Former Women’s World Champion Zhu Chen is the top seed at the Ataturk Women’s Tournament. But after 3 rounds, she has 0 point! So is IM Anna Ushenina, who recently broke the 2500 rating mark.
2nd seed Yifan Hou and 3rd seed Pia Cramling are tied with local Ekaterina Atalik at the top of the leaderboard after they drew each other today.
Round 3 results:
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 1 – 0 GM CHEN Zhu 2548
IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 ½ – ½ IM KRUSH Irina 2473
IM USHENINA Anna 2484 0 – 1 IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 0 – 1 WGM XUE Zhao 2517
GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 ½ – ½ WGM YIFAN Hou 2527
Standings after 3 rounds:
1-3. GM CRAMLING Pia 2524 SWE 2½
WGM YIFAN Hou 2527 CHN 2½
IM ATALIK Ekaterina 2408 TUR 2½
4-6 IM KRUSH Irina 2473 USA 2
IM DRONAVALLI Harika 2455 IND 2
WGM XUE Zhao 2517 CHN 2
7 IM JAVAKHISHVILI Lela 2470 GEO 1½
8-10 IM USHENINA Anna 2484 UKR 0
WIM YILDIZ Betul Cemre 2207 TUR 0
GM CHEN Zhu 2548 QAT 0
Here is the official website.
I am shocked!
How can a tournament as this help gals in Turkey improve a lot? I don’t get it. It’s helping only two gals who are actaully playing, the others are not. Is Turkey better than US in chess?
Amazing what cell phone jammers can do these days. No help from Rybka or homebase.
I’m not surprised. Topa taught me everything I know about advanced chess cheating…
Yet another quick note:
Hou is the family name, Yifan is the first name.
Zhao is the family name, Xue is the first name.
Zhu is the family name, Chen is the first name.
Hou’s on first?