 The two leading teams after six rounds, Russia and Ukraine, faced Poland and China on the top two tables.The Polish team managed to halt the Russians to a 2–2 tie.Valentina Gunina scored once again for Russia by beating Jolanta Zawadzka with the Black pieces in a game in which her opponent was standing well but made several blunders from moves 31-35 and resigned after the move 36, because the Russian spotted a nice attacking combination with a thematic queen sacrifice that would have left her with a rook and a pawn up.