2012 FIDE Women's World Chess Championship

It is SEMI FINALS time, and the action is fast and furious.  Without further ado, here are the results, darlings:

Round 5 Match 01
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)	1									1
Harika, Dronavalli (IND)	0									0
Round 5 Match 02
Ushenina, Anna (UKR)	½									0.5
Ju, Wenjun (CHN)	½									0.5

Can Stefanova win the title again?  The 33 year old was crowned the Women's Champion in 2004 and held the title until 2006.  At that time, I considered her in her peak form.  Her performances since then have been, for the most part, steady but not spectacular; however, her peak ELO rating of 2560 was achieved in May, 2010 so --. She is one of the pros who makes a living playing the circuit in Europe as well as in the European, EU and various women's and team championships, sometimes performing well enough to finish in the money.  She has made some Grand Prix appearances and also regularly plays on teams (such as the .  Stefanova is currently ranked 19th on the Top 100 Women list, with an ELO of 2491, certainly respectable in terms of her peers.  But, check this out:

2	Koneru, Humpy	g	IND	2610	7	1987
3	Hou, Yifan	g	CHN	2606	6	1994
4	Muzychuk, Anna	g	SLO	2586	6	1990
5	Zhao, Xue	g	CHN	2565	4	1985
6	Dzagnidze, Nana	g	GEO	2555	0	1987
7	Lahno, Kateryna	g	UKR	2553	15	1989
8	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	g	RUS	2539	0	1985
9	Cmilyte, Viktorija	g	LTU	2524	6	1983
10	Sebag, Marie	g	FRA	2521	0	1986
11	Gunina, Valentina	m	RUS	2517	10	1989
12	Cramling, Pia	g	SWE	2516	6	1963
13	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2515	0	1986
14	Harika, Dronavalli	g	IND	2512	7	1991
15	Khotenashvili, Bela	m	GEO	2504	0	1988
16	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2501	6	1984
17	Ju, Wenjun	wg	CHN	2501	4	1991
18	Ruan, Lufei	wg	CHN	2501	0	1987
19	Stefanova, Antoaneta	g	BUL	2491	5	1979

Nearly all of the players ranked above Stefanova on the Top 100 Women list were also playing in the FIDE 2012 WWCC - and all have been eliminated except for Harika Dronavalli (14th) and Ju Wenjun (17th)! Anna Ushenina is ranked 38th with an ELO of 2452!  I'm pretty sure that no one expected Stefanova, or the other semi-finalists for that matter, to have come this far, including me!  So, YOU GO, GIRLS! 

Obviously, Harika Dronavalli has her back against the chessly wall, and MUST win tomorrow in order to force a play-off.  Holy Hathor!  I'm not even going to venture an opinion here, I've been so wrong about SO many things in the course of this Championship, LOL!  So, I'm just gonna sit back and enjoy, darlings, and watch in amazement at whatever happens.