There is one round left at the Doha Women’s Grand Prix and three players are within 1/2 point from each other! It will come down to a battle of nerve.
Standings after 10 rounds
| Rk | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts | SB | |
| 1 | GM | Danielian Elina | 2454 | ARM | * | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7½ | 34.50 | |
| 2 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2607 | IND | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7 | 34.50 | |
| 3 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2489 | FRA | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 7 | 31.75 | |
| 4 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2516 | SWE | 1 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | 27.75 | |
| 5 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2550 | GEO | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 22.50 | |
| 6 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2502 | GEO | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 5 | 21.75 | |
| 7 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2484 | CHN | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4 | 16.75 | |
| 8 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2475 | ARM | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 1 | * | ½ | 1 | 0 | 4 | 19.50 | |
| 9 | IM | Fierro Baquero Martha L | 2363 | ECU | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4 | 17.00 | |
| 10 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2410 | MGL | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 4 | 17.75 | |
| 11 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2495 | QAT | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3½ | 15.75 | |
| 12 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2546 | BUL | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 3½ | 17.50 |
Danielian, who is leading by 1/2 point, will have White against Stefanova. Koneru will have Black against Zhu Chen while Sebag will have Black against Munguntuul. No one else has a chance to catch up.
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Stefanova will win.
Stefanova will definitely win.
Stefanova will win.
Possible … If he still plays the Colle system surely wins (OMG). I see too relaxed (and do not know if this is good or bad).
Anyway … Go Marie. 🙂
Stef
If good looks have anything at all to do with chess, Stefanova will win.