Top seed Humpy Koneru has taken herself out of contention by losing to Zhao Xue in round 10. The same with Tatiana Kosintseva after her loss to Marie Sebag.
Going into the final round, only two players are still in it mathematically: Hou Yifan and Antoaneta Stefanova. Hou Yifan needs a win or draw to clinch first place while Stefanova must win to win this Grand Prix.
Final round pairings:
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 6 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2514 | – | WGM | Shen Yang | 2435 | 12 |
| 7 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2421 | – | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | 5 |
| 8 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2560 | – | GM | Hou Yifan | 2577 | 4 |
| 9 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2562 | – | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2235 | 3 |
| 10 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2462 | – | GM | Sebag Marie | 2519 | 2 |
| 11 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2488 | – | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | 1 |
Standings after 10 rounds:
| Rank | Name | Rtg | FED | Pts | SB | |
| 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2577 | CHN | 7½ | 31,75 |
| 2 | GM | Stefanova Antoaneta | 2560 | BUL | 7 | 28,75 |
| 3 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2462 | CHN | 6 | 30,00 |
| 4 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2600 | IND | 6 | 30,00 |
| 5 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2562 | RUS | 5½ | 27,75 |
| 6 | GM | Chiburdanidze Maia | 2514 | GEO | 5½ | 24,00 |
| 7 | GM | Xu Yuhua | 2488 | CHN | 5 | 20,25 |
| 8 | WGM | Shen Yang | 2435 | CHN | 4½ | 20,75 |
| 9 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | 4 | 20,25 |
| 10 | IM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2421 | MGL | 3½ | 15,50 |
| 11 | GM | Sebag Marie | 2519 | FRA | 3½ | 14,75 |
| 12 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2235 | TUR | 2 | 8,75 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Bulgarians are best.
Bulgaria poorest country in Europe? How about Romania? Such cry-babies! Strongest chess players? Have a team match between Bulgaria and China and see what happens.
Obviously, the person who wrote the above idiocy is coming from a country like China, where the access to the global net is severely restricted by the “gentle” Communist army. An elementary check up shows that the standard of living in Bulgaria is indeed the lowest in the EU. Romania has a higher standard of living, even though not much higher.
And yes – it would be great for Bulgaria and China to play against each other, but mind you – if Bulgaria wins, how will a 1.3- billion “superpower” like China swallow the fact that they have been defeated by a small 7.5-million nation like Bulgaria?
And yes – it would be great for Bulgaria and China to play against each other, but mind you – if Bulgaria wins, how will a 1.3- billion “superpower” like China swallow the fact that they have been defeated by a small 7.5-million nation like Bulgaria?
Wednesday, August 11, 2010 9:43:00 AM CDT
You know , China has her own game XiangQi, and another fairly popular WeiQi…So they occupy most population of those who enjoy such kind of games….Not chess!!! Most Chinese do not play chess!!!
it would be great for Bulgaria and China to play against each other, but mind you – if Bulgaria wins, how will a 1.3- billion “superpower” like China swallow the fact that they have been defeated by a small 7.5-million nation like Bulgaria?
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I thnk that one Bulgarian city chess population is more than whole China’s chess population, therefore a Bulgarian team can beat a Chinese team in Chess Olympiad 2010 in Russia!