Armenian grandmaster Elina Danielian beat Ukraine’s Kateryna Lahno in the 8th round of FIDE Women Grand Prix.

Danielian retains the Kazan-hosted tournament lead with 6 points, followed by Anna Muzychuk (Slovenia) and Humpy Koneru (India) with 5,5 and 5 points resp.

Danielian will face off against Alexandra Kosteniuk (Russia) in the 9th round due June 20.