In group B at Cape d’Agde, there were a 4-way tie for 3rd between Bacrot, Karpov, Humpy Koneru and Zhao Xue. Only 2 can move on so they played a double round robin blitz playoff to determine the final 2 spots.
Here are the round by round playoff results:
Ronde 1 Zhao Xue (2467) – Anatoli Karpov (2668) : 1-0
Humpy Koneru (2545) – Etienne Bacrot (2705) : 0-1
Ronde 2 Humpy Koneru (2545) – Zhao Xue (2467) : 0-1
Etienne Bacrot (2705) – Anatoli Karpov (2668) : ½-½
Ronde 3 Anatoli Karpov (2668) – Humpy Koneru (2545) : ½-½
Zhao Xue (2467) – Etienne Bacrot (2705) : 0-1
Ronde 4 Etienne Bacrot (2705) – Humpy Koneru (2545) : ½-½
Anatoli Karpov (2668) – Zhao Xue (2467) : 1-0
Ronde 5 Anatoli Karpov (2668) – Etienne Bacrot (2705) : ½-½
Zhao Xue (2467) – Humpy Koneru (2545) : 1-0
Ronde 6 Humpy Koneru (2545) – Anatoli Karpov (2668) : 1-0
Etienne Bacrot (2705) – Zhao Xue (2467) : ½-½
1. Etienne Bacrot (2705) : 4.0 (qualified)
2. Zhao Xue (2467) : 3.5 (qualified)
3. Anatoli Karpov (2668) : 2.5
4. Humpy Koneru (2545) : 2.0
Out of the 6 female players who participated (Koneru, Kosteniuk, Stefanova, Skripchenko and Sebag), only Zhao Xue was able to advance to the final 8 knockout stage. Well done!
The best site to follow the results is at Echecs.com. 
Congrats to Zhao Xue and Humpy Koneru!
No disrespect to them, but is there something wrong with Karpov? Wouldn’t you expect him to do a bit better than +1-1 against someone rated 200 points below him and +0-1=1/2 against someone 125 points lower?
Karpov is too old to play super grandmaster chess any more. He has no physical training like he use to and even gained a little weight since he was the undisputed Champ. Further, the girls are underestimated, they can play much better than their wrong elo, which is not updated after each game, instead after every four months.
I think she is beautiful.
A disappointing result for Karpov. He is 55. Youth is served.
In all fairness, I have no doubts Karpov would have been toward the top if these games were played under classical time controls.
Zhao Xue is very good looking. She’s also a nice chess player.
It is always disturbing to see a champion losing his old power because of age. But it is very sportive of Karpov to play in this tournament.
Zhao Xue is beautiful, does she have a website… I’m infatuated….