FIDE Women's Grand Prix Doha Qatar:update:Rounds 7-9

Since I last had a blog post, 3 rounds have been played in the FIDE Women's Grand Prix chess event in Doha, Qatar. Here were the results from round 7:

(the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):


Round 7 (March 1, 2011)
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Danielian, Elina - Zhu, Chen 1-0
Sebag, Marie - Cramling, Pia 1-0
Chiburdanidze, Maia - Fierro Baquero, Martha L. 1-0
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag - Koneru, Humpy 0-1
Stefanova, Antoaneta - Dzagnidze, Nana 0-1

Xu, Yuhua - Mkrtchian, Lilit 0-1 35

These results meant the standings after 7 rounds were as follows:

Here were the results from the eighth round of play:
(the player on the left had the white pieces in the game):

Round 8 (March 2, 2011)
Koneru, Humpy	- Danielian, Elina	1-0	42	D30	Queen's Gambit (without Nc3)
Dzagnidze, Nana	- Mkrtchian, Lilit	1-0	30	E15	Queens Indian
Cramling, Pia	- Chiburdanidze, Maia	½-½	44	A17	English Opening
Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	- Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	1-0	89	A20	English Opening
Stefanova, Antoaneta	- Sebag, Marie	½-½	65	D00	Queen's Pawn Game
Zhu, Chen	- Xu, Yuhua	½-½	44	E32	Nimzo Indian 4.Qc2

These results mean the following standings existed after 8 rounds of play:

6th Women GP Doha (QAT), 22 ii-5 iii 2011															cat. X (2490)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2454	*	0	1	1	.	.	1	½	.	1	1	1	6½	2752
2.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2607	1	*	½	0	½	1	1	.	½	.	1	.	5½	2618
3.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2489	0	½	*	.	1	1	.	½	½	1	.	1	5½	2632
4.	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2550	0	1	.	*	0	0	.	1	1	.	1	1	5	2575
5.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2516	.	½	0	1	*	½	½	½	1	½	.	.	4½	2545
6.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	m	ECU	2353	.	0	0	1	½	*	0	.	½	1	1	.	4	2514
7.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2502	0	0	.	.	½	1	*	1	.	½	0	1	4	2474
8.	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2475	½	.	½	0	½	.	0	*	0	.	½	1	3	2406
9.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2546	.	½	½	0	0	½	.	1	*	0	.	0	2½	2355
10.	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2495	0	.	0	.	½	0	½	.	1	*	0	½	2½	2328
11.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2410	0	0	.	0	.	0	1	½	.	1	*	0	2½	2349
12.	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2484	0	.	0	0	.	.	0	0	1	½	1	*	2½	2349

These results occurred in round 9

Round 9 (March 3, 2011)
Danielian, Elina	- Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	1-0	51	E62	King's Indian 6...Nc6
Sebag, Marie	- Dzagnidze, Nana	1-0	30	C60	Ruy Lopez
Chiburdanidze, Maia	- Stefanova, Antoaneta	½-½	51	D12	Slav Defence
Mkrtchian, Lilit	- Zhu, Chen	1-0	50	E90	King's Indian Classical
Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	- Cramling, Pia	1-0	37	B83	Sicilian Scheveningen
Xu, Yuhua	- Koneru, Humpy	½-½	106	B42	Sicilian Paulsen

These results mean the following standings exist after 9 rounds of play:

6th Women GP Doha (QAT), 22 ii-5 iii 2011															cat. X (2490)
					1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	0	1	2
1.	Danielian, Elina	g	ARM	2454	*	1	0	1	.	1	½	1	1	.	1	1	7½	2758
2.	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2489	0	*	½	1	1	.	½	1	.	½	1	1	6½	2663
3.	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2607	1	½	*	0	½	1	.	1	1	½	½	.	6	2603
4.	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2550	0	0	1	*	0	.	1	0	1	1	1	.	5	2524
5.	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2516	.	0	½	1	*	½	½	½	0	1	.	½	4½	2491
6.	Chiburdanidze, Maia	g	GEO	2502	0	.	0	.	½	*	1	1	0	½	1	½	4½	2482
7.	Mkrtchian, Lilit	m	ARM	2475	½	½	.	0	½	0	*	.	½	0	1	1	4	2451
8.	Fierro Baquero, Martha L.	m	ECU	2353	0	0	0	1	½	0	.	*	1	½	.	1	4	2464
9.	Munguntuul, Batkhuyag	m	MGL	2410	0	.	0	0	1	1	½	0	*	.	0	1	3½	2412
10.	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2546	.	½	½	0	0	½	1	½	.	*	0	0	3	2371
11.	Xu, Yuhua	g	CHN	2484	0	0	½	0	.	0	0	.	1	1	*	½	3	2378
12.	Zhu, Chen	g	QAT	2495	0	0	.	.	½	½	0	0	0	1	½	*	2½	2303

Here are the pairings for round 10 (the player on the left has the white pieces in the game):

Round 10 on 2011/03/04 at 15:00


GM Dzagnidze  - GM Zhu Chen
GM Koneru  - IM Mkrtchian
IM Fierro Baquero Martha L 2363 - GM Xu Yuhua 2484 9
GM Cramling Pia  - GM Danielian
4 GM Stefanova - IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag
5 GM Sebag - GM Chiburdanidze

One more round of play takes place after this round in this tournament.

Here are all of the moves from all of the games from rounds 7-9: