Well, no change at the top, although Hungary's Hoang Thanh Trang is now the sole leader with 7,5 points, half a point ahead of the chasing pack : Alexandra Kosteniuk ,Viktorija Cmilyte, Monika Socko, Natalija Pogonina and Anna Muzychuk .
However, just behind them with 6,5 is Lisa Schut.
In Round 8 she played a marathon game ( 137 moves, and more than 5 hours ) as Black against WGM Aleksandra Goryachkina.
In a Grunfeld Defence it seemed a very close game until a slip gave her the advantage...
