All Women Cairns Cup at St. Louis Chess Club

Hola!  Sorry for not reporting this as soon as it happened.  The tournament has wrapped up and was won by GM Koneru Humpy of India, who takes home $45,000 for her efforts.  Well done! 

2020 Cairns Cup

Pairings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Rankings 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 List by federation  ---------- CHN GEO IND RUS UKR USA   Cross table

Final

Rank	Name	Score	Fed.	M/F	Rating	TPR	W-We	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
1	GM Koneru, Humpy	6.0	IND	F	2580	2627	+0.55	1	0	½	½	1	1	½	1	½
2	GM Ju, Wenjun	5.5	CHN	F	2583	2582	+0.02	½	½	½	1	1	½	½	0	1
3	GM Muzychuk, Mariya	5.0	UKR	F	2552	2548	-0.08	½	1	½	½	0	½	1	½	½
4	GM Kosteniuk, Alexandra	5.0	RUS	F	2504	2554	+0.59	½	1	0	1	1	0	½	1	0
5	GM Lagno, Kateryna	4.5	RUS	F	2552	2505	-0.58	½	1	½	½	0	½	½	½	½
6	GM Harika, Dronavalli	4.5	IND	F	2518	2509	-0.09	½	½	1	½	0	½	½	½	½
7	GM Dzagnidze, Nana	4.0	GEO	F	2515	2466	-0.59	1	½	1	½	0	½	½	0	0
8	GM Krush, Irina	4.0	USA	F	2422	2477	+0.69	½	½	0	½	0	½	½	½	1
9	FM Yip, Carissa	4.0	USA	F	2412	2478	+0.82	0	0	0	0	1	1	½	1	½
10	GM Gunina, Valentina	2.5	RUS	F	2461	2349	-1.33	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	½

Generated by Swiss Master for Windows on 17-02-2020 at 08:10

All Women Cairns Cup Update from St. Louis Chess Club

Hola!  Don't know why, maybe some folks are sleeping in late after celebrating Valentine's Day last evening :)  Whatever the reason, the Results/Standings after Round 7 haven't been updated.  But ever the intrepid researcher, I found the results from Round 7 and the match-ups for Round 8:

Standings (scroll down to see all 10 results)

Rank	Name	Score	Rating

1	Ju, Wenjun	4½/7	2583
2	Koneru, Humpy	4½/7	2580
3	Muzychuk, Mariya	4/7	2552
4	Dzagnidze, Nana	4/7	2515
5	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	4/7	2504
6	Lagno, Kateryna	3½/7	2552
7	Harika, Dronavalli	3½/7	2518
8	Krush, Irina	2½/7	2422
9	Yip, Carissa	2½/7	2412
10	Gunina, Valentina	2/7	2461

10 players Average rating: 2510

Round 8 Match-Ups:

	White	Evaluation	Black

1	GM Ju, Wenjun (4½) 2583	— —		IM Yip, Carissa (2½) 2412
2	GM Koneru, Humpy (4½) 2580	— —		GM Gunina, V. (2) 2461
3	GM Muzychuk, M. (4) 2552	— —		GM Harika, D. (3½) 2518
4	GM Dzagnidze, N. (4) 2515	— —		GM Kosteniuk, A. (4) 2504
5	GM Lagno, K. (3½) 2552	— —		GM Krush, Irina (2½) 2422

Round 8 begins at 1:00 p.m. today, live coverage at U.S. Chesschamps.