Round 8 results:
| Sebag, Marie | – Zhu Chen | 1-0 | |||
| Xu Yuhua | – Yildiz, Betul Cemre | 1-0 | |||
| Mkrtchian, Lilit | – Dzagnidze, Nana | ½-½ | |||
| Shen Yang | – Ju Wenjun | 0-1 | |||
| Fierro Baquero, Martha | – Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | 0-1 |
Standings after 8 rounds:
| 1. | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2519 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2535 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 2-3. | Xu Yuhua | g | CHN | 2485 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-6. | Zhao Xue | g | CHN | 2542 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-6. | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2468 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-6. | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2418 | 4½ | |||||||||||||
| 7-8. | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2443 | 4 | ||||||||||||||
| 7-8. | Zhu Chen | g | QAT | 2488 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 9. | Shen Yang | wg | CHN | 2453 | 3½ | |||||||||||||
| 10. | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2408 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Fierro Baquero, Martha | m | ECU | 2386 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 12. | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | wm | TUR | 2224 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
The girl still has 0 point.
Sad to see the wheels coming off Martha Fierro, who did so well in the last Grand Prix in Turkey.
Aronian will smash Carlsen’s but!
Rybka is laughing its head off with these combinations.
Mig’s prognosis that Magnuz needs two more years to mature has been proven wrong.