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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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Standings after Round 8 (Women): Group A1: 28 WGM Hou, Yifan 4.5 CHN 2527 40 IM Sebag, Marie 4.0 FRA 2510 According to Susan Polgar's blog, both of these chess femmes are on pace to score a GM norm. Group A2: 36 IM Ovod, Evgenija 4.5 RUS 2386 45 IM Ushenina, Anna 4.0 UKR 2484 53 Ju, Wenjun 4.0 CHN 2360 66 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 3.5 MGL 2389 71 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 3.0 RUS 2455 78 IM Tairova, Elena 3.0 RUS 2386 82 IM Harika, Dronavalli 2.5 IND 2455 (Dronavalli has not played in the last 3 rounds, she must have dropped out of the tournament). Group B (Final standings, after Round 9): 8 WFM Gunina, Valentina 6.5 RUS 2295 2531 +2.86 14 IM Vasilevich, Irina 6.0 RUS 2378 2430 +0.60 16 WGM Romanko, Marina 6.0 RUS 2322 2408 +1.01 18 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 6.0 GEO 2311 2470 +1.92 31 Zhang, Xiaowen 5.5 CHN 2309 2415 +1.34 38 WGM Kovanova, Baira 5.5 RUS 2348 2328 -0.22 65 WGM Kursova, Maria 4.5 RUS 2333 2272 -0.75 70 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 4.5 MGL 2256 2353 +1.19 73 Zenyuk, Iryna 4.5 USA 2227 2317 +1.11 75 WIM Charochkina, Daria 4.5 RUS 2383 2306 -0.96 77 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 4.5 RUS 2317 2296 -0.24 79 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 4.5 RUS 2267 2230 -0.44 100 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 3.5 RUS 2276 2245 -0.40 103 WIM Iljushina, Olga 3.5 RUS 2268 2227 -0.52 106 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 3.5 RUS 2222 2225 +0.02 110 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 3.5 RUS 2201 2218 +0.19 114 WFM Gasik, Anna 3.0 POL 2200 2168 -0.37 116 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 3.0 RUS 2204 2147 -0.65 133 Lestari, Baiq Vina 1.0 INA 2263 1891 -3.73 Group C (Final standings, after Round 9): 24 Kushka, Alena 6.0 RUS 2052 2206 +1.50 40 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 5.5 RUS 2160 2150 -0.01 52 Jussupow, Ekaterina 5.0 GER 2030 2144 +1.24 54 WIM Grigorova, Irina 5.0 RUS 2143 2084 -0.53 61 Batzaya, Yanjav 5.0 MGL 2039 2093 +0.37 63 Chkartina, Gerhana 4.5 INA 0 2095 2095 69 Gvilava, Maya 4.5 RUS 2039 1945 -0.66 80 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 4.0 RUS 2051 2092 +0.28 83 Korytina, Natalia 4.0 KAZ 1995 1802 -1.29 84 Yakupova, Aysyla 4.0 RUS 2003 1978 -0.23 101 Tomnikova, Lidia 3.5 RUS 1888 1929 +0.24 102 Severina, Maria 3.5 RUS 1918 1954 +0.15 113 Mukhina, Marina 3.5 RUS F 1872 1829 -0.16 118 Golban, Ludmila 3.0 MDA 1910 1895 -0.20 126 Estheria, Liana 2.5 INA 0 1778 1778 127 Artemenko, Rimma 2.5 RUS 1571 1602 +0.18 129 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2.5 KAZ 0 1692 1692 130 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 2.5 RUS 1702 1317 -0.33 134 Duc, Marie 2.0 FRA 0 1639 1639 135 Zheleva, Milena 2.0 BUL 0 937 937 136 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 2.0 BUL 0 1155 1155

