Zhao Xue and Hou Yifan

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Second round victories by the Chinese pair have left them equal first, a half-point ahead of Anna Muzychuk. The other four games were drawn. The unfortunate Mongolian IM Batkhuyag Munguntuul props up the field after her second defeat in as many days.

The full second round results:

White Country Rating Result Black Country Rating
Zhu Chen QAT 2490 0.5-0.5 Ruan Lufei CHN 2477
Ju Wenjun CHN 2536 0.5-0.5 Viktorija Cmilyte  LTU 2525
Elina Danielian ARM 2517 0.5-0.5 Tan Zhongyi CHN 2429
Ekaterina Kovalevskaya RUS 2421 0.5-0.5 Anna Muzychuk  SLO 2545
Batkhuyag Munguntuul MGL 2465 0-1 Hou Yifan CHN 2578
Betul Cemre Yildiz TUR 2308 0-1 Zhao Xue CHN 2497

Here is the table after the second round:

Rank Name Title Country Elo 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 Total
1= Hou Yifan GM CHN 2578 * . . . . . . . . 1 . 1 2
1= Zhao Xue  GM CHN 2497 . . . . . . 1 1 2
3 Anna Muzychuk IM SLO 2545 .   . . . . . 1 ½  . . 1.5
4= Ju Wenjun WGM CHN 2536 . . . * ½  . . ½  . . . . 1
4= Viktorija Cmilyte GM LTU 2525 . . . ½  * . ½  . . . . . 1
4= Zhu Chen GM QAT 2490 . . . . . * ½ . . . ½  . 1
4= Ruan Lufei WGM CHN 2477 . . . . ½ ½   . . . . 1
4= Tan Zhongyi WGM CHN 2429 . . . ½ . . . ½ . . . 1
9= Elina Danielian GM ARM 2517 . . 0 . . . . ½  . . . ½
9= Ekaterina Kovalevskaya IM RUS 2421 0 . ½ . . . . . . . ½
9= Betul Cemre Yildiz  WIM TUR 2308 . 0 . . . ½  . . . . . ½
12 Batkhuyag Munguntuul IM MGL  2465 0 0 . . . . . . . . . 0

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