Tears of joy and sorrow in Khanty

    The quarter finals are over too, not without some surprises and drama.

     The lucky ones who advanced to semifinals are Ju Wenjun, Harika 
Dronavalli, Antoaneta Stefanova (all of them winning today's tie-breaks) 
and Anna Ushenina.

   All the photos are from the official site (http://chess2012.ugrasport.com/?cat=9).

   After yesterday's "miracle" come back, Harika has valorized the 

chance given to her and won the tie-break against Zhao Xue, winning

 the first game and making a draw in the 2nd one.

   Marie Sebag's nerves didn't resist and she lost the first game against

 Antoaneta Stefanova, though she had a piece up and a completely 

winning position at some point. 

   Ju Wenjun also won the tie-break against another Chinese- Huang Qian.

   The games had so many mistakes, it was impossible to predict 

anyone's win. It's been shown for one more time that women's chess

 is more of an emotional game than of a logical one. I think that this 

KO system is not very objective and maybe it would be better if the 

World Women's Champion would be decided in a match format.

   All these being said, I can't wait for the tomorrow's games and I

 hope we'll see some interesting chess!

Round 4. Results

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Name	G1	G2	R1	R2	r3	r4	B1	B2	SD	Tot
Round 4 Match 01
Sebag, Marie (FRA)	1	0	0	0						1
Stefanova, Antoaneta (BUL)	0	1	1	1						3
Round 4 Match 02
Ju, Wenjun (CHN)	½	½	½	½	½	1				3.5
Huang, Qian (CHN)	½	½	½	½	½	0				2.5
Round 4 Match 03
Kosintseva, Nadezhda (RUS)	½	0								0.5
Ushenina, Anna (UKR)	½	1								1.5
Round 4 Match 04
Zhao, Xue (CHN)	½	½	0	½						1.5
Harika, Dronavalli (IND)	½	½	1	½						2.5

May the strongest win!