It will be a big battle today, Yifan vs. Humpy. The one who wins this game will have an excellent chance of winning the tournament. Also don’t count out Zhao Xue, she’s also tied for 2nd. These three will play a major role in Women’s Chess for years to come.
| Round 7 on 2009/03/14 at 15:00 | ||||||||
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | – | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | 12 |
| 5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | – | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | 3 |
| 6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | – | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | 2 |
| 7 | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | – | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | 1 |
| 8 | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | – | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | 11 |
| 9 | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | – | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | 10 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Yifan wins, Humpy’s nerves collapse
we love yifan more,so hope she will win,so smart~~~
Hou Yifan won her sixth consecutive game against Humpy. Congratulation!
Might as well declare Hou the winner now. She is unstoppable.