Second seed Humpy Koneru has crashed out of the 2012 Women's World Championship in Khanty-Mansiysk at the second round stage.
The Indian Grandmaster needed a win with the black pieces to take her match with Natalia Zhukova to tie-breaks, but instead another loss sealed her fate.
Former world champion Alexandra Kosteniuk was another player eliminated today, losing her match with Natalia Pogonina.
The defending champion Hou Yifan also suffered a suprise loss against Monika Socko of Poland with the white pieces, leaving the pair facing a tie-break playoff tomorrow.
A total of 10 matches finished decisively, with 6 matches going to playoffs.
Natalia Zhukova won a nice game to eliminate the #2 seed
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Natalia Pogonina eliminated the former champion Alexandra Kosteniuk
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The champion wobbles...Monika Socko hit back to force tie-breaks against Hou Yifan
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Kateryna Lahno (left) was another high-profile casualty in the second round
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Viktoria Cmilyte (left) was knocked out by Huang Qian
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Irina Krush (right) equalised her match with Pia Cramling to reach tie-breaks
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The scores in round two
| Name |
G1 |
G2 |
Tot |
| Round 2 Match 01 |
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| Socko, Monika (POL) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Hou, Yifan (CHN) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 02 |
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| Koneru, Humpy (IND) |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Zhukova, Natalia (UKR) |
1 |
1 |
2 |
| Round 2 Match 03 |
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| Ushenina, Anna (UKR) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Muzychuk, Anna (SLO) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 04 |
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| Zhao, Xue (CHN) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Khurtsidze, Nino (GEO) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 05 |
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| Javakhishvili, Lela (GEO) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Lahno, Kateryna (UKR) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 06 |
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| Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Mkrtchian, Lilit (ARM) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 07 |
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| Huang, Qian (CHN) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Cmilyte, Viktorija (LTU) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 08 |
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| Sebag, Marie (FRA) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Girya, Olga (RUS) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 09 |
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| Galliamova, Alisa (RUS) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Gunina, Valentina (RUS) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 10 |
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| Cramling, Pia (SWE) |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Krush, Irina (USA) |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 11 |
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| Hoang, Thanh Trang (HUN) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Kosintseva, Tatiana (RUS) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Round 2 Match 12 |
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| Harika, Dronavalli (IND) |
1 |
½ |
1½ |
| Danielian, Elina (ARM) |
0 |
½ |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 13 |
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| Muzychuk, Mariya (UKR) |
1 |
½ |
1½ |
| Arribas Robaina, Maritza (CUB) |
0 |
½ |
½ |
| Round 2 Match 14 |
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| Kosteniuk, Alexandra (RUS) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
| Pogonina, Natalija (RUS) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Round 2 Match 15 |
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| Zatonskih, Anna (USA) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Ju, Wenjun (CHN) |
½ |
½ |
1 |
| Round 2 Match 16 |
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| Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL) |
½ |
1 |
1½ |
| Zhu, Chen (QAT) |
½ |
0 |
½ |
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The schedule is below. Games start at 15:00 local time (09:00 UTC).
| Date |
Day |
Event |
| 11.11.2012 |
Sunday |
Round I - game 1 |
| 12.11.2012 |
Monday |
Round I - game 2 |
| 13.11.2012 |
Tuesday |
Tiebreak |
| 14.11.2012 |
Wednesday |
Round II- game 1 |
| 15.11.2012 |
Thursday |
Round II- game 2 |
| 16.11.2012 |
Friday |
Tiebreak |
| 17.11.2012 |
Saturday |
Round III- game 1 |
| 18.11.2012 |
Sunday |
Round III- game 2 |
| 19.11.2012 |
Monday |
Tiebreak |
| 20.11.2012 |
Tuesday |
Round IV- game 1 |
| 21.11.2012 |
Wednesday |
Round IV- game 2 |
| 22.11.2012 |
Thursday |
Tiebreak |
| 23.11.2012 |
Friday |
Round V- game 1 |
| 24.11.2012 |
Saturday |
Round V- game 2 |
| 25.11.2012 |
Sunday |
Tiebreak |
| 26.11.2012 |
Monday |
Free Day |
| 27.11.2012 |
Tuesday |
Round VI - game 1 final |
| 28.11.2012 |
Wednesday |
Round VI - game 2 final |
| 29.11.2012 |
Thursday |
Round VI - game 3 final |
| 30.11.2012 |
Friday |
Round VI - game 4 final |
| 01.12.2012 |
Saturday |
Tiebreak |
| 02.12.2012 |
Sunday |
Closing Ceremony |
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The 2012 championship runs from 11 November - 2 December, with each round consisting of 2-game matches (4 in the final) between the players drawn against one another. Tied matches are decided by rapid and blitz tie-break deciders.
Pictures via the official website. Results and games via TWIC.