Zhao Xue maintains her 100% record!

Ekaterina Kovalevskaya

A sixth round win has extended Zhao Xue's amazing run. In such events 6/6 is unprecedented and has given the Chinese GM a whopping two point lead. There were two other victors today, Ekaterina Kovalevskaya over Viktorija Cmilyte, and Antoaneta Stefanova with Black against Batkhuyag Munguntuul.

The results of today's sixth round:

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Zhu Chen	QAT	2490	0-1	Zhao Xue	CHN	2497
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421	1-0	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525
Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467	0-1	Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528
Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498	½-½	Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536
Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554	½-½	Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560
Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469	½-½	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536

So the tournament table so far reads as follows:

Rank	Player	Title	Country	Rating	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Total
1	Zhao Xue	GM	CHN	2497	*	.	.	.	.	.	1	1	1	1	1	1	6
2-3	Ju Wenjun	WGM	CHN	2536	.	*	1	1	½	½	.	½	.	.	½	.	4
2-3	Antoaneta Stefanova	GM	BUL	2528	.	0	*	.	.	½	.	½	.	1	1	1	4
4-5	Nadezhda Kosintseva	GM	RUS	2560	.	0	.	*	.	.	½	½	.	½	1	1	3½
4-5	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	IM	RUS	2421	.	½	.	.	*	½	½	1	½	.	.	½	3½
6	Tatiana Kosintseva	GM	RUS	2536	.	½	½	.	½	*	.	0	.	½	1	.	3
7-9	Kateryna Lahno	GM	UKR	2554	0	.	.	½	½	.	*	.	½	½	.	½	2½
7-9	Viktorija Cmilyte	GM	LTU	2525	0	½	½	½	0	1	.	*	.	.	.	.	2½
7-9	Zhu Chen	GM	QAT	2490	0	.	.	.	½	.	½	.	*	½	0	1	2½
10	Alisa Galliamova	IM	RUS	2498	0	.	0	½	.	½	½	.	½	*	.	.	2
11	Alexandra Kosteniuk	GM	RUS	2469	0	½	0	0	.	0	.	.	1	.	*	.	1½
12	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	IM	MGL	2467	0	.	0	0	½	.	½	.	0	.	.	*	1

Here are the results of the previous rounds:

First round

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Zhu Chen	QAT	2490	0-1	Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469
Zhao Xue	CHN	2497	1-0	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525
Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467	½-½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421
Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528	½-½	Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536
Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554	½-½	Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498
Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560	0-1	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536

Second round

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469	0-1	Zhao Xue	CHN	2497
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525	½-½	Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560
Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467	½-½	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421	½-½	Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536
Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498	½-½	Zhu Chen	QAT	2490
Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536	1-0	Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528

Third round

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Zhao Xue	CHN	2497	1-0	Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498
Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560	1-0	Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469
Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554	½-½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421
Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536	½-½	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536
Zhu Chen	QAT	2490	1-0	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467
Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528	½-½	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525

Fourth round

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467	0-1	Zhao Xue	CHN	2497
Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525	1-0	Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536
Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498	½-½	Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421	½-½	Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536
Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554	½-½	Zhu Chen	QAT	2490
Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469	0-1	Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528

White	Country	Rating	Result	Black	Country	Rating
Zhu Chen	QAT	2490	½-½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	RUS	2421
Zhao Xue	CHN	2497	1-0	Kateryna Lahno	UKR	2554
Nadezhda Kosintseva	RUS	2560	1-0	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	MGL	2467
Antoaneta Stefanova	BUL	2528	1-0	Alisa Galliamova	RUS	2498
Tatiana Kosintseva	RUS	2536	1-0	Alexandra Kosteniuk	RUS	2469
Ju Wenjun	CHN	2536	½-½	Viktorija Cmilyte	LTU	2525

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