(Photo taken from chess-news.ru)
Yesterday was a nerve wracking tie-break day with lots of interesting games, missed chances and mistakes. Finally, those who managed to qualify after winning yesterday are – Galliamova, Kosintseva, M.Muzychuk, Socko, Arabidze, Shen Yang, Zhao Xue, Melia, Huang, Goryachkina and Javakhishvili.
Some games of the 1st round
Pairings of the 2nd round (1st game)
Lei, Tingjie (CHN) * Koneru, Humpy (IND)
Ju, Wenjun (CHN) * Pogonina, Natalija (RUS)
Goryachkina, Aleksandra (RUS) * Muzychuk, Anna (UKR)
Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) * Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS)
Shen, Yang (CHN) * Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS)
Gunina, Valentina (RUS) * Girya, Olga (RUS)
Melia, Salome (GEO) * Zhao, Xue (CHN)
Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR) * Socko, Monika (POL)
Gaponenko, Inna (UKR) * Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)
Khotenashvili, Bela (GEO) * Huang, Qian (CHN)
Arakhamia-Grant, Ketevan (SCO) * Cramling, Pia (SWE)
Harika, Dronavalli (IND) * Krush, Irina (USA)
Arabidze, Meri (GEO) * Marrero Lopez, Yaniet (CUB)
Tan, Zhongyi (CHN) * Javakhishvil,i Lela (GEO)
Sebag, Marie (FRA) * Ushenina, Anna (UKR)
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) * Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS)