The battle for 1st place has been decided before the final round. But there are still plenty of fight left for 2nd and 3rd.
Here are the standings after 10 rounds:
Rk | No. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. | |
1 | 5 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 | RUS | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 8 | |
2 | 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | GEO | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6½ | |
8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | CHN | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6½ | ||
4 | 6 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | SWE | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 6 | |
5 | 3 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | IND | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5½ | |
12 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ | ||
7 | 7 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | ARM | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5 | |
11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | MGL | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | * | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5 | ||
9 | 2 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | RUS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | 1 | 4 | |
9 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | CHN | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
11 | 4 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | TUR | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 2½ | |
12 | 10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1½ |
Final round pairings:
SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
6 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | – | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | 12 |
7 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | – | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 | 5 |
8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | – | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | 4 |
9 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | – | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | 3 |
10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | – | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | 2 |
11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | – | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | 1 |
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