13 February 2017
Second Games of the Round 1 End in Tehran
11 matches to be decided on tie-break.
Kashlinskaya, Goryachkina, Pogonina (all – Russia), Ushenina, Gaponenko (both Ukraine), Tan Zhongyi, Ni Shiqun (both China), Zhu Chen (Qatar), Padmini (India), Sadaukassova (Kazakhstan), Le Thao Nguyen Pham (Vietnam), Khurtsidze (Georgia), and Cramling (Sweden) also advanced to the second round, winning their matches 1.5-0.5. Olga Girya (Rusia) advanced to the second round uncontested.
Among those who were eliminated early are Kovalevskaya and Nechaeva (both Russia), Zhukova (Ukraine), Danielian and Mkrtchian (both Armenia), Javakhishvili (Georgia).
11 matches will continue on tie-break. Some players including Bodnaruk and Charochkina (both Russia), Dzagnidze (Georgia), and Atalik (Turkey) were able to equalize the score following the first day loss. Savina (Russia) will also have to play the tie-break.
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