This elite event starts today in Dortmund, Germany. The participants are:
1 GER Baramidze 2616
2 GER Naiditsch 2705
3 RUS Kramnik 2777
4 HUN Leko 2737
5 UKR Ponomariov 2723
6 GER Meier 2632
7 ENG Adams 2743
8 ITA Caruana 2789
Pairings of the first round
Baramidze – Caruana
Naiditsch – Adams
Kramnik – Meier
Leko – Ponomariov
Gunina-Dzagnidze
Russian GM Gunina won her 5th game in a row (!) and is leading the championship with 5.5 out of 6.
Results of top 10 games of the 6th round
1 GM Gunina Valentina 2501 4½ 1 – 0 4½ GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541
2 WGM Girya Olga 2493 4 ½ – ½ 4½ GM Zhukova Natalia 2451
3 GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476 4 ½ – ½ 4 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460
4 GM Socko Monika 2462 4 0 – 1 4 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474
5 GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490 3½ 1 – 0 4 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456
6 IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Bodnaruk Anastasia 2429
7 IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417 3½ 1 – 0 3½ WGM Pogonina Natalija 2508
8 WGM Goryachkina Aleksandra 2434 3½ 0 – 1 3½ GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488
9 GM Danielian Elina 2458 3½ ½ – ½ 3½ WGM Nikolova Adriana 2303
10 IM Melia Salome 2454 3½ 1 – 0 3½ IM Foisor Cristina-Adela 2383
Top 10 players after 6 rounds
1 GM Gunina Valentina RUS 2501 5.5
2 GM Zhukova Natalia UKR 2451 5.0
3 IM Javakhishvili Lela GEO 2474 5.0
4 GM Dzagnidze Nana GEO 2541 4.5
5 IM Muzychuk Mariya UKR 2521 4.5
6 IM Melia Salome GEO 2454 4.5
7 IM Batsiashvili Nino GEO 2417 4.5
8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta BUL 2488 4.5
9 WGM Girya Olga RUS 2493 4.5
10 GM Hoang Thanh Trang HUN 2490 4.5
Pairings of top 10 games of the 7th round
1 GM Zhukova Natalia 2451 5 – 5½ GM Gunina Valentina 2501
2 IM Javakhishvili Lela 2474 5 – 4½ IM Muzychuk Mariya 2521
3 GM Dzagnidze Nana 2541 4½ – 4½ GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2476
4 IM Khurtsidze Nino 2460 4½ – 4½ WGM Girya Olga 2493
5 WGM Kashlinskaya Alina 2441 4½ – 4½ GM Hoang Thanh Trang 2490
6 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2488 4½ – 4½ IM Melia Salome 2454
7 GM Socko Monika 2462 4 – 4½ IM Batsiashvili Nino 2417
8 WGM Ptacnikova Lenka 2310 4 – 4 GM Danielian Elina 2458
9 IM Paehtz Elisabeth 2456 4 – 4 IM Gvetadze Sofio 2356
10 WGM Nikolova Adriana 2303 4 – 4 IM Mkrtchian Lilit 2446
