Aleksandra Goryachkina Advances to Second Place in New Delhi
Nine rounds are played at the FIDE WGM leg.
In the ninth round of the FIDE Women's Grand Prix leg in New Delhi, Aleksandra Goryachkina won against Dronavalli Harika, Polina Shuvalova lost to Nino Batsiashvili, while the games Assaubayeva - Dzagnidze and Vaishali - Koneru were drawn.
Standings after Round 9:
1. Bibisara Assaubayeva - 5.5 points out of 8
2. Aleksandra Goryachkina - 5 out of 7
3. Zhu Jiner - 4.5 out of 7
4. Kateryna Lagno - 4 out of 7
5-6. Polina Shuvalova, Humpy Koneru - 3.5 out of 7
7. Dronavalli Harika - 3 out of 7
8. Nino Batsiashvili - 2.5 out of 7
9. Nana Dzagnidze - 2.5 out of 8
10. Rameshbabu Vaishali - 2 out of 7.
Round 10 pairings:
Lagno - Harika, Shuvalova - Goryachkina, Koneru - Batsiashvili, Zhu - Vaishali.
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