Is losing your first round game a bad thing? Apparently not, as is the case for IM Teodora Injac who, after missing a simple mate in two moves and losing her first game, in the next 7 rounds she did a “Caruana” and won all of them, so now she is leading the tournament with 7 points out of 8.
Following with half a pint less are IM Irina Boulmaga (ROU) who won as Black against IM Sohie Milliet (FRA), and IM Lilit Mkrtchian (ARM) who won as white against WFM Anastasia Kirtadze after the second, quite surprisingly, effectively dropped a pawn as early as move four.
WFM Anastasia Kirtadze, IM Lela Javakishvili and GM Anna Ushenina stand at 6 points.
IM Stavroula Tsolakidou drew as white against IM Deimante Daulyte-Cornette in a chaotic game with severe time pressure for both players and many mutual mistakes, while FM Anastasia Avramidou won in fine style as white against GM Monika Socko. Both stand at 5,5 points.