Laznicka clinched the title with the 9th round win over Ács.
On the women’s side, former Women’s World Champion Nona Gaprindashvili is tied for 1st going into the final round. Nona was born in 1941. She was already a World Champion and ruled Women’s Chess before most of the current top 10 female players in the world were even born! This makes her performance in this tournament even more remarkable!
Round 9 results:
| Robson, R | – Timman, J | 1-0 |
| Ács, P | – Laznicka, V | 0-1 |
| Almási, Z | – Berkes, F | 1/2 |
| Tóth, L | – Gaprindashvili, N | 0-1 |
| Galojan, L | – Vajda, Sz | 1/2 |
| Kononenko, T | – Mádl, I | 1/2- |
Standings with 1 round to go
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Nice job Nona!
Kosteniuk won’t ever hold a candle to Gaprindashvili.
Nice swindle by Ray. He was basically playing on increment the last 10-15 moves!