Zhao Xue in a class of her own
Munguntuul Batkhuyag © official site.
A remarkable 9½/10 has left Zhao Xue 3½ points ahead of her closest rival, Ju Wenjun, who she will play in tomorrow's last round.
In the other results, another win by Batkhuyag Munguntuul has taken her off the bottom, whereas Viktorija Cmilyte's win with Black has left her equal third with one round to go.
Summary on round 10:
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 | ½-½ | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | 1-0 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | 0-1 | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | 0-1 | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | 1-0 | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | ½-½ | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 |
The tournament table after 10 rounds:
Stan | Player | Title | Country | Rating | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Total |
1 | Zhao Xue | GM | CHN | 2497 | * | . | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9½ |
2 | Ju Wenjun | WGM | CHN | 2536 | . | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 6 |
3-4 | Viktorija Cmilyte | GM | LTU | 2525 | 0 | ½ | * | 0 | 1 | 1 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 5½ |
3-4 | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | IM | RUS | 2421 | ½ | ½ | 1 | * | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | . | ½ | 0 | ½ | 5½ |
5-9 | Tatiana Kosintseva | GM | RUS | 2536 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | . | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
5-9 | Kateryna Lahno | GM | UKR | 2554 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | . | ½ | 4½ |
5-9 | Zhu Chen | GM | QAT | 2490 | 0 | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | 0 | ½ | 4½ |
5-9 | Nadezhda Kosintseva | GM | RUS | 2560 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | . | ½ | ½ | * | ½ | 1 | 1 | ½ | 4½ |
5-9 | Antoaneta Stefanova | GM | BUL | 2528 | 0 | 0 | ½ | . | ½ | 0 | 0 | ½ | * | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4½ |
10 | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | IM | MGL | 2467 | 0 | 1 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | . | 4 |
11-12 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | GM | RUS | 2469 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 1 | 3½ |
11-12 | Alisa Galliamova | IM | RUS | 2498 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | . | 0 | * | 3½ |
Here are the results of the previous rounds:
First round
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | 0-1 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | 1-0 | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | ½-½ | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 | ½-½ | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | ½-½ | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | 0-1 | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
Second round
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 | 0-1 | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 |
Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 | ½-½ | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | ½-½ | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 | ½-½ | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 | ½-½ | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 |
Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 | 1-0 | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 |
Third round
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | 1-0 | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | 1-0 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | ½-½ | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 |
Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 | ½-½ | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | 1-0 | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 | ½-½ | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Fourth round
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | 0-1 | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 |
Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 | 1-0 | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 | ½-½ | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 | ½-½ | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | ½-½ | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 | 0-1 | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 |
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | ½-½ | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | 1-0 | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | 1-0 | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 | 1-0 | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 | 1-0 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 | ½-½ | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Sixth round
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | 0-1 | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 | 1-0 | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | 0-1 | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 |
Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 | ½-½ | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | ½-½ | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 | ½-½ | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | ½-½ | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | ½-½ | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 |
Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 | ½-½ | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 |
Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 | ½-½ | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 | 0-1 | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 |
Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 | 1-0 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 | 1-0 | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 |
Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 | 1-0 | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 |
Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 | 1-0 | Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 |
Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 | ½-½ | Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 |
Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 | ½-½ | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 |
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 | 0-1 | Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 |
White | Country | Rating | Result | Black | Country | Rating |
Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2536 | ½-½ | Zhu Chen | QAT | 2490 |
Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2528 | 0-1 | Zhao Xue | CHN | 2497 |
Viktorija Cmilyte | LTU | 2525 | ½-½ | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | MGL | 2467 |
Alexandra Kosteniuk | RUS | 2469 | 1-0 | Alisa Galliamova | RUS | 2498 |
Ju Wenjun | CHN | 2536 | ½-½ | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2554 |
Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2560 | 0-1 | Ekaterina Kovalevskaya | RUS | 2421 |
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