Zhao Xue unstoppable!

Zhao Xue

With five wins out of five, Zhao Xue is racing away from the rest of the field in Nalchik. As Ju Wenjun is in second place, the Chinese players are again dominating the FIDE Grand Prix, as they did in the first two stages.

The results of today's fifth round:

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

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	g	CHN	2497	*	.	.	.	1	.	.	.	1	1	1	1	5
2	Ju Wenjun	wg	CHN	2536	.	*	1	1	½	½	½	.	.	.	.	.	3½
3-4	Antoaneta Stefanova	g	BUL	2528	.	0	*	.	½	.	½	.	.	1	1	.	3
3-4	Nadezhda Kosintseva	g	RUS	2560	.	0	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	½	1	1	3
5-8	Viktorija Cmilyte	g	LTU	2525	0	½	½	½	*	.	1	.	.	.	.	.	2½
5-8	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	m	RUS	2421	.	½	.	.	.	*	½	½	½	.	.	½	2½
5-8	Tatiana Kosintseva	g	RUS	2536	.	½	½	.	0	½	*	.	.	.	1	.	2½
5-8	Zhu Chen	g	QAT	2490	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	½	½	0	1	2½
9	Kateryna Lahno	g	UKR	2554	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	½	*	½	.	½	2
10	Alisa Galliamova	m	RUS	2498	0	.	0	½	.	.	.	½	½	*	.	.	1½
11-12	Alexandra Kosteniuk	g	RUS	2469	0	.	0	0	.	.	0	1	.	.	*	.	1
11-12	Batkhuyag Munguntuul	m	MGL	2465	0	.	.	0	.	½	.	0	½	.	.	*	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

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