One point lead for Danielian at Doha Women's Chess Grand Prix with two rounds to go

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Great performance: Elina Danielian

Hi everyone,

After having beaten Elina Danielian in the eighth round to narrow the lead, Koneru Humpy ended up settling for a draw in the ninth round to fall back again at the FIDE Women Grand Prix in Doha, Qatar. Elina Danielian leads by a point after nine of eleven rounds. Humpy Koneru missed a win against Xu Yuhua and that is sad for her qualification for the world title match.

The 6th and final tournament of the 2009-2011 FIDE Women Grand Prix Series takes place February 22nd-March 5th in Doha, Qatar.

It’s a 12-player round-robin.

Here are the standings after Round 9 which saw Chiburdanidze drawing with Stefanova, Danielian beating Fierro, Mkrtchian beating Zhu Chen, Munguntuul beating Cramling, Sebag beating Dzagnidze and Yuhua drawing with Humpy.

1	GM	Danielian Elina	7½
2	GM	Sebag Marie	6½
3	GM	Koneru Humpy	6
4	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	5
5	GM	Cramling Pia	4½
6	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	4½
7	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	4
8	IM	Fierro Baquero Martha L	4
9	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	3½
10	GM	Xu Yuhua	3
11	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	3
12	GM	Zhu Chen	2½

You can find more information at the official website.

Here some nice games from Rounds 8 and 9. Enjoy.

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