Today Zhu won over American Ana Zatonskikhi (2522) with white pieces. As a result of this victory Zhu became leader of this following tournament with 2.5 points.
After her leaders who own 2 points. Those are the following: World Champion Yifan Hou (2575) who played draw with Harika Dronavalli (India, 2513) and Xue Zhao (China, 2470) who played draw with Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia, 2557) and Nadezhda Kosintseva (Russia, 2560) who won over famous Chinese Chen Zhu (Qatar, 2485).
As a result of this failure Chen Zhu owns 0.5 points and shares the last place with Georgian chess player Nana Dzagnidze (2537), who lost with French Marie Sebag (2510) with black pieces.
After three rounds Sebag gained 1.5 points s Harika and Tatiana Kosintseva and as for Ana Zatonskikhi (USA, 2522), she has one point.
In the fourth round the schedule is the following: Dzagnidze-Zatonskikhi, Zhao-Venzhun Zhu, Nadezhda Kosintseva-Tatiana Kosintseva, Yifan Hou-Chen Zhu,Sebag-Harika.
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.
