Chinese chess player Ruan Lufei (pictured above) became the fourth semi-finalist today at the FIDE Women's World Chess Championship. Lufei defeated Harika Dronavalli today in the first game of their playoff,the second game of their match was drawn, which means Lufei advances to the semi-final round!
| Name | FED | T | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rp1 | Rp2 | Bz1 | Bz2 | SD | Total | |
| Round 4 Match 01 | ||||||||||||
| Ruan, Lufei | CHN | WGM | 2480 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 2½ | Semi Final | |||
| Harika, Dronavalli | IND | IM | 2525 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | 1½ | ||||
| Round 4 Match 02 | ||||||||||||
This means the semifinal pairings are now set: These matches begin on Thursday, the second game of these matches will be played on Friday, with playoff games (if necessary) to be played this coming Sunday. Best wishes to all the players! According to Chessbase Megadatabase 2010, Ruan Lufei and Zhao Xue have played each other 7 times in their chess careers, with Lufei winning 4 of these games, Zhao Xue,
(pictured below)
won two of these games and the other game between the two players was a draw. The last game these two played against each other was last year, with Zhao Xue winning that game. According to Chessbase Megadatabase 2010, Humpy Koneru (pictured below)
and Hou Yifan (photo below)
have played each other 14 times in their chess careers, with Hou Yifan winning 6 of these games, Koneru has won two times, and the other 6 games have been drawn. Best wishes to all of the semi-finalists!
| Round 5 | ||||||||||||||
| Name | FED | T | Rtg | G1 | G2 | Rp1 | Rp2 | Bz1 | Bz2 | SD | Total | |||
| Round 5 Match 01 | ||||||||||||||
| Ruan, Lufei | CHN | WGM | 2480 | |||||||||||
| Zhao, Xue | CHN | GM | 2474 | |||||||||||
| Round 5 Match 02 | ||||||||||||||
| Koneru, Humpy | IND | GM | 2600 | |||||||||||
| Hou, Yifan | CHN | GM | 2591 | |||||||||||
