Only Georgian chess player Nana Dzagnidze and World’s current champion Hou Yifan remained in the 5th stage of the Grand Prix tournament after 6 rounds. The latter has 4.5 points and Dzagnidze is half a point behind her. In the 6th round Hou Yifan overcame her compatriot Zhu Venzhun. As for Dzagnidze, she beat another Chinese Xue Zhao. It should be noted, that Nana celebrated the 4th victory in the current tournament.
Technical results of the 6th round:
Antoaneta Stefanova- Elina Danielian 0.5:0.5
Nafisa Muminova- Alexandra Kosteniuk 0:1
Bela Khotenashvili - Anna Muzychuk 0:1
Humpy Koneru - Harika Dronavalli 1:0
Xue Zhao- Nana Dzagnidze 0:1
Hou Yifan – Zhu Venzhun 1:0
Situation after 6 rounds
1. Yifan - 5.5 points
2. Dzagnidze - 5
3-4. Venzhun, Muzychuk - 4-4
5-6. Dronovalli, Koneru - 3-3
7-8. Stefanova, Danielian - 3-3
9. Kosteniuk - 2
10-11. Xue, Khotenashvili - 1-1
12.Muminova - 0.5
June 26. The 7th round
Venzhun - Stefanova
Dzagnidze - Yifan
Dronovalli - Xue
Muzychuk - Koneru
Kosteniuk - Khotenashvili
Danielian - Muminova
Roland Labuchidze