The final crosstable also shows that Kosintseva beat all her closest rivals.
Seat | Name | Rating | Country | Score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
1 | Kosintseva,T | 2524 | RUS | 9 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | = | = | 1 | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 |
2 | Hou Yifan | 2570 | CHN | 7.5 | 0 | X | 0 | = | 1 | = | 1 | = | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
3 | Dzagnidze,N | 2479 | GEO | 7 | 0 | 1 | X | = | = | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 |
4 | Cramling,P | 2523 | SWE | 7 | 0 | = | = | X | 1 | = | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 1 |
5 | Zhu Chen | 2476 | QAT | 5.5 | = | 0 | = | 0 | X | 1 | 0 | 1 | = | = | 1 | = |
6 | Koneru,H | 2622 | IND | 5.5 | = | = | = | = | 0 | X | 0 | 1 | 0 | = | 1 | 1 |
7 | Munguntuul,B | 2428 | MGL | 5.5 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 1 | X | 1 | 0 | 0 | = | 1 |
8 | Mkrtchian,L | 2503 | ARM | 5 | 0 | = | = | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | X | 1 | 1 | 1 | = |
9 | Zhao Xue | 2490 | CHN | 5 | = | 0 | = | = | = | 1 | 1 | 0 | X | 0 | 0 | 1 |
10 | Kovanova,B | 2385 | RUS | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | = | 1 | 0 | 1 | X | 1 | 1 |
11 | Yildiz,B | 2244 | TUR | 2.5 | = | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 1 | 0 | X | = |
12 | Danielian,E | 2491 | ARM | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | 0 | 0 | = | X |
The World number two Humpy Koneru must have been disappointed with only 50%.
Here is the ranking list of the World's leading female players. With this near 2700-performance Tatiana will gain a hatful of rating points and will even overtake the other Kosintseva, sister Nadezhda! In fact this remarkable gain of 27.7 points would take her to number four in the world, just above Stefanova:
May ranking | March ranking | Name | Country | rating |
1 | 1 | Judit Polgar | HUN | 2682 |
2 | 2 | Humpy Koneru | IND | 2622 |
3 | 3 | Hou Yifan | CHN | 2589 |
4 | 4 | Antoaneta Stefanova | BUL | 2560 |
5 | 5 | Nadezhda Kosintseva | RUS | 2553 |
6 | 9 | Pia Cramling | SWE | 2536 |
7 | 7 | Tatiana Kosintseva | RUS | 2534 |
8 | 6 | Anna Muzychuk | SLO | 2529 |
9 | 10 | Kateryna Lahno | UKR | 2527 |
10 | 12 | Marie Sebag | FRA | 2524 |
Four of the World's top ten were playing in the Nalchik Grand Prix:
March Ranking | Name | May Ranking |
7 | Tatiana Kosintseva | 7 |
3 | Hou Yifan | 3 |
24 | Nana,Dzanidze | 25 |
9 | Pia Cramling | 6 |
27 | Zhu Chen | 27 |
2 | Humpy Koneru | 2 |
59 | Batkhuyag Munguntuul | 59 |
13 | Lilit Mkrtchian | 26 |
19 | Zhao Xue | 17 |
82 | Baira Kovanova | 93 |
- | Betul Yildiz | - |
18 | Elena Danielian | 29 |
For more information on the grand prix official tournament site