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Standings after Round 7 (Women): Group A1: 26 WGM Hou, Yifan 4.0 CHN 2527 40 IM Sebag, Marie 3.5 FRA 2510 Group A2: 24 IM Ovod, Evgenija 4.5 RUS 2386 40 IM Ushenina, Anna 3.5 UKR 2484 54 Ju, Wenjun 3.5 CHN 2360 69 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 3.0 MGL 2389 70 IM Tairova, Elena 3.0 RUS 2386 72 IM Harika, Dronavalli 2.5 IND 2455 73 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2.5 RUS 2455 Group B (after Round 8): 5 IM Vasilevich, Irina 6.0 RUS 2378 17 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 5.5 GEO 2311 18 WFM Gunina, Valentina 5.5 RUS 2295 22 WGM Kovanova, Baira 5.0 RUS 2348 26 WGM Romanko, Marina 5.0 RUS 2322 29 Zhang, Xiaowen 5.0 CHN 2309 56 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 4.5 MGL 2256 60 WIM Charochkina, Daria 4.0 RUS 2383 69 WGM Kursova, Maria 4.0 RUS 2333 81 Zenyuk, Iryna 4.0 USA 2227 86 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 3.5 RUS 2317 91 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 3.5 RUS 2267 94 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 3.5 RUS 2201 104 WIM Iljushina, Olga 3.0 RUS 2268 112 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 3.0 RUS 2222 119 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 2.5 RUS 2276 127 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 2.0 RUS 2204 128 WFM Gasik, Anna 2.0 POL 2200 133 Lestari, Baiq Vina 1.0 INA 2263 Group C (after Round 8): 15 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 5.5 RUS 2160 31 WIM Grigorova, Irina 5.0 RUS 2143 38 Kushka, Alena 5.0 RUS 2052 56 Chkartina, Gerhana 4.5 INA 0 70 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 4.0 RUS 2051 72 Batzaya, Yanjav 4.0 MGL 2039 74 Jussupow, Ekaterina 4.0 GER 2030 76 Korytina, Natalia 4.0 KAZ 1995 87 Gvilava, Maya 3.5 RUS 2039 89 Yakupova, Aysyla 3.5 RUS 2003 92 Severina, Maria 3.5 RUS 1918 93 Tomnikova, Lidia 3.5 RUS 1888 105 Golban, Ludmila 3.0 MDA 1910 119 Mukhina, Marina 2.5 RUS 1872 120 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 2.5 RUS 1702 121 Artemenko, Rimma 2.5 RUS 1571 122 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 2.5 KAZ 0 124 Estheria, Liana 2.5 INA 0 130 Duc, Marie 2.0 FRA 0 134 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 2.0 BUL 0 135 Zheleva, Milena 2.0 BUL 0

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Standings after Round 5 (Women): Group A1: 40 WGM Hou, Yifan 2.5 CHN 2527 43 IM Sebag, Marie 2.5 FRA 2510 Group A2: 27 IM Ushenina, Anna 3.0 UKR 2484 35 IM Ovod, Evgenija 3.0 RUS 2386 50 IM Harika, Dronavalli 2.5 IND 2455 56 Ju, Wenjun 2.5 CHN 2360 63 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 2.0 RUS 2455 82 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 1.5 MGL 2389 83 IM Tairova, Elena 1.5 RUS 2386 Group B (after Round 6): 8 IM Vasilevich, Irina 4.5 RUS 2378 11 WGM Kovanova, Baira 4.5 RUS 2348 12 WGM Romanko, Marina 4.5 RUS 2322 14 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 4.5 GEO 2311 31 WFM Gunina, Valentina 4.0 RUS 2295 43 WGM Kursova, Maria 3.5 RUS 2333 47 Zhang, Xiaowen 3.5 CHN 2309 51 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 3.5 MGL 2256 57 WIM Charochkina, Daria 3.0 RUS 2383 79 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 3.0 RUS 2222 90 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2.5 RUS 2317 95 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 2.5 RUS 2276 99 Zenyuk, Iryna 2.5 USA 2227 112 WIM Iljushina, Olga 2.0 RUS 2268 113 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 2.0 RUS 2267 125 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 1.5 RUS 2201 126 WFM Gasik, Anna 1.5 POL F 2200 129 Lestari, Baiq Vina 1.0 INA 2263 133 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 1.0 RUS 2204 Group C (after Round 6): 4 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 5.0 RUS 2160 26 WIM Grigorova, Irina 4.0 RUS 2143 36 Kushka, Alena 4.0 RUS 2052 67 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 3.0 RUS 2051 69 Batzaya, Yanjav 3.0 MGL 2039 70 Gvilava, Maya 3.0 RUS 2039 