The 7^th round matches were held at the fifth stage of Grand Prix. World champion Hou Yifan and Nana Dzagnidze played each other in central game.

Dzagnidze was half point behind the leader. Unfortunately, the Chinese chess player beat Dzagnidze and earned 6.5 points. She is one point and half ahead of Ju Wenjun of China and Nana Dzagnidze.

The 8^th round will be held tomorrow. Yifan will play Dronavalli. Dzagnidze will face Wenjun.

The results of the 7^th round:

Wenjun – Stefanova 1:0

Dzagnidze – Hou Yifan 0:1

Dronavalli – Xue 0.5:0.5

Muzychuk – Koneru 0.5:0.5

Kosteniuk – Khotenashvili 1:0

Danielian – Muminova 1:0

The tournament situation after 7 rounds

1. Yifan - 6.5 points

2-3. Wenjun, Dzagnidze - 5.0 - 5.0

4. Muzychuk - 4.5

5-7. Koneru, Danielian, Dronavalli - 4.0 – 4.0

8-9. Stefanova, Kosteniuk - 3.0- 3.0

10. Xue - 1.5

11. Khotenashvili - 1.0

12. Muminova - 0.5

VIII round. June 27

Stefanova – Muminova

Khotenashvili – Danielian

Koneru – Kosteniuk

Xue – Muzychuk

Yifan – Dronavalli

Wenjun - Dzagnidze

Roland Labuchidze