Saturday, February 23, 2008
2008 Aeroflot
Final standings after Round 9 (Women). Round 9 final standings for the B and C Groups were reported on February 21st.
Group A1 (66 players):
32 WGM Hou, Yifan 4.5 CHN 2527 2605
47 IM Sebag, Marie 4.0 FRA 2510 2551
Susan Polgar reported that Hou Yifan earned a GM norm by finishing at 50% with a performance rating of 2605. She finished in very good company:
29 GM Dyachkov, Sergej 4.5 RUS 2559 2613
30 GM Frolyanov, Dmitry 4.5 RUS 2544 2615
31 GM Romanov, Evgeny 4.5 RUS 2543 2613
33 GM Bindrich, Falko 4.5 GER 2497 2591
34 GM Khalifman, Alexander 4.5 RUS 2638 2557
35 GM Lysyj, Igor 4.5 RUS 2593 2521
36 GM Evdokimov, Alexander A. 4.5 RUS 2569 2630
37 IM Safarli, Eltaj 4.5 AZE 2496 2576
38 GM Zhigalko, Andrey 4.5 BLR 2556 2597
39 GM Feller, Sebastien 4.5 FRA 2522 2605
40 GM Iordachescu, Viorel 4.5 MDA 2586 2566
Hou didn't finish in the prize money, which cut off after player 30, but she may have won a special prize for best female finish - I couldn't find any specific information at the Aeroflot website but there are provisions for such prizes in the general regulations.
Group A2 (92 players):
29 IM Ovod, Evgenija 5.0 RUS 2386 2532
48 IM Ushenina, Anna 4.5 UKR 2484 2437
53 Ju, Wenjun 4.0 CHN 2360 2435
63 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 4.0 RUS 2455 2385
75 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 3.5 MGL 2389 2368
78 IM Tairova, Elena 3.0 RUS 2386 2321
91 IM Harika, Dronavalli 2.5 IND 2455 2490
For finishing in 29th place, Ovod won $450 USD. The other ladies finished out of the money.
I could not find any news as to why Dronavalli dropped out of the tournament. She did not play in the last four rounds.
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