72 Jussupow, Ekaterina 3.0 GER 2030 73 Yakupova, Aysyla 3.0 RUS 2003 76 Golban, Ludmila 3.0 MDA 1910 89 Korytina, Natalia 2.5 KAZ 1995 92 Tomnikova, Lidia 2.5 RUS 1888 97 Chkartina, Gerhana 2.5 INA 0 108 Severina, Maria 2.0 RUS 1918 114 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 2.0 RUS 1702 115 Artemenko, Rimma 2.0 RUS 1571 118 Duc, Marie 2.0 FRA 0 127 Mukhina, Marina 1.5 RUS 1872 128 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 1.5 KAZ 0 135 Estheria, Liana 1.0 INA 0 138 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 1.0 BUL 0 139 Zheleva, Milena 1.0 BUL 0

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Standings after Round 4 (Women): Group A1: 42 WGM Hou, Yifan 2.0 CHN 2527 44 IM Sebag, Marie 2.0 FRA 2510 Group A2: 26 IM Ushenina, Anna 2.5 UKR 2484 36 IM Ovod, Evgenija 2.5 RUS 2386 49 IM Harika, Dronavalli 2.0 IND 2455 58 Ju, Wenjun 2.0 CHN 2360 66 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1.5 RUS 2455 73 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 1.5 MGL 2389 83 IM Tairova, Elena 1.0 RUS 2386 Group B (After Round 5): 3 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 4.5 GEO 2311 11 WFM Gunina, Valentina 4.0 RUS 2295 16 IM Vasilevich, Irina 3.5 RUS 2378 21 WGM Kovanova, Baira 3.5 RUS 2348 23 WGM Kursova, Maria 3.5 RUS 2333 25 WGM Romanko, Marina 3.5 RUS 2322 35 WIM Charochkina, Daria 3.0 RUS 2383 62 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2.5 RUS 2317 66 Zhang, Xiaowen 2.5 CHN 2309 71 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 2.5 RUS 2276 75 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 2.5 MGL 2256 80 Zenyuk, Iryna 2.5 USA 2227 101 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 2.0 RUS 2222 116 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 1.5 RUS 2201 122 WIM Iljushina, Olga 1.0 RUS 2268 123 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 1.0 RUS 2267 125 Lestari, Baiq Vina 1.0 INA 2263 131 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 1.0 RUS 2204 132 WFM Gasik, Anna 1.0 POL 2200 Group C (After Round 5): 6 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 4.0 RUS 2160 41 WIM Grigorova, Irina 3.0 RUS 2143 52 Kushka, Alena 3.0 RUS 2052 53 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 3.0 RUS 2051 55 Gvilava, Maya 3.0 RUS 2039 57 Jussupow, Ekaterina 3.0 GER 2030 58 Golban, Ludmila 3.0 MDA 1910 73 Korytina, Natalia 2.5 KAZ 1995 77 Tomnikova, Lidia 2.5 RUS 1888 79 Chkartina, Gerhana 2.5 INA 0 89 Batzaya, Yanjav 2.0 MGL 2039 90 Yakupova, Aysyla 2.0 RUS 2003 95 Severina, Maria 2.0 RUS 1918 101 Artemenko, Rimma 2.0 RUS 1571 115 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 1.5 RUS 1702 125 Mukhina, Marina 1.0 RUS 1872 127 Duc, Marie 1.0 FRA 0 128 Estheria, Liana 1.0 INA 0 135 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 1.0 BUL 0 136 Zheleva, Milena 1.0 BUL 0 137 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 0.5 KAZ 0

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Women's standings after Round 2: Group A1: 24 WGM Hou, Yifan 1.5 CHN 2527 25 IM Sebag, Marie 1.5 FRA 2510 Group A2: 4 IM Ushenina, Anna 2.0 UKR 2484 27 IM Harika, Dronavalli 1.5 IND 2455 35 Ju, Wenjun 1.5 CHN 2360 51 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 1.0 RUS 2455 79 IM Ovod, Evgenija 0.5 RUS 2386 90 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 0.0 MGL 2389 91 IM Tairova, Elena 0.0 RUS 2386 Group B (standings are after Round 3 for this Group): 19 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 2.5 GEO 2311 20 Zhang, Xiaowen 2.5 CHN 2309 21 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 