Natalia Zhukova defeated Alexandra Kosteniuk today with the Black pieces to move back into a tie for the lead in the women’s standings. She is also slightly ahead of Humpy Koneru in rating performance. Stefanova is performing over 2660. Cramling and Javakhishvili are both performing around 2570.

Round 9 top board results:

1 GM Gustafsson, Jan
6.5 GER 2627 GM Bacrot, Etienne
6.0 FRA 2713 ½-½
2 GM Movsesian, Sergei
6.0 SVK 2708 GM Halkias, Stelios
6.0 GRE 2566 1-0
3 GM Naumann, Alexander
6.0 GER 2525 GM Vallejo Pons, Francisco
6.0 ESP 2705 0-1
4 GM Adams, Michael
6.0 ENG 2694 GM Lemos, Damian
6.0 ARG 2556 1-0
5 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.0 IND 2614 GM Kamsky, Gata
6.0 USA 2693 ½-½
6 GM Fressinet, Laurent
6.0 FRA 2670 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.0 GEO 2493 ½-½
7 GM Sandipan, Chanda
6.0 IND 2622 IM Boskovic, Drasko
6.0 SRB 2454 ½-½
8 GM Guliyev, Namig
5.5 AZE 2516 GM Cheparinov, Ivan
5.5 BUL 2660 ½-½
9 GM Carlsson, Pontus
5.5 SWE 2476 GM Fridman, Daniel
5.5 GER 2654 0-1
10 GM Edouard, Romain
5.5 FRA 2608 GM Bindrich, Falko
5.5 GER 2512 0-1
11 GM Hoffmann, Michael
5.5 GER 2508 GM Istratescu, Andrei
5.5 ROU 2607 ½-½
12 GM Felgaer, Ruben
5.5 ARG 2591 IM Kapnisis, Spyridon
5.5 GRE 2510 ½-½
13 IM Harika, Dronavalli
5.5 IND 2471 GM Geetha Narayanan Gopal
5.5 IND 2584 0-1
14 IM Lenderman, Alex
5.5 USA 2560 GM Dzagnidze, Nana
5.5 GEO 2506 1-0
15 IM Krush, Irina
5.5 USA 2455 GM Malakhatko, Vadim
5.5 BEL 2549 ½-½
16 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
5.5 BUL 2545 IM Shankland, Samuel L
5.5 USA 2491 1-0
17 FM Lovik, Lasse Ostebo
5.5 NOR 2343 GM Cramling, Pia
5.5 SWE 2528 0-1
18 GM Speelman, Jon S
5.5 ENG 2525 IM Cori, Jorge J 5.5 PER 2483 ½-½
19 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra
5.5 RUS 2523 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
5.5 UKR 2462 0-1
20 GM Lopez Martinez, Josep Manu
5.0 ESP 2593 FM Degtiarev, Evgeny
5.0 GER 2374 ½-½

Full results here.

Top female performers after 9 rounds:

10 GM Koneru, Humpy
6.5 IND F 2614 2687 +0.98 1 ½ 1 1 0 1 1 ½ ½
13 GM Stefanova, Antoaneta
6.5 BUL F 2545 2661 +1.45 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 0 1 1
14 GM Cramling, Pia
6.5 SWE F 2528 2571 +0.64 ½ 1 1 ½ ½ 1 0 1 1
16 IM Javakhishvili, Lela
6.5 GEO F 2493 2569 +1.08 1 ½ 1 0 1 1 ½ 1 ½
17 WGM Zhukova, Natalia
6.5 UKR F 2462 2688 +2.75 1 ½ 1 ½ 1 1 ½ 0 1
31 IM Krush, Irina
6.0 USA F 2455 2528 +1.02 1 0 1 1 ½ 0 1 1 ½
34 IM Dworakowska, Joanna
6.0 POL F 2374 2244 -1.29 ½ 0 1 ½ 0 1 1 1 1
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