Another round and another win! Tatiana Kosintseva is clearly living up to the label given by G. Kasparov. He said back in 2004 that Tatiana is by far the most talented female player from Russia.
After 5 rounds, she has 4.5 points and is 1.5 pt ahead of the next player!
Standings after 5 rounds:
| Rk | SNo. | Name | Rtg | FED | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pts. | |
| 1 | 5 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 | RUS | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 4½ | ||||||
| 2 | 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | GEO | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 2 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | RUS | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 6 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | SWE | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | CHN | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 12 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||||
| 7 | 7 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | ARM | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | ||||||
| 8 | 3 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | IND | ½ | ½ | 0 | * | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | TUR | 0 | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | MGL | 0 | 0 | ½ | 1 | ½ | * | 2 | |||||||
| 11 | 9 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | CHN | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | ARM | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 1 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Good luck Kovanova Baira
Yeah Susan after the women get past some of the old tricks we been getting away with for centuries , i think we gunna be in a lotta trouble!hehe, already Ultramodernism is frowning on some of the old gender ideas, acutally its so silly i forgot to study the “womens game”, well we wont be too much longer now! Peace.
She’s not only the best Russian female player, she’s the most beautiful. Very classy.