After suffering her first loss yesterday, GM Danielian is back on the winning track today after a win against IM Fierro. In the critical battle for 2nd place, GM Sebag won a wild game against GM Dzagnidze with multiple mistakes by both players. GM Koneru had a dominating position against former WWC Xu Yuhua. She could not convert and fall 1.5 point back with just 2 rounds to go.
Round 9 results
| GM | Sebag Marie | 2489 | 1-0 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2550 |
| GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2502 | 1/2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2546 |
| IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 | 1-0 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2516 |
| GM | Danielian Elina | 2454 | 1-0 | IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L | 2363 |
| GM | Xu Yuhua | 2484 | 1/2 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2607 |
| IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2475 | 1-0 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2495 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Humpy was completely winning.