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The playoff has started. Here are the results of the first playoff game:
Antoaneta Stefanova – Wenjun Ju 1-0
Nadezda Kosintseva – Viktoria Cmylite 1-0
Harika Dronavalli – Anna Muzychuk 1/2-1/2
Inna Gaponenko – Katherine Rohonyan 1/2-1/2
Elena Sedina – Nguyen Thi Thanh An 1-0
Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
So all the Americans are out?
Now they are. Yeesh, I want to say to Kathy….aarrrgh. She was oh so better. R(7)to a7 holds the dark square attack she was conducting. Time trouble abounds but…if dark square attack is in one’s mind then the moves that come are based on this motif and nothing else. She was conducting a beautiful assault and white had that stupid bishop; her only trump the passed d pawn. AAAAAGH!!!!!
No problems today and no need for blitz… day is done for everyone! 🙂
Gaponenko and Dronavalli won their 2nd game, so they’re also through… and tomorrow 3rd round is due!!!
16 left – 9 from the FSSR (4 from RUS), 3 CHN, 2 IND, 0 USA.
ELOwise: top 4 in, bottom 18 out. Sedina (2344) & Matveeva (2412) lowest survivors.
Former ch Xu was well down on Koneru on ELO.