It's still Cmilyte and Khotenashvili

Viktorija Cmilyte © official site
Draws on the top four boards have left the same pair ahead by half-a-point. However, wins by some of the highest seeds has increased the chasing group to seven players after eight rounds. Tomorrow, in a repeat of last year's final-round decider, Pia Cramling will take on Viktorija Cmilyte.

Board Flag Title White Rating Points Result Points Title Black Rating Flag
1 GEO IM Khotenashvili Bela 2470 6 ½ - ½ 6 GM Cmilyte Viktorija 2504 LTU
2 SWE GM Cramling Pia 2468 ½ - ½ IM Javakhishvili Lela 2454 GEO
3 SLO IM Muzychuk Anna 2537 5 ½ - ½ GM Lahno Kateryna 2530 UKR
4 GEO IM Khurtsidze Nino 2436 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Kosintseva Nadezhda 2567 RUS
5 RUS GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2559 5 1 - 0 5 IM Melia Salome 2444 GEO
6 RUS WGM Savina Anastasia 2389 5 ½ - ½ 5 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2522 RUS
7 HUN GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2456 5 0 - 1 5 GM Danielian Elina 2506 ARM
8 BUL GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2506 5 1 - 0 5 IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2419 RUS
9 SCO GM Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan 2462 5 1 - 0 5 IM Galojan Lilit 2377 ARM
10 GEO WGM Paikidze Nazi 2408 5 ½ - ½ 5 IM Ovod Evgenija 2404 RUS
11 RUS IM Romanko Marina 2387 5 0 - 1 WGM Batsiashvili Nino 2399 GEO
12 GEO WIM Khurtsilava Inga 2286 0 - 1 IM Matveeva Svetlana 2380 RUS
13 SRB WGM Manakova Maria 2303 1 - 0 WIM Tsatsalashvili Keti 2280 GEO
14 AZE WIM Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi 2262 ½ - ½ WGM Guramishvili Sopiko 2299 GEO
15 CZE WGM Nemcova Katerina 2294 ½ - ½ WIM Abdulla Khayala Mardan Qizi 2168 AZE

With Viktorija Cmilyte and Bela Khotenashvili drawing (and now on 6½ /8), Pia Cramling, Lela Javakhashvili and Kateryna Lahno had the chance to catch the leaders, but they also draw their games today.

These three plus four other players: Tatiana Kosintseva, Elina Danielian, Antoaneta Stefanova and Ketevan Arakhamia-Grant, are all on 6/8.

The games start at 3 pm local time

1 pm Paris and Madrid

12 noon in London

7 am in New York

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The Official site : www.tbilisi2011.ge will be an ideal source for further information.  


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