Update on the Hou Yifan/Zhu Chen game - Hou Yifan suffered some food poisoning and was unable to play. Zhu Chen agreed to a postponement of the game so today, a free day, the ladies will play their game. I totally empathize with Hou Yifan; I had a case of food poisoning years ago and I never want to go through something like that again! Awful awful awful.
The Week in Chess has reported that Hou Yifan won the game - and she is now in first place! Here are the revised standings after R8:
1. Hou Yifan g CHN 2577 * ½ ½ ½ . . ½ 1 . 1 1 1 6 2665
2. Koneru, Humpy g IND 2600 ½ * . . 1 1 1 . 0 ½ 1 ½ 5½ 2608
3. Kosintseva, Tatiana m RUS 2562 ½ . * 1 0 ½ ½ ½ 1 1 . . 5 2586
4. Zhao Xue g CHN 2462 ½ . 0 * 1 1 0 . ½ 1 . 1 5 2567
5. Stefanova, Antoaneta g BUL 2560 . 0 1 0 * ½ 1 1 1 ½ . . 5 2589
6. Chiburdanidze, Maia g GEO 2514 . 0 ½ 0 ½ * . 1 1 . 1 1 5 2575
7. Shen Yang wg CHN 2435 ½ 0 ½ 1 0 . * . 0 . ½ 1 3½ 2449
8. Xu Yuhua g CHN 2488 0 . ½ . 0 0 . * 1 ½ ½ 1 3½ 2440
9. Munguntuul, Batkhuyag wg MGL 2421 . 1 0 ½ 0 0 1 0 * . 0 . 2½ 2376
10. Zhu Chen g QAT 2476 0 ½ 0 0 ½ . . ½ . * 1 0 2½ 2359
11. Sebag, Marie g FRA 2519 0 0 . . . 0 ½ ½ 1 0 * ½ 2½ 2327
12. Yildiz, Betul Cemre wm TUR 2235 0 ½ . 0 . 0 0 0 . 1 ½ * 2 2315
Three more rounds to go. Here are the pairings for R9 tomorrow:
GM Zhu Chen 2476 - WGM Shen Yang 2435
GM Chiburdanidze Maia 2514 - GM Hou Yifan 2577
IM Munguntuul Batkhuyag 2421 - WIM Yildiz Betul Cemre 2235
GM Stefanova Antoaneta 2560 - GM Sebag Marie 2519
GM Kosintseva Tatiana 2562 - GM Koneru Humpy 2600
GM Zhao Xue 2462 - GM Xu Yuhua 2488
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