Aleksandra Goryachkina Advances to Second Place in New Delhi
Nine rounds are played at the FIDE WGM leg.
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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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