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Massive upsets at WWC

Here are some of the biggest upsets in the first round of the 2010 Women's World Championship:

1. GM Pia Cramling (2526), semifinalist in 2008, has been eliminated by Turkish WIM Betul Cemre Yildiz (2225).

2. WGM Natalia Pogonina (2472), who just came off a first place tie at the Russian Women's Championship, lost to WGM Baira Kovanova (2380) by the score of 0-2!

3. GM Elina Danielian (2466) also lost to WGM Tatiana Shadrina (2384) 0-2!

4. WGM Shen Yang (2461) lost to IM Evgenija Ovod (2387) 0.5-1.5.

5. GM Natalia Zhukova (2447) lost to IM Marina Romanko (2414) 0.5 - 1.5.

A number of other matches ended in a 1-1 tie and will head to rapid / blitz playoff tomorrow.

Full results here: http://susanpolgar.blogspot.com/2010/12/womens-world-championship-results.html

Pogonina, Galliamova, and T Kosintseva tie for 1st

Galliamova and T. Kosintseva took a quick draw to guarantee a tie for first while Paikidze self destruct and lost in 24 moves with White. This gave Pogonina a path to catch up with the leaders. She took full advantage of it and defeated Shadrina with Black.

Congratulations to Pogonina, Galliamova, and T. Kosintseva!

Update: Galliamova defeated Pogonina in a rapid playoff to win first. Pogonina finished second while T. Kosintseva finished third.

Final standings

1.	Pogonina, Natalija	wg	RUS	2472	*	½	½	1	½	0	½	1	1	1	½	½	7	2558
2.	Galliamova, Alisa	m	RUS	2487	½	*	½	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	7	2557
3.	Kosintseva, Tatiana	g	RUS	2581	½	½	*	0	1	½	½	½	1	½	1	1	7	2548
4.	Paikidze, Nazi	wg	GEO	2401	0	0	1	*	1	1	½	1	0	1	½	½	6½	2528
5.	Kosteniuk, Alexandra	g	RUS	2507	½	0	0	0	*	1	1	1	½	½	1	0	5½	2453
6.	Gunina, Valentina	wg	RUS	2479	1	1	½	0	0	*	0	0	0	1	½	1	5	2420
7.	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	m	RUS	2576	½	0	½	½	0	1	*	1	1	0	½	0	5	2411
8.	Shadrina, Tatiana	wg	RUS	2384	0	1	½	0	0	1	0	*	0	1	1	½	5	2428
9.	Nebolsina, Vera	wg	RUS	2377	0	0	0	1	½	1	0	1	*	0	½	1	5	2429
10.	Bodnaruk, Anastasia	m	RUS	2407	0	0	½	0	½	0	1	0	1	*	1	1	5	2426
11.	Girya, Olga	wg	RUS	2435	½	1	0	½	0	½	½	0	½	0	*	1	4½	2395
12.	Matveeva, Svetlana	m	RUS	2389	½	0	0	½	1	0	1	½	0	0	0	*	3½	2331

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