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Venjun Zhu Beat World Champion

 

Georgian Nana Dzagnidze (2537) played the third draw at 1st Hangzhou Women Grand Master Chess Tournamentwhich is underway in the city of China, Hangzhou.

Dzagnidze earned 2,5 points and is sharing the 7th-8th places with Chinese world champion Yifan Hou (2575).

No other draw was played Ii the 6th round. Whites won three games and blacks – one. Venjun Zhu beat Yifan Hou:

Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia, 2560)- Anna Zatonskikhy (USA, 2522) 1:0;

Marie Sebag(France, 2510)– Tatiana Kosintseva(Russia, 2557) 1:0;

Dronavalli Harika (India, 2513)- Chen Zhu(Qatar, 2485) 1:0;

Yifan Hou (China, 2575)– Venjun Zhu(China, 2515) 0:1.

The tournament situation: Venjun Zhu – 5 points; Nadezhda Kosintseva – 4; Harika – 3,5; Sebag, Tatiana Kosintseva, Zhao 3-3; Hou, Dzagnidze 2,5-25,; Chen Zhu – 2; Zatonskikhy – 1,5;

The following games will be held in the 7th round tomorrow: Chen Zhu – Dzagnidze, Tatiana Kosintseva – Harika, Venjun Zhu – Sebag, Zatonskikhy – Hou, Zhao – Nadezhda Kosintseva.

Nine rounds will be held at the Hangzhou tournament and it will end up on July 23. Winner will gain 5 000 USD, the second-placed will gain 4 000 USD and the third-placed – 2 000 USD.

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