After leading the Women’s Grand Prix throughout most of the tournament, a weak finish in the past few rounds took Dzagnidze out of the top spot. Marie Sebag of France also lost her last two games to fall behind. The winner, former Women’s World Champion Xu Yuhua of China won her last 4 games to lead the Women’s Grand Prix by 1/2 point. Yildiz of Turkey lost again and yet to score a point.
Standings with 1 round to go:
| 1. | Xu Yuhua | g | CHN | 2485 | 7½ | |||||||||||||
| 2. | Dzagnidze, Nana | g | GEO | 2535 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| 3. | Zhao Xue | g | CHN | 2542 | 6½ | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Sebag, Marie | g | FRA | 2519 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 4-5. | Mkrtchian, Lilit | m | ARM | 2468 | 6 | |||||||||||||
| 6-8. | Munguntuul, Batkhuyag | wg | MGL | 2418 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 5-8. | Shen Yang | wg | CHN | 2453 | 5½ | |||||||||||||
| 6-8. | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2443 | 5½ | ||||||||||||||
| 9-10. | Kovanova, Baira | wg | RUS | 2408 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 9-10. | Zhu Chen | g | QAT | 2488 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| 11. | Fierro Baquero, Martha | m | ECU | 2386 | 2 | |||||||||||||
| 12. | Yildiz, Betul Cemre | wm | TUR | 2224 | 0 |
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
This is wrong, Susan. One more round to go for this tournament
She made a typo or two, proving she is human and not an automaton.
Please note that Zhao Xue is 6.5 points, not 6.0 points.
GM ZHAO XUE CHN 2542 6,5
Any guesses whether Yildiz can score even a half point? I guess she won’t get any points in the end.
“This is wrong, Susan. One more round to go for this tournament.”
Her prediction is most probably right! As Xu Yuhua only has to draw with Sebag to win the tournament, and Dzagnidze Nana has to face Zhao Xue, a very tough opponent, in last round.
I am not sure this tournment is good for Yildiz, being humilated like that is no fun, not even one draw out of 10, soon to be 11 games.
Yildiz going strong for the Guiness Book of World records?