525

Standings after 5 rounds

Rk Name Rtg FED 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pts
1 GM Zhao Xue 2497 CHN * 1 1 1 1 1 5
2 WGM Ju Wenjun 2536 CHN * 1 1 ½ ½ ½
3 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2528 BUL 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 3
4 GM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2560 RUS 0 * ½ ½ 1 1 3
5 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2525 LTU 0 ½ ½ ½ * 1
6 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2421 RUS ½ * ½ ½ ½ ½
7 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536 RUS ½ ½ 0 ½ * 1
8 GM Zhu Chen 2490 QAT ½ * ½ ½ 0 1
9 GM Lahno Kateryna 2554 UKR 0 ½ ½ * ½ ½ 2
10 IM Galliamova Alisa 2498 RUS 0 0 ½ ½ ½ *
11 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2469 RUS 0 0 0 0 1 * 1
12 IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2467 MGL 0 0 ½ 0 ½ * 1

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