Women’s World Championship round 2 results
Socko, Monika (POL) 3 – Hou, Yifan (CHN) 1
Koneru, Humpy (IND) 0 – Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) 2
Ushenina, Anna (UKR) 3 – Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) 1
Zhao, Xue (CHN) 2.5 – Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) 1.5
Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) 1.5 – Lahno, Kateryna (UKR) 0.5
Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) 3.5 – Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) 2.5
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) 3
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) 2 – Ju, Wenjun (CHN) 4
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) 1.5 – Zhu, Chen (QAT) 0.5
Any of the 16 remaining players are capable of winning the championship. The player with the strongest nerve will prevail.
Pogonina will rock the house.