7 pairs of players will head to the rapid / blitz playoff later today.
Round 1 results:
Greeff v Koneru 0-2
Hou Yifan v Heredia Serrano 2-0
Mona v T. Kosintseva 0-2
Dzagnidze v Kagramanov 2-0
Aliaga Fernandez v Stefanova 0-2
Muzychuk v Zuriel 2-0
Yildiz v Cramling 1½-½
Harika v Nadig 1½-½
Caoili v Ju Wenjun 0-2 (default)
Lahno v Ozturk 1½-½
Demina v Cmilyte 0-2
Kosteniuk v Mezioud 2-0
Chiburdanidze v Meenakshi Subbaraman 2-0
Soumya v Socko ½-1½
Sebag v I.Vasilevich 2-0
Baginskaite v Ruan Lufei 1-1
Mkrtchian v Zhang Xiaowen 1-1
Lomineishvili v Zatonskih 0-2
Zhu Chen v Muminova 2-0
Fierro Baquero v Zhao Xue ½-1½
Paehtz v Zawadzka 1-1
Ding Yixin v Hoang Thanh Trang 1-1
Pogonina v Kovanova 0-2
Shadrina v Danielian 2-0
M.Muzychuk v Cori 2-0
Ovod v Shen Yang 1½-½
Ushenina v Huang Qian 1-1
Cr.Foisor v Skripchenko 1-1
Dembo v Munguntuul 1-1
Romanko v Zhukova 1½-½
Rajlich v Houska 0-2 (default)
Khukhashvili v Turova 1½-½
Wow! Chess can be elegant. Beautiful women, an intellectual sport, what else does one need?