Elina Danielian 1.5 points ahead of others at sixth women's chess grand prix

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Hi everyone,

One thing seems pretty clear for now. Elina Danielian is supposedly going to run away with the sixth Women's Chess Grand Prix currently on in Doha, Qatar.

Girls from the chess club in Qatar kibitz the game between Humpy Koneru and Maia Chiburdanidze.

She has a comfortable 1.5 lead over the others which include five straight wins and a draw with fellow Armenian player Lilit Mkrtchian.

Rank after round 6
Rank	SNo.		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	Res.	SB
1	8	GM	Danielian Elina	2454	ARM	*		1			1	1	1			1	½	5½	0	15.00
2	3	GM	Cramling Pia	2516	SWE		*		½	½	1			1	½		½	4	0	10.25
3	5	GM	Sebag Marie	2489	FRA	0		*	½	1					1	1	½	4	0	9.75
4	1	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	IND		½	½	*	1	0		1	½				3½	0	10.50
5	2	IM	Fierro Baquero Martha L	2363	ECU		½	0	0	*	1			½	1			3	1	8.00
6	12	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2550	GEO	0	0		1	0	*	1				1		3	0	8.00
7	7	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2410	MGL	0					0	*	1		1	0	½	2½	1	5.50
8	6	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2502	GEO	0			0			0	*		½	1	1	2½	0	5.00
9	4	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2546	BUL		0		½	½				*	0	0	1	2	1	5.25
	11	GM	Zhu Chen	2495	QAT		½	0		0		0	½	1	*			2	1	5.25
11	9	GM	Xu Yuhua	2484	CHN	0		0			0	1	0	1		*		2	1	4.50
12	10	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2475	ARM	½	½	½				½	0	0			*	2	0	8.00

You can find more details at the official website here. In the sixth round, Nana Dzagnidze beat Xu Yuha, Zhu Chen lost to Batkhuyag Munguntuul, Koneru Humpy beat Maia Chiburdanidze, Martha Fierro lost to Marie Sebag and Pia Cramling beat Antoaneta Stefanova.

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