Nino Khurtsidze wins and grabs the lead
Today's round was very exciting. The interesting fact is that in the first 15 boards, apart from a few games which finished as a draw, almost all the games were won by black. On the board one, Nino Khurtsidze played a very good game and defeated the 14-year-old Goryachkina.
Also, with black won Kosteniuk, Melia, Charochkina, Purtseladze, Arabidze and Socko. On the second board Anna Muzychuk drew with Deimante Daulyte, and on third Natalia Pogonina with Nana Dzagnidze.
Valentina Gunina defeated Corina Peptan with white, in a very interesting game full of turnovers. Ekatarina Atalik also won with white, against Iva Videnova.
It is certainly worth to mention 2 draws of Serbian players. Marija Rakic drew with Sofi Milliet, and Jovana Eric with Tatiana Kosintseva.
Tomorrow 7th round is on schedule, after which comes the rest day. This is the part of the tournament when it is very important to keep the strenght for the last decisive rounds, so it will be interesting to see who will have more energy in the end.
