With 5 points each after the seventh round on Friday,
three Grandmasters, Zhao Xue  and Hou Yifan of China, and Stefanova Antoaneta  of Bulgaria, are in joint lead in the  Women”s FIDE Grand Prix  now being held in Ulaanbaatar.  Two other Grandmasters, top seed Koneru Humpy of India and Kosintseva Tatiana of
Russia, are half a point behind them.

Mongolia’s big 
hope, International Master, B.  Munguntuul , is at 8^th
place among the 12 contestants, with 2.5 points.