FIDE Women's World Chess Championship:Round 2, Playoff results,round 3 pairings

Here are the results of the matches in which playoffs had to be used to decide the match  winner from round 2:

World Champion Alexandra Kosteniuk won both of her rapid playoff games against Sopiko Khukhashvili to take the match by a 3-1 score.

Almira Skripchenko defeated Nana Skripchenko in both of their playoff games to take the match by a score of 3-1.

Qian Huang defeated Antoaneta Stefanova in both playoff games to take the match by a score of 3-1

Kateryna Lahno defeated Thannh Trang Hoang in both playoff games to take the match by a score of 3-1.

Viktorija Cmilyte defeated Elisabeth Paehtz in the second game of their playoff to take the match by a score of 2.5-1.5

Zhu Chen won both games in her playoff against Monika Socko to take the match by a score of 3-1

Ruan Lufei defeated Zhang Xiawen in both playoff games to take the match by a score of 3-1.

These results meant the following pairings exist for round 3 of the Women's World Chess Championship:

Round 3

Name

FED

T

Rtg

G1

G2

Rp1

Rp2

Bz1

Bz2

SD

Total

Round 3 Match 01

Kosteniuk, Alexandra

RUS

GM

2507

Ruan, Lufei

CHN

WGM

2480

Round 3 Match 02

Koneru, Humpy

IND

GM

2600

Zatonskih, Anna

USA

IM

2478

Round 3 Match 03

Hou, Yifan

CHN

GM

2591

Zhu, Chen

QAT

GM

2477

Round 3 Match 04

Zhao, Xue

CHN

GM

2474

Dembo, Yelena

GRE

IM

2454

Round 3 Match 05

Cmilyte, Viktorija

LTU

GM

2514

Skripchenko, Almira

FRA

IM

2460

Round 3 Match 06

Lahno, Kateryna

UKR

GM

2522

Huang, Qian

CHN

WGM

2402

Round 3 Match 07

Muzychuk, Anna

SLO

IM

2530

Ju, Wenjun

CHN

WGM

2524

Round 3 Match 08

Harika, Dronavalli

IND

IM

2525

Muzychuk, Mariya

UKR

IM

2462

Wow,these are some amazing pairings which should provide chess fans with some great chess to watch!Best wishes to all the players for round 3