If China defeats Vietnam, they automatically clinch the Gold medal. Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, and Polang are tied with just 1 point behind. Georgia is mathematically alive for the medal race with 9 points.

Final round pairings:

Round 9 on 2009/09/11 at 10:00
Bo. 5 India
Rtg 10 USA Rtg 0 : 0
1.1 IM Dronavalli Harika 2474 IM Krush Irina 2458
1.2 IM Sachdev Tania 2405 IM Zatonskykh Anna 2462
1.3 WGM Karavade Eesha 2391 IM Goletiani Rusudan 2391
1.4 WGM Nadig Kruttika 2273 WIM Melekhina Alisa 2220
Bo. 6 Armenia
Rtg 4 Ukraine Rtg 0 : 0
2.1 IM Danielian Elina 2489 IM Ushenina Anna 2448
2.2 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2468 WGM Zhukova Nataliya 2457
2.3 WGM Galojan Lilit 2326 IM Gaponenko Inna 2438
2.4 WGM Aginian Nelli 2307 WGM Zdebska Natalia 2410
Bo. 7 Russia
Rtg 3 China Two Rtg 0 : 0
3.1 IM Kosintseva Tatiana 2536
Tan Zhongyi 2435
3.2 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2493 WIM Zhang Xiaowen 2391
3.3 IM Kovalevskaya Ekaterina 2436 WFM Ding Yixin 2321
3.4 WFM Gunina Valentina 2437
Wang Xiaohui 2223
Bo. 8 China One Rtg 2 Vietnam
Rtg 0 : 0
4.1 GM Hou Yifan 2585 WGM Hoang Thi Bao Tram 2265
4.2 GM Zhao Xue 2542 WIM Pham Le Thao Nguyen 2301
4.3
Ju Wenjun 2443 WFM Hoang Thi Nhu Y 2114
4.4 WGM Huang Qian 2424 WFM Pham Bich Ngoc 2145
Bo. 9 Georgia
Rtg 1 Poland
Rtg 0 : 0
5.1 GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2506 IM Rajlich Iweta 2465
5.2 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2535 WGM Zawadzka Jolanta 2414
5.3 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2472 IM Dworakowska Joanna 2345
5.4 IM Lomineishvili Maia 2378 WGM Majdan Joanna 2361

Standings going into the final round:

Rk. SNo Team Games + = TB1 TB2
1 8 China One 8 5 1 2 11 19,5
2 4 Ukraine 8 3 4 1 10 18,0
3 7 Russia 8 3 4 1 10 18,0
4 6 Armenia
8 4 2 2 10 17,0
5 1 Poland
8 4 2 2 10 16,5
6 9 Georgia
8 4 1 3 9 17,0
7 5 India 8 3 1 4 7 14,5
8 10 USA 8 2 2 4 6 15,5
9 3 China Two 8 2 2 4 6 15,0
10 2 Vietnam
8 0 1 7 1 9,0

Official website: http://live.chinaqiyuan.com/chessen.html
Full results: http://chess-results.com/tnr25011.aspx?lan=1

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