It came down to endgames. Galliamova and Chiburdanidze demonstrated their superior endgame skills against their opponents. They were rewarded with a full point. Both Xu and Kovalevskaya fought very hard to win an even endgame but the game ended up in a draw. Matveeva and Sebag basically had a closed position where neither side could make any progress. Game two of round 4 will be tomorrow.
1 Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) 1-0 Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) View
2 Matveeva, Svetlana (RUS) ½-½ Sebag, Marie (FRA) View
3 Kovalevskaya, Ekaterina (RUS) ½-½ Xu, Yuhua (CHN) View
4 Chiburdanidze, Maia (GEO) 1-0 Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) View
Chibu will win the whole thing.
Chiburdanidze lost in the 2nd game today. Hopefully, she wins the rapids . BTW, why does she always wear a hat ?