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Second round playoff

It's elimination time again. Seven pairs of players will face off against each other in rapid and even perhaps blitz playoff to try to earn a spot in the final 16.

Dzagnidze, Nana GEO GM2551 ½ ½ Playoff
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 ½ ½

Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL GM 2548 1 0 Playoff
Huang, Qian CHN WGM 2402 0 1

Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 ½ ½ Playoff
Hoang Thanh Trang HUN GM 2473 ½ ½

Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU GM 2514 0 1 Playoff
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER IM 2474 1 0

Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2507 ½ ½ Playoff
Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO IM 2430 ½ ½

Socko, Monika POL GM 2495 ½ ½ Playoff
Zhu, Chen QAT GM 2477 ½ ½

Ruan, Lufei CHN WGM 2480 1 0 Playoff
Zhang, Xiaowen CHN WGM 2339 0 1

Karpov crushes opponent in match

Meč od 6 (šest) partija: 4 partije: 25 min. + 10 sek. po igraču, 2 partije: 5 min. + 2 sek. po igraču.

Former World Champion Anatoly Karpov completely crushed his opponent, IM Miroslav Milijkovic, after 4 (of 6) games. The rapid chess (25' + 10" inc) score now stands att 3.5 - 0.5 with 2 blitz games (5' + 2" inc) remaining.

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