A triple treat for the Chinese!

Hangzhou

Home soil seems to be helping the three Chinese women, as they all won, and now share the lead after two rounds. In particular Ju Wenjun's win with Black over Nana Dzagnidze will be a confidence builder for the least experienced of the trio. The Kosintseva sisters both drew again.

The second round details were as follows:

White	Rating	Result	Black	Rating	No. of moves
Nana Dzagnidze	2537	0-1	Ju Wenjun	2515	44
Anna Zatonskih	2522	½-½	T. Kosintseva	2557	35
Zhao Xue	2470	1-0	Zhu Chen	2485	44
N. Kosintseva	2560	½-½	Dronavalli Harika	2513	25
Hou Yifan	2575	1-0	Marie Sebag	2510	32

The standings after two rounds:

Posn.	Players	Rating	Title	Country	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Perf
1	Zhao, Xue	2470	gm	CHN	1,5 / 2	X	.	.	.	=	.	.	.	1	.	2692
2	Ju, Wenjun	2515	wgm	CHN	1,5 / 2	.	X	.	=	.	.	.	1	.	.	2740
3	Hou, Yifan	2575	gm	CHN	1,5 / 2	.	.	X	.	.	.	.	=	.	1	2716
4	Kosintseva, Tatiana	2557	gm	RUS	1,0 / 2	.	=	.	X	.	.	=	.	.	.	2518
5	Harika, Dronavalli	2513	im	IND	1,0 / 2	=	.	.	.	X	=	.	.	.	.	2515
6	Kosintseva, Nadezhda	2560	gm	RUS	1,0 / 2	.	.	.	.	=	X	.	.	.	=	2511
7	Zatonskih, Anna	2522	im	USA	1,0 / 2	.	.	.	=	.	.	X	.	=	.	2521
8	Dzagnidze, Nana	2537	gm	GEO	0,5 / 2	.	0	=	.	.	.	.	X	.	.	2352
9	Zhu, Chen	2485	gm	QAT	0,5 / 2	0	.	.	.	.	.	=	.	X	.	2303
10	Sebag, Marie	2510	gm	FRA	0,5 / 2	.	.	0	.	.	=	.	.	.	X	2374

As a reminder, here are the first round results:

White	Elo	Result	Black	Rating	No. of moves
Hou Yifan	2575	½-½	Nana Dzagnidze	2537	27
Marie Sebag	2510	½-½	N.Kosintseva	2560	31
Dronavalli Harika	2513	½-½	Zhao Xue	2470	119
Zhu Chen	2485	½-½	Anna Zatonskih	2522	53
T. Kosintseva	2557	½-½	Ju Wenjun	2515	40

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