Trio narrow Danielian lead in Doha

Things are getting a lot tighter at the top at the Doha Women's Grand Prix. Koneru and Sebag have pulled within 1 point from Danielian with 3 rounds to go. Dzagnidze, the only player with no draw so far (5 wins and 2 losses), is only 1/2 point from 2nd place.

Here are the standings after 8 rounds:

Rk		Name	Rtg	FED	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Pts	SB
1	GM	Danielian Elina	2454	ARM	*	0	1	1		1		½	1	1	1		6½	23.50
2	GM	Koneru Humpy	2607	IND	1	*	½	0	½	1	1				1	½	5½	23.25
3	GM	Sebag Marie	2489	FRA	0	½	*		1		1	½	1	1		½	5½	19.00
4	GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2550	GEO	0	1		*	0		0	1	1		1	1	5	16.00
5	GM	Cramling Pia	2516	SWE		½	0	1	*	½	½	½		½		1	4½	17.00
6	GM	Chiburdanidze Maia	2502	GEO	0	0			½	*	1	1	1	½	0		4	13.00
7	IM	Fierro Baquero Martha L	2363	ECU		0	0	1	½	0	*			1	1	½	4	13.50
8	IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2475	ARM	½		½	0	½	0		*	1		½	0	3	12.00
9	GM	Xu Yuhua	2484	CHN	0		0	0		0		0	*	½	1	1	2½	6.25
10	GM	Zhu Chen	2495	QAT	0		0		½	½	0		½	*	0	1	2½	8.00
11	IM	Munguntuul Batkhuyag	2410	MGL	0	0		0		1	0	½	0	1	*		2½	8.00
12	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2546	BUL		½	½	0	0		½	1	0	0		*	2½	10.50

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