The first round of the tournament featured several upsets for the higher rated players, and this is indicative of the very high level of the tournament.
At board 2, IM Teodora Injac missed a very simple mate in two in a very tense game against WFM Anastasia Kirtadze, and subsequently lost. GM anf former WC Stefanova, and IM’s Tsolakidou and Javakishvili could not bring home the full point with the Black pieces and drew their games, and these were only a few of the 1st round upsets.