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 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice game by Zhukova.
Great tournament for Stefanova as well.
Zhukova is awesome in this tournament. So is Koneru.