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Standings are almost the same after the 9th rounds as all leaders lost! So, Koneru is still leading the event with 6.5 points, 2nd place is shared by Dronavalli, Lagno and Khotenashvili (who defeated Koneru).

Results of the 9th round

GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 0 – 1 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 0 – 1 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
GM Zhao Xue 2579 1 – 0 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 1 – 0 GM Koneru Humpy 2607
WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 0 – 1 GM Danielian Elina 2470
WGM Girya Olga 2439 ½ – ½ WGM Ju Wenjun 2535

Standings after 9 rounds

1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 6.5
2 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO 5.5
3 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND 5.5
4 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 5.5
5 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 5
6 GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN 4.5
7 WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS 4.5
8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL 4.5
9 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS 4
10 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM 4
11 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB 3
12 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ 1.5

Pairings of the 10th round

GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2535
GM Danielian Elina 2470 – WGM Girya Olga 2439
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 – IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 – GM Zhao Xue 2579
GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293

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GM Koneru from India won again (this time against GM Zhao Xue) and increased her lead (6.5 points from 8 games).

Results of the 8th round

GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 0 – 1 WGM Girya Olga 2439
WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 ½ – ½ WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307
GM Danielian Elina 2470 ½ – ½ IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 – 0 GM Zhao Xue 2579
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 ½ – ½ WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 ½ – ½ GM Dronavalli Harika 2475

Standings after 8 rounds

1 GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND 6.5
2 GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND 5.5
3 GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR 5.5
4 IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO 4.5
5 WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN 4.5
6 WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS 4
7 GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN 3.5
8 GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL 3.5
9 WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB 3
10 GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS 3
11 GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM 3
12 WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ 1.5

Today is a rest day!

Pairings of the 9th round

GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 – GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
GM Zhao Xue 2579 – GM Lagno Kateryna 2532
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 – GM Koneru Humpy 2607
WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 – GM Danielian Elina 2470
WGM Girya Olga 2439 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2535

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