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Oh crap. Is there no good news in the world tonight to cheer me up a little bit? Stefanova lost her last round game to Dreev (tournament leader in Round 8), so she finishes with 4.5/9. 50% - not bad - but not so good, either. The final cross-table has not yet been posted at the official website, so I don't have final standings.

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GM Antoaneta Stefanova, the sole chess femme at this invitational, has not lost a game. She is at 4.5/8 and has moved up in the standings, with one round to go; she is either in 4th or 5th. Alexey Dreev is in clear first with 6.0 Georgiev Kiril is in clear second with 5.5 USA's Boris Gulko is in clear third with 5.0 Baadur Jobava and Stefanova each have 4.5