A Chinese pair ahead

Ruan Lufei before her third win

Hou Yifan and Ruan Lufei were the winners in today's seventh round, and thus moved into the joint lead on 5/7. Anna Muzychuk and Zhao Xue, the latter of whom has drawn five games in a row, are just behind in equal third place.

The Round 7 summary:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Anna Muzychuk	SLO	2545	½-½	Zhu Chen	QAT	2490
Tan Zhongyi	CHN	2429	0-1	Hou Yifan	CHN	2578
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525	½-½	Zhao Xue	CHN	2497
Ruan Lufei	CHN	2477	1-0	Betul Cemre Yildiz	TUR	2308
Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536	½-½	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2465
Elina Danielian	ARM	2517	½-½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421

Here is the table after the seventh round:

Rank	Name	Title	Co	Elo	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	Total
1-2	Hou Yifan	GM	CHN	2578	*	.	½	½	1	.	.	½	1	.	1	½	5
1-2	Ruan Lufei	WGM	CHN	2477	.	*	.	.	.	½	½	½	½	1	1	1	5
3-4	Anna Muzychuk	IM	SLO	2545	½	.	*	½	.	.	.	½	½	1	½	1	4½
3-4	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2497	½	.	½	*	½	.	½	½	1	.	.	1	4½
5	Tan Zhongyi	WGM	CHN	2429	0	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	½	½	1	1	4
6-8	Ju Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2536	.	½	.	.	½	*	½	1	½	0	½	.	3½
6-8	Viktorija Cmilyte	GM	LTU	2525	.	½	.	½	.	½	*	.	0	1	½	½	3½
6-8	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2490	½	½	½	½	.	0	.	*	.	1	.	½	3½
9	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	IM	MGL	2465	0	½	½	0	½	½	1	.	*	.	.	.	3
10-11	Elina Danielian	GM	ARM	2517	.	0	0	.	½	1	0	0	.	*	½	.	2
10-11	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	IM	RUS	2421	0	0	½	.	0	½	½	.	.	½	*	.	2
12	Betul Cemre Yildiz	WIM	TUR	2308	½	0	0	0	0	.	½	½	.	.	.	*	1½

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