 Hou Yifan played her first game at the Olympiad and won against Vietnamese Phạm Lê Thảo Nguyên.Her win, however, was not enough for China to snatch the match win as Zhao Xue suffered a loss with the White pieces from Nguyễn Thị Mai Hưng on the third board and the other two games were drawn.Georgia recovered from the shocking loss to the Philippines in the previous round to convincingly beat Estonia 3½-½, in a match with only Lela Javakhishvili failing to win her game against Monika Tsõganova.