LILIT MKRTCHYAN TIES AGAINST JU WENJUN IN 9TH TOUR OF FIDE CHAMPIONSHIP

PanARMENIAN.Net
07.10.2009 21:34 GMT+04:00

/PanARMENIAN.Net/ Lilit Lazarian tied against Ju Wenjun in 9th tour
of FIDE Women Grand Prix championship due in Nanjing, China.

After the 9th tour, Lilit Lazarian, with 5 points to her score,
shares 5th to 6th places of tournament table with Mongolia’s Munguntuul
Batkhuyag.

In the 10th tour, Lilit Lazarian will play with white pieces against
Turkey’s Betul Yildiz.

Results after 9th tour:

Munguntuul Batkhuyag (Mongolia) – Zhao Xue (China) – 0,5:0,5 Nana
Dzagnidze (Georgia) – Martha Fierro (Ecuador) – 1:0 Ju Wenjun (China) –
Lilit Lazarian (Armenia) – 0,5:0,5 Betul Yildiz (Turkey) – Shen Yang
(China) – 0:1 Zhu Chen (Qatar) – Xu Yuhua (China)- 0:1 Baira Kovanova
(Russia) – Marie Sebag (France) – 1:0.

Standings after 9th tour:

Nana Dzagnidze, Xu Yuhua – 6,5; Marie Sebag – 6; Zhao Xue – 5,5;
Lilit Lazarian, Munguntuul Batkhuyag – 5; Shen Yang, Baira Kovanova,
Ju Wenjun – 3,5; Zhu Chen,- 4; Martha Fierro – 2; Betul Yildiz – 0.