It's unusual for Hou Yifan to lose two games in a row, but the World champion has already demonstrated shaky form in recent months.
Four decisive games from five, makes day six the most blood-thirsty round so far. Dronavilli Harika has finally broken her run of draws!
The summary of round 6:
White | Elo | Result | Black | Elo | |||
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Nana Dzagnidze | 2537 | ½-½ | Zhao Xue | 2470 | |||
Nadezhda Kosintseva | 2560 | 1-0 | Anna Zatonskih | 2522 | |||
Hou Yifan | 2575 | 0-1 | Ju Wenjun | 2515 | |||
Marie Sebag | 2510 | 1-0 | Tatiana Kosintseva | 2557 | |||
Dronavalli Harika | 2513 | 1-0 | Zhu Chen | 2485 |
The standings after six rounds: