(Photo taken from the official site)
Hou won against Girya thus stopping the latter’s win streak and is now leading with 7.5 points. Girya is 2nd with 5.5 points. Muzychuk lost again, this time to Kosteniuk and is sharing 3rd.
Results of the 9th round
GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 0 – 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527
GM Hou Yifan 2618 1 – 0 WGM Girya Olga 2450
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 ½ – ½ GM Zhao Xue 2552
WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 ½ – ½ GM Ushenina Anna 2501
GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 1 – 0 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489
GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 ½ – ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321
Standings after the 9th round
1 GM Hou Yifan 2618 CHN 7½
2 WGM Girya Olga 2450 RUS 5½
3 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 RUS 5
4 GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 SLO 5
5 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550 GEO 5
6 GM Lagno Kateryna 2543 UKR 4½
7 GM Ushenina Anna 2501 UKR 4½
8 GM Zhao Xue 2552 CHN 4
9 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321 UZB 4
10 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 BUL 4
11 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496 RUS 3
12 WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340 MGL 2
Photo Gallery of the 9th round.
Pairings of the 10th round
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2527 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2321
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2489 – GM Lagno Kateryna 2543
GM Ushenina Anna 2501 – GM Dzagnidze Nana 2550
GM Zhao Xue 2552 – WGM Batchimeg Tuvshintugs 2340
WGM Girya Olga 2450 – GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2496
GM Muzychuk Anna 2560 – GM Hou Yifan 2618