Tatiana Kosintseva wins again! She is now 5.5 out of 6 and she’s leading the field by 1.5 point!
Here are the results of round 6:
| SNo. | Name | Rtg | Res. | Name | Rtg | SNo. | ||
| 12 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | 9 |
| 10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | 0 – 1 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | 8 |
| 11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | 1 – 0 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | 7 |
| 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | ½ – ½ | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | 6 |
| 2 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | 0 – 1 | GM | Kosintseva Tatiana | 2524 | 5 |
| 3 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | 1 – 0 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | 4 |
| Rk | No | 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 | 1 | ½ | 1 | 5½ | |||||
| 2 | 8 | GM | Hou Yifan | 2570 | CHN | 0 | * | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 4 | |||||
| 3 | 1 | GM | Dzagnidze Nana | 2479 | GEO | 0 | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 3½ | |||||
| 6 | GM | Cramling Pia | 2523 | SWE | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 3½ | ||||||
| 12 | GM | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 3½ | ||||||
| 6 | 2 | WGM | Kovanova Baira | 2385 | RUS | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 3 | |||||
| 3 | GM | Koneru Humpy | 2622 | IND | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||
| 11 | WGM | Munguntuul Batkhuyag | 2428 | MGL | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | * | 1 | ½ | 3 | ||||||
| 9 | 7 | IM | Mkrtchian Lilit | 2503 | ARM | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | ½ | 2½ | |||||
| 10 | 4 | WIM | Yildiz Betul Cemre | 2244 | TUR | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | ½ | 2 | |||||
| 11 | 9 | GM | Zhao Xue | 2490 | CHN | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | * | 1½ | |||||
| 12 | 10 | IM | Danielian Elina | 2491 | ARM | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | 1 |
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
She’s clearly much better than Kosteniuk. She’s the real chess queen of Russia.
and she’s very pretty
So sad that none of the US women can hit the GM level. Some can just throw hissy fits when they lose a weak national women’s title.