The second round was not successful for Georgian chess players or World Championship, which is underway in the city of Turkey, Antakya. Sophiko Khukhashvili (rating 2430) and Nana Dzagnidze (2551) drew and Maia Chiburdanidze(2502) many times world champion lost.
Chiburdanidze playing with black pieces against Xue Zhao of China gave in first set on the 42nd move. Maia will try to improve situation with white pieces tomorrow.
Nana Dzagnidze the best rating owner among Georgians played against Almira Skripchenko of France and drew and Khukhashvili plying with white pieces drew with current champion Aleksandra Kosteniuk of Russia. Nana and Sophiko play repeat matched on Wednesday also.
The prize-money of Word Championship is 450 000 USD and the winner will be awarded with 60 000 USD.
2010 Women's World Chess Championship: Antakya, Turkey
December 2nd - December 25th
Xue Zhao (China, 2474) – Mia Chiburdanidze (2502) 1:0
Sophiko Khukhushvili (2430) – Aleksandre Kosteniuk (Russia, 2507) 0.5:0.5
Almira Skripchenko (France, 2460) – Nana Dzagnidze(2551) 0.5:0.5
Lufei Ruan (China, 2480) – Xioawen Zhang (China, 2339) 1:0
Monika Sotsko (Poland, 2495) – Chen Zhu (Qatar, 2477) 0.5:0.5
Ann Zatonskikh (USA2478) – Mari Sebag (France, 2494) 1:0
Marina Romanko (Russia, 2414) – Yifan Hou (China, 2591) 0:1
Trhan Trang Hoan (Hungary, 2473) – Catherina Lahno (Ukraine, 2522) 0.5:0.5
Sntuanetha Stefanova (Bulgaria, 2548) – Qian Huang (China, 2402) 1:0
Evgenja Ovodov(Russia, 2387) – Ann Muzychuk (Slovenia, 2530) 0:1
Humpy Koneru (India, 2600) – Jovanka Houska (England, 2421) 1:0
Betul CemreYldiz (Turkey, 2225) – Marya Muzychuk (Ukraine, 2462) 0:1
Tatiana Kosintseva (Russia, 2581) – Elena Dembo (Greece, 2454) 0:1
Viktorija Cmilyte (Litva, 2514) – Elisabeth Paehtz (Greece, 2474) 0:1
Tatiana Shadrina (Russia, 2384) – Dronavalli Harika (India, 2525) 0:1
Wenjun Ju (China, 2524) – Baira Kovanova (Russia, 2380) 0.5:0.5
