 Lithuania, who had arrived in Baku without their highest rated player Viktorija Čmilytė, faced the United States.Deimantė Daulytė beat Irina Krush with the Black pieces on board one in a flourishing game with a rook sacrifice that helped her cut off the opponent's king and prepare her pieces for the winning attack (see diagram).Nevertheless, the American players scored two wins on the bottom boards, where Anna Zatonskih and Sabina-Francesca Foisor defeated Daiva Batyte and Laima Domarkaitė, respectively, and subsequently edged out Lithuania 2½-1½.