Full results of the Women’s World Championship (bold = advancing to the 3rd round / red = will head to playoff). Some top seeds including former champion Stefanova are heading into a playoff tomorrow.
RUS Matveeva, Svetlana 2412 1½
CHN Xu, Yuhua 2483 ½
IND Koneru, Humpy 2622 2-0 Walkover
MGL Mongontuul, Bathuyang 2406 0
CHN Hou, Yifan 2557 2
BUL Stefanova, Antoaneta 2550 1
CHN Ju, Wenjun 2389 1
CHN Tan, Zongyi 2387 ½
SWE Cramling, Pia 2544 1½
POL Gasik, Anna 2211 ½
ARM Mkrtchian, Lilit 2436 1½
CHN Shen, Yang 2445 1½
CHN Zhao, Xue 2522 ½
RUS Kosintseva, Tatjana 2511 1½
USA Zatonskih, Anna 2446 ½
RUS Kosteniuk, Aleksandra 2510 2-0 Walkover
LTU Cmilyte, Viktorija 2508 1
RUS Kosintseva, Nadezhda 2460 1
IND Harika, Dronavalli 2461 1
SLO Muzychuk, Anna 2504 1
CHN Ruan, Lufei 2499 1½
ARG Amura, Claudia 2345 ½
UKR Gaponenko, Inna 2468 1
USA Rohonyan, Katerine 2321 1
VIE Nguyen, Thi Thanh An 2323 1
ITA Sedina, Elena 2344 1
POL Socko, Monika 2473 ½
HUN Hoang Thanh Trang 2487 1½
GER Paehtz, Elisabeth 2481 ½
UKR Ushenina, Anna 2476 1½
Official website: http://nalchik2008.fide.com
Who’s the favorite to win this year?
The usual suspects (in random order): Hou Yifan, Stefanova, Humpy Koneru, Kosteniuk, Kosintseva, Ushenina, Cramling