2011 Aeroflot

While I've got a steak cooking and veggie in the microwae and rice going - whew - here's the latest on Aeroflot - hint - if you haven't figured it out, "w" means "woman" -- a female player.  So, the player in the #1 position is not necessarily a chess femme :)

There are four brave chess femmes competing in Group A - here are the standings I'm interested in after Round 5 which was held today (9 rounds total):

Group A (86 Players):

1 GM Le, Quang Liem 4.5 VIE M 2664 2988 +1.72 0 2638.8 1 1 1 1 ½
63 GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra w 2.0 RUS F 2498 2527 +0.18 0 2604.8 0 ½ ½ 0 1
74 WGM Ju, Wenjun w 1.5 CHN F 2514 2476 -0.25 0 2624.8 ½ ½ 0 0 ½
79 WGM Pogonina, Natalija w 1.5 RUS F 2472 2411 -0.40 0 2580.8 0 0 0 1 ½
84 WGM Paikidze, Nazi w 1.0 GEO F 2455 2347 -0.64 0 2605.3 ½ 0 0 0 ½

YOU GO, GIRLS! These femmes are not shrinking from the toughest competition, and they'll be better for it, in the short-run and in the long-run. I'm sure this old saying (proverb) is not quite right, but it's what my mom used to tell us when we were kids: You don't cut your eye-teeth on milk glass. Make of that what you will...

Group B (106 players):

1 GM Gomez, John Paul 4.5 PHI M 2527 2822 +1.52 0 2472.3 1 1 ½ 1 1
8 GM Zhao, Xue w 4.0 CHN F 2494 2653 +0.95 0 2429.5 1 1 ½ 1 ½
26 WGM Kochetkova, Julia w 3.0 SVK F 2311 2529 +1.48 0 2467.8 0 1 1 ½ ½
44 IM Romanko, Marina w 3.0 RUS F 2404 2580 +1.21 2 2500.3 ½ ½ 1 0 1
54 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya w 2.5 RUS F 2289 2422 +0.90 0 2424.8 0 ½ ½ 1 ½
55 WFM Mammadova, Gulnar Marfat q w 2.5 AZE F 2284 2417 +0.89 0 2423.3 0 1 ½ 0 1
76 Wang, Jue w 2.0 CHN F 2252 2370 +0.72 0 2440.8 ½ 0 1 ½ 0
80 WFM Bajt, Indira w 2.0 SLO F 2215 2343 +0.79 0 2408.8 0 ½ ½ 1 0
86 WIM Ivakhinova, Inna w 1.5 RUS F 2324 2308 -0.12 0 2473.0 0 ½ ½ 0 ½
88 WIM Charochkina, Daria w 1.5 RUS F 2314 2310 -0.05 0 2462.8 0 ½ 0 1 0
90 Guo, Qi w 1.5 CHN F 2310 2290 -0.13 0 2432.5 ½ ½ ½ 0 0
92 WGM Kovanova, Baira w 1.5 RUS F 2391 2231 -1.08 0 2362.5 0 ½ ½ 0 ½
100 WIM Dolzhykova, Kateryna w 1.0 UKR F 2303 2116 -1.13 0 2352.5 0 0 0 1 0
103 WFM Saduakassova, Dinara w 0.5 KAZ F 2225 2054 -0.77 -2 2402.0 ½ 0 0 0 0
106 WFM Adamowicz, Katarzyna w 0.5 POL F 2103 1962 -0.63 0 2310.5 0 0 0 0 ½

Group C (106 players):

1 Jensen, Bjarke 5.0 DEN M 2258 2918 +2.01 13.5 1 1 1 1 1
6 WGM Burtasova, Anna w 4.0 RUS F 2294 2414 +0.71 16.5 1 1 1 1 0
10 WFM Repina, Varvara w 4.0 RUS F 2280 2316 +0.21 11.0 0 1 1 1 1
18 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina w 3.5 RUS F 2120 2218 +0.47 13.0 1 0 1 ½ 1
25 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina w 3.0 RUS F 2296 2238 -0.35 15.5 1 ½ 1 0 ½
28 Xu, Huahua w 3.0 CHN F 2104 2159 +0.30 14.5 1 0 1 ½ ½
30 Rjanova, Valery w 3.0 RUS F 2156 2153 +0.08 14.0 1 0 1 1 0
35 WCM Enkhtuul, Altanulzii w 3.0 MGL F 2119 2247 +0.95 12.5 1 1 1 0 0
48 Dogodkina, Julia w 2.5 RUS F 2070 2261 +1.24 15.0 1 0 ½ 1 0
58 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra w 2.5 RUS F 2199 1969 -1.41 11.5 ½ 0 1 1 0
66 WFM Shustaeva, Natalia w 2.0 RUS F 2105 1534 -0.57 15.5 1 0 1 0 0
78 Anu, Bayar w 2.0 MGL F 1957 1973 +0.01 11.5 0 ½ ½ 0 1
81 Polozova, Marina w 2.0 RUS F 0 1905 1905 10.0 0 0 1 0 1
98 Khalilova, Khadija Gyunduz w 1.0 AZE F 1702 1793 +0.37 12.5 0 ½ ½ 0 0
99 Saikhanzaya, Ganbaatar w 1.0 MGL F 1704 1776 +0.30 11.0 0 0 0 1 0