Defending Champion Goes To Playoffs, WWCC 2010

9 December 2010, Kuala Lumpur – At the Women’s World Chess Championship 2010, seven pairings will enter the playoffs to decide the winners of round 2.  Among the playoffs include defending champion, Alexandra Kosteniuk which ended in another draw last night, Kateryna Lahno-Huang Thang Tranh, Zocko-Zhu Chen, Dragnidze-Skripchenko.

GM Koneru Humpy (pix left top), the highest rated woman player in this tournament, drew her game last night against IM Jovanka Houska and gets through to the third round with a 1.5-0.5 win.

American IM Anna Zatonskih (pix left) secure her second round victory, 2-0, against GM Sebag Marie. Her second game is shown below.

Results of the second round, 2nd games held last night, 8 December 2010 in Turkey are shown below:-

Seven pairings will head to the 2nd round playoffs today, 9 December 2010.

 

Kosteniuk, Alexandra RUS GM 2507 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Khukhashvili, Sopiko GEO IM 2430 ½ ½
Koneru, Humpy IND GM 2600 1 ½
Houska, Jovanka ENG IM 2421 0 ½
Hou, Yifan CHN GM 2591 1 ½
Romanko, Marina RUS IM 2414 0 ½
Kosintseva, Tatiana RUS GM 2581 0 ½
Dembo, Yelena GRE IM 2454 1 ½

Dzagnidze, Nana GEO GM2551 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Skripchenko, Almira FRA IM 2460 ½ ½
Stefanova, Antoaneta BUL GM 2548 1 0 Playoff tomorrow
Huang, Qian CHN WGM 2402 0 1
Muzychuk, Anna SLOIM2530 1 *
Ovod, Evgenija RUS IM 2387 0 *
Yildiz, Betul Cemre TUR WIM 2225 0 0
Muzychuk, Mariya UKR IM 2462 1 1
Harika, Dronavalli IND IM 2525 1 1
Shadrina, Tatiana RUS WGM 2384 0 0
Ju, Wenjun CHN WGM 2524 ½ 1
Kovanova, Baira RUS WGM 2380 ½ 0
Lahno, Kateryna UKR GM 2522 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Hoang Thanh Trang HUN GM 2473 ½ ½
Cmilyte, Viktorija LTU GM 2514 0 1 Playoff tomorrow
Paehtz, Elisabeth GER IM 2474 1 0
Chiburdanidze, Maia GEO GM 2502 0 ½
Zhao, Xue CHN GM 2474 1 ½

Socko, Monika POL GM 2495 ½ ½ Playoff tomorrow
Zhu, Chen QAT GM 2477 ½ ½
Sebag, Marie FRA GM 2494 0 0
Zatonskih, Anna USA IM 2478 1 1

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

Here is the 2nd round, 2nd game between Anna Zatonskih of USA and Marie Sebag of France, Women’s World Chess Championship 2010, Turkey.

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