The youngest player of this tournament won the event by a full point. Yifan Hou took a quick draw against Javakhishvili to ensure herself of a first place finish. Zhao Xue defeated the former tournament leader to finish clear third while Pia Cramling drew Anna Ushenina to finish in clear second.
Final round results:
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 0 – 1 GM CHEN Zhu 2548
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 ½ – ½ IM USHENINA Anna 2484
WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 ½ – ½ IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470
WGM XUE Zhao 2517 1 – 0 IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 ½ – ½ IM KRUSH Irina 2473
Final standings:
1. WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 CHN 7
2. GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 6
3. WGM XUE Zhao 2517 CHN 5½
4. IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 5
5. IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 4½
6-7. GM CHEN Zhu 2548 QAT 4
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 4
8. IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 3½
9. IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR 3
10. WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 2½
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Soon Hou will dominate the women’s event like none other before (Judith didn’t really bother to play in those tournments) She might even be able to break into men’s top 20 one day like Judith did. Great talent.
Congratulations to Yifan! She will need to keep improving like that if she want to become Super GM someday