2010 Juniors and Girls U-20 World Chess Championships

Here are the top pairings for R12.  As you can see, many players are tied with 7.0/11.  I expect big battles on Boards 2 through 5.  On Board 1, Deysi Cori is a fine chess player, but I do not think she can win against Muzychuk who seems unstoppable at this point - she would have to lose Rs 12 and 13 in order for other players to catch up and I don't think that is going to happen!  The battle now is for second and third place:

1 [7.0] 2 2403 PER Cori Tello, Deysi Estela - Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2527 1 [10.0] 1
2 [8.0] 6 2298 GEO Guramishvili, Sopiko - Girya, Olga RUS 2376 3 [9.0] 2
3 [8.5] 11 2275 IND Padmini, Rout - Melekhina, Alisa USA 2265 12 [8.0] 3
4 [7.0] 5 2326 GER Ohme, Melanie - Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2290 8 [7.5] 4
5 [7.5] 13 2260 AZE Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat - Corke, Anya ENG 2257 14 [7.0] 5
6 [7.0] 4 2341 RUS Severiukhina, Zoja - Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan KAZ 2216 20 [7.0] 6
7 [7.0] 16 2249 IND Bhakti, Kulkarni Pradip - Ziaziulkina, Nastassia BLR 2293 7 [7.0] 7
8 [7.0] 34 2133 UKR Andrenko, Irina - Warakomska, Anna POL 2192 25 [7.0] 8
9 [7.0] 26 2182 GRE Pavlidou, Ekaterini - Olsarova, Tereza CZE 2252 15 [6.5] 9

Here are the current standings:

1 1 IM Muzychuk, Anna SLO 2527 10.0 0.00 22713 60.0 2638 0.98
2 3 WGM Girya, Olga RUS 2376 9.0 0.00 22727 54.5 2519 1.79
3 11 WGM Padmini, Rout IND 2275 8.5 0.00 22765 54.0 2465 2.71
4 12 WIM Melekhina, Alisa USA 2265 8.0 0.00 22144 49.0 2371 1.48
5 6 WGM Guramishvili, Sopiko GEO 2298 8.0 0.00 22040 47.5 2362 0.93
6 13 WFM Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat AZE 2260 7.5 0.00 22994 50.0 2407 2.20
7 8 WIM Muminova, Nafisa UZB 2290 7.5 0.00 22649 51.5 2379 1.37
8 16 CM Bhakti, Kulkarni Pradip IND 2249 7.0 0.00 22478 47.0 2321 1.12
9 7 WIM Ziaziulkina, Nastassia BLR 2293 7.0 0.00 22300 45.5 2317 0.37
10 20 WIM Nakhbayeva, Guliskhan KAZ 2216 7.0 0.00 22152 46.0 2287 1.13
11 5 WIM Ohme, Melanie GER 2326 7.0 0.00 22096 47.0 2299 -0.38
12 26 WIM Pavlidou, Ekaterini GRE 2182 7.0 0.00 22048 46.5 progr 2215 1.35
13 4 WIM Severiukhina, Zoja RUS 2341 7.0 0.00 21811 44.0 2274 -0.90
14 34 WIM Andrenko, Irina UKR 2133 7.0 0.00 21513 39.5 2217 1.33
15 14 WGM Corke, Anya ENG 2257 7.0 0.00 21341 43.0 2217 -0.48
16 25 WFM Warakomska, Anna POL 2192 7.0 0.00 21258 43.5 2178 0.37
17 2 WGM Cori Tello, Deysi Estela PER 2403 7.0 0.00 21124 36.0 2196 -2.21

A side note: Why is it that India managed to send three young ladies to the U-20 Girls and the USA only mustered one?  Azerbaijan, not exactly a rich country, has two young ladies.  Mexico, not a hotbed of chess, has one young lady - who came without a FIDE rating!  Peru, another poor country, sent Deysi Cori and her brother, Jorge, who is playing in the Juniors and doing well, currently in 18th place with 7.0 out of 121 players.