Today is the first day off for the ladies at the Women’s Grand Prix in Istanbul, Turkey.
Here are the matchups for round 5:
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
3 | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | – | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | 12 |
4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | – | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | 2 |
5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | – | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | 1 |
6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | – | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | 11 |
7 | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | – | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | 10 |
8 | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | – | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | 9 |
Here are the full standings after 4 rounds:
Rank | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | Res. | SB. | Koya | |
1 | 4 | GM | HOU Yifan | 2571 | CHN | 3½ | 0 | 3,75 | 1 |
2 | 3 | IM | FIERRO Baquero Martha L. | 2403 | ECU | 3½ | 0 | 2,50 | ½ |
3 | 12 | GM | KONERU Humpy | 2621 | IND | 3 | 0 | 4,50 | 1 |
4 | 5 | GM | ZHAO Xue | 2508 | CHN | 3 | 0 | 3,25 | ½ |
5 | 7 | IM | DANIELIAN Elina | 2496 | ARM | 2½ | 0 | 4,25 | 1 |
6 | 11 | GM | STEFANOVA Antoaneta | 2557 | BUL | 2 | 0 | 3,75 | 1 |
7 | 6 | GM | SEBAG Marie | 2529 | FRA | 2 | 0 | 1,50 | 0 |
8 | 9 | GM | CHIBURDANIDZE Maia | 2516 | GEO | 1½ | 0 | 4,25 | 1½ |
9 | 8 | WGM | SHEN Yang | 2448 | CHN | 1½ | 0 | 3,75 | 1½ |
10 | 1 | GM | CRAMLING Pia | 2548 | SWE | 1 | 0 | 0,50 | 0 |
11 | 2 | WIM | YILDIZ Betul Cemre | 2214 | TUR | ½ | 0 | 1,50 | ½ |
12 | 10 | WGM | MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab | 2362 | AZE | 0 | 0 | 0,00 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
I really want Fierro to win.