Hou Yifan leads on 2/2

Hou Yifan versus Alisa Galliamova © official site

Wins over Humpy Koneru and Alisa Galliamova have given the World Champion an early lead. Three players are in equal second, Ruan Lufei, Nadezhda Kosintseva and Kateryna Lahno. The favourite, Humpy Koneru, is languishing near the bottom on ½/2. Antoaneta Stefanova has played over 200 moves in two days!

In the first round there were two black wins.

White	Rating	Result	Black	Rating	Moves	Opening
Antoaneta Stefanova	2524	½-½	Ruan Lufei	2479	98	Slav Defence
Humpy Koneru	2614	0-1	Hou Yifan	2575	41	Nimzoindian 4.e3
Alisa Galliamova	2492	0-1	Kateryna Lahno	2536	41	Grünfeld Defence
Alexandra Kosteniuk	2497	½-½	Tatiana Kosintseva	2557	42	Spanish Neo-Archangel
Anna Muzychuk	2538	½-½	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2427	61	Sicilian Richter-Rauzer
Nadezhda Kosintseva	2560	½-½	Elina Danielian	2521	76	Caro-Kann Advance

In round two, there were wins for the Chinese pair. Otherwise, Nadezhda Kosintseva cashed in on an unsound attacking attempt by her compatriot.

White	Rating	Result	Black	Rating	Moves	Opening
Hou Yifan	2575	1-0	Alisa Galliamova	2492	36	Sicilian Kan
Ruan Lufei	2479	1-0	Elina Danielian	2521	63	French Classical
Kateryna Lahno	2536	½-½	Alexandra Kosteniuk	2497	47	Queen's Indian Defence
Tatiana Kosintseva	2557	½-½	Anna Muzychuk	2538	42	Sicilian Accelerated Dragon
Antoaneta Stefanova	2524	½-½	Humpy Koneru	2614	111	Queen's Gambit Ragozin
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	2427	0-1	Nadezhda Kosintseva	2560	40	Queen's Gambit Declined

The standings are as follows:

Posn.	Name	Title	Country	Rating	HY	RL	NK	KL	AK	TK	AS	AM	ED	HK	EK	AG	Points
1.	Hou Yifan	GM	CHN	2575	*	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	.	1	2
2.	Ruan Lufei	WGM	CHN	2479	.	*	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	.	.	1½
3.	Nadezhda Kosintseva	GM	RUS	2560	.	.	*	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	1	.	1½
4.	Kateryna Lahno	GM	UKR	2536	.	.	.	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1	1½
5.	Alexandra Kosteniuk	GM	RUS	2497	.	.	.	½	*	½	.	.	.	.	.	.	1
6.	Tatiana Kosintseva	GM	RUS	2557	.	.	.	.	½	*	.	½	.	.	.	.	1
7.	Antoaneta Stefanova	GM	BUL	2524	.	½	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	½	.	.	1
8.	Anna Muzychuk	IM	SLO	2538	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	*	.	.	½	.	1
9.	Elina Danielian	GM	ARM	2521	.	0	½	.	.	.	.	.	*	.	.	.	½
10.	Humpy Koneru	GM	IND	2614	0	.	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	.	½
11.	Ekaterina Kovalevskaya	IM	RUS	2427	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	½	.	.	*	.	½
12.	Alisa Galliamova	IM	RUS	2492	0	.	.	0	.	.	.	.	.	.	.	*	0

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