2.5 MGL 2256 28 WIM Charochkina, Daria 2.0 RUS 2383 34 WGM Kovanova, Baira 2.0 RUS 2348 37 WGM Kursova, Maria 2.0 RUS 2333 40 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 2.0 RUS 2317 44 WFM Gunina, Valentina 2.0 RUS 2295 47 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 2.0 RUS 2276 57 IM Vasilevich, Irina 1.5 RUS 2378 61 WGM Romanko, Marina 1.5 RUS 2322 84 Zenyuk, Iryna 1.5 USA 2227 102 WIM Iljushina, Olga 1.0 RUS 2268 105 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 1.0 RUS 2222 120 Lestari, Baiq Vina 0.5 INA 2263 123 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 0.5 RUS 2204 124 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 0.5 RUS 2201 125 WFM Gasik, Anna 0.5 POL 2200 130 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 0.0 RUS 2267 Group C: 40 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 1.5 RUS 2051 41 Jussupow, Ekaterina 1.5 GER 2030 45 Chkartina, Gerhana 1.5 INA 0 55 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 1.0 RUS 2160 59 WIM Grigorova, Irina 1.0 RUS 2143 71 Kushka, Alena 1.0 RUS 2052 75 Batzaya, Yanjav 1.0 MGL 2039 76 Gvilava, Maya 1.0 RUS 2039 78 Yakupova, Aysyla 1.0 RUS 2003 79 Korytina, Natalia 1.0 KAZ 1995 85 Golban, Ludmila 1.0 MDA 1910 94 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 1.0 BUL 0 104 Severina, Maria 0.5 RUS 1918 105 Tomnikova, Lidia 0.5 RUS 1888 106 Mukhina, Marina 0.5 RUS 1872 108 Artemenko, Rimma 0.5 RUS 1571 109 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 0.5 KAZ 0 113 Duc, Marie 0.5 FRA 0 126 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 0.0 RUS 1702 132 Estheria, Liana 0.0 INA 0 139 Zheleva, Milena 0.0 BUL 0

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Standings after Round 1: Group A1: 19 IM Sebag, Marie 1.0 FRA 2510 45 WGM Hou, Yifan 0.5 CHN 2527 Group A2: 14 IM Ushenina, Anna 1.0 UKR 2484 23 IM Harika, Dronavalli 1.0 IND 2455 65 Ju, Wenjun 0.5 CHN F 2360 75 IM Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina 0.0 RUS 2455 86 WGM Mongontuul, Bathuyag 0.0 MGL 2389 87 IM Ovod, Evgenija 0.0 RUS 2386 88 IM Tairova, Elena 0.0 RUS 2386 Group B: 5 WIM Charochkina, Daria 1.0 RUS 2383 7 IM Vasilevich, Irina 1.0 RUS 2378 26 WFM Bodnaruk, Anastasia 1.0 RUS 2317 31 WFM Paikidze, Nazi 1.0 GEO 2311 33 Zhang, Xiaowen 1.0 CHN 2309 37 FM Gunina, Valentina 1.0 RUS 2295 41 WIM Kashlinskaya, Alina 1.0 RUS 2276 43 WIM Yanjindulam, Dulamsuren 1.0 MGL 2256 46 Zenyuk, Iryna 1.0 USA 2227 58 WGM Kovanova, Baira 0.5 RUS 2348 62 WGM Kursova, Maria 0.5 RUS 2333 64 WGM Romanko, Marina 0.5 RUS 2322 113 WIM Iljushina, Olga 0.0 RUS 2268 114 WIM Tarasova, Viktoriya 0.0 RUS 2267 116 Lestari, Baiq Vina 0.0 INA 2263 122 WIM Kharashuta, Ekaterina 0.0 RUS 2222 128 WFM Kineva, Ekaterina 0.0 RUS 2204 129 WFM Nikolaeva, Alexandra 0.0 RUS 2201 130 WFM Gasik, Anna 0.0 POL 2200 Group C: 21 WIM Grigorova, Irina 1.0 RUS 2143 37 Kushka, Alena 1.0 RUS 2052 38 Kuznetsova, Tatiana 1.0 RUS 2051 43 Gvilava, Maya 1.0 RUS 2039 44 Jussupow, Ekaterina 1.0 GER 2030 48 Golban, Ludmila 1.0 MDA 1910 49 Chkartina, Gerhana 1.0 INA 0 73 Severina, Maria 0.5 RUS 1918 74 Tomnikova, Lidia 0.5 RUS 1888 75 Mukhina, Marina 0.5 RUS 1872 76 Abdumalik, Zhansaya 0.5 KAZ 0 89 WFM Fakhretdinova, Margarita 0.0 RUS 2160 98 Batzaya, Yanjav 0.0 MGL 2039 100 Yakupova, Aysyla 0.0 RUS 2003 102 Korytina, Natalia 0.0 KAZ 1995 116 Tikhomirova, Vera N. 0.0 RUS 1702 119 Artemenko, Rimma 0.0 RUS 1571 124 Duc, Marie 0.0 FRA 0 125 Estheria, Liana 0.0 INA 0 137 Valeva, Zlatina Hristova 0.0 BUL 0 139 Zheleva, Iliana 0.0 BUL 0 140 Zheleva, Milena 0.0 BUL 0