 Mariya Muzychuk had a worse position throughout most of the game with the White pieces against Irina Chelushkina and even went into the endgame with an exchange down but managed to win the endgame after Chelushkina played some imprecise moves.Russia scored a convincing victory against Kazakhstan 3½-½.Alexandra Kosteniuk opened the scoring with a 30-move win as White against the 16-year old Zhansaya Abdumalik, who blundered a piece on move 29 and resigned after the opponent's next move.