Many decisive results in round 3 in Nalchik

The tale of 2 brackets. In the upper bracket, the ratings were more closely matched but it produced 3 decisive results in 4 games. On the other hand, the ratings of the lower bracket were more lopsided and yet produced 3 draws in 4 games.

Upper bracket

Matveeva (2412) 0-1 Ushenina (2476)
T. Konsintseva (2511) 1/2 Kosteniuk (2510)
Gaponenko (2468) 0-1 Stefanova (2550)
Cramling (2544) 1-0 Ruan (2499)

Lower bracket

Koneru (2622) 1/2 Hoang Thanh (2487)
Shen Yang (2445) 1/2 N. Kosintseva (2460)
Yifan Hou (2577) 1-0 Sedina (2344)
Mkrtchian (2436) 1/2 Harika (2461)