Today is the critical round for the Women’s Grand Prix as the top two players Yifan Hou and Xue Zhao are facing each other. The winner of this battle will have an excellent chance to win this Grand Prix.

Round 8 on 2009/03/16 at 15:00


SNo.
Name Rtg Res.
Name Rtg SNo.
12 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 – WGM MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab 2362 10
11 GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta 2557 – GM CHIBURDANIDZE Maia 2516 9
1 GM CRAMLING Pia 2548 – WGM SHEN Yang 2448 8
2 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2214 – IM DANIELIAN Elina 2496 7
3 IM FIERRO Baquero Martha L. 2403 – GM SEBAG Marie 2529 6
4 GM HOU Yifan 2571 – GM ZHAO Xue 2508 5

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Rank after round 7


Rank SNo.
Name Rtg FED Pts Res. SB. Koya
1 4 GM HOU Yifan 2571 CHN 6½ 0 17,75 3½
2 5 GM ZHAO Xue 2508 CHN 6 0 13,00 2
3 12 GM KONERU Humpy 2621 IND 5 0 14,75 3
4 7 IM DANIELIAN Elina 2496 ARM 4½ 0 13,25 3
5 11 GM STEFANOVA Antoaneta 2557 BUL 3½ 1½ 9,75 2
6 9 GM CHIBURDANIDZE Maia 2516 GEO 3½ ½ 11,50 1½
7 3 IM FIERRO Baquero Martha L. 2403 ECU 3½ ½ 5,75 ½

6 GM SEBAG Marie 2529 FRA 3½ ½ 5,75 ½
9 8 WGM SHEN Yang 2448 CHN 2 0 8,25 2
10 1 GM CRAMLING Pia 2548 SWE 2 0 4,50 1
11 10 WGM MAMEDJAROVA Zeinab 2362 AZE 1½ 0 4,25 ½
12 2 WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2214 TUR ½ 0 2,50 ½
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