- PeterDoggers
- on 27.06.14 10:59.
Once again Hou Yifan is in a class of her own in a women's event. The 20-year-old Chinese grandmaster is 1.5 points ahead in Lopota, Georgia with three rounds to go. And, with a live rating of 2646.5, she is only 29.6 Elo points behind Judit Polgar on the women's rating list!
She is doing it again. Hou Yifan, the reigning Women's World Champion, won the Khanty-Mansiysk Grand Prix in April with 8.5/11 and a 2695 performance and now, in Lopota, Georgia she is again 1.5 points ahead of the field (good for a 2846 performance), with three rounds to go. On Saturday, the second and final rest day of the tournament, her last three opponents (Anna Muzychuk, Elina Danielian and Alexandra Kosteniuk) might want to have a good think about how to stop the Chinese lady.
We left the tournament after four rounds, when Hou Yifan topped the standings with 3.5 points. After enjoying an excursion to a winery on Monday, play proceeded on Tuesday with the fifth round. And the tournament leader continued winning, “reiterating the breathtaking pace from Khanty Mansyisk, as Alina l'Ami aptly described it.
Lopota GP 2014 | Round 8 Standings
| # | Name | Rtg | Perf | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 2 | Pts | SB |
| 1 | Hou,Yifan | 2629 | 2846 |  |
1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7.0/8 | ||||
| 2 | Ju,Wenjun | 2532 | 2651 | 0 | |
½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ½ | 5.5/8 | 17.25 | |||
| 3 | Dzagnidze,Nana | 2541 | 2656 | 0 | ½ | |
1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5.5/8 | 15.25 | |||
| 4 | Muzychuk,Anna | 2561 | 2586 | |
½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 1 | ½ | 1 | 1 | 5.0/8 | ||||
| 5 | Koneru,Humpy | 2613 | 2585 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
1 | 1 | ½ | ½ | 4.5/8 | 20.00 | |||
| 6 | Danielian,Elina | 2460 | 2544 | 0 | ½ | 1 | |
½ | ½ | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5/8 | 15.00 | |||
| 7 | Harika,Dronavalli | 2503 | 2566 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
1 | ½ | ½ | 1 | 4.5/8 | 14.00 | |||
| 8 | Stefanova,Antoaneta | 2488 | 2524 | 0 | 0 | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
1 | 1 | 1 | 4.0/8 | ||||
| 9 | Kosteniuk,Alexandra | 2532 | 2459 | ½ | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | 0 | |
1 | 1 | 3.5/8 | ||||
| 10 | Zhao,Xue | 2538 | 2358 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | ½ | 0 | |
½ | 2.0/8 | ||||
| 11 | Khotenashvili,Bela | 2518 | 2283 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ½ | ½ | 0 | ½ | |
1.5/8 | ||||
| 12 | Muminova,Nafisa | 2332 | 2061 | 0 | ½ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
0.5/8 |
