 The victory of the Kazakh team was supported by Zhansaya Abdumalik's win over the former Women's World Champion Antoaneta Stefanova with a powerful long-term sacrifice (see diagram).The strongest of the Azerbaijani teams edged out the higher-rated Polish team 2½-1½ after Zeinab Mamedyarova beat Monika Soćko with the Black pieces on the top board and Gunay Mammadzada defeated Jolanta Zawadzka on the second board.Azerbaijan-2 also remained unbeaten against a higher-rated team as they held Germany to a 2–2 tie.