Batsiashvili (Photo taken from the official site)
Batsiashvili leads with perfect score after 3 rounds.
Results of the 3rd round
| IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 | ½ – ½ | IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 |
| IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 | 1 – 0 | GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 |
| IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 | 1 – 0 | GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 |
| WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 | ½ – ½ | GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 |
| GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 | ½ – ½ | GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 |
| GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 | ½ – ½ | WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 |
Karjakin won a really nice endgame after Carlsen ruined the pawn structure and tried too hard to get something out of an equal situation. Score – 4.5-3.5 in Karjakin’s favor.
Harika-Batsiashvili (Photo taken from the official site)
Gunina and Batsiashvili lead with 2 out of 2.
Results of the 2nd round
| IM | Javakhishvili Lela | 2461 | 0 – 1 | GM | Ju Wenjun | 2580 |
| WGM | Girya Olga | 2450 | ½ – ½ | GM | Zhukova Natalia | 2448 |
| GM | Khotenashvili Bela | 2426 | 0 – 1 | WGM | Pogonina Natalija | 2492 |
| GM | Harika Dronavalli | 2543 | 0 – 1 | IM | Batsiashvili Nino | 2489 |
| GM | Kosteniuk Alexandra | 2555 | ½ – ½ | IM | Khademalsharieh Sarasadat | 2435 |
| GM | Gunina Valentina | 2525 | 1 – 0 | IM | Skripchenko Almira | 2455 |
The 7th game ended in a draw as well and the score is 3.5-3.5. Playing Black, Carlsen missed 15…f5 (which could have given him a really good game) and 16…Rb8. In the opposite color B + Rooks endgame though Karjakin didn’t manage to make use of the extra pawn.
