Cmilyte and Khotenashvili

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Three times silver medalist Viktorija Cmilyte bounced back with a win over Marina Romanko, and Georgian player Bela Khotenashvili took the scalp of Antoaneta Stefanova. These two lead going into the rest day with four rounds to go.

Draws on boards one and four, and white wins in boards two and three have left just the two players in the lead on 6/7.

Three are just behind: Kateryna Lahno, Pia Cramling and Lela Javakhishvili.

Here are the results on the top boards:

Board	Seed	Flag	Title	White	Rating	Points	Result	Points	Title	Black	Rating	Flag	Seed
1	5		GM	Lahno Kateryna	2530	5	½ - ½	5	GM	Cramling Pia	2468		12
2	11		IM	Khotenashvili Bela	2470	5	1 - 0	5	GM	Stefanova Antoaneta	2506		8
3	9		GM	Cmilyte Viktorija	2504	5	1 - 0	5	IM	Romanko Marina	2387		36
4	18		IM	Javakhishvili Lela	2454	5	½ - ½	4½	GM	Kosintseva Tatiana	2559		2
5	7		GM	Danielian Elina	2506	4½	½ - ½	4½	IM	Muzychuk Anna	2537		4
6	6		GM	Kosteniuk Alexandra	2522	4½	½ - ½	4½	GM	Hoang Thanh Trang	2456		16
7	27		IM	Foisor Cristina-Adela	2414	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Kosintseva Nadezhda	2567		1
8	3		GM	Dzagnidze Nana	2557	4	0 - 1	4	WGM	Paikidze Nazi	2408		28
9	29		IM	Ovod Evgenija	2404	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Muzychuk Mariya	2473		10
10	14		IM	Ushenina Anna	2468	4	0 - 1	4	WGM	Savina Anastasia	2389		34
11	30		WGM	Zawadzka Jolanta	2400	4	0 - 1	4	GM	Arakhamia-Grant Ketevan	2462		15
12	39		IM	Galojan Lilit	2377	4	1 - 0	4	IM	Moser Eva	2445		20
13	21		IM	Melia Salome	2444	4	1 - 0	4	WGM	Rogule Laura	2362		42
14	45		IM	Sedina Elena	2351	4	0 - 1	4	IM	Khurtsidze Nino	2436		22
15	26		IM	Bodnaruk Anastasia	2419	4	1 - 0	4	WIM	Mikadze Miranda	2351		46
16	13		IM	Mkrtchian Lilit	2468	3½	½ - ½	4	WIM	Kazimova Narmin Nizami Qizi	2262		72