Both games were quite exciting but in different styles. Cmilyte and Galliamova engaged in an exciting and spectacular battle that ended in a pepetual check in 41 moves. In the mean time, Matveeva and Xu were locked in a more positional struggle. It ended in an 80-move opposite color Bishop endgame draw.
1 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) ½-½ Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) View
2 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) ½-½ Xu, Yuhua (CHN) View
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