In the curious ninth round of the FIDE Women Grand Prix that is currently ongoing in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, top three placed players have all suffered losses, but Humpy Koneru continues to lead the standings full point ahead of the nearest followers.
Koneru erred immediately after the time control to quickly go down against the winner of the first FIDE Women Grand Prix in Geneva IM Bela Khotenashvili.
At the same time former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk defeated Harika Dronavalli, while Zhao Xue outplayed Kateryna Lagno.
Khotenashvili joined Dronavalli and Lagno on the shared second place.
Replay games with computer analysis
IM Bela Khotenashvili
Round 9 results:
GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 – GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 0 – 1
WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 – GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 0 – 1
GM Zhao Xue 2579 – GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 1 – 0
IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 – GM Koneru Humpy 2607 1 – 0
WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 – GM Danielian Elina 2470 0 – 1
WGM Girya Olga 2439 – WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 ½ – ½
Round 9 standings:
1. GM Koneru Humpy 2607 IND – 6,5
2-4. IM Khotenashvili Bela 2514 GEO, GM Dronavalli Harika 2475 IND and GM Lagno Kateryna 2532 UKR – 5,5
5. WGM Ju Wenjun 2535 CHN – 5,0
6-8. GM Zhao Xue 2579 CHN, WGM Girya Olga 2439 RUS and GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2496 BUL – 4,5
9-10. GM Kosteniuk Alexandra 2495 RUS and GM Danielian Elina 2470 ARM – 4,0
11. WGM Muminova Nafisa 2293 UZB – 3,0
12. WGM Nakhbayeva Guliskhan 2307 KAZ – 1,5
Round 10 pairings:
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
