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Congratulations to WGM Yifan Hou of China. In spite of losing her last round game, WGM Yifan Hou earned a GM norm with an even score at Aeroflot top section. Her performance was 2605 in 9 games. Here are her round by round results:

1 GM Caruana, Fabiano ITA 2598 ½
2 GM Laznicka, Viktor CZE 2595 1
3 GM Grachev, Boris RUS 2601 0
4 GM Riazantsev, Alexander RUS 2628 ½
5 GM Azarov, Sergei BLR 2594 ½
6 GM Iordachescu, Viorel MDA 2586 1
7 GM Grigoriants, Sergey RUS 2583 ½
8 GM Najer, Evgeniy RUS 2634 ½
9 GM Volkov, Sergey RUS 2623 0

http://www.aeroflotchess.com/results/a1/SMWSite/index.html

IM Sebag of France lost her last round game and fell short of a GM norm. She ended up performing at 2551.

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