Round 3 rapid playoff:
Yifan Hou (2577) versus Sedina (2344)
Shen Yang (2445) versus N. Kosintseva (2460)
Upper bracket
Ushenina (2476) vs. Kosteniuk (2510)
Stefanova (2550) vs. Cramling (2544)
Lower bracket
Koneru (2622) vs. The winner of Shen Yang (2445) and N. Kosintseva (2460) playoff match
The winner of Yifan Hou (2577) and Sedina (2344) playoff match vs. Mkrtchian (2436)
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Chess Daily News from Susan Polgar
Aw, someone killed her kitten. Cheer up sweetie!
Hou is losing
Sorry?!?!
I don’t see the young Chinese losing at all, to me the game is about equal and probably a draw.
Kosintseva and Sheng are having a more interesting fight and the Chinese player seems to be a little better… we shall see!
Anyway… I would say we’re gonna have two draws for a start! 🙂
Yifan wins! Sedina went astray in timetrouble, I guess move 29. e5 was not that good!
So this match seems to be decided, let’s see the other one where there’s still a lot to go! 🙂
That was earlier. Hou has now fought back to win.
Kosintseva mates!!!
Sheng didn’t take Bxe5… why not?!… so we have two wins for black!
So no draws at all. What a poor soothsayer… and a lousy player!!! 😀
The end of the game is probably not correct.
I think
58.Qxc2 f6 59.Qa2+ Kh7 60.Qd2 Qg5#
was played, and not what it was transmited.