Round 2 results (red = playoff required)
Socko, Monika (POL) 1 – Hou, Yifan (CHN) 1
Koneru, Humpy (IND) 0 – Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 2
Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 1 – Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) 1
Zhao, Xue (CHN) 1 – Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 1
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 1.5 – Lahno, Kateryna (UKR) 0.5
Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) 1 – Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) 1
Huang, Qian (CHN) 1.5 – Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) 0.5
Sebag, Marie (FRA) 1.5 – Girya, Olga (RUS) 0.5
Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 1.5 – Gunina, Valentina (RUS) 0.5
Cramling, Pia (SWE) 1 – Krush, Irina (USA) 1
Hoang, Thanh Trang (HUN) 0.5 – Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) 1.5
Harika, Dronavalli (IND) 1.5 – Danielian, Elina (ARM) 0.5
Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR) 1.5 – Arribas Robaina, Maritza (CUB) 0.5
Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) 0.5 – Pogonina, Natalija (RUS) 1.5
Zatonskih, Anna (USA) 1 – Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 1
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 1.5 – Zhu, Chen (QAT) 0.5
Kosteniuk is robbed of her rightful title. Shame on Pogonina for stopping Kosteniuk’s dream to be the lifetime chess queen. They should kick Pogonina out of the Russian team for being unpatriotic.
La reine est mort, vive la reine
No wonder its call a lottery! Lahno, Koneru to name just a few are out in round 2! Hou Yifan is now under pressure to win! Koneru now has to pray that Hou Yifan wins the world title as next year she won’t be competing.