With one round to go, the reigning Chess Queen Hou Yifan has earned at least a tie for first at the Rostov Women’s Grand Prix. She will face former Women’s World Champion Stefanova in the final round.
Standings after 10 rounds
| 1. | Hou, Yifan | g | CHN | 2575 | 7½ | 2715 |
| 2-3. | Lahno, Kateryna | g | UKR | 2536 | 6½ | 2627 |
| 2-3. | Kosintseva, Tatiana | g | RUS | 2557 | 6½ | 2637 |
| 4. | Muzychuk, Anna | m | SLO | 2538 | 6 | 2598 |
| 5. | Kosintseva, Nadezhda | g | RUS | 2560 | 5½ | 2564 |
| 6. | Koneru, Humpy | g | IND | 2614 | 5 | 2517 |
| 7-9. | Stefanova, Antoaneta | g | BUL | 2524 | 4½ | 2486 |
| 7-9. | Danielian, Elina | g | ARM | 2521 | 4½ | 2490 |
| 7-9. | Galliamova, Alisa | m | RUS | 2492 | 4½ | 2491 |
| 10. | Ruan, Lufei | wg | CHN | 2479 | 4 | 2456 |
| 11. | Kosteniuk, Alexandra | g | RUS | 2497 | 3 | 2390 |
| 12. | Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina | m | RUS | 2427 | 2½ | 2346 |
Official website: http://rostov2011.fide.com
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
She’s clearly better than Judit. She’ll beat Judit in a match for sure.
she is kinda cute
To anon ” She’s clearly better than Judith…:” are you insane? or just stupid? Hou needs a few more years to prove that she can get near Judith. Most probably like most of the girls,she has already reached her peak.
Whoever said she’s better than Judit.. You must be joking. She’s World champion all right, but even she knows how big is the gap. Look at her interview and you’ll see her replying to a question on her favourite woman chess player… “Of course it’s youngest Polgar (I’m directly translating.. that’s how the Chinese call Judit).. Yes I hope I can play with her, to learn a lot from her..”
Her strength now is way below Judit, but she’s still young. Go Yifan!