Top teams barely got by this round in the Women’s Olympiad

Exciting matches in the Women’s Olympiad this round. Ukraine, China, Russia A all squeezed out a slim margin win this round.

Zhukova and M. Muzychuk carried Ukraine this round with Ushenina scoring blank against Pina Vega.

Cuba 1.5 – 2.5 Ukraine
1. Ordaz Valdes, Lisandra Teresa ½-½ Lahno, Kateryna
2. Linares Napoles, Oleiny 0-1 Zhukova, Natalia
3. Pina Vega, Sulennis 1-0 Ushenina, Anna
4. Arribas Robaina, Maritza 0-1 Muzychuk, Mariya

Russian veteran Galliamova made the only decisive score to bail the Russian A team out against Georgia.

Georgia 1.5 – 2.5 Russia A
1. Dzagnidze, Nana ½-½ Kosintseva, Tatiana
2. Javakhishvili, Lela ½-½ Kosintseva, Nadezhda
3. Melia, Salome ½-½ Kosteniuk, Alexandra
4. Khotenashvili, Bela 0-1 Galliamova, Alisa

The US and Hungary split 2-2 with all four decisive games. This is a mild upset as the US is ranked among the top teams.

Hungary 2-2 USA
1. Hoang, Thanh Trang 0-1 Krush, Irina
2. Madl, Ildiko 1-0 Zatonskih, Anna
3. Vajda, Szidonia 1-0 Abrahamyan, Tatev
4. Rudolf, Anna 0-1 Foisor, Sabina-Francesca

Stefanova carried Bulgaria on her shoulder against India.

Bulgaria 2.5 – 1.5 India
1. Stefanova, Antoaneta 1-0 Harika, Dronavalli
2. Voiska, Margarita ½-½ Tania, Sachdev
3. Nikolova, Adriana ½-½ Karavade, Eesha
4. Videnova, Iva ½-½ Meenakshi, Subbaraman

China continues its winning streak against Serbia but by the smallest margin.

Serbia 1.5 – 2.5 China
1. Bojkovic, Natasa ½-½ Hou, Yifan
2. Chelushkina, Irina 0-1 Ju, Wenjun
3. Stojanovic, Andjelija 1-0 Zhao, Xue
4. Eric, Jovana 0-1 Wang, Yu

More to come as results come in.