Armenia’s Lilit Galoyan tied her 8th round game against Olga Girya of Russia to rival the top-rated Alexandra Kosteniuk in round 7.
Galoyan has scored 3 points in the women’s round-robin tournament.
Batkhuyag Munguntuul (Mongolia) tops the standings with 5 points.
Karina Ambartsumova of Russia has 1 point.
