Indian Grandmasters Humpy Koneru and Harika Dronavalli are joint leaders after the 5th round of the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is taking place in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Harika beat her team-mate from Mika Chess Club Yerevan GM Elina Danielian, while Koneru split the point with the former world champion Antoaneta Stefanova in the only drawn game of the day.
Koneru and Harika are on the top with 4,0/5 points each.
Replay games with computer analysis
Humpy Koneru
Harika Dronavalli
Round 5 results:
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 – GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 1 – 0
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 – GM Koneru Humpy 2607 ½ – ½
GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 – GM Danielian Elina 2470 1 – 0
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 1 – 0
GM Zhao Xue 2579 – WGM Girya Olga 2439 1 – 0
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 – WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 1 – 0
Round 5 standings:
1-2. GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND and GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND – 4,0
3-4. GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN and GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR – 3,5
5. IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO – 3,0
6. GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL – 2,5
7-9. WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB, WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN and WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS – 2,0
10. GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS – 1,5
11-12. WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ and GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM – 1,0
Round 6 pairings:
GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 – WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307
WGM Girya Olga 2439 – IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514
WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 – GM Zhao Xue 2579
GM Danielian Elina 2470 – WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293
GM Koneru Humpy 2607 – GM Dronavalli Harika 2475
GